Easter at Tonya's

We spent Easter with my sister Tonya, her husband & girls and my parents at Tonya's house. It was a fun day with lots of "cousin" time, an easter egg hunt and Easter dinner. Here are some pics I took throughout the day.

Egg hunting:
Micah found some eggs hidden in Papa's shoes (STINKY)
Alorah checking out her loot:
Haley showing me her collection of eggs:
Isaiah's loot:
Micah scored!
We ended up the day with sidewalk chalk. Tonya has a wall in her backyard that my kids think is the coolest cuz they can draw to their hearts content on it. Here's Micah and Lauren:
Lauren the little dolly, drawing on the wall. I love the way the light framed her face in this picture:
Alaina writing her name:
Tonya playing hopscotch with Alorah and totally biffing it into the fence. CRACKED ME UP!

I was visiting my friend Noel's blog the other day and she had a veggie tales video up which totally reminded me of a Veggie Tale song we sing almost everyday. Below is my little Micah Thomas. We typically call him Mikey or Micah T. The video below is one of my favorite Veggie Tales Silly Song and we always substitute it with MR. Micah T, you are the one for me, one for me, sent from up above you are the one I love. This is sung daily at our house :)

Playful LO for CT

Papers:
Believing You kit by Carola Mondini (digiscrapshak.com)
Canvas of Colors Paper Pack by Carola Mondini (digiscrapshak.com)

Brackets:
Bracket me Baby kit by Cznydesigns (digiscrapshak.com)

Staples:
Brazilian Winter kit by Mitia Assef (digiscrapshak.com)

Fonts:
2peas Barefoot Professor
CK Man's Print

Journaling:
You are so much fun to be around Lainie Lou. You’re always playing and being goofy. It’s just your natural self to be a total HAM ~ But only with those that know you VERY well.

I found this on my friend Kari's blog and loved it. You take this little quiz to find out which flavor of Ice Cream your personality is:

You're as impulsive and impatient as a kid who can't wait for the cookies to come out of the oven. You treat life like a nonstop slumber party, and you like to keep things simple and silly. You scream at horror movies and laugh your butt off at comedies, but you probably can't sit still for a long, boring drama. To some people, you come across as immature, but so what? Your playful personality means you'll stay forever young.

7% of the people who took this quiz got the same evaluation.

Flashlight Tag & Breakfast

We had the most fun ever last night! I'm trying to do fun activities over this Easter Break as we are not traveling to some exciting destination. Last night's fun activity was flashlight tag. We had our friends the Hislops over and while dad was doing Bible study with Mr. Kerr we ran around the backyard in the dark trying our best to hide behind, trees, slides and shrubs while the hunter with the flashlight tried to find us before we made it to base. Ev and Mr. Kerr finished up early and came out to join us. We started up around 7:45 and didn't finish playing until 9:00 pm when Micah and Zachary started to lose it a little bit. Alorah turned out to be this amazing hider and was ALWAYS the last one found, Mr. Kerr says she should be in the Special OPs. Micah turned out to be the cutest. When he was the hunter he would close his eyes on the wall and count to 10 and then count backwards. Then, he'd run around the yard flashing the light on everyone and yelling "gotcha". Alaina and Isaiah kept ratting everyone out ~ I saw Miss Mindi behind the barbeque and so on. Noah pretty much hid on base. Mr. Kerr and Ev tried to scale the fence at one point and I think Ev has an injury as a result! Overall it was just a fun evening. Considering that it was dark, I didn't get any pictures of us playing. SO, this morning we made eggs and bacon for breakfast and I took a picture of all my little helpers.

Micah's 3rd Birthday party

Micah Thomas celebrated his third birthday a few weeks back and we celebrated in grand style with a Thomas the Train birthday Party. All of his buddies showed up ~ most especially his "crew" Dylan, Sammy & Aiden. I set up "stations" throughout the house and printed up an itinerary with all the party plans and stations on it. We played balloon toss, conductor says and parcel find ~ (Percy the train crashed in the backyard and tossed all his packages all over the backyard . . . goodie bags) . It was a great time by all and I want to thank my dad for taking the pictures for me as I was busy being the hostess!

Here's a picture of the birthday boy in his conductor hat:I used painters tape and put train tracks all over the floor in the house for us to travel from "station" to "station" This was Micah's favorite party of the party. He was SOOOOO sad when we pulled it up a few days later.
Isaiah and Regan in an intense Light Saber battle!!!
Alorah telling Papa "D" all about her Pioneer Studies and the Pioneer camp she'll be attending next week.
Micah hugging his little cousin Lauren. He just adores her!!
All the kids playing "conductor says" ~ a variation of Simon says
Micah's Thomas pinata. We got the kind where you pull the strings and when you get the right string it opens the pinata and all the candy comes pouring out. We didn't want to traumatize the poor kid at three by pulling out his best friend and then beating it to death with a bat.
The cutest part of the party was when we pulled out the pull string pinata and baby Lauren went and grabbed a bat out of the toy box to hit it. She knows what's going on ~ looks like she's got a little Mexican in her after all, me and my sisters haven't diluted the gene pool too much :)
The fabulous cake that Bonnie made for Micah's birthday! I think the cake topper was his favorite gift :)
Micah blowing out the candles with Mommy. (I usually hate putting pictures of myself up, because I can't stand the weight I've gained. BUT, I'm now committed to losing it and have lost 10 lbs already!!!)

Beautiful LO

Supplies:
Template ~ template 23 by Jen Caputo (scrapbookgraphics.com)
Papers ~ Sweet Cherry Pie kit by Nancie Rowe Janitz (scrapartist.com)
Elements ~ Sweet Cherry Pie kit by Nancie Rowe Janitz (scrapartist.com)

Journaling:
My precious friend, you are one of the greatest treasures I have in this world. You are my “Jonathan” from the story of David. The kind of devoted friend that comes once in a lifetime. I love this top pictures of you because that is how I see you most often. We get together and laugh like children. You make me laugh till I cry and the world is always brighter in the time I spend with you. You hear my struggles with no judgment, only encouragement. You stood by my side in the most painful time and only offered your shoulder and an ear to listen ~ the only one that really understood what I needed. Besides my husband you are the first person I wasn't to share anything happy, sad or challenging with. Tears are pouring down my face as I write this because words can never express to you how much you mean to me and how special you truly are, You will hate the pictures I chose for this Layout because you always hate the pictures I take of you! But you are so absolutely beautiful, as a person, as a mom, and as a friend. Thank you dear friend for opening your heart and making a place in it for me.