Easter and the New Nephew

Easter came and went, but it included fun-filled activities with all the kids and a new addition to the family.

First was the dying of the eggs.

Then it was searching for the eggs on Easter morning.

Then more searching with the cousins.

And still some more searching...

And then displaying the results of the searching. All smiles.

Also on Easter our little nephew, Owen Eric King, was born. And here's his big cousin playing mommy holding him while they came over for dinner last night.

She's getting good at it. And he's out for the count.

And earlier in the day Ella got a nice goose-egg shiner at a birthday party.

All in all it was a good week. I spent this one in the yard cleaning stuff up and getting some early veggies planted. Good times...

Some recent activity for us

We've been busy lately with school, work, and trying to get things organized around the house. We're finishing our basement in anticipation of the new arrival and the boys are going move to the basement.

We just went as a family to Cancun and then Michelle and I went to Austin, TX. Good times.

Here's some pics from sunny Mexico... adios.

I am slacking... and guess what?

WE'RE PREGNANT!!!

Well, Michelle is, but I did a lot of pre-planning work and pep talks to get us here.

Ok, that is a far stretch too. I didn't do that much. Michelle is 15 weeks along and pretty soon we'll find out if it's a boy or girl. Oh the wait...

TTYL

Catching up on the Holidays - Easton's Program

Easton's Christmas program was fun this year. He was cute, and there was a little girl in his class that kept talking to him and hanging on him. He was very cavalier about it. Posted is the grand finale of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". It's very entertaining.









Good times, good times.

Catching up on the Holidays - Ella's Dance Recital

Ella's dance recital was the week before Christmas and she did A LOT better this time than last. She actually danced and moved around. :)

Afterward she hammed it up with her friend and the family.






This last one is my favorite - the two hooligans at work again.

Catching up on the Holidays - Getting our Tree

The day after Thanksgiving we went up to the east fork of the Bear River to get our Christmas tree with our friends, the Tuellers. It was a fun time and we ended up getting a great looking tree. The kids had fun playing with their friends too.






I think next year we'll do the same thing because it was so much fun and the permit only cost $12. Once we got home with it, it looked a lot bigger inside than it did here. Oh well, as they say, "bigger is better..."

Cruisin'

We just back from our vacation cruise down to Cabo San Lucas (starting in San Diego) and loved it. We went with our friends in the neighborhood, Adam and Tristen, and it was extremely fun. It was from a Monday to Saturday and was five nights of non-stop eating, sleeping, ||censored||, and eating. Lots of laughs too. I highly recommend a cruise on Royal Caribbean if you haven't done one.

This is our ship, Radiance of the Seas.

Michelle and I on the back of the boat enjoying the weather getting ready for a game of hearts.

This is us in Ensenada at La Bufadora, the blowhole. Talk about blowholes... Ensenada is a one and done town. Won't be planning a getaway there anytime... ever.

Formal dinner night. Damn, I look good.

Boat ride in Cabo at Land's End where it's the tip of the Baja peninsula. Very cool, except the stinky seals.

Well, that's all the photos I posted. The other ones revealed too much of the weight I gained eating 4 times a day. Buffets and being on a boat are great in theory, but leave you feeling a little lathargic when you get home. Back to the gym it is.