Family Fun

We decided to make Saturday a Family Fun day. Dave left today for two weeks or more to be in California for work, so we wanted to play hard before daddy left. We went to the arcade, which the kids absolutely love. We played games, the kids rode the carousel, and drove the go-carts. The go-carts were a little chilly, since the weather has not been very spring-like lately. It snowed all day friday, and is snowing again today. Yuck!

Anyways, we had a great time playing together. Kale really likes the driving arcade games. Alana liked bowling best I think. My favorite is always basketball, (my high score was still on the game from last time we were there:o). Alana rode with me in the go-carts, Kale rode with Dave. Jaylee sat in her stroller and watched. The kids really had a blast going fast in the cars. I think Kale's highlite was that we "crashed". Dave bumped me from behind, and we spun out. He thought that was great.

In the food court area, they had a play area for smaller kids with slides. Jaylee loved that! She loves going fast down the slide.

She is getting closer to crawling. She has started scooting on her bottom a little bit to get to things. I would guess that she might start crawling while Dave is gone.

Doesn't Alana look like she has serious road rage issues? The funny thing was, that was the look she gave me when I asked her to smile!

Happy Easter!

We had a wonderful Easter weekend, despite the weather not being the best. We went shopping on saturday which was fun. I've discovered that taking kids to Hallmark usually means free stuff. In this case, the Easter Bunnies that sing and dance. Jaylee loves them! She laughs every time, and complains when they stop singing.

I can easily say that saturday night was the highlight of the weekend. I was tucking Kale in, and we were talking about why we celebrate Easter. He said that he wanted to ask Jesus to live in his heart forever and ever. It was such a sweet moment to be able to hear him pray and pray with him.

On Easter morning we went to church of course. Kale very proudly told our childrens pastor and his sunday school teacher that Jesus was in his heart.

Alana did NOT like wearing her Easter dress. It was really funny. She pitched a fit over putting it on. At church, Grammy gave her a matching purse that even had lipstick in it. She loved that of course, and it cheered her up. She spent a good part of church putting her lipstick on. Trying to get a picture of all three kids smiling at the camera was next to impossible. Jaylee was really enjoying trying to hook Kale's mouth with her fingers. Oh, and Jaylee now has four teeth! Two on top, two on the bottom. They have been slow in coming and painful for her.

After church we went to Grammy's house and spent the day. The kids did an Easter egg hunt of course. Kale was so interested in opening his eggs and eating the candy right away, he didn't grab as many as Alana. (we made it even in the end). After naps, we did a big dinner and played until it was time to come home for bed.

This was the best family picture we managed after about 15 tries. The kids looked so great! We are so very blessed.

New Swing set

We got the kids a new swing set a few weeks ago. They absolutely love it! It gives them something to do while they are outside.

Kale is learning to pump his legs on the swing. He is enjoying swinging more and more, although Alana usually uses the swings the most. Kale is more likely to play on the slide.

We put Jaylee's swing up too, which she loves! It is fun for her to be part of the action.

Kale and Alana on the teeter-totter. Kale also had his friend over after school to play on the new swing set.