Thomas Family Easter

On Easter day we went to Mike's sisters house to celebrate! She has a big, beautiful backyard so we ate out there and watched the kids play.  It was nice and relaxing!  

Aaliyah and Emery

Mikey was so good at being the big helper.  He would point out the eggs for Emery and Aaliyah.

Michael's loot!

Hunter threw an egg into the rocks and jellybeans went everywhere!  He was ALL OVER THEM! He had to get every single one.

Happy Easter everyone! 

Hunter Family Easter/ Nick's Birthday!

On Saturday we celebrated both Easter and Nick's birthday!

It is always a blast to get the family together! We started the day with a delicious lunch followed by an easter egg hunt! I was searching for the eggs with the passion of a 5 year old. I was helping Hunter find eggs this year! He really only wanted the candy inside them, so after awhile I just let him wander with the bottom half of an egg filled with nerds.  He was obsessed with throwing the eggs too into the pool. He would toss them in and then crack up with a big fake laugh.  I love that boy! I can't believe he is almost two! Where does the time go...

Hunting with Ju-Ju!

Maia!

Hunter and Jake had a blast kicking their feet in the pool!

We had our traditional scavenger hunt, searching for clues until we are led to the E.B.'s hiding spot!  It's such a great tradition!

Happy Birthday Nocki! I don't know why I don't have a single picture of you opening presents or the cake! I suck! Say goodbye to your twenties! :)

Easter!

We were able to work Easter out really well between the two families this year! I wished that Mike and Mikey could have come to the Hunter side Easter bash, but we can't have it all! :)

Coloring eggs was fun for us this year.  This is the first time Hunter got into it and he colored his own! He loves all things that his big brother does, so he felt like such a big kid.  Little did he know we only let him use markers (no die!).  Sucker. :)

Mikey loves all things crafty!  He loves to help me with my Cricut when I'm scrapbooking and he loves to color! 

This year Mikey was kind of unsure about the whole Easter Bunny. He was really struggling with whether or not he's legit, and he desperately wanted to think he was.  So we did all that we could to make squeeze another year out of him.   We bought the boys a sandbox and seized the opportunity to say the E.B. built it.  Mike worked all night, then came home and built the whole thing. We want Mikey to be a kid as long as possible! He LOVED it! He came home from school on Monday with such a cute story too.

Mikey: "Chance in my class said that the Easter Bunny isn't real. That is so funny because the Easter Bunny IS real.(pause) I told him that if the E.B. wasn't real, then how did he build my sandbox?  Then he said that the E.B. can't build things but I told him he can. Chance is kinda crazy."

*Note to anyone wanting a sandbox: 14-50lb bags of sand=700lbs of pain in the butt.* The poor home depot guy was less than enthused to see me with Hunter (What the eff was I thinking?!), asking for 14 bags of play sand Easter morning. Do they accept tips? I think that was a tip-worthy task for sure.    

I was changing Hunter's diaper and he ran outside and jumped in the sandbox! Hilarious!

TGIF!

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Trusting.Grateful.Inspired.Friday

Here's mine:

TRUSTING in God's plan and purpose. I trust that I am in the midst of a great lesson. The Beatles said it best when they sang "nowhere you can be that isn't where you were meant to be." (Its easy...All you need is love! ba ba bababa...) 


GRATEFUL for my mother. I am grateful for her every.single.day. I aspire to accomplish what she has accomplished. (Be it 15-year-old spot free white carpets or a Masters Degree with 5 young kids). I think of her strength when I get frustrated with my own kids. I think of her class when I am quick to anger. I think of how amazing she is and how much she sacrificed in order to raise all five of us.

INSPIRED by Louisa May Alcott. "Far away, there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead." (Thank you Lettered Cottage)

Have a good weekend!


P.S. I PROMISE to post some pictures soon!! :) (You're still singing 'All You Need Is Love' aren't you?)