Family Easter

Something that has absolutely nothing to do with these photos is that we decided to get Charlie some Nerf guns yesterday. And they didn't go super well. Charlie loves them, of course, but he also shot himself directly in the eye while trying to load it. Also he might of had a mark on his neck from when Andy accidentally shot him. It was a pretty successful evening.

On another note we've started to go on bike rides and Charlie really enjoys them. We've been going to our parks after dinner and just letting him run wild and get all his energy out. It's probably going to become our regular after dinner activity. Plus the closest park to us only takes a few minutes to bike to! 

So here are some photos from our family Easter get together. Enjoy!

Dying some eggs. Line's hair is also my favorite.

All of the kiddos got one of these flyers and they were a hit. If it didn't break right away.

Greenville Park

On one of the first days that we arrived in Greenville we went to a local park and let the kids run wild. It was Charlie's first time seeing these cousins for a while and he warmed right up to them, especially Brooklynn. They were hand in hand playing all through the playground and he loved it. Taylor was a close second. So he was pretty happy to say in the least.

Isn't he just adorable?

I wish we had one of these at our park!

She wasn't the happiest on the first few days of our trip

See? Hand in hand.

Family Time

Here are some photos from our trip to South Carolina for my sister's wedding. This trip ended up being one of the better family vacations because we were all able to stay in the same house, well mostly. Everyone except for my sister and me stayed at this amazing house that was loaned to us from some family friends. We stayed at her apartment which was less than a 5 minute drive away, so we would simply drive over in the morning and head home when all the fun was had and everyone else was going to sleep. Plus I got to leave Charlie overnight at the big house and didn't have to haul him back and forth.

My sister (who is now married!!!) and little Pip

My other sister washed the cars with the kiddos and they all had a pretty great time

especially this guy

Easter Egg Hunt '15

Here are the photos from the Easter egg hunt that we went to on the Saturday before Easter. A local church puts it on at a park for the kids. They are very organized and we enjoyed it last year so much that we came again this year. Charlie was pretty hesitant about the whole thing and only got a few eggs. But since then he has become obsessed with finding eggs. It helped while grocery shopping and on our trip over to South Carolina. You just had to ask him where the eggs were and he would look around and shout "yoo-hoo, eggs!" It was adorable and I kind of wanted to keep it up all year but he gave up after a while.

 They are all in the same age group for the search

 I'm pretty sure Arden got a few eggs herself...

 It's a little bit of a madhouse and the search ends in under a minute, but you get eggs!

 

Fire Academy Graduation

Better late than never, right? I get so behind with pictures that I just give up on this whole blog thing entirely. Or at least for a few weeks. But not to worry, I'm back! We'll start with Andy's graduation from the Spokane Fire Academy! The graduation happened a month ago and he's been on rotation at stations since then, which means he has been working the schedule that he'll have when his probation year is over. The schedule is amazing and I'm so so SOOO proud that Andy has finished this academy and I know that the rest of his probation year will fly by.

Pip got to join in on the fun

Andy's sister and mom came for the ceremony