Mother's Day

We had a great Mother's Day this year. It started off with the girls bringing me their handmade cards and gifts while I was getting ready for church. Hailey made me a painted flower pot and I got a book of some of Kiley's artwork in it, so cute. They both colored me cards and those are the best kind of cards to get! Then it was off to church, the girls had a very big day at church today they sang on the BIG STAGE!!!

When Kiley saw my mom and I sitting in the front row she took off to the edge of the stage. I was sure after that she would be having a complete melt down BUT instead she just decided to sit, not one word came out of her mouth. I'm ok with that though because she didn't cry, now that is a good Mother's day present :)

After church we headed home so the girls could nap and Chris and I could get the house ready for my family to come over for a get together! Every year Chris and I host Mother's day and I am just waiting for the day that my mom host it again, because that means the weather is nice enough to be in the pool.

We had a great day celebrating my mom! I'm so thankful for the example she has set for me. I know I don't show or tell her enough how important she is to me but she IS!!! So glad I could spend the day with my mom and Chris' mom was never far from my thoughts. I'm always so happy to spend Mother's day with my girls and my mom but I'm also so sad that we don't get to spend it with Lauren. She is never far from me or the girls and we have the best angel watching over us daily. Thank you mom and Lauren for being such great moms!!!!

Easter

We had a wonderful Easter this year! We started our day nice and early with Hailey waking us at 7:30 am, she was very excited that the Easter bunny had left an egg outside her and Kiley's bedroom doors. We woke Kiley up at 8:00 so we could go downstairs and see what kind of goodies the bunny left. The girls were very excited that the bunny hid so many eggs, they had a blast looking for all of them. The Easter bunny also hid their Easter baskets. I'm pretty sure Kiley walked pasted where her Easter basket was hidden about five times before noticing that her basket was there! It took no time at all for Hailey to find her Easter basket, hidden behind our recliner!





After bunny fun we headed to church, my mom went to church with us on Easter and I was so happy to be there with her. We had a great church service and it was wonderful to be celebrating the real reason for Easter! He is Risen!!!!!!
After church we came home ate lunch and then all the girls in the house took a nap before heading to my parents for dinner and family time! And yes the above statement is correct I TOOK A NAP!!!! We had a delicious Easter dinner of ham, green beans, baked beans, mac-n-cheese, corn casserole, scalloped potatoes, deviled eggs and rolls, it was all so good! After dinner Mia hid eggs in my mom and dad's living room for all the little kids. It is a little sad that Mia is hiding the eggs now, getting too big for Easter egg hunts :(













Hope everyone had a great Easter!!

Lollipop cakes

The girls and I made lollipop cakes for Easter Sunday and the were so yummy. At first the girls had lots of fun making the lollipop cakes but towards the end they were a little over it. First step was to crumble up the cake!
Then it was time to stir in the frosting
and every good cook must try their creation
after we rolled the cake/frosting mixture into balls we put them in the freezer to firm up a little, by the time I melted the chocolate and was ready to cover the cake balls in chocolate the girls were over it!

and I must say I was too!!! While making these lollipop cakes I had the brilliant idea that I would also pick that same day to start potty training Kiley...genius I am :) So about every 5 min, while trying to cover the lollipop cakes in chocolate I would have to stop because Kiley had to pee-pee. This would take about 5 minutes each time! These lollipop cakes were also a mess to make, the girls got sprinkles EVERY WHERE!!! Those little sprinkles sure can bounce :) they were all over my kitchen and bounced on my hardwood floors into my living room, laundry room and half bath! Needless to say I didn't take a picture of the finished product because I was too worried about getting the mess cleaned up, seeing how we can have a showing on our house at any time! The lollipop cakes were very yummy and I think the next time I make them I will be kid free :)

Coloring Eggs

This year coloring eggs was so much fun! Both girls were really into it and much to my surprise we didn't have any big messes :) and that equals one happy mommy!!!! It is so crazy what a difference a year make, last year Kiley wasn't big enough to use the dye so she just colored on one egg and Hailey was spilling dye every time we turned around. Hailey was really into using two different colors for her eggs and having one half one color and the other half another color. I'm already looking forward to doing eggs next year, I know it will be so much more fun then this year!