Easter 2011

Easter 2011

This was Jaina's first Easter, so she woke up bright and early :)

Xander & Mara with their baskets.

A rare pic of me with my little ones.

They were so happy because I made their Easter gifts this year. 

Jaina tasting a Cadbury Egg wrapper!! Yummy! 

Xander with the new toys! 

I found a tutorial to make your own ANGRY BIRDS!!!!

It was relatively simple, for me at least. It took a lot of time and secrecy, but I got 'em done! 

They turned out amazing!  I love the white one the best :) 

A quick picture before church.  Jaina wasn't too happy. 

I snapped a quick pic of Jaina using my iPod during sunday school.  She was so pretty :) 

Traditional Easter family picture.  It's always sunny so we all have a hard time keeping our eyes open. 

 

We went and visited Grandma & Grandpa and I found Grandma reading a book to Mara :) 

A few days after Easter we had our Ramey family egg hunt! The kids LOVE this and look forward to it each year. 

Max & Xander checking out the loot! 

Jaina actually kept the bunny ears on long enough for a picture, but wasn't too happy about it. 

Jaina getting her first Easter Egg! 

Me & my girlie! 

My sweet Mara! 

Jaina really liked the eggs because they rattled!!

(they are usually filled with money) 

 

Conli, Mara & Sawyer doing an egg swap.

All the eggs have names on them and get picked up by others, but they always find their owner :) 

The Main Event: Opening everything! 

 

Look at all the money! 

Each child ended up with about $20 each!! It was crazy!

Happy Easter!

Mara's 5th Birthday

I can't believe that my little girl turned 5 last month!!  To celebrate, we had her very first 'Friend Birthday Party'.  Since her actual bday was the week of spring break, we managed to get the party done the week before.

My AMAZING sister made the cake and cupcakes for the occasion.

There were so many pictures to sift through, so I'll only post the essentials.

She decided to have a Princess Dress Up Party!!!

Mara & her friends decorated crowns, colored pictures, made necklaces, and played 'Pin the Kiss on the Frog'.

We even had Tangled playing in the background!

Here's the whole group!

Her friend Micah even dressed up as a Prince :) 

We even got Jaina dressed up!!!

Aunt Karri & Mara

Karri really is amazing!  She made the food, helped with decorations, took pictures and even dressed up! She is the best aunt EVER!!!

We made Jaina dress up as Snow White! 

After her party, we gave her OUR present!

Her very own bike!

She was super exicted because it was what she's been asking for for months!!

Oh the JOY!!!!!!

I LOVE THIS PICTURE!

We had to put Jaina on the little trike that Mara's been riding around for awhile.

Her feet barely touch the ground!

Oh how my Xander loves to be silly!!

On her actual Birthday, we went to lunch at a McDonalds with a play place then later met up with some family at Fat Cats for some good ol' bowling!

Jaina was exhausted by the time we got there and ended up sleeping the WHOLE time!!!

Mara & cousin Addi

I don't know what Xander was doing, but here's our family after the fun was over.

Happy Birthday Mara!

We love you!