Brayden is 2!

Brayden turned 2 on April 20.  On his birthday he took oatmeal cookies to school to share with his friends.  Then at home we had cupcakes and gave him his present.  He got a Harley-Davidson tricycle/big wheel.  He LOVES it.  Aliya has a Dora one that is very similar to his and they both love riding on hers so now Brayden has his very own.  On Saturday we had a party with some of his friends, complete with a bounch house, pizza and a cake.  The kids had so much fun they were completely exhausted by the time the party was over.  Happy Birthday little buddy!   

 Brayden with his new wheels!

 We went for a walk and the kidos got to drive their bikes.  Brayden can almost reach the pedals so he needed a little help to make it down the block. 

 We borrowed our neighbors bounch house and had a little party for Brayden on Saturday with a few of his friends.  He loved the bounce house! 

 Cake time! 

Brayden started digging into the cake right away and took off one of the little basketball balls so he lick off the frosting. 

Easter Part II

Brayden LOVES his chocolate. As soon as he found the Easter eggs he would open them and eat the chocolate. He sure takes after his daddy! We had a great Easter. Went to church in the morning, then came home and looked for Easter baskets and lastly went over by the Schreibers for lunch.

All of us with our kiddos. We all had girls within a year or so of each other. The girls now range from three to 4.5 and they get along so well. We are very blessed to have found this church and such a wonderful group of people!

Poor Brayden, he looks like he didn't want to have anything to do with the girls. Lucky for him there were a few little boys born during the last year. He will have a few more boys to play with as the babies get a little bit bigger. It looks like Aliya and Violet were having a little chat. Too cute!

The girls - Violet, Aliya, Alaina and Mae.

Easter

Here are some pictures of Easter fun. We colored eggs (and fingers) the day before Easter and went to a Easter egg hunt at a nearby church. The kids had fun running around and picking up eggs filled with candy and treats.

A new hat for Brayden. He was waiting impatiently for the Easter egg hunt to start.

Here's a picture of Aliya's class (orange 1) and their parent or grandparent who came to the Easter party.

Aliya's class had an Easter party and parents were invited to join in the fun. Here's a picture of the orange 1 and orange 2 classes. These two classes combined for the Easter party.

Decker Thomas McIntyre

Annie and Jeremy welcomed their baby boy on March 19. He weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces and was 19 inches long. I am very excited for them and their new little baby! I made the trip to Wisconsin the last weekend of March to meet my new nephew Decker and to help out Annie and Jeremy as they adjust to being new parents.

Congratulations Annie and Jeremy!

Yes, I got him this onesie. It was too cute too pass up!