Paityn's Bike-a-thon

Cousin Paityn participated in a bike-a-thon today for St Jude's Hospital. She did a great job! They had set up two circles for the kids to ride around in two groups. Well, our Paityn rode around both circles with each lap! She did great making perfect loops and riding like the wind. Ben and Maddie really wanted to join her, but Daddy had them buckled into their stroller to keep them out of the flow of traffic. Great job Paityn!!!

A trip to the Park

Paityn, Ben and Maddie went to the park and had such fun on a warm day... no coats needed. Bring on spring!

Check out the photos link on the right for more pics of the park as well as the Raloo Rocket and a walk around the neighborhood.

The Easter Bunny visits Thornbury Farm

Today there was an egg hunt at the Thornbury Farm. The Easter Bunny made a stop to hide eggs and play with all the kids. It started at 1, the kids' nap time, but Ben and Maddie ran all over the place for over an hour! Ben loved the Easter Bunny! He was following him around and even gave him fives! Maddie loved looking at all the animals and climbing up the steps. Mom-mom and Pop-pop were on hand to keep track of the little runners. We all had a wonderful time. A special thanks to the Spackmans/Malloys for such a wonderful day!

Happy Easter!

We had a wonderful Easter this year. The kids all had great Easter baskets waiting for them Sunday morning. No one really seemed interested in eating candy at first (not even Christian!) but that changed when we got to Mom-mom and Pop-pop's house. Ben was the first to dump his basket, but Maddie really seemed to love the jelly beans. She kept eating them and eating them, and eating them! She had a whole mouthful of them at one point.

After this we all went outside to hunt for eggs. We had good ones for Christian, and then others with jelly beans for the babies. Again... Maddie was eating the jelly beans. Christian really seemed to love hunting for eggs. He was not too interested in the contents, but loved looking for the well hidden eggs. Ben and Maddie's eggs were not well hidden, but they still lost interest in lieu of the climber and swing set until it was time to go back inside.

So lunchtime comes, and alas, Maddie had enough of her jelly beans, those in the eggs and those in her belly. Now anyone with kids probably knows where this is going, but alas, their own mother was clueless. You will notice in some of the pictures (see link to the right) that she had a wardrobe change.

Overall, everyone had a great time and was sad when the time came everyone to go home.... well everyone except maybe Mom-mom and Pop-pop. I think they were grad for the peace and quiet!

A vision of the the future

I had to share this Easter Day Picture. Maddie & Ben are both fascinated by the phone. I was just lucky to catch Maddie with her toy phone with the camera.

Created by Chris

The Easter Bunny

Well, let's just say that the kids were not the fans of EB as we expected them to be. A few weeks ago, Tarri, Paityn and I took them to see EB when he first came on the scene. We actually did not know he would be there and were not dressed for photographs. So, they walked up to him and took a present and seemed very happy. Well today we got them all dressed up, went to the mall for the EB picture. Mom-mom and Pop-pop were there along with Tarri and Paityn. Everything was great until they had to hop into EB's lap. Not a pleasant time. I guess the picture speaks for itself, but Maddie wanted out of his lap and Ben just screamed. Gee, I can't wait until the next holiday!

The New House

Well we are set to settle on the new house on April 24th. We may start the move as soon as April 27th. Here is a picture of the new house. Additional photos can be found on the link to the right. (the link says "Photos of Ben and Maddie".)