Grandma's helpers

Five posts later, and I am finally caught up!  Any of you who have been to my parents house have seen the greenhouse and all it's plants and trees.  Watering them can be a big job for Grandma, so sometimes she lets the kids help her.  

They have to fill big buckets of water and carry them through the house into the greenhouse.

Each tree or plant needs at least one bucket of water.

Sometimes more, sometimes less.

It was hard work for them, but they were up for the challenge.

Sometimes they spilled, but Grandma said it was okay, it ends up in the Spider Cave anyway.

Elleree had it the hardest she tried real hard to get to any of the plants.

But, in the end she decided it was too hard and decided the dog needed water in it's bowl instead!  What good helpers!

Easter 2010

Easter was spent in Mackay, and the Easter bunny spoiled my kids for sure!

We did things a little backwards this year.  Normally we decorate eggs the night before Easter, but this year we got a bit distracted watching a movie and didn't get around to it the night before.  So, we did it  on Easter day instead.  

The kids didn't care a bit.

It gave them something to do while they were on their sugar high.

Funny story though, my mom gave us a bunch of eggs that she boiled the day before.

We got them died, and got them home.

Then my friend Lori and I decided we were going to make deviled eggs, because neither on of us had ever made them before (a kin to rocket science I know).

 The first egg I go to peal, and it cracks open. 

Yeah, my mom only boil about half the the eggs.

Some how we died all these eggs without breaking a single one!  Now that.. is an Easter miracle!

Slim Pickens

The day before Easter we went to Mackay.  We were going to participate in a Easter egg hunt in Idaho Falls, but there was hurricane/tornado...okay just bad weather, so we brought the Easter egg hunt to my parents yard instead.  Jason was so cute he went out and hid like a million eggs in the yard so the kids could find them.  Funny thing was that after they found them, they begged him to hide them again.  Jason came up with the idea for them to each take a turn hiding them and finding them.  They spent the rest of the day doing just that.  Kids crack me up!

It took Elleree a really long time to figure out what she was supposed to do.  My mom took her around though and helped her.

When the time came she was not afraid to tackle Dillon, so that Elleree could get the egg.

Like I said it took her awhile to get the hang of it, it could be right in front of her and she still wouldn't get it.

Truman was a bit better, but not much.  Let's just say Allison's kids ended up with more eggs than mine.

Dillon just followed the girls around and tried to race them.

Jason walked around with the kids to make sure they got all of them.

Truman's pride and joy!

Spring Break

Allison and the girls, and Eli (I can't say just the girls anymore...weird) came up to Idaho for Spring Break this year.  Normally our breaks don't coincide, but this year they did, so it was nice for the kids to see each other.  I don't know how much fun the kids had.  The weather was really crappy, and Allison and I both felt really crappy, so we didn't really do anything.  One day I did make some sugar cookies and let the kids help, and then they decorated them.  That was the like the most fun they had.  We are sooo lame.  Anyway here are some pictures of the kids frosting the cookies, way cute.

Elleree was halarious, she would just glob on the frosting, and put sprinkles on it whether it was on the cookie or off, she didn't really care.

Truman was a professional he just got in, and got it done.

Dillon on the other hand is the one that we had to wait forever to get done.  He always takes his sweet time with everything, bless his soul.

I tried something new, I put the cookies on stick, so they were like suckers, wand, stem, thingies.  These were the kids favorite, even if they were lame.

All the kiddies with their creations!

The Big "Oh-Two"

March 28th was Elleree's second birthday.  I know it seems like just yesterday she was my tiny baby (okay not that tiny).  We had a little party for her with some friends and family.  Allison and the girls where even there, they were in Idaho for spring break.  

This is my first attempt at a "princess cake"  Allison does them all the time, but I had never done one before.  I think it turned out okay.  Elleree loves the Princess and the Frog movie, so I picked Princess Tianna.

She needed help blowing out the candles, but loved, loved everyone singing happy birthday to her!

My mom got her this huge teddy bear all she wanted to do was love on it.  All the boys wanted to do was punch it.

Her "big" present from us was a tricycle.  One with a handle to push it, so I don't have to bend over all day pushing her around!

She was a pro at unwrapping her presents.  She got books (which she loves just like Dillon does), lots of clothes, and some really awesome toys.  She was very spoiled!

All the kids waiting for their piece of my fabulous cake.  I love all these kids, but most of all mine!  Happy Birthday Elleree!