Easter

We had a great Easter this year. This is the first Easter that I haven't spent with my family, going to church, over to my parent's house for a huge meal, having an Easter egg hunt with everyone.......good times! Especially when Nikki would send Kim out there to get all the money eggs before anyone else could. ha!!

So we opted to go to Little Rock to see Alan's family. We love that trip! The scenery is beautiful and when we get there it's like a mini-vacation. Right when we arrived, Keith took us to Whole Foods to get some MUCH NEEDED Riley food. We were out of everything. There is no Whole Foods here and that pretty much bites. They have a Natural Foods Market but Whole Foods carry the chicken that Riley loves so much. And, NO!, I can't make it like other cool GFCF moms can! 

Now we have chicken and we can stop the routine of Riley jumping in the car after school and saying, "GO McDonalds.......chicken nuggets, hamburger, and french fries!" That was getting a little expensive- not to mention that it's not on "the diet." Which I have to clarify something: Riley does really well when he hasn't had dyes, sugar, or casein (milk products). The glutein really doesn't affect him weird. I dunno know.

She really is happy! Just not so happy with a camera stuck in her face! ha!

So after we stocked up on loot at Whole Foods, we went back and cooked steaks on the grill. They were so yummy! Then we dyed Easter Eggs and the kids had a blast. Kylie was chomping at the bit to color Easter Eggs. This is one of her favorite things to do by far! Riley even got into the action a little bit. Alan always has a good time dying the eggs as well. I usually hang back and let him take the reigns on this one. 

Easter morning the kids woke up super early and Kylie looked all over the house for Easter goodies just for her! I heard that she went to PeePaw and said, "I guess I didn't get anything!" To which he replied, "Well, did you look everywhere?" She was gone and came back and told him, "I got some stuff!" She was so afraid of getting in trouble that I think she asked Alan if she could open her stuff. Poor, timid Kylie. Sometimes I really worry about her.

Here are the kids' Easter baskets from '03 or '04. Yes, I really don't care about being trendy at Easter time. These are from Pottery Barn Kids a long time ago and I just don't feel like replacing them. Anyway, Kylie got the coolest Barbie and bicycle that you ever did see. She also got some prom date HSM dolls but let me know that Alan had gotten them for her already at one of their Saturday trips to Walmart. That's when I told her that Mommy had gotten that present as an extra gift and not the Easter Bunny. That's when she replied while laughing, "No Mom, it's from the Easter Bunny just like all the rest of the stuff!" Good thing she never pays too much attention to stuff. Otherwise she might get her bubble bursted on the playground at school one of these days.

Riley got some dinosaurs and a big horse that Kylie latched onto. Make a big note that Riley got NO candy and Kylie has to be very discreet while eating hers or it gets taken up. She is doing a great job with that.

Kylie and I read two books on The Resurrection and she had many questions. We had a mini Sunday school lesson which I loved and then we made our Resurrection Rolls which were yummy and a lesson to be learned. Not long after that, the power was knocked out from the storm and it rained like crazy! 

We had a wonderful visit and drove home through constant rain and stormy weather but were thankful to be back home safe and sound.

My Easter Bunnies

We had a great Easter and there are too many pictures to choose from! (Alan gets a little crazy with the camera)


Hope everyone had a great Easter!

The Afternoon Before Easter

Riley fell this afternoon while playing in the window seat of our bedroom. I really thought that he broke his nose at first but after all of the bleeding subsided, he seems to be doing fine. He was really clingy to me for a while afterwards and I was loving it. Now he is back to playing like a boy and we are trying to keep him off of the trampoline which may be a huge feat.

He looks really sad in this picture taken just after the accident but I’ll bet he will still be a cutie in his Easter duds tomorrow morning.

Kylie had a great time coloring eggs with Daddy yesterday while I made Riley’s GFCF cupcakes. Egg Coloring is their thing every year and Alan gets more into it than Kylie does. Thanks to Aunt Essie for sending us the Paas Egg Die Kit!

I did manage to watch Enchanted with Kylie last night and we enjoyed it just as much as we did in the theatre. Alan was watching March Madness. :(
I’m so glad that Kylie found a new movie to watch, after obsessing over No Reservations. She loved the movie but she sure did draw lots of books and have lots of questions about Mommy’s going to heaven. Cute movie, though!


Here are my three favorite men! The two on the left are irreplaceable to me! The one on the right was $2.00 at Walgreens. Happy Easter!

Snow and Easter

First we had snow, then we had Easter. I need to catch up on my pictures so here goes.

The kids loved the snow! It's not often that we get snow in April. I think that it may have followed Keith and Nancy from Arkansas.



Here are the pictures before church on Easter Sunday. Now I can see why I am getting professional pictures taken next week. Kylie really thinks it's funny when Riley closes his eyes, though.




Then we went to my parents for lots of food followed by an egg hunt. My kids were the only kids there, thank goodness for no competition! Also, Nana and Poppy gave the kids Easter baskets. They picked out Dora for Kylie and Spongebob for Riley. Riley's basket had a pinwheel in it and that's when all heck broke loose. Kylie swelled up and let Nana know that she wanted a pinwheel too. (We are learning to ALWAYS buy them the same thing!!) So, my Aunt Becky MADE her a pinwheel and she was happy once again.









Here's a picture of my dad and my younger brother, Jeff. Funny how they are starting to look alike!


Lastly, here is Alan's attempt at comedy.