Happy Easter

 We hope everyone had a Happy Easter.  Easter time is always great.  We love the chance to celebrate the life of Jesus Christ and his sacrifice for us.  How blessed we are to have a Savior who loves us so much.  This is a huge photo dump so enjoy! 

 Our apartment complex had an Easter egg hunt.  The kids loved it, even though the complex severely underestimated the number of eggs to hide.  I think that each kid got two eggs.  They didn't really know the difference though. 

 Easter morning was a bit crazy in our household but we made it.  ;-) 

 Andrew never waited for his candy to be opened, just ate right through the wrapper. 

 What is Easter without an bunny cake?  Anna seems to like this tradition more and more each year.

 We had a little family egg hunt also. 

 Andrew picked up one egg and one egg only.  Instead of going for more, he just stayed put until he ate every bite of his candy. 

 This is his face after we took away his 11th gummy worm. 

 Our sweet friends invited us over to Easter dinner.  It was fabulous.  Here we are about to walk over. 

 And finally, our family Easter picture.  Love it.  Happy Easter everyone!

Picking Flowers

 Oh to be a kid again.  So happy and carefree.  The only worry on these kids' minds was whether or not to pick purple or yellow flowers.  It has been so beautiful here in St. Louis, along with the rest of the country.  We had a great day outside the other day so I grabbed my camera.  Enjoy the pictures from the day. 

 My mom came in to town a few weeks ago.  We had so much fun. It was great!  We only snapped ONE picture with her.  Isn't that ridiculous?  It was wonderful to have her here.  It would be so nice to live closer to family but for now, we'll take what we can get.  The kids sure do love their Granny.  She's the best!

 Out to eat, Mexican of course. 

When in Doubt....

....Check on Andrew!  I was upstairs putting our laundry away when my sweet angel boy walks in covered in black mascara.  I immediately wondered why I thought I could leave him for even a second.  I should know better by now.  We decided that Andrew has two modes and two modes only.  Sleeping and tornado.  He and Anna could not be more different.  Anna has always hated being dirty, never really got into anything and is super shy.  Andrew is completely opposite.  I'm kicking myself for not getting a photo of when he was pouring my 25 lb bag of flour all over my carpet.  That was fun.  Or one time I caught him dipping his cup into the toilet and drinking the water.  Sick!  Let's just say he keeps us on our toes.  On the other hand, Andrew is also the sweetest little boy you'll ever meet.  He is unbelievably friendly to everyone.  Whenever we are out and he's toddling around, he always stops walking to wave at each passing person and say, "hi, hi, hi".  He loves giving hugs and squeezing your neck really hard.  Tickling and wrestling are his favorite pass times.  He is always polite by saying "please" and "thank you".  Basically, he'll melt your heart with one smile.  Even though he's messy, I think we'll keep him.  

 A black trail of mascara led me to each and every place he went.

 I had only used that mascara once and had to throw it away.  He kind of looks like Hitler, huh?

 Andrew also got a terrible rash.  He's had it now for a few weeks.  I took him to the doctor, and he wasn't sure what it was.  He gave me an anti-inflammatory cream for it though, and it's been about a week.  I think it's finally starting to improve.  Slowly but surely.  Poor buddy.  He doesn't seem affected by it though, thank goodness.

 To get a picture of his rash, I asked him where his tummy was.  I just think these pics are cute.  I just love our kids.

 Anna had to do it too, of course!  We can't leave her out.  ;-)