Happy Easter!

We had a very low key Easter morning! We enjoyed a beautiful Easter service on Saturday evening, then came home to watch KU in the Final Four (they lost), so we stayed up super late! The boys slept in quite late, so when they finally rolled out of bed, we headed downstairs to see what the Mama Bunny brought! I told them this year the Easter Bunny wasn't coming- he was going to someone else's house who has never had a visit from the Easter Bunny. They were excited to see how I "did" Easter baskets! They came downstairs to check out their baskets and said, "WOAH!"

They each got a new swimsuit, socks, and flip flops. A few candy items, gum, dollar bills, rubber robots, pool toys, slime, and Hatchimal eggs.

The Mimi Bunny also came too :)

I hid 32 eggs + 14 Hatchimal eggs, so they had quite the hunt ahead of them!! It took them quite a while to find everything, and they said, "This was the best egg hunt EVER!!!"

They each had a dozen Hatchimal eggs to hatch- they love those things!!!

The rest of the day was spent watching The Bible on Netflix, cleaning the Lego room (and I cleaned my closet) and they finished the evening watching Harry Potter. It was such a nice relaxing day, just soaking in the goodness that comes with knowing that Jesus is alive and risen! I can't imagine a day without having that truth running through my veins!! 

It even makes snow on April 1st bearable....

LEGO Easter Story

The boys have done the LEGO Easter story the past few years, but this year, they outdid themselves!!! I loved seeing what they thought were important details to add into their story. They truly get the whole meaning of Easter and I love that!! I took a 7 minute video of them telling their story! Such good stuff!

This is the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus is praying and the disciples are sleeping. 

Here is the Last Supper. Jesus is standing in the back. He's got his chalice of wine and a loaf of bread.

This is Judas after he betrayed Jesus. 

This is when Jesus was sentenced to death by Pilate. Just below Pilate is a Roman guard, and standing behind him is Jesus and Barabbas.The high priests are there on the left. The group of people on the right where shouting, "Crucify him! Crucify him!"

This is the crucifixion scene. The guards are casting lots for his garments, and Mary, Mary, and John were at the feet of Jesus. The little red pieces are the blood dripping from the crosses. Jesus also has his inscription at the top of his cross. Seriously- no detail overlooked! Oh, there are also a bunch of skeleton bones scattered around because Golgotha means "place of the skull."

And here is the tomb where Mary and Mary went to visit Jesus' tomb and saw the stone rolled away and the angel told them, "He is not here, He has risen!"

March Photos

 Cuties off to school- Millie and the stuffed animals- The GAP

Grant made a bow and arrow- MOES!!!!- Wyatt's meets are BORING

Spring Break AND a KU win!- Strep Throat- Walking to School

Millie on patrol- New Scooter- Field Trip about fossils

Monkey in the tree- GO KU!- After school vibes

Strong Wyatt- Snuggle Brothers- Landline chatting

KU Basketball

KU basketball became a family affair this year!! Last year, with the boys both playing in their first official basketball season, they became more aware of college and NBA games. Theyd want to know the score and if we won or lost, but they had zero interest in actually watching a game. But this year- they watched every single game with me (that didn't come on after bedtime!) and oh, how I loved it!!! Levi still isn't necessarily a KU fan- he will watch for me, but he doesn't have feelings towards the games either way, so its nice to watch with TRUE fans!! :)

Grant spent some time on the computer one evening printing off pictures of their main 7 players, and whenever one of them would score, he'd hold up their picture and cheer! So cute! Those papers are now hanging on the wall around his bed.

He picked out a Svi jersey for his birthday- not just because he turned 10 but because Svi was probably his favorite player because he says he looks like him :)

Wyatt was definitely into the games as well. He was more curious about how the game works- 1st grade basketball doesn't have all these rules. He loved me explaining all the rules to him! On this day, he sat as close to the TV as he could so he could "really feel like he was there."

KU won 1st place in the Big 12 season, 1st place in the Big 12 tournament, and they made it all the way to the Final Four! Villanova shot lights out and definitely left the Jayhawks in their dust, but we were very excited to have made it that far!!

This kid had all the emotions during the games. The ups and downs of a KU fan! At the end of the game, he definitely cried big tears that they didn't make it to the championship, but moreso because he has to wait a good 7 months before another KU game is on TV! He's already researching the new recruits next year and he has KU tickets on his wishlist!!!!!

Time to Color Eggs

I had everything set up on the table as soon as they walked in the door from school and they said, "YAY!!!!! We get to color eggs today!!!" I love their holiday excitement still!!! I got the deluxe coloring pack, so they had 9 colors to choose from- plus I got the little stamps that we used last year since they loved using those to add their details. Goodness, these boys spent a lot of time on their 7 eggs they each had. I couldn't believe how detailed they got with each egg!!! Each one was a masterpiece!!

Easter Egg Snack Hunt

We've done an Easter Egg food hunt since 2012 and this year, it almost slipped past me! We are SO busy these days, dinner at home is always rushed! Plus, the amount of food these boys eat doesn't exactly fit into 12 little easter eggs. So I did the next best thing- I had their after school snack hidden and ready to find as soon as they got home from school!!!

And they're off!!!!!

I definitely didn't win any prizes on the nutritional value of this snack, but they fact that we got to do it scored me big points in the boys books!! I will ALWAYS do these things as long as they continue to ask. I love that they still love a good holiday tradition!!!!

Morse Easter Egg Hunt

It might have been a VERY chilly morning for an Easter Egg Hunt, but that definitely didn't stop these kiddos from hunting with all their might!! I love our neighborhood and all the kids it brings!! Such a great community! It took them all of 2 minutes to fill their baskets FULL of eggs!!! They opened them up, took out the goodies, and dumped the eggs back in the bin to use again next year!! Then it was time for the very cold bike ride back home!!

Adventure Landing, Part II

...and more fun!!

Wyatt actually hit a 1000 ticket jackpot and the machine ran out of tickets!! By lunchtime, we had SO many tickets, they needed their own seat at lunch....

By 3:00, we decided to cash out our tickets- soooo many prizes- and head to the airport to ride the SkyLink around since the boys had never really experienced a real airport. It was a fun time riding around and then stopping for lunch in the International Terminal to check out the BIG planes! Dallas is a pretty cool airport, we couldv'e just spent our 1 day vacation there!!

And Daddy even got to sit with us on the plane- we thought he'd have to sit in a jumpseat since the flight was full, but we got one extra spot so he got to sit with the boys and show them some cool things only pilots know!! 

It was such a fun little vacation and makes us wonder where we want to travel next??