Easter festivities

Last year, we spent Easter Sunday in the hospital with Bryton in surgery having pins put in his arm. This year was so much better! It was a day spent with a great church service and lunch with friends. There were a few activities that led up to the fun day.

 Squadron Easter Egg Hunt

 Class Easter celebrations

 

School Easter festivities

 We dyed Easter Eggs the night day before Easter Sunday.

 Bryton showing off his new shades from his Easter basket :)

 Easter morning snuggles with Daddy

 

One of the fun things we did this year was make an Easter Resurrection Garden. We watched the grass grow and then Easter morning the front of the tomb was open and empty. The boys really enjoyed it and I am sure it will be a new tradition to do it every year.

Headed to Easter Sunday service!

After our church service we had some friends over for Easter lunch. It was a great way to spend such a special day!

Bryton turns 6

 

 

Birthdays just keep sneaking up on us! I can't believe that Bryton is six....seriously?! I feel like six is so much older than five. I am not sure why, maybe because he needs two hands to show his age now.

 

We had a few days of celebrating Bryton's birthday this year. We took cupcakes for his class the day before his birthday, since it fell on a weekend this year. They sang to him and he got to stand in front of the class on a chair. He had been waiting all year to do that!

 

Bryton wanted to invite his whole class to his party, he couldn't narrow down an invitation list. He wanted us to host a party at home, but I just wasn't up for having 25 five and six year olds running around. We decided to have a party at the local gymnastics center. It was perfect! They had so much fun and were exhausted when it was over. Best plan ever!

 

On Bryton's actual birthday, we took part in service Sunday with our church by feeding the homeless. It was a great day serving others together.

 

It was a fun few days celebrating our sweet boy!

I am so excited to see what the next year holds for him. 

 

Mustache March

 

Scott was gone the first few days of March and when he came home he had something growing on his lip. Apparently there was a challenge given by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force for the airmen to grow mustaches for the month of March, an Air Force tradition. Of course Scott wasn't going to miss out on challenge! I was SO glad when April 1st arrived!

March this and that

Bryton had to make a boat for their class science fair project. He used an egg carton and duct tape. Of course, he wanted to add a few Lego guys to be captains of the ship :)

 

B stood out in the backyard enjoying one of the few days of rain this season. He loves his umbrella that gathers dust majority of the year here in CA!

We made coffee filter umbrellas one rainy afternoon.

We made our own Cat in the Hats on Dr. Seuss' birthday.

Cohen loves to play any sport. He got a new tennis racket and so we have been spending a lot of time outside breaking it in.

Bryton's homework assignment for St. Patrick's Day week was to create a leprechaun trap. He always loves doing this each year!

We went and spent a Saturday afternoon at the Children's Museum in Sacramento.

Skippy John Jones came home from school with Bryton for a weekend. He went everywhere with us. Bryton kept a journal of everything we did and put pictures in it to share with the class. It was a lot of fun!

 

 

Our Monday night group of girls got together to do the Neon 5K in early March. It was a lot of fun! We sported our fun skirts and crazy socks. I don't have any after race picture, but we were covered from head to toe in glow paint!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February this and that

Wild and Crazy day at school

Hockey season back in action!

Valentine's Day party at school 

My sweet Valentine from Bryton this year :)

A fun trip to the Jelly Belly factory on February break

Lego time with Dad never gets old

Valentine's playdates with friends

February Getaway

 Until February, Scott and I had never had a night away without our boys. Honey came to California for a few days and we got a night away. We went to Calistoga for a night to enjoy a fun day hiking and a fabulous spa day. It was amazing!

 The size of the trees is mind blowing....

 Scott left our mark in the woods.

 We hiked to the top of a mountain and it was so beautiful. We had to go through some snow to get to the top, but it was definitely worth it to sit at the top to see the views.



Birthday Playdate

 Cohen isn't a fan of birthday parties, so we just had a little playdate for him to celebrate his 3rd birthday. We invited his library storytime group of friends over to enjoy lunch and a cupcake. They had a great time like a normal playdate and had the bonus of having a cupcake at the end! It was the perfect way to celebrate C turning 3!