Easter

We had a great Easter this year!!!! We started the celebrations a weekend early just so we could fit it all in!!! Our friends invited us over for brunch and an Easter egg hunt. The kids had a great time, and our tummies wear full. Then that afternoon we went to another Easter egg hunt at our community center. The kids made there bunny bags to put there treats in first, and then headed outside to find the treats. They had scattered chocolate eggs all over the park and everyone just went crazy finding them all. The kids ended the day quite happy, and excited for Easter!! Here is a picture of them all read to go egg hunting!!!!

On the actual Easter weekend we took in a few different events too!!!! The Easter bunny came to our house and dropped of some treats, toys and Easter outfits. Steele was sleeping when the Easter bunny came, and I didn't get a picture of him once he woke up!!!! Her is a picture of the kids once they had already emptied their basket. Silly mommy forgot to take a picture before!!!!

Anyways, we also headed down to visit family and did a few Easter activities with them too!!! We went and spent an evening in Claresholm to visit Grandma and Grandpa Mulholland. Then on Saturday we headed to Fort Macleod for and egg hunt, egg dieing, and a family dinner. When we got to Fort MacLeod the wind was howling. Big surprise right?? I seriously don't know how I grew up there. If we think the wind is bad in Calgary you have to three times it for Fort Macleod!!!!

So the egg hunt was at the Fort and the kids were given a sticker and suppose to find the matching egg with that sticker on. It was so freezing cold and windy that the kids did not even want to look. I ended up finding Cohen and Britlynn's fairly quick. They went and got there treat bag, and instantly wanted to go back to the van to get warm. Dave took all three kids back to the van and I tried to find Steele's egg without any luck. I eventually got to cold and gave up!!!! Steele didn't know the difference though!!! We were just all glad to be out of the wind, and headed out to Grandma and Grandpa Poettckers.

Half of the cousins were there so the kids had a fun time playing together. The kids dyed eggs, decorated a bunny house, and got some Easter treats!!! Here is a picture of them with the bunny house that they so proudly decorated, got a picture taken , and then ripped it to pieces, and ate most of it throughout the afternoon!!!! The kids always look forward to being able to visit with their cousins. They had a fun afternoon playing!!!!!!

I just had to put this picture of Steele in the van because he is just soooooooooo cute!!!!! He loves to have his puppy dog!!!! If he has some sort of stuffed animal to hold and cuddle he is a happy boy!!!!

We came back to Calgary Saturday night, and were able to enjoy watching conference at home on Sunday. The kids sat and listened quite well. We just gave them a pile of candy to munch on and they were set!!!! I really enjoy hearing all the talks, and all the different messages!!! You always walk away feeling a little better, and having a more positive outlook. I love the gospel!!!

Anyways by the end of the weekend we were all eastered out!!! We had a great visit with family, enjoy lots of fun activities, were spiritually uplifted, and now have a big pile of Easter candy that hopefully I don't eat all by myself!!!!!

Out on the Town!!!!

This last week Britlynn had off from school, so we tried to get out and do a few fun things!! We went to the playground a few times, practised riding bikes, went to Ikea so the kids could go to the play center, went to the library, and the most eventful thing was a trip to the science center!!!

We had a great time exploring all the fun stuff they have to see there!!! We went with a friend and her two kids, so it was nice for the kids to have someone else to play with!!! There is an area called Wow town which the kids spent most of their time. You can go shopping in the little store, or play in the water feature, or work at the brick factory, or do crafts, or listen to different sound, or play on the playground. It had lots of things to try, and the kids didn't stay in one spot for too long!!! Steele and Cohen of course gravitated to the water!!! It is a fun area, even I had to try a few things out!!! Here are a few pictures of the kids playing around!!!!


Cohen laying on a bed of nails!!! Britlynn wouldn't dare try this, I don't know why not???!!!

Steele playing with the huge ant, that would probably bit his head off if they were really that size!!!

Britlynn showing off her awesome dance moves on the musical floor!!! All the little circles and squares on the floor played a different note, or instrument sound when you stepped on it!!!!


Cohen playing in the water. I'm just glad that they had the plastic covers to somewhat keep them sort of dry!!!!!

Britlynn, Cohen, and Zoe just chilling in this huge chair!!! A fun time was had by all at the science center, and I'm sure we will make a trip back there sometime soon!!!

Now to make the trip worth while to the science center, which is downtown, we also thought we would include a trip on the C-train to go visit Daddy at work, and go out for lunch!!! I was a little hesitant going on the train with three kids, but we all got on an off safely. I put Steele in the stroller, and made the other two keep a hold of the stroller, so we didn't have any strays!!! It was a little crazy trying to cross the busy streets, but the kids loved looking at all the tall towers!!! Cohen loved seeing the new tower being built right across from Dave's office. If I would have let him he could have spent all day watching the crane move things around and all the different machinery work!!!! It really is quite fascinating to watch them build a huge tower like that. The tower, which is called the bow, is already 32 floors high, and it is going to have 58 floors when they are done!!!! I wouldn't want to be the person doing the construction on that building. I hate heights!!!!! The bow will be the new tallest tower in western Canada , and should be done in 2012. It will be quite a sight!!!

Anyways, we had a great lunch with Dave and the kids really enjoyed the whole experience!!! Britlynn thought it was great to see Daddy twice in one day!!!!! I'm glad that we made the trip. It was nice for the kids to experience something different from our everyday routine!!!

Big Shoes To Fill!!!!!

One of Steele favorite things to do is to try on everyone else's shoes. It's so cute to watch him try to walk around in them. He looks the funniest when he puts on Dave's size 17 shoes!!!!! It is quite impressive that he can put the shoe on backwards, and have enough room for his feet. For Steele's sake and ours I hope that his feet never get this big!!! It is not the easiest thing to find size 17 shoes!!! Here's to hoping that he fills his Daddies shoes figuratively speaking, and not literally!!!!