our day

Finally it feels like spring is here! We had such a fun day. Darrell tilled the garden and put fertilizer on the lawn. Alysha and I trimmed all the landscaping. The boys played out in the creek and we all planted the garden. I'm exhausted, but it was a great day to be home and enjoy the great outdoors.

watering the lettuce

planting onions

Boys canoeing in the creek

snack time

our weekend

We have been enjoying a nice relaxing weekend (for once). It all started on Friday, we were in our pj's all day (it was wonderful) we baked and frosted Easter cookies, put 3 puzzles together and are working on the 4th one, had movie night, went to church, made a nice easter lunch and did all the other mundane boring things that you have to do to keep the house in order. Oh, and our dishwasher broke down :( our kids make excellent dishwashers!

we didn't have a egg cookie cutter, so we made our own pattern and then she cut it out with a knife. She did good!

the finished product

happy birthday alysha

Can't believe my "little" girl is 14 years old, sniff. We had a small party for her on Sat. eve Dale, Amy and kids and Doug & Mattie and their family came down for burgers on the grill and Amy made the b-day cake (thanks). Tonite I cooked her favorite dinner: poormans steak, mashed potatoes and green beans, yum!

her new walleta new dress

boy scouts

The boys spent most of the day out in the woods. It was a beautiful spring day. They were having so much fun exploring and starting a fire, yikes!

stone path they made to cross the creek.

safety first, they filled a bucket with water in the event the fire got out of hand.

roasting marshmallows

eating marshmallows the campsite, they also roasting hot dogs, Yumo!

lego magazine

Every day when we stop to get the mail, I hear "did we get a lego magazine?" Well, wait no more. They forget about everything else and pour over the magazine for hours. It's like Christmas comes every 2 months. However, I love legos they are good for the kids to be creative and use their imagination. I think they will be engineers when they grow up.

snow

Darrell and the kids had a great time sledding yesterday.....

Trevor being silly

getting a ride

Drew & Trevor building a fort

jumping over the wall

Go Illini

On Saturday we took the kids to the Illini game. We had 2 "C" tickets and 4 "B's" so we made Darrell sit up in "C" and the kids and I sat in "B", because he always gets to sit down on the floor anytime he goes to a game, so we thought he should experience the nose bleed section. :)

For the half time show they had the Jesse White tumblers, I think the kids enjoyed that more than the game, they were very interesting to watch. my boysmy girl