Easter 2013

Our Easter would not be complete without the excitement of our Easter Egg Hunt!  Even our teenagers participate!  Since we start from youngest to oldest, the oldest always have the toughest eggs to find.  We also include some dollar bills and change in some of the eggs...

other March happenings

I went to pickup Kyle from a playdate with one of his friends in our ward, and as I drove up I saw two kids driving this as fast as they could across the property...

Yep, it was MY SON at the wheel! Crazy kid!  He never had so much fun though!  They were taking turns and having a blast.  It'll be hard to convince him he has to wait until he's 16 to take the wheel of our cars - tough luck though buddy!

Here Kyle is at his March Cub Scout Pack Meeting... 

Morgan tried on my wedding dress for fun one night...wow!  Not ready for that yet!  Thank goodness she still has a few years ;)

Got some more pictures of Bryan at his soccer games...

Kyle played a season of flag football with several of his friends and LOVED IT!  He wants to do tackle, but I am not ready for that.  Don't think I ever will be.

Colton played flag football too with a team full of some of his best buddies.  They had a blast!

Colton at his spring band concert playing the trumpet...

BRYAN'S 16th BiRtHdAy!!

For Bryan's big 16th birthday we had a family party.  He chose all his meals for the day (as is the tradition in our family), and we had cake (his favorite "Better than .... everything" cake), ice cream, and opened presents.  Little did he know I had actually also planned a surprise party for him that weekend...actually, I think he probably suspected something.  It WAS after all his SIXTEENTH BIRTHDAY!  Woo hoo!

This was a super fancy soccer ball that Bryan's favorite pro team uses.  He was SO excited!

We all wrote things we love about Bryan on a great, big poster board and gave it to him...

My kids all ADORE holding and playing with Sarah's baby, Carter.

Bryan finally got a phone!  In our family, we wait until our kids are 16 to give them a phone.  We figure until their driving, they are always around a phone and they don't really need one (even if they totally disagree with that theory ;).

That weekend it was time for our surprise party.  Mark took Bryan out to do some errands.  We all gathered in the kitchen so Bryan wouldn't see us until he rounded the corner after coming in through the garage...

LOVE the look on his face!

Opening presents from his friends... and a few more from us.