Family Visit and Easter

It's been a busy past 2 weeks! My mom and my niece, Jasmine had planned to come visit for the past few months, but at the last minute, my sister, Rachel, came too. They were here from Thursday, March 29th to the following Monday, so not too long. But it was still fun. Then my brother and his family also drove down from Montana and spent Saturday night here and left Sunday. We did some shopping, ate some Cocoa Bean cupcakes, played outside with the kids, and had an Easter Egg hunt. The weather could have been a little better. It was pretty cloudy and windy most of the time. At least they didn't have snow! That came about three days after they left! Luckily it melted within a day but that is why you see snow on the ground at the church Easter egg hunt!

The next week was Easter and Gabe was off of school from Thursday to the following Tuesday. The weather this past week has been beautiful! It was in the 70s for a few days in a row, starting on Easter Sunday. But of course now today it is windy and cold again. :( Please can it just be Summer!?

For Easter, the kids seriously had like, 4 or 5 Easter egg hunts. One was at church, one with their visiting cousins, then one with their Idaho cousin's at Josh's parents' house, then TWO with the neighborhood kids. It was kind of funny. There were some kids that didn't come out in time so we quick set it back up and did another one. We are pretty sick of Easter egg hunts now! Or at least I am! Then the bunny came on Easter morning of course. He did a little scavenger hunt with clues saying, "First I needed to use your bathroom..." where they'd go and find a handful of jelly beans and another clue like, "Then I decided to go check out your toy trains...." etc. There were about five stops before they found their baskets in the coat closet at the end. It was funny. Their baskets contained some healthier options like mini-muffins and juice boxes, partly because they had already gotten tons of candy from Easter egg hunts and partly because when I went to Walmart the day before the candy isle was seriously picked over! They also got some kites, some bubbles, and other little toys.

So then after all the Easter stuff ended and I got my house back in order from the visiors, it's been time for some Spring cleaning and organization. I have been trying to piece together things for the little girl's nursery. I ordered my crib online and found a changing table that was EXACTLY what I was looking for on craigslist for $40. Score! I was so happy. I already had the bedding from when I was pregnant with Caleb and bought it - hoping for a girl. I guess you could say I am pretty excited! I also have been doing some little girl clothes shopping. :) I even bought this soooo cute swimsuit from Target that she will probably wear twice before it is too small but I couldn't stop myself.

We are also getting our backyard ready for sod. Josh said yesterday (as I was talking about how he should build a toybox) "I have so many projects started right now I don't even know which one to finish..." It is true. I keep him busy. :) He is trying to finish the playhouse still - it just needs trim basically. Then he's been raking out the backyard and leveling it out, checking the sprinklers to make sure they work, getting some paver stones in place for a sandbox, pouring extra concrete for a dog kennel to be in the backyard.... just getting everything mapped out before the final step... grass! I am so excited to have grass and not little puppy paw mud prints on my kitchen floor every day.

So, this is a long post! As you can tell, we keep busy! Here's some pictures!