Finally!!!

April 29th...

It was finally time to get in the field and play in the dirt! Jared came home covered in dirt and happy as a clam. :) Grandpa Roger and Keith were digging so Jared got to drive the 4-wheeler and pick rocks... all by himself. Life doesn't get much better for this kid...

Homework

April 18th...

I was working on a top secret project in the shop at the farm. Since the girls can't read yet I can tell you that it has something to do with their birthday present. ;)  Jared needed to read his AR book so this is the spot he picked to do it...

Not in the office or the comfy lounge chairs... or even IN the cab of the tractor.

Gotta love that kid and his quirkiness. :)

Super Silly Photo Shoot

April 11th...

Morgan put together a pretty hilarious outfit so I grabbed my camera to take a picture...

Then Chloe wanted to take pictures with my phone and it turned into a little photo shoot in our back hallway. The poses these two come up with just cracks me up!

Chloe took about 30 pictures and every single one was blurry ;)

Morgan shaking her booty... Chloe and I laughed and laughed!

Then it was Chloe's turn...

Can you believe that attitude?! Boy, do we have our hands full with this one ;D

Easter Egg Hunt

Oops... forgot to publish this post!

March 31st...

We bundled up Sunday morning and went out to find all of the eggs that the bunny hid all over the yard.

He found the gas cap for his 4-wheeler that he lost about 6 months ago!

   

Counting the eggs

Happy 4th Birthday, Chloe!

April 10th...

We celebrated Chloe's birthday with a little pizza party at home.

Looking more like a young lady than my baby girl!

Yummy cupcake cake from Walmart.

Lots of silliness and sibling love...

 

 

 



Superstar!

Singing "Happy Dirtday!" ;)



Make a wish!



Really???

April 11th...

That was my first thought when the phone rang at 5:30am with the school closed announcement. REALLY??? How could it possibly be that bad out there? They were right... it was bad.

The view from the garage before I left for work. Breath-taking!

The drive sucked but thanks to 4-wheel-drive, I made it to work without any problems.

Gotta love living in Minnesota! ;)

Park & Rec Egg Hunt

March 30th...

I took the kids to the Civic Center for the annual Easter Egg Hunt. The weather has been kinda crappy lately and the ground was either covered in snow or muddy. Jared was too old to "hunt" this year so he was my helper. The place was packed with kids and parents/grandparents so I didn't really get a chance to get any good pictures of the kids. The line for a picture with the Easter Bunny was too long for my impatient kiddos so this is all I got...

All of the goodies for the kids



Miss Morgan waiting patiently

It's just not quite the same indoors.

FOUR!!!

April 10th...



Morgan and Chloe

I woke her up singing Happy Birthday and she was in a great mood... she can be a little bear in the morning but not today! ;) It snowed over night so we had to get a quick picture outside before the girls left for daycare... it's pretty rare to have snow in April but they sure were excited about it! Jared's school was even 2 hours late. Hoping it won't happen again for a long, long time... Keith is itching to get in the field!

Easter Egg Decorating

March 29th...

We decorated Easter eggs at the farm. It's a bit chaotic with all of the littler kids wanting to dye their own eggs but they seem to quickly lose interest and then just go play. Then, all of the adults big kids finish the rest of the eggs. ;) I can't even remember if Chloe actually finished her one egg. By the time I had everyone set-up, she was off to play dress-up or hold baby Leah. So... she didn't get a picture taken.

Morgan really spent a lot of time on that egg.

It was pretty cool looking when she was done!

Morgan, Jared, Lily and Brianna

Ava, Jared, Lily and Brianna

The Judges... Ryan, Keith, Craig, Roger and Patty

The kids anxiusoly waiting for them to choose a winner



The winner of the kids division was Gavin - aka Shrek
(because he dyed his hands green along with his egg)

Judging the adult division



Jesse won this year! I, on the other hand, have yet to win. So much for all of my pinterest research. ;)

Sleeping Buddies

March 30th...

The girls decided to take a nap on their little princess couch.
It was pretty cute so I had to take a few pictures. ;)

Towel Wraps

April 1st...

The girls always giggle and think I'm so silly when I wrap a towel on my head after I take a shower. Chloe asked if she could try it after she got out of the tub and then, of course, Morgan had to have one too! ;)

Ridiculously cute!!!

Farm Kid

April 1st...

Jared didn't have school so he got to spend the day at the farm. He got to bring his 4 wheeler with so he put a few miles on that thing and covered it (and himself) with mud. Roger was having his seed days (farmers pick up their seed) so we were sitting in the shop having refreshments and we see something strange go by the window. Jared was driving around with a 'flag' (huge tree branch and chunk of plastic wrap)...

Of course, Chloe had to have a ride!

Easter Visitor

March 31st...

We had a visitor in the big tree in our front yard...

A very BIG Bald Eagle!

Saturday night I had the garage door open and was unloading stuff out of the van when I heard a splash on the cement in the driveway. It was dark and I couldn't see much so I thought a small branch or something fell from the tree. I even stared up at the tree for a while just because it was such a strange sound (like tossing a small amount of water) but, I couldn't see much and didn't think much more about it. The next morning

Keith took this picture just after dawn when he the Easter Bunny was hiding eggs in the yard. Crazy! This tree is about 25 feet from our house! He said it took off shortly after he took the picture and that the wing span had to have been at least 6 feet. As it left the tree it dropped to about 5 feet above the ground before it finally got some lift. Dozer, our dog, took off after it and I guess it was pretty comical. He has been known to catch birds mid-flight but this thing could've probably picked him up and carried him off. ;) And the splash sound that I heard? There was a lot of white 'stuff" on our driveway. He was perched up there all night! Fun story... just had to share. :)

Lil' Shoppers

March 28th...

I took the girls grocery shopping after ECFE. It's a rare treat for my girls because they can be a bit of a handful... and my ankles can only handle so much abuse before I lose it. ;)

Too cute with their little shopping carts!

 

And the matching outfits just make me melt.

People ask all the time if they are twins and they really looked the part that day! For the record... they chose to dress like this. If they could match every day, they would. My sister and I were dressed in matching outfits a lot when we were little and we give our mom crap about it. I'm sure we loved it at the time too, Mom. ;)