Easter Pictures

The Saturday before Easter we had a big get together at our house. We knew we would be busy at Church all day Sunday with our Easter program so we had our fun a day early. Austin made a huge deal or no deal game and we played for real money. Here Granny takes the hot seat.

And Billy takes his hot seat seriously. He really wants to win the BIG prize of 10 dollars.
And even Pap takes the hot seat.
At the end, Billy and Wes gave Austin a chance to play his own game. Funny how it was my money we were giving away, but when I played I only won 1 cent!

We had an egg toss.

Bridgette had an egg splat on her by ME! She couldn't stand it. Then she chased me down and put the egg in my shirt.
Sara ducks out of the way of an egg.

Billy and Wes wait to catch their eggs.
Good catch.
Nice catch again.
Sara and Wes took home the prize for this game. A big basket of candy. Oops don't tell those WW people :)
More egg toss fun.

The egg hunters wait inside while I hide all 70 eggs!! Sara is upset because somehow her name did not get put on her bag. LOL!
Wes finds an egg.
Here Bridgette and Granny had the same idea at the same time.
Wes is like a kid all over again.
Wes and Bridgette see one. Run guys, run!
Kasadie plays nearby. Such a sweetie.
We had lots of food. Steak and shrimp and baked potatoes. Later we had icecream, cake and smores by the fire.
Billy still gets his Easter basket even if he is 23.
And Wes too. I think I will always get them Easter candy.
Austin and Granny hang out.
A shot of the aftermath of dying 70 eggs. Austin and I had that job.
Later that night, Melissa, Tyler and Tevin came over. They just loved our confetti eggs. They were real dyed eggs, but were hollowed out and had confetti inside.

Late night basketball.
My festive table at night.
Tevin and Tyler enjoy the hottub.

Aaron and his girlfriend Sandy were not able to come. They were off at the beach for senior week. I gave them their baskets when they got home. They were both exhausted and Aaron had picked up strep throat.But they posed for pictures anyway. Here Aaron has his huge basket loaded with beef jerk

Austin's huge basket was loaded down with dvd movies.


I hope you all had a wonderful Easter.

ZACK TURNS ONE AND AUSTIN'S CAKE IS A BIG HIT!

Once again, Austin had a cake to make. My godson, Zack was having his first birthday. I think transporting the cake was the hardest part.He followed instruction on how Lynn wanted the cake and then made a smaller version for Zack to dig into.Here is a closer view. Didn't he do a fabulous job???
Zack thought so...
He didn't dig in too much. He wanted to eat it with a spoon. Except he loved taking off the fondant pieces and eating them.
I bought him a toy with a hammer!! LOL!!

He loved his little cars. He had such a full day. I can't believe he is already 1!!! Where does the time go?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET PEA!!

Udate on my life :)

It has been awhile since I have blogged. Life is so busy. Here is what's been going on. Austin finally got his braces off. Here he is before....And now...after.....

Mama kitty had another litter of kittens. We were able to find wonderful homes for them thanks to Craigs list. Now, we will have her fixed and claim her officially as 'our cat'!The boys are still dealing with the loss of their grandparents and now a different kind of loss with their dad as he is now in jail for the next 8 years. However, Billy and Wes have been given a new home that is paid for! I am so happy for them. Here is the outside from the front.And from the back.

Here is Wes' room. He picked a nice blue color for the walls.
And he made his first ever finance purchase....a big tv...of course!
He is the lucky one and has his own bathroom.
This is Billy's room. Always neat and organized.

They have a very large living room. It is still kind of empty but they are working on it.

And a big dining room.

Here is the kitchen. Their friend Gary also lives with them in the third bedroom. Gary and Wes do all the cooking. Billy would just eat out of a can :)

The main bathroom is so funny. It is black tile with pink.....but even funnier is the......

red carpet!! I am so happy that they were able to inherit such a nice big safe house. It makes me feel good knowing that they are safe and warm. They do such a great job in keeping it clean. They also have a full basement with a kitchen and bath down there as well.

In other news.... we had a small snow/ice storm. I had four of Aaron's friends stranded at my house over night. I cooked them all a big breakfast and they hung out for the day. Then as they were leaving Jon got his car stuck in the ditch so that just added to the excitement. But they all made it home safe.

My sweet godson Zack is getting so big and so is.....

my niece's baby, Kasadie.
And since I didn't blog at Christmas here are two of my favorite photos. All my boys..
And Aaron and his Pap sleeping while waiting for dinner and more present opening.