Easter Sunday

We spent Easter at home this year and had a great weekend!  We started the morning with hidden Easter baskets for each kid.  The Easter bunny must have been in a silly mood ;).

Excited about her new octopus!

Easter eggs and owls for Ethan!

Atley went straight for the reese's pieces! 

After baskets were emptied, we got ready and headed to church for a wonderful Easter Sunday service!  Ethan and Nora joined us in service and I loved having them and praising our risen Jesus!  Family pictures followed on the church lawn :)!

Happy Easter!

Handsome (almost 7) Ethan

Sweet Nora girl

My baby girl, Atley

Bradford Pear blooms!  Spring is here!

My favorite 3 kids in the whole world!

Nora, Ethan, Atley

For lunch we went to our good friends, the Talty's house.  It was a delicious lunch and amazing time with friends!  The kids even got one more Easter egg hunt in!

Just waiting to go!

Anything for an egg ;)

Atley found some starbursts!

Keep looking!

Callynn and Case helping out Atley :)

Nora and Callynn checking out their eggs!

Happy Atley with a Kit Kat :).

Dying and Hunting Eggs

We dyed eggs on March 25.

Right before she dropped the egg and splashed dye everywhere ;)

Silly Ethan!

Excited about the final product :)

On March 26 we were invited to an Easter egg hunt in our old neighborhood (we moved 1 month before Nora was born).  It was so fun to see some of the old neighbors and the kids had a blast running through the woods and yards looking for eggs and fun toys they had put out!

Running

Nora found one

Happy, handsome boy

Finished with a bucket of eggs!

Nora, Ethan & Braden
We used to live 2 doors down from Braden, so it was fun to see the kids playing together again!

We got to hang out with Ruth after the hunt too!

Preschool Easter

Nora had an Easter party at school the week of Easter.  It was so cute and she had a great time!  I happened to be in Nora's class the Monday before the party and helped the students decorate their egg carton for the Easter egg hunt.

Stickers everywhere!

Nora got to help pray before snack :)

"Freeze"

Each student brought 12 filled eggs for the Easter egg hunt.  Nora (and Atley) had fun finding the eggs outside!!

Nora's carton is all full!

Atley found one!

Ready to go inside and start the party!

Snack time :)

Atley thinks she's in preschool too!  Nora is trying to play a game where she rolls an egg across the floor!

Fun group of kids!

Nora checking out her Easter egg loot!

Money...

A big purple bag of coins mean, Grandpa came to visit(on March 20)!!  Unfortunately, I have no pictures of Grandpa and Grandma Karen from their visit :(.  But the kids love putting all the coins into their banks.  

Phone Dump

I'm back (at least for now).  Looking through my phone I found lots of pictures to share from the last couple weeks.

Atley loves to color and write (on everything!)-  March 14

We voted and then went to look at the chicks and ducks! - March 15

Such a beauty, loving the swing!- March 15

Taking a walk in Fletcher Park- March 15

Free cone day at DQ with our friends from the neighborhood!- March 15

Atley even got some!

Nora approves of our new fridge :) - March 16

Fun afternoon with our Koskinen friends :)!- March 17

Meeting Margo

My baby sister, Abby, had a baby!  (Check out her more detailed baby blog here)  Sweet baby Margo arrived 3 weeks early (much to everyone's surprise) on February 27.  Jared held down the fort at home so I could race down to Edwardsville to meet my newest niece and see her parents!  She is so tiny and perfect!!  And I was in love immediately!

Proud Aunt!

Margo Blair Williams

Grandama Terri, Margo and Abby

Pop capturing the moment ;)

Ethan and Nora were SO ready to meet their cousin, so today we made a day trip to hang out and snuggle a 2 week old baby!

Nora loved holding her

And Ethan is a natural (he's had practice!)

"Baby" says Atley

Atley, checking her new best friend!

We met up with Haley & Katie (and their parents) for some yummy lunch at Chick-Fil-A and then back to play a while at their house!
Ice cream cones all around!

It was such a fun day!  Love spending time with family :).