Easter 2008

We had a great Easter in the mountains. I just love spending holidays there. Everything is just slowed down and enjoyed so much more. You never stop wishing that Richard and Sandy were there but being there, you feel like they are.

We celebrated on Saturday even though Jamie, Jasmine and Jacob were staying until Monday. I had to be back to babysit on Monday and get James back in time to get to his mom's. Instead of rushing on Sunday, we just did everything on Saturday. Jordan spent this Easter with his dad's family.

Jamie was off mowing something or cutting down a tree; something wilder-nessy. He told me to go ahead and get the kids started on the coloring of the eggs. He'd be back in time. Um, dude, do you remember how quickly our children color eggs? Anyway, here are some pictures of the coloring.

While I was getting the colors ready for the kids, I told them to go ahead and start drawing on their eggs with the white crayons. When I turned around, tis is what I found. Apparently drawing on eggs makes you hungry!



Getting into it







What's coloring eggs without colored hands?





Having fun





Yup, you guessed it ~ Daddy missed egg coloring. I knew that was going to happen!

Later on, Jamie's cousin David, his wife, Michelle and their son, Bradley, came over. They were going to eat with us. We also had an Easter Egg hunt! We had over 130 eggs!! So much fun! And of course, some pictures of the fun!











Now we had a special silver egg which had $5 in it! The kids looked and looked. We even gave clues and finally, Jasmine found it! Am I good or what?



Easter morning with their baskets of goodies!









And right before we went home, Jenna had to take a spin with Daddy. She came home with me. She is just way too mean to her poor daddy to be able to stay with him.

Jasmine started gymnastics today!

Jasmine started gymnastics today! The weeks leading up, she was ready to explode! This morning, while getting ready for school, she came down and asked me "Should I put my gymnastics clothes on under my school clothes?" I let her know she'd had plenty of time after school to get ready. She is just too darn cute sometimes!

She totally loved every second of it. Her teacher is really sweet which makes it that much better for Jasmine. There are three other kids in her class. Two boys and another girl.

She can't wait for Monday nights now! My baby girl is a gymnast!!

Jordan's big month

Jordan tested a few months ago to get into the Magnet program for middle school. That is basically the program for Gifted & Talented students. Jordan thought he tested well. Usually when he thinks that, he did. He's a very smart kid but often is seen as a trouble maker because he talks. I've always said it's because he is bored. Well, we found out today that he made it! He is so excited and super proud of himself, as we are too! He will be going for Math, Science and Computer Science. All of his classes will be advanced classes, which I am certain he will have no problems with. There are only a few middle schools in the county that offer these programs. Children go to the one that is closet to them. We lucked out and our home middle school offers the programs!

Jordan also found out which baseball team he belongs to. Jordan is a Muckdog....whatever a muckdog is. He is really happy to be apart of a team and he knows at least one kid on his team from school. Practice starts on Wednesday. He is so excited to beging! His first game is April 5th.