hali part 1!

 chris and my crew arrived (or is it descended upon?)  my sisters place fri around supper time for easter.  shawn was working all weekend so he missed out on all the fun. hahaha

fri night nate and i gave quinn and charlie a puzzle to compete...the plan was to have the puzzle tell quinn and charlie the plans for nate to join them on their disney quest in august.  cry and her crew are going to florida late aug/early sept and asked if nate would like to join them.  nate was THRILLED. we also explained that this would be nate's birthday/easter/and any other "gift buying holiday" present...he was ok with that. so. we came up with this creative idea to make (me ha) a puzzle with the saying "quess who's going in august" and in the corner "kevin is" nate went and made up a name tag with kevin on it....get it hahaa

 once the puzzle was put together quinn not only found out that kevin/nate is going but that HE is going. hahahaha quinn didnt know about the trip.  SURPRISE

 quinn was speechless

 and the group had to explain and reexplain the plan to him a few times. hahaha

 but the kids were ALL thrilled. even ellie who's not going

 joey was in on the surprise too

and now its just chris, myself and the girls NOT going in august. nate has a lot of jobs and bottles to collect until the trip comes! 0 comments

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hali part 2!

 saturday was SO nice out.  we spent most of the day outside with the kids. the kids had the spectrum breaky where they had bacon (high light for nate) and chocolate, pancakes with real syrup as ellie told me. and ellie was able to go too!

after the breaky, we did the easter egg hunt. we color coded the eggs, each kid got a color and 10 eggs.  the eggs were hidden to their age and search ability. haha

we gave the kids the baskets and tried to get a pic...

 awe

 nana was there too

 then off i went with jo.  she had such a hoot doing the egg hunt

 where did my baby go???

 joey found most of the eggs herself but she had some help from ellie

 eggs in the basket!

 ellie was saying "joey! look, i found one come here!"

 they worked so well together

 the older kids were off, i didnt get many pics of them

 cause i was with this little one

i still remember the first egg hunt with the boys. sniff. where did the time go?

 my big boy!  so proud of him

 aunty! the gal behind all the eggs!

 showing me all her eggs

 thrilled to find out there was 1! jelly bean inside.  we went so small this yr and the kids didnt even notice

 off she goes with her 10 jelly beans

 showing us their baskets. trying to get a pic

 copper wasnt able to join us, and look there would have been room for him on the swing!

and that was our easter egg hunt. on saturday. ha 0 comments

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part 3!

 the kids spent a huge chunk of time in the woods playing. they had to show us some of their handy work.  i spent my afternoon on the swing drinking coffee and talking to my sis...the kids took us on a walk in the woods before supper

 this is mattaal's house (a neighbor kid) the kids were SO creative with their play.

 this is Main street: they names the paths, so funny to see the signs

 and shawn made sure its safe out there....in the tree is a emerg kit! bawahhhhh

 on our way to charlie's garden, her house, her subdivision and property. haha

 there's her garden

 and her house

 and another walkway to the back village

 haha selfie

 crossing the river on our way to the zip line
so funny to watch

then we had our easter dinner on saturday. ha SOOOO good

 joey is now sitting at the big girl table!

 quinn was in charge of dinner. he did a smash up job. i was to proud of him. the cross was the main decoration

 carrots!
and i saw a sneak peek at the "program" created by quinn

 please note this.  nate sitting ALONE at the table, eating his dinner bec he couldnt wait any longer for the turkey leg. hahaha

 he enjoyed his meal

 after dinner, quinn lead us into our easter service

 after dinner we had treat bags

 host with the most

chris then passed up on going on a ride along with shawn, which turned into a CRAZY shift, chris would have seen so much if he went!!! and volunteered to stay home with ALL the kids, and put them ALL to bed so my sis and i could go out alone.  which we did and i was truly appreciative!


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part 4!

 sunday quinn was invited to sing on the stage at church with the worship team.  so we all came down to hali just to see this!  the kids got dressed up, so cute. joey in her easter dress. she was such a doll

 quinn had left the house at 8, so i wasnt able to get a picture of him, but here's the kid crew

 trying to get a pic

 notice the way joey grabbed nate's hand. she loves him

 quinn on the stage!

 he's wearing the blue shirt

 so proud of you bud

 joey watched and when she saw him she said "quinn! i go too!"  haha.  i put her in the nursery shortly after this....to stay in the nursery with her....not for her....but to talk to everyone. haha

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