"The" Egg Roll

This is my mom, she was the official score keeper this year.
Waiting for the eggs to arrive.


This is Landyn and Austyn watching Braysyn roll his egg. we go by age and there is a winner in each age group. Maycee won in her group.

I tried to capture the moment as best I could. I forgot to get a picture when we were totally done to show all of the eggs. After the roll we sometimes have fights with the left over eggs. Anyway it was alot of fun and a good time was had by all.

Coloring Eggs

This is the kids and I coloring the eggs. It is a big tradition with our families to have a big easter egg roll, and when I say big I am not exaggerating. Each kid has about a dozen eggs each. When we are done it looks like world war three has been there with colored bombs. It's a good thing they are biodegradable.

Helping

Maycee and Braysyn wanted to go and help set up the trailer so this is their part of it, and my part of it, posing infront of it.

Easterin'

This is what we call our annual Easter Camping trip. everyone that marries into the family thinks it is quite funny , the slang " are you going Easterin' this year. We bought a new trailer in October to take camping this year. We can't wait to try it out. We took it out to Dry Valley the other day and this is Clint and Mike trying to level things out. I don't know they look pretty suspicious to me. We go with all of my mom's side of the family so all her brothers and sisters and their kids. there are alot of people and 4 wheelers every year. It won't be the same without Grandma Chynoweth there this year. I think that we will have a hard time at first, especially my mom and her siblings. I promise to have lots of pictures and fun things to post when we get back home.

Little Things

I came across this quote the other day and thought that it was so true.

Take time to enjoy the Little things in life because Someday you'll look back and Realize They were the Big Things.

When I read this I thought about my kids. Sometimes it is easy to say,"I will in a minute". there are examples of this in my everyday life. To me my family is the most important thing in the world to me. It is so important to take time with them while they are still little and while they still want you to,because there will come a time when they will not need you so much and depend on you so much and to me this is going to be a very sad day. Maycee asked me several times yesterday if I would play catch with her outside, I was doing laundry so there was always an excuse. Today I will play catch with her. Today I will do some things that make both me and my kids happy. I want to be more aware of these little things in life that soon will be the big things. I invite my dad over to eat with us quite regular if my mom is not home, and after we will visit, the kids are running helter skelter it has been a long day, all I want is some peace for a few minutes, he can tell I am getting irritated, he looks over and says," These are the best years of your life, when your kids are little and they still need you, they won't be here forever so enjoy them while you can." I love this and it is so true.

New Addition

This is the new addition to our family. we have had them for a little while. When we gave our little dog away maycee was so sad. She had been wanting some birds for so long. Sheena's friend had these two that she didn't want anymore so we took them on. They haven't been to bad. But just as i thought it never took long for the fun to wear off and guess who is taking care of them now? you guessed it, yours truely. What next.

Priceless

I was making dinner for my friend that had her baby the other day. I was busy making rolls. Braysyn just wanted me so bad because he was so tired. I told him to set in his chair and watch me because I was just about done. Next thing I knew I looked over and there he was all asleep with that rotten thumb in his mouth. It was still so dang cute, I had to capture the moment. I love you Braysyn.