We love hanging out in gradma and gradpa's backyard!

Between all the wrestling, tickling, simon-says, frisbee throwing and other fun activities...we had a great time visiting with grandma and grandpa!!!

Having fun with dad!

We love our Grandma!!!

Having fun with mom!

We love our Grandpa!!!

I know this is kind of silly, but I was mesmorized...

This bird sat there for so long that I had time to get my camera out of my bag, change the lens and then take this picture. Like I said, silly, but it was super cool to watch!

Over 100 degrees and it's not even May!

I know I do too many of these collages, but I can't help myself because I think they're so cute!

It's a miracle...a picture of all of us, together!

David's sister Natalie and her husband Brian were on vacation Utah and so we had them and Anne and Paul (another one of David's sisters) and baby Cohen over for Easter dinner. Natalie was waxing nostalgic, since we don't get to see her very often, and took pictures of the families.

Some dang cute pictures of Benjamin...taken by Lillie

I love these pictures! I've always thought he was super cute, you should see baby pictures, but he's seeming so much older lately and it was fun to see these great photos, taken by my friend Lillie... who happens to be an amazing photographer, because they really capture his "big-boyness"! BTW, if you happen to live anywhere near us and are interested in having family or kid photos taken, you should check out the link to her photo website on my blog list. lilliebphotography.com

Ben's turn for a silly photo-shoot...

Will's silly photo shoot...

I had my camera out for a little while this morning and my usually uncooperative subject, Will, was eager and even demanding to have his picture taken. He wouldn't let up, so I have many more, but here are some cute ones. Where he looks relaxed, he was actually yelling at me to take a picture of him... as I must have taken my focus off of him for a moment. Shame on me!

Happy Easter to all!

Easter morning... 2009
First time boys are wearing "daddy-clothes", white shirt/ties. They were actually pretty excited, to my surprise!

So..."the boys" are all out running errands and just being gone so that I could clean and get a head start on Easter dinner preparations, and I sat down to upload some fun pics from today's egg hunt and to just sit for a moment. This is so silly, but I'm feeling really good right now! This is the first time, in I don't know how long, that I've cooked by myself and I'm reminded that I actually really enjoy it. That it's sort of nurturing to my soul in a way that I can't really explain. I'm sure there's a variety of obvious reasons why being able to take my time doing something that I enjoy, and used to be fairly good at, and not having little people demanding my attention at the same time... causing me to rush through "the process" that have made this afternoon fulfilling in a way that I rarely experience anymore.
BTW- I am very grateful for those little, demanding hands... I just feel like writing about these rare moments that I get to myself.
For posterity's sake, I need to be better at not just documenting with pictures but with words... our lives together. Lots of craziness, but lots of love and happiness too!

A few pics at the plethora of Easter egg hunts this year!

There's also one of Will at our in-home preschool's little Easter party. No...there was no egg hunt there, but they did get to take home a goody bag full of stuffed eggs and look how dang cute he is (they all were) in Easter bunny ears!!!

A few more of our family day at the beach...

A beautiful spring day at the beach...

It was made even better because we were with family! David's sister, Liza, and her family were staying at the beach for her husband's, Justin, triathlon so we decided (last minute) to join them for the day. It was so much fun to see Ben and Will hanging out with their cousins especially because these are the cousins that can easily rival them in rowdiness and so they are a great match in energy, which makes for lots of wrestling and me realizing that maybe my boys really are just being typical boys, most of the time, instead of the wild banchees that I so frequently see them as. David's other sister, Anne and her husband Paul (and handsome baby Cohen) were also there, so it was some fun family time which we don't get a lot of being several hours from most everyone. Good times were definitely had, even if it was just for a few hours!