Kayla and the Boys

Its Friday! What's up with this week??

2010-03-26T18:09:00.000-07:00

#1. NEW MOON!!!!

Last Friday my sista' and I went to Borders for their midnight party release of New Moon on DVD. Both of us being Twilight obsessed weren't going to miss it. After a cup of coffee and browsing the isles of Borders we ended up at Walmart to wait in line for the movie release. We stayed up all night watching New Moon and having a fun girl night. I took Megs' pic while we were sitting in the isle of Walmart.

#2. Zumba!
One night a couple of weeks ago Daniel woke me up at 3am. Unable to go back to sleep I ended up watching an infomercial about a new workout, Zumba. Basically it's latin dance that whips your butt in shape, literally. It looked like a lot of fun so I decided to give it a try and I have to tell you it's a really fun workout!

#3. The Children's Museum
Yesterday Katy and I took the boys to the Children's Museum. We had such a fun time! There was way more
to see than we had time for and we will be going back
very soon. Patrick had fun dressing like a firefighter, grocery shopping, painting, reading stories, playing with trains, climbing and playing....there is so much to do there! Please excuse the poor quality of photos...I took along my small point and shoot camera and it's not even close in comparison to my Nikon that I love.

Firefighter Stover

Danny & Mama

Paint! Matthew wanted to know what it tasted like.

Grocery Shopping!

I caught Matthew mid laugh...so funny!

Trains! His favorite

Babies first lunch at P.F. Changs....yummy!

#4. This morning I was in a deep sleep at 7am. My little alarm clock named Patrick woke me by saying "Mommy, Daniel pee'd his diaper last night. I got it off him but I can't get the new one on!" He put his step stool up to the crib and attempted his first solo diaper change. He's such a good big brother. As I sit here typing this Patrick says "Oh no! Danny has a big booger, Mom! Don't wipe it...I'm going to get a tissue to do it for him" He loves Danny and they are already best buds.

#5. It's Friday night and I'm off to watch Astro Boy with my boys and have a great night in...

Have a good weekend!

{5 Fact Friday}

2010-03-18T21:18:00.001-07:00

(on Thursday night because I already know I'm super busy tomorrow...)

#1. Happy St. Paddy's Day! All week has felt like St. Paddy's day at our house. It started last Saturday with the parade in Denver. It was awful and long story short there were so many people there that my poor little Patrick (who thought that it was HIS parade) didn't get to see anything! I wrote a letter to the Mayor's office, I was so mad! Anyway, hopefully better luck next year.

On St. Patrick's Day, my Patrick had preschool. All of the kiddos in his class were saying "Patrick, it's your day today!" he was so happy and it was really cute. One teacher at the school asked him if he was named after St. Patrick and I'm sure she was expecting him to say no. But he surprised her when he proudly stated "Yes I am and my Grandpa Miggins (Higgins) lived in Ireland!"

I volunteered in at his class and I-loved-it! In my next life maybe I'll be a preschool teacher. His teacher, Miss Milly, is great and I think it takes a special kind of person to be silly and fun to really connect with the children. I would volunteer every day if I could.

#2. Since it was St. Patrick's Day and Sean went out of town that morning, I wanted to do something really special for Paddy to make sure he had a really fun day. The night before we made the house look like Leprechauns were here and played tricks on us. We had little green candies that made a trail from his bedroom downstairs and over to Paddy's toys which we dumped out to make it look like the Leprechauns were playing with his toys. The trail of candy went to the couch, to the bathroom and into the kitchen to the refrigerator where we turned one half gallon of milk green. Sean had the idea to tell Paddy that the candy was Leprechaun poops! When he woke up he was in disbelief. He was laughing and giggling and when he opened the fridge he was speechless. He could't believe the milk was GREEN! All morning he was looking around the house for the Leprechauns but I told him they went back home to Ireland. He loved it....and I live for those moments. I would do anything to see that little boy smile, including eating a piece of candy "leprechaun poop" to make him laugh.

#3. Danny is 7 months old and officially mobile! Just in the last two weeks he has been able to sit by himself and play and also rolling from his back to his stomach. Yesterday he was sitting, laid back and rolled across the rug to get to Patrick's toy which he then took apart. While I'm not ready for him to be such a big boy, I love this age when they are little explorers.

#4. It is B-e-a-utiful outside! 70 degrees the last two days and we are supposed to get 10inches of snow tomorrow! No thank you. Patrick enjoyed the sunshine while it lasted today blowing bubbles on the deck.

#5. Here is a photo of Danny I took this week. I think it may be my favorite of him so far. His eyes look amazing!

5 Fact Friday!

2010-03-12T15:08:00.000-08:00

{After you check out my blog about our family be sure to check out my photography blog @ http://kaylastoverphotography.blogspot.com. I added a few really cute photos of Danny from today!}

I got the idea of doing "5 Fact Friday" from a blog that I follow, Mesmerizing Moments. The photographer, Jen Gentery from VA is one that I admire and get so inspired by her photographs. She does 5 Fact Friday and I really do look forward to checking it out each week. I thought since most of you readers are family from far away, it would be an easy way for me to keep you updated on what we're doing.

#1. Daniel had his 6 (and three weeks) month checkup with Dr. Z. yesterday. He's doing awesome! He now tips the scale at 16 lbs and is 27" tall. He's now in the 15% for weight which is a good jump from the 4% from last visit. He's still smaller than most boys his age and Dr. Z. thinks he's going to be a tall slender boy. He ended up getting 5 shots including the flu and h1n1...poor baby. I felt so bad for him but he's a trooper!

#2. The last several days Paddy has been wearing swim goggles and a snorkel around the house. He thinks it's fun to wear it not only in the bathtub but to bed as well. It's so funny...and I'm bummed I didn't take his photo yet.

#3. I CAN'T WAIT for summer! It is almost 60degrees out today. I took Danny for a walk and it is was beautiful. I'm really looking forward to flip flops and sundresses although I realize it will most likely snow at least once more this year.

#4. I got a new lens for my Nikon yesterday. 50mm 1.4g, it's FABULOUS and I'm in love!
(Thank you Ryan and Kaile. They gave it to me as a Thank You for me taking their engagement pics and I'll also be taking their wedding photos in Vegas and the reception here in Arvada. They are the best and I was truly in shock that they did that for me.)

#5. Last night I went to a Just Between Friends sale. It's like a huge garage sale for babies and kids. For $80 I picked up a Radio Flyer model 8 race car, 4 full outfits for Daniel, 1 outfit for Paddy, a crib toy for Daniel and a sweet knitted outfit for a baby girl (that I bought because I really want to use it in a photo of a baby girl...I couldn't pass it up, it was too cute!).

That's about the extent of our exciting week. We're looking forward to the St. Paddy's day parade tomorrow which Patrick calls "Patrick's Saint's Day". Hope you have a great week!

p.s. Patrick makes THE BEST cupcakes!

Bummer..

2010-03-10T11:31:00.000-08:00

OK, so the crazy thing about the real estate business is that sometimes you never know what's going to happen. No move this week...but hopefully in a month or so. I'll keep you posted when we know for sure! The good thing is that we aren't desperate to move, we were just looking forward to it. Hope you're having a great week!

Busy, busy...

2010-03-04T22:37:00.000-08:00

Ok, lesson #964 about Kayla: I mean well! haha! I have been so increadibly busy that I haven't had time to update the blog in forever, again. No more vows to try to update it weekly because that clearly may not happen..so lets get caught up again, shall we.

The biggest news is that we are moving next week! Bigger house, big yard, Sean will have his own office, I'll have an office (yay!), a toy room and they boys won't have to share a bedroom anymore. Patrick is most excited that there is a basketball hoop in the driveway, my little bball star. I can't wait to play with him.

Patrick has been attending preschool since the beginning of the year. I am amazed daily by what he has been learning. Earlier in the week while driving to school he tells me, "Mommy. I'm turning 4 at my next birthday. That's cuatro. Uno, dos, tres, cuatro. That's 4! Miss Milly taught me that" I'm so proud of him but at the same time my heart aches every time I think of how big he's getting.

Danny is still my spoiled, sweet little boy. I'd always heard you can't spoil a baby under 6 months...well he's 6 months and two weeks. Officially spoiled but I don't really mind. He gets rocked to sleep and held all of the time because one thing I learned with Patrick is that they don't stay little for long and I'm enjoying every second with Danny. He's not going to want me to rock him to sleep when he's 3. I think I may be breaking every child rearing rule I learned with Patrick and couldn't be happier.

I gave up facebook for Lent. It's been FABULOUS. I use to log on several times a day because so many of my friends update their status' several times a day. I love my friends but it's been great not worrying about what so & so ate for lunch and if their house is clean today.

In my free time I've been studying hard and trying to learn all I can about my newest love, photography. I've always liked to look at and take photos but my focus use to me mainly on graphic design. Just over the last year I've realized that I would truly be completely happy taking photos each day for the rest of my life. I have a lot more to learn but I'm having fun along the way. Last weekend I took photos for my brother in law, Ryan and his fiance, Kaile. It was their engagement session. I'm also taking photos of their wedding in Vegas in May...super excited!!! With that I'm going to say see you later and here are a few of photos from their session.

-K

Where have I been???

2009-12-16T22:27:00.000-08:00

Wow! It has been forever since my last posting! Lets take a moment to catch up. Most of you know what's been going on with me so I'll be quick. When I last posted I was 30+ weeks pregnant enjoying the summer with Patrick and taking naps every afternoon. It was great!

On the Tuesday morning of August 18th Sean and I became the proud parents of our 2nd little boy. Daniel James was born via c-section at 11:47am. He weighed 6lbs 11ozs and was 20inches tall. Patrick was such a proud big brother and was very excited that baby Danny had arrived!

September was spent adjusting to our new life with a toddler and a newborn. Danny was a sleeper and such an easy baby. The challenge was figuring out things like; how much extra time do I need to leave the house?!

October 4th we celebrated Patrick's 3rd birthday. It was such a fun day! We threw him a Little Einstein party complete with a rocket bounce house for the kids to jump in. I still can't believe some days that he is really 3. I still remember the day he was born like it was yesterday. At the end of the month we took the boys to the pumpkin patch to pick their pumpkins and take cute harvest photos of them. For Halloween Patrick went as a member of the S.W.A.T. team while Danny was a pea in the pod. Both were very cute!

November Patrick started playing basketball! His team is the Dinky Dunkers and is one of the most adorable things I have ever seen. The coach teaches them the basic skills they need to know while playing silly games with the ball. For Thanksgiving we went to Gillette. It had been 11 months since we had been up there and it was so nice to see everyone!

Here we are into the 2nd week of December. Daniel will be 4months old this Friday. Patrick is just as cute as he can be and is VERY excited for Christmas. He has learned several Christmas songs and loves to sing to anyone who will listen. He has asked Santa to bring him a bike and a watch this year and has told us that he thinks it's too dangerous for Santa to come through the fireplace and that he needs to ring the doorbell when he comes. It's so cute. We also just enrolled Patrick for preschool. He will start in January and will spend 2 1/2 hours three days a week there. He's very excited. As far as Danny goes, once he hit the three month mark he's been so much fun. He's alert and awake most of the day. He will turn his head to you when you say his name and always has a smile. He likes to hold and play with a few toys and has the sweetest little giggle. We are lucky to have such a good baby. Patrick loves his baby brother and likes to help with diapers and bottles and loves to hold Danny.

Well that's our last few months. I spend my days at home with the boys feeding Danny, playing with Patrick and being a homemaker. I seem to always be busy with the boys and the days easily get away from me. I haven't had a lot of free time for blogging and updating you all with how we're doing. Although, I usually am able to update Facebook several times a week because I can access it from my phone during Danny's feedings. It feels great to be caught up on the blog finally and I vow to update it weekly from now on with photos and news! I'll add photos tomorrow!
-Kayla

Little Fireman

2009-07-26T16:36:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since my last posting so I thought I'd post a few photos I took of Patrick this morning. The Arvada Fire Department asked if they could park their trucks in our parking lot while they came up with a plan of action for the town homes next to our complex. The town homes next to us have been built for at least 5 years, but the fire department just decided today that they aren't sure how they would get water and trucks to them if there was an emergency. Anyway, Patrick is a huge fan of fire fighters and fire trucks so he was happy to see three fire trucks parked out in front of our house. The fire fighters were really nice and gave Patrick a tour of their truck and a little trading card with a photo of the truck he got to climb on.

He's been playing fire fighter all day since.

I can't see my toes...

2009-07-01T21:16:00.001-07:00

So here I am at 32 weeks today. I had another ultrasound where we learned that yes, he's still a boy. He's perfect as far as the doctor can tell and he seems to weigh 3 lbs 14 oz according to the computer's measurements of his head, stomach and femur bone. The doctor said "He's not too big, not too little. Right in the middle. Looks good."

After many requests here is an updated photo of my baby belly. I'm wearing the same shirt as my 20 week photo that's on the background to my blog.

Patrick is such a smart little man and likes to tell me during meals that "Mommy eats and baby Danny gets bigger, bigger. Mommy's tummy gets bigger, bigger!"

He's right...and I can't see my toes...

We have a date!

2009-06-23T13:28:00.000-07:00

Here's a quick baby update. Tomorrow I will be 31 weeks pregnant. I had an appointment this morning with "the new doctor" where I found out a couple of things. First, I'm slightly anemic so I have to start iron supplements for the duration of the pregnancy. Second, babies heart rate was around 127 but he kept squirming so it was difficult to get a good reading of him. It's a compleatly normal heart rate, although, I think it's really low because Patrick's HR was always around 160. Maybe the baby will be a more mellow child than Patrick? I doubt it! The biggest news is that we have officially scheduled the date of the c-section!

Tuesday, August 18th at 9am.

It's a day earlier than we had originally planned but we have to go with whatever the Dr. has available. My next appointment is July 28th for my 36 week appointment.

55 days and counting until he arrives...unless the baby makes his own plans!

I'll post more photos and updates soon. Patrick is sleeping so I think now may

be a great time to take a nap!

Summer fun!

2009-06-17T13:51:00.000-07:00

Yippee for summer! Today is the first day of several that it hasn't rained so far. Knock on wood...because I know that it's going to down pour for me saying that!

This morning I was looking forward to taking Paddy over to the Arvada Library in Olde Town to return a few books and then let him play in the water fountains they have outside. It's a free way to let the kids cool down in the summer and is usually packed with kids running and playing.

Once we arrived I learned that Arvada is having problems with their filtration system and keeping the water sanitary so the fountain is closed and may stay that way all summer! BUMMER! So, we had to do the next best thing....find a water toy he can play with outside.

Here's my new favorite thing of the week: Arctic Splash Water Table by Step 2

I really wasn't wanting to get him a pool that I would have to inflate every time he wanted to use it, and keep in mind we don't really have much yard area for sprinkler toys. This table is perfect for our deck and he can splash and play in water for hours outside. The only problem was trying to convince him to come in for nap time!

Camping at Glendo

2009-06-15T18:49:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we met my parents at Glendo Res. for a fun weekend of boating and camping. Besides us there were Scott, Amber and Eli; Uncle Scott, Trisha and Chris; Uncle Rand, Mom, Dad and Megs.

Saturday Mom and Dad rented a 26' Pontoon boat that I've now added to my "wish list" of things to own someday. It was a blast! It held up to 18 people so we all were able to pile on and enjoy the lake all day. It was great to be back on a lake, which is one of my favorite things do to, although I wish I were able to go tubing as well. There's always next year. Patrick LOVED riding the tubes with Megan and Sean and thought it was fun when he was able to steer the boat with his Daddy and Grandpa.

Here are a lot of photo's of a fun weekend!

Our camp. I love how big Glendo's campsites are. It was nice!

Patrick and I on Friday going for a quick ride.

Mom and Dad

Sean

Megan

Patrick is exactly like me. Loving wind in his hair, speeding across the water.

Such a polite boater waving at everyone passing by.

Rockin' the Nemo goggles.

He's not really a fan of S'mores. He liked to light the marshmallows on fire and eat

the chocolate.

Yum!

I couldn't resist. He is so cute when he's sleeping. He slept right

through the crazy hail/thunder storm we got.

Getting ready to head out on the pontoon!

"Hi Mom!"

Megs the ROCKSTAR.

Eli enjoying the ride.

Patrick tubing with his Auntie Moo.

Of course my dad drove slowly with him on the tube

and he LOVED it!

Aunt Trisha, Amber, Eli, Sean and Mom.

Patick shooting his Grandpa with a water gun.

Scott tubing

Sean tubing

Patrick riding with his Daddy

Uncle Rand caught this Walleye while we were boating.

This was a very tasty fish! Yum.

Megs and the boys

Kisses from Auntie!

Paddy driving the pontoon.

Paddy and I. He was hot and tired after a long fun day!

10 weeks and counting...

2009-06-10T22:20:00.000-07:00

Is it just me or are the days flying by? I'm 29 weeks pregnant today and we are officially counting down the last 10 weeks of pregnancy. We will find at my June 23rd checkup if Danny will make his grand entrance on August 19th or August 22nd (unless he decides to come before then).

I found out a couple of weeks ago that my doctor, who is pregnant with twins herself, is on bed rest and will no longer be able to continue my prenatal care, which we are really bummed about. I've already put my life in her hands once with my first c-section and surgery with Patrick went perfectly. So I'm sad she won't be able to be there for this one. However, we love her and hope all the best for her and her two little ones. We will be seeing a doctor from her team from now on. At my next appointment we will find out which day in August the new doctor is available....so I'll keep you posted as soon as we know.

I realized today that I need to take another photo of the basketball that was once my stomach. (You know, because someday I'll want to remember what I looked like 15lbs fatter!) I'll get one taken and hopefully posted tomorrow after my haircut appointment. I'm thinking about going short...hmmm...

The last two days have been a little lonely. Sean has been in Salt Lake since yesterday working a trade show for Rockstar. Although I must say that Patrick was my angel today. Maybe because he took a 3 1/2 hour nap this afternoon?? In this quite house I've been working on my website for PADDY CAKE BABY and now my blog. The website should hopefully be finished with updates by next week. Now that I'm not working as much at the dental office my main focus, OK second focus behind child rearing, is selling blankets. I have a long list of boutiques from several states that I will be contacting as soon as the site is perfect. If you know of any cute places that may want to carry Paddy Cake Blankets let me know!

Alright, enough rambling for one night. I guess I didn't have anything with much importance to say. Thanks for reading.

Memorial Weekend Camping!

2009-05-27T14:24:00.000-07:00

For Memorial weekend we decided to head for the hills and go camping at Lake Dillon along with Sean's brother, Jim, and his girlfriend, Lisa. It was really nice to get away for a couple of days, sit next to a beautiful lake surrounded by mountain views and enjoy nature.

Patrick got his first fishing pole this year. We had taken him to Bass Pro Shop and let him pick one out and he was very excited to go fishing with his Daddy and Uncle Jim. I'm still very impressed on how quickly he learned to cast and reel in his bobber that he calls his Bob.

I had to video him casting because he is actually very good for his first time.

They caught about 20 fish, although so many of them were too small and we ended up keeping and bringing home 9 of them.

Here are a few photos of our weekend:

"Look at the fish, Mom!"

Jim, Sean and Patrick

Letting the little fishy go.

Lisa enjoying a book by the lake.

"Listen! I hear a goose!"

I enjoyed reading and taking the photos.

Making sand castles!

Ernie, Katy and Matthew drove up to the lake on Sunday.

The girls

The guys

Sleepy guy on the way home. What you can't see is how dirty he is! It was rainy and muddy at our campsite but we had a good time anyway.

We look forward to our next camping adventure.

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As far as baby news goes, everything is still great! I'm 27 weeks along now and counting down. Only 12 weeks to go!

Feeding Mr. Frog...

2009-05-06T19:29:00.001-07:00

Ok, so it's been about a month since our last posting but we really haven't had much to report these last weeks. I've started my 24th week of pregnancy today and all is well with "Baby Brother". In case you haven't heard we are no longer keeping his name a secret and Patrick is telling everyone that his baby brother's name is Danny! Daniel Stover will make his grand entrance this August. We are still deciding on a middle name but are leaning towards James after Sean's Grandpa James Stover. I'm having a scheduled c-section since Patrick was a c-section baby. As of right now it will be on August 19th, just one week before our due date. Sean would really love to change the date of the section to a few days later on the 22nd, which was Grandpa Stover's birthday. It would be really nice to have Danny not only share his name but also his birthday. We will check in to it at my next appointment on May 20th and let you all know the date we get.

The past two days have been pretty exciting around the Stover household. Yesterday morning Patrick and I were at Babies R Us where he found a potty chair that looks like a frog. He has had very little interest in using a potty in a few months, but since it was only $12 I figured it might not hurt to see if he'll actually use it. After we got home it was about lunch time. I put a new pair of big boy underwear on him and told him "It's lunch time and your froggy is hungry! Why don't you go try to go potty so he won't be hungry anymore" Just then was his light bulb moment. He sat on his potty and "fed" his froggy.

Instead of asking him "Do you need to go potty?" every 20 or 30 minutes I just ask "do you want to go feed your froggy?" or "Uh-oh, I think froggy is hungry, lets go feed him!" I really do think it's important that he feels like he's in complete control and he's doing great!

I'm proud to say that from that moment on, he's had three little accidents and has "fed" his froggy 11 times! Wahoo! Each time he goes potty he gets a sticker to put on a chart hanging in the bathroom. After the chart is full we are going to take him to Build A Bear Workshop to make his very own teddy bear. Here are a few photos of one proud little boy!

I kept telling him "I'm so proud of you!" so much that he started

telling himself "I'm so proud of Patrick"

This one was taken after the 4th good job!

Baby Toes and Bunny Ears...

2009-04-13T15:49:00.000-07:00

Baby Toes...

The "bump" at 20 weeks.

This morning we had our ultrasound appointment. The Radiologist looks for any problems that I or the baby might have. It's always fun to see the baby moving around and actually see him kicking me. They confirmed it again, we are having a boy! Patrick came with us to this appointment and he really liked being able to see Baby Brother on the TV screen. He kept saying "That's MY Baby!" and loved when he could see the baby's hands. Baby brother was waving at him. Everything looked good so far. He weighs about 17oz and is about 10inches long from his head to his toes. The technician put all of the images onto a CD for us to take home and here are the best ones:

I think this one is so sweet. His little feet with the bottoms of his feet almost touching each other.

Yes, it's still a boy! He is laying on his right side and this photo is a bottom view of his butt, the back of his thighs and "boy parts".

"Hi Big Brother!" Here is his face strait on. I think these look a little creepy, but we told Patrick the baby was looking at him and saying hi. Patrick thinks Baby Brother will have blue eyes like him.

Here is Baby Brother's profile. I love this photo of his cute little nose.

Here is a profile view of the baby sucking his big toe.

Here you can see a profile view of the baby with his mouth open. It looked like he was yawning and swallowing amniotic fluid.

Our next appointment is in two weeks with my doctor. Nothing much will happen at that appointment but we will keep you updated.

As many of you already know, yes, Baby Brother has a name. It is NOT:

Thomas, Liam, Seamus or Heath. The only people who know his name

are Myself, Sean and Patrick. We are waiting to announce his name until he is here (for now unless we spill the beans sooner) just in case we change our mind, unless you can get Patrick to tell you what it is! Although he always says it is Baby Heath, who is actually a baby at his daycare.

And Bunny Ears...

This Easter was so much fun. Patrick is finally at the age where he can really be involved in all the fun activities. We stayed here in Colorado to celebrate with the Stover side of our family. Here is what our Easter looked like...

"HELP! LET US OUT OF HERE!"

This was Patrick's first year dying Easter Eggs

They all had crazy faces!

Easter morning Patrick could hardly wait to see what the Easter Bunny had left for him in his basket, although he had to wait until after church to find out. Once we got home he hunted the eggs the Easter Bunny had hidden throughout the family room. He had a lot of fun!

Mommy & Patrick

hunting for eggs the Easter Bunny left for him.

I think he got tired of smiling for the camera...

Later that morning we went to Sean's parent's house for brunch

with family....

Mom & Dad Stover

Grandpa Higgins

Sean letting the kids go hunt for eggs

hunting for eggs

the kids

Sean, Paddy & I

Rick, Shannon, Katie, Jamie & Brendan

Ryan & Kailen

We had a wonderful Easter with family and we hope you had a joyous and blessed day!

Happy April!

2009-04-06T18:28:00.000-07:00

April is finally here! Although most retail stores have been decorated for Easter since February, it's officially time to dig out the Easter baskets and bunny ears. Patrick is at such a fun age where everything is still new and exciting for him. We took him to his first real Easter Egg Hunt this past Saturday where we met up with Shannon and Brendan. The boys had a lot of fun! Patrick had practiced hunting for eggs that morning by running around the house and putting toy cars in to his basket. It seemed to pay off because both boys finished with a lot of eggs!

Before the actual hunt started there were games and face painting. I think Sean was secretly a little proud that Patrick had no interest in putting pink lipstick on his nose and eyeliner on his cheeks to have a bunny face, as cute as it would have been.

While Patrick wasn't interested in the activities, Brendan had a great time playing the balloon games.

The hunt was broken out in age groups. Patrick hunted first and then we watched Brendan.

We even saw a few people we knew. Here is Patrick and Evan.

Patrick was happy that his basket was overflowing with eggs!

He ran as fast as he could and got a lot of eggs!

The boys had fun and we were excited that a few of the eggs had coupons for free kids meals at Texas Roadhouse! Yum!

That's about it for now. We wish you a Happy and Blessed Easter!

Snow Day!

2009-03-26T12:51:00.000-07:00

Today is the first time in a very long time that meteorologists finally got it right. They predicted 8-16" of snow for us today and we are well on our way. Sean and Patrick are always excited to see the snow. Sean likes to go out and do his manly duties of shoveling, while Patrick likes to pretend he hears Santa Clause in his sleigh flying in the sky. (Never mind that it is March and Christmas was months ago. )

So, in the blizzard conditions of today we are finding ways to entertain ourselves. Sean went to the store to by Patrick another pair of gloves and found him snow boots. While he was gone Patrick got himself into his snow suit and hat and waited patiently. He was really excited for what his Daddy had planned. It wasn't long before the ATV was running and Patrick's sled was securely tied to the back. They had a blast driving 3mph around our parking lot! After 15 minutes they were ready for some hot cocoa and we all decided to wait until the snow stopped falling to head back out.

Here are a few photos of the snowy fun:

Patrick was ready to play as soon as

the snow started to fall!!

They had a lot of fun.

Even with cold cheeks he smiled.

I tried to teach him to make a snow angel. He's smarter than me and didn't lay in the snow!

Kings of the mountain!

Patrick is napping and Sean is out helping Helen get home safely so I'm here in a quiet house. What better time to finally jump on this Blog Train and make a page that my family and friends can visit without having to be a member of Myspace or Facebook.

I'll frequently post photos and updates of us and "Baby Brother" as well as random things I think about or discover. Speaking of "Baby Brother", he is 18 weeks along as of yesterday. We are just about half way there! Still no luck on picking a name...we'll keep you posted.