it's all fun and games

play place!

we took the older kids to the play place, an indoor play park, they had loads of fun

ellie played in the toddler area

ummm wrong way to get out there girl

she cooked supper too
then she et ELMO! a rather sad copy of elmo, but to her, it was elmo. oh my. she was FREAKED. she saw him come out, and pushed the princess out of the way and gave elmo some love

and more love

and more

running back and forth to us and elmo

back again

pushed herself forward

jumped for elmo

played peek a boo and hide in go seek with elmo

it was her dream come true! haha 0 comments

Posted by mel at 10:05 AM

the show!

getting ready to watch quinn's show! in tradition, each visit, quinn puts on a show for us. we enjoy this...er....yes, we enjoy it! hahaha

ready for us! this time quinn had tickets and boarding passes for us (remember they just came home from a cruise, young kids and babies were allowed in first. haha)

registration table

a TIPS jar. so funny

signs

getting ready for the show

aunty introd the boys, i love how they are giggling in the back ground

calling the worship team up

the audience. note that shawn was NOT there. he was SLEEPING

nate sung a solo

the girls bonded

ellie joined the worship team and jumped the whole time

haha. hand clapping too

jumping girl

ok. i think shes adorable

the show was fab! cant wait for the next one.....cough.....cough............ 0 comments

Posted by mel at 9:54 AM

easter!

after playing at the play place, the kids chilled at starbucks. i love nate's face. typical. ha

all the older rug rats

charlie and nate play so well together

jo jo with the egg that quinn won at the kids breakfast sat morning. cry took the older kids, while i stayed home with my girls. quinn guessed the closest amount of chocolate in this egg. it was REDIC, around 400 pieces, the egg was 1/2 the size of jo!

johana wanted to eat it too

and she did! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 9:49 AM

easter sunday!

the boys, in their easter finery. they picked out their "old men outfits" as we like to call them

nate being nate

love it!

cuddles with daddy

my heart

my jo! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 8:57 AM

easter hunt!

this yr, we went SMALL on the easter hunt, we got the kids SMALL cardstock baskets that fit 2 handfuls of candy and that was ALL they got. we did the hunt around 3 pm, after church and the kids were SO good about it. they were awesome all weekend!!!! anyways. we had the kids stay upstairs while we hid the eggs

then lined them up and explained the rules

ellie with her treats

i was amazed by how the kids didnt seem to notice the lack of treats this yr

we had easter dinner sun afternoon, coral came to join us. the kids played most of the day

aunty gave jo her bottle for me

touching her face and saying "thank you"

my 2 big kids, getting ready to go home mon morning 0 comments

Posted by mel at 8:51 AM

going home!

we left mon morning, after the kids had some more time with nana and papa
i love these pics. jo spots dad

all smiles and goes over for some cuddles

reaching

papa and his 2 littles girls

jo on the way home. she didnt make a sound.

well the drive home was eventful. the electrical went abour 40 mins into the drive. the dvd, cruise, dash board lights and electrical gauges all shut off or showed the wrong info. the engen was working, but all the emerg lights were blinking and flashing

i wasnt nervous until chris admitted we could be in trouble. then i freaked. i started praying over the van and protection...and to get us home!!! this went on for about 30 mins, then voila. everything went back to normal as we got to moncton. we have no clue what happened. just glad we made it home

we were unable to unpack, start the laundry, the kids played all afternoon NICELY together. it was an awesome way to end the weekend!!!!