Happy Belated Easter!

I know I know. I'm way behind on posting our Easter pics but better late than never right!?...

We had a great Easter celebrating with Brian's grandparents and Brian's brother and his family. Brian did a phenomenal job frying a turkey...it was soooooooo gooooood!!!!!!

After we feasted the kids ran through the muck and the mud finding Easter eggs.

And then they enjoyed goofing around and eating their candy:o)

The Cole kiddos...

but since Caitlin wasn't in that previous pic she gets one all by herself:o)...

On Good Friday we decorated eggs with the boys and ended the day watching the 'Jesus video for kids' with them. Caleb is slowly understanding who Jesus is and what He means to us as he cried during the movie. He has such a sweet and tender heart.

Hope everyone had a great Easter as well! He is Risen!

Crazy hair Caitlin

Caitlin woke up from her nap this morning with a crazy do...

Just had to share...

Last night around 10:30-11:00ish as Brian and I were finishing up talking about the day as we were lying in bed, he went to go close the house down and then he went into Caitlin's room....who by the way was sleeping soundly, woke her up...that's right...woke her up so he could rock her.:o)
Since physical touch is one of his main love languages, God has given him a gift that overwhelms his heart...a little baby girl who'll cuddle with him.
So precious.

Easter pictures

Wewent to the Arboretum today to take Easter pictures and also met Robert, Janelle, and their kiddos there. We got some great pics, take a look...

Caleb's 7th Pirate Birthday Party!

On Sunday we had Caleb's party at a local park and Caleb said it was the best party ever! The kids had so much fun. Even though it was a little chilly it didn't stop them from having a great time. We first had lunch and the kids played around...

We then had a series of games; the first one being 'The Cannonball game'. They were divided up into 3 teams and raced each other while having to 'walk their plank', grab a cannon(water balloon) and race it back to put it into their artillary box (laundry basket:o)

The second game was a good old fashion water balloon toss but very quickly turned into a water balloon throwing game! (Which I think was started by the adults!:o) Also, earlier that morning while we were getting the balloons ready I got Brian real good but then I have to say he got a real good shot at me so I raced him down and got him again:o)...we ended up wet, dirty and laughing:o)

The last game was a treasure hunt. A few weeks back Caleb had so much fun painting shoe boxes, decorating them to look like a treasure box and filling them all with goodies. Brian was in charge of preparing the maps for the kids and let me say, the 'architect' was coming out in him as he was utilizing all of his site planning skills and downloading an aerial map of the park. I had to finally put an end to that at 10:30pm Saturday night and showed him a paper plate that had a cartoony treasure map on it and told him to make it look like that. He was still struggling.:o)

After the kids raced around the park finding treasure and filling their goody bags we ended the party with cake. I had a lot of fun making it and I love watching my kids get so excited the few days before the party as I prepare and make it. When it's all done they just sit there and stare at it. Too cute.:o)

A HUGE thanks to my mom and sister who came up and helped prepare for the party. We couldn't have done it without you, thank you!

The boys went back home with my mom and Brian and I are enjoying a quiet week with Caitlin...

Family

The other night we visited Brian's aunt and uncle who are in towm visiting Brian's grandparents. When we went in their back yard I heard kids across the alley in their fort calling my kids' names. When I looked up I saw it was my friends' kids, who we go to church and school with, and I had no idea they lived right behind Brian's grandparents house! That was a fun, little surprise while we visited.:o)

Brian with his aunt and uncle...Sweet little Caitlin...(well actually she's starting to be a little booger:o)

Caitlin outside

Well Brian you get more than one picture of her today! Enjoy it!:o)