Happy hoppy Easter

The Merced Gang...minus a few...

The cute Ferguson Fam (minus Mom).

The kids with the Easter Bunny (Steph's brother, who was a great sport! He really got into it!) Not sure what my boys are checking out!

The Easter bunny entering the party...and trying to hide!
Croquet...my boys loved it!

Just the appetizers...yum!

someone's feeling better!

Grandma and KK!

Our tradition is to go to Steph's for Easter...usually our parents are out of town visiting family , but this year we actually had family at home. Still...we went to Steph's for the afternoon for

Easter fun and food and then to my parents' house for another dinner...yummy yummy!

Eggs!

Today we had our Easter egg decorating and hunt at Grammy's. It's always early because Grampy takes a group of church high schoolers to Mexico for Spring Break and Grammy will go visit Greg & Amber in Sacramento for Easter. The kids had fun decorating, though Maddie, at almost 12 (what? How can that be?) is over it! Cooper wasn't up for decorating or hunting, either. He has had a fever since Monday, and is real cuddley and clingy. Poor little guy...poor Daddy, too, who has been up the last 2 nights with him and stayed home all day with him. He's a trouper. All 3 boys are now asleep in our bed. I am getting laundry and grading done...1 more day of school!!!! :-) So excited to rest and be at home. Had a pedicure today, so my feet are ready for sandal weather, I love spring!

No baby news to report. Doctor said it will be awhile still. Jenny will be here on Saturday, so kind of hoping that baby K comes a little early so Auntie Jenny can meet her...guess I better do some serious walking next week.

Have a good rest of the week! Will post again soon!

Happy Easter!

We had a lovely Easter! We had wondered what we were going to do, all alone without family...my parents are in AZ, Joe's dad is in Mexico on a mission trip and his mom went to Sacramento to spend Easter with his brother and family. But we ended up having a great day, that ended with all 4 of us asleep in our bed for a long family nap.

We started the day at church, an outside service, where I got a work out following Coop around. Then we went to our friend Steph's mom's house for a celebration. yummy lunch and lots of fun! The boys played with the other kids (including Spence's latest "crush", Haley), drew with sidewalk chalk and playdoh, hunted for eggs, and saw a surprise visit with the Easter Bunny a.k.a. Steph! Spence was on to it right away. A great way to spend such a wonderful holiday. Remembering the real reason...Spence told Daddy last night, "Jesus died on the cross." "Why, Spencer?" "So we could live!" Indeed He did, so we could have life on Earth with the promise of everlasting life, a wonderful life with Him in Heavan.

Now we are enjoying our Spring Break. Family time, relaxing, playdates...

Easter Egg time...

...is here, yes, a little early...but we spent yesterday evening dyeing eggs at Grammy & Grampy's with the cousins. Cooper didn't really care, he'd rather play on the jungle gym. Spencer enjoyed it, though. My boys are having a great weekend, though we are missing Daddy, who went to the mountains with his friends to make movies. We had a pirate birthday party this morning. Lots of kids, food, and fun. Spence had a blast in the bounce house with Matthew and Aiden, and playing on the outdoor toys. Then the 3 of us napped, and hit McDonald's for dinner. We even ate there, something we rarely do. After that, playing outside and ice cream from the ice cream truck. I would say that is a dream day for most kids! :-) tomorrow is the Easter Egg hunt at Grammy's. Grampy will be gone for Easter, so we are doing it a week early.

One more week until Spring break....can't wait! I am bummed we aren't going to Arizona now, but it'll be a nice time to relax. already have 1 playdate set up. This week i will be at the pre-school two days. Lucky me! :-)

Better go check on my spencer, who is staying up pretty late! Happy Saturday!