Easter

It is a tradition for the kids to get new Easter outfits, as I am sure it is for many. I still love dressing the boys alike and the girls alike. It is becoming harder for me to do so, and Lolly is not liking it anymore. The boys have never cared though. I keep begging her to do so telling her that I can hardly find outfits to match her to Cara anymore so to just enjoy it to make her mother happy, and she begrudgingly wears it. I know she secretly still likes it...at least that is what I keep telling myself. I was really upset at how sunny and bright it was outside because the kids were whining that the sun was hurting their eyes. My pictures turned out really disappointing and I didn't even see that the shadows were on them all spotted. We were in such a hurry to get to church on time, but I guess I got a picture to remember the memory huh?

I still think I have the most beautiful kids despite my photography skill that morning. I loved the girls dresses that I found this year. I will have to get better pictures of them in them so you can see how cute they are.


Cara was holding one of her many babies behind her back. Down by her shoe is its bonnet that dropped. I had no clue till we got to church and she is holding a baby....she is a stinker!


Okay, I was trying to get the pics to not look so spotted so I was playing around in Photoshop with them. This is one I tried in sort of a sepia tone


Here is how the black and white turned out. They are a little better than the color I think. If I had just noticed those DARN SHADOWS!!

Look what the Easter bunny left us.....

I LOVE the hollidays! I think they are more for me becuase it makes my heart fill with such happiness from seeing the excitedment and wonder in my childrens faces when they wake up remembering that it is a holliday day. Being a mother is the hardest thing EVER, but seeing your children still have that "sparkle" in their eyes from believing in the Easter bunny....it makes it all worth it! This Sunday morning was a little bit more chaotic, just because we have 8am church, so we couldn't let them enjoy thier baskets for very long.

This was the first time Cara got bubble tape.....I am not sure if that was such a good idea. She always wants gum when the other kids get some......she was soooo excited to get her own!


Isn't Lolly the cutest thing ever? Even if she still looks like she is half asleep?


Grant doesn't waste time when it comes to "the goods". He knows the routine of sorting out your candy so mom can put it in your own baggie. That way the grass gets thrown away ASAP becuase I loathe finding the stuff for days around the house!


I got a carrot! Ty really does LOVE carrots, so I just had to get the silly carrot eggs just for him.


Cara wasted no time at all devouring her candy. I knew the laffy taffy was a big hit with her.....she LOVES the stuff!


Lolly thought the little chick eggs were so darn cute...just like her!


What? I cannot eat it all RIGHT NOW, in ONE SITTING? That is the reason why I only put a little bit of candy in their baskets, becuase they will eat however much I give them RIGHT THEN. So mother got smart and only puts a tiny bit in the baskets, and then the rest goes in the candy jar on the counter to be dispursed sparingly, or eaten by the parents at will!


None of my kids like jelly beans. I thought I would "try again" with them and so I bought the lifesaver and jolly rancher kind to see if they would like them. Kris and I don't like them either, so it wouldn't break our hearts if we never had to buy them ever again. Ty was a trouper and tried them out first.....and he said that they "were not so bad" but that he would not eat a lot of them. Verdict: Driggs family + jelly beans = NOT HAPPENING!

Where's Cara?

After the LONG fun day at Grandpa and Grandma Driggs, the kids were so tired. We came home, had showers, said prayers, and tucked them all in bed. After a bit, I checked on all of them so I could get to work on "the baskets". Cara was not in her bed and no where to be found. I was in on the computer, so didn't even know she had gotten out of bed. I paniced a bit until i saw this....


I had left a pile of laundry that I had just taken out of the dryer on the couch and then went to check something on the computer. She always crawls into the warm clothes, only this time she snuggled right in and fell asleep


She was tucked down good in between the clothes and sofa. I love her to death.....she is such a snugglebug just like me!


Will someone come and fold and put away my laundry? I am really really tired.....

Easter at the Driggs

On saturday we went over to Grandpa and Grandma Driggs house to celebrate Easter and of course eat a yummy Easter dinner. Right when we first got there, Kris and Eddie hid all the eggs that Grandma had filled for each child. They had such a fun time hunting for them. Kris and Eddie were funny this year becuase they hid the older kids eggs in really hard places. They STILL were able to find them. Grandma makes equal amounts of eggs per child and writes their names on them so that the game is not dominated by my older kids. That way you just find the eggs with your name on them. We had some good laughs at the two littlest ones, Cara and Gage. Once they finally found and egg that was theirs, they were preoccupied with what was in it, becuase they knew it was candy, so they had to be "encouraged" to find their "other eggs with candy". We then came in and had a yummy Easter dinner of honey baked ham, sour cream (funeral) potatoes, veggies, fruits, salads, and of course a yummy dessert! The kids all play outside the entire time after they are finished eating. Us adults visited, played games and just relaxed the rest of the evening. We headed home after dark and got prepared for our Easter Sabbath Day.
Just a warning........I took LOTS of pictures!!

Kris hiding one of Tys eggs deep in the rose bush.....sneeky!


Eddie hiding his kids eggs in the citrus trees


Cara rounding the rose bush to find all her "candy eggies"


Shawn looking for his eggs


Grant found one of his that Kris hid in the exhaust of his truck


Ty finally found his egg


Grant found one of his in the mailbox


Gage just happy as can be just wandering the lawn looking for his eggs


Lolly looking in the grapefruit tree.......getting warmer!


Cara and one of her many silly faces


Eddie helping Abby find her eggs


Gage found one on Jessicas tire


hot, hot, getting hotter......Lolly FINALLY found it in the tree


Ty thought it was cool that we hid all his in really hard places. This one took him a while to find because he was never looking up to find his eggs. He just monkeyed himself across the window to get it....crazy kid!


Lolly helping Abby find her last eggs in the trees


All the grandkids who were there: Ty, Grant, Laurel, Shawn, Abby, Cara and Gage (in order of birth) Elizabeth was at dance and came just a little bit later, and Mandy and Derrick were up in Utah


Dad, Carter (his back), Kris and Jessica still "grazing" on what is left of dinner. Do you see Kris? I can NEVER get a decent picture of the boy! He thinks he is SOOO FUNNY too!!


Jessica gives the BEST neck and back rubs! We all stand in line when she starts the rub sessions....LOVE EM!


I tried to catch Adam sitting there with Kris and Jessica, but the stinker kept ducking behind Kris!


Lolly and Elizabeth "hanging around". Those two are the best of cousins


Ty and Grandpa discussing the tree fort and what the next plan to build is


ink a bink, a bottle of ink, the cork fell out........


and YOU STINK!! They sat there for quite a while and played this silly game, and laughed and laughed at the end of each round


Cara


Laurel


This climbing cage gets such good use from the grandkids


Laurel


Cara


Grant


Shawn.....what is on your forehead? A stamp he probably did himself, funny boy!


Ty hard at work making room for more additions to the tree fort


Cara kept laughing wanting me to see her doing "stinkbug"


"stinkbug"!!


Cara


Adam and Kris playing a game of chess with Shawn watching


the girls on the teeter-totter


Cara and Elizabeth


Abby and Lolly


Grant, Eddie, Ty and Shawn playing HORSE


Lolly and Elizabeth aka "Easter bunnies"


Lolly, Cara, Abby and Elizabeth all being "Easter bunnies"


I asked them to act silly....and this is what I got


Not a couple minutes later, she dropped her cupcake in the grass. She was contemplating eating but could not figure out how to get the grass off. Grandma came to the rescue with another fresh cupcake and all was good again!