Happy Birthday Tovi!

Today is Tovi's bday. So, we had a little celebration and took him to the pet store for the traditional picking out some new toys. Noah the photographer. Tovi was a little overwhelmed by all the people in the store or just really excited for his birthday. Cause he scared several people that were just walking by him by barking at them.

Noah's test shot.
Tovi really wasn't too interested in any of the toys, he just wanted out of the cart.
He liked looking at the other animals.
Off his brother went w/o out him. How sad is he!
Time for some birthday cake! Happy Birthday Tovo!
He is sooo excited. One thing Tovi loves more than his toys is FOOD!
Lucas wanted to make sure that he liked it.
Checking for any crumbs, guess it was good.My boys! Guess Tovi still had some cake on his nose.
There that is better! We sure do love our dog!!! Happy 3rd Birthday Tovi!

How have you been keeping busy?

The boys and I have been keeping ourselves very busy this spring. Even with the ups and downs of our crazy weather - we have been able to enjoy a lot of time outside.

We have started playing tennis in the street. Fun, except when you start losing the tennis balls! After losing nearly 5 in one day - we have started covering the drainage openings with towels. So far so good!

Can I just say Eli cracks me up!!!! He had zinged the ball well out of Lucas's range - so he decided to charge me . . . .



Lucas is aggressive!
Reach for it Eli! They are getting pretty good. Check them out!




Look who is home!
Annnnnnnnnnnd he has spotted the camera!
See Noah run!!




He wants to talk but not if I am talking pics. . . .

Hmmm!

Lucas has a paper monster book so Eli and Lucas took full advantage of the rainy weather and worked on making some. I played with paper dolls when I was a kid - guess this is "boy" version of them!



Spring has come and let the planting begin!!!! Lucas was a great help. He got a cabbage plant from school that he needed to plant and will be monitoring its progress.



Cabbage plant planted and watered!!!

Now He helped prep the area for the herbs but then ditched me for tennis. Hmmm!
Hanging basket #1
Hanging basket #2

My potted plants! The other two boys didn't want to help so much with the planting, can't imagine why. They had fun playing with their friends - so at least they were enjoying the beautiful weather. Hope you are enjoying the spring!

Happy Easter!

The family got together to celebrate Easter and we were so happy the weather was beautiful. The kids were all excited for an egg hunt. Even the big kids! Probably was the money inside the eggs!!!! The older kids hid the eggs for the little ones - they did pretty good. Noah hid one of Trevor's eggs in a tree about 6ft up. My mom and I hid the older kids eggs - since all the kids that I hid for were the last ones searching - I guess I did a good job. My battery did halfway through the hunt but here are the pics that I got.

The hunt is on . . .
The Princess finding her bug eggs.
Where o where are those eggs?
Tyler is such a ham!!! Gotta love him!
Trevor didn't want to look at the camera, guess he wanted to look at all his golden eggs!
Jordan was obviously telling Eli a good story while they were searching.
Scottie being a good big brother and helping the Princess find her eggs.
Traffic jam at the bend . . .
Tyler sees his egg but can not figure out how to get it w/o stepping on his Nana's flowers.
Still can't find all their eggs.
Love Lucas's expression.
Eli is beginning to wonder if he really has 10 eggs to find. Colin is the only one I didn't get pics of before the camera died. I was literally taking his pic when my camera shut off :( Sorry little man!

The boys and I had a low key Easter celebration of our own, but one egg hunt had been enough (Noah and Eli were one of the last 3 looking). The boys woke up bright and early Sunday morning - so I don't think any of us were really awake. It was nice to have a relaxing day.
Their loot . . .


Hope you all enjoyed your Easter!