Easter 2017....yeah I'm just now getting to it

In true form, Ryder was screaming and crying bc he was afraid of the Easter Bunny.  I can't blame him.  There's no pictures of me sitting on its lap.





Best Buds and Easter Egg Hunts







No shirts required











I think Ryder needs a bigger basket.  He doesn't seem to notice.


We finally found a day to decorate eggs, but Jimmy was working at CFFD.   So we took the eggs to him.










You know, so he could decorate some...



Run around and get out your energy break.




Yeah, they climb up on that counter all the time now.






I know one thing is for certain: We make cute kids











Playing memory before Easter dinner with their cousin Penny

Ryder's Last Day of Preschool!

I mean, WHOA!







Another year with Mrs. Cardaman in the books!  Hope she stays around for #3



Ryder got to hold the flag for their last Pledge of Allegiance.

Last Day of School for Caden Today!

He looks a little more mature, but not as big of a difference as I thought there would be. He probably lost weight, too.

Daisy doesn't look as excited on the last day as she was on the first day.  I'm guessing having these two loud nut jobs in the house is going to drive her as crazy as me!

Let's run 5.25 miles while pregnant she said. It'll be fun, she said...

...it actually was.   I did a lot better than I had anticipated, too.  Jimmy ran with me and we never walked, even up the awful hills.  I have a lot of pictures from this weekend at Blossom to post. I'm going to work on those today, since I should be relaxing.  Sunday night after running the Blossom Race, I wasn't able to walk bc I had pulled a muscle running.  At least I hope that's the problem.  Well last night, I had the same pain and couldn't walk again.  Since, I have a wedding to go to tomorrow, I'm thinking I should try to take it easy today.  Especially since I've been going non-stop everyday.  I killed it at The Set- but I might have overdone it.  At the time, I didn't feel like it, so who knows?  OK, we I am going to work on these pictures so I can post them :)

The Struggle is Real....I Mean actually for real!

Struggling to come up with a name for the baby.  If it was a girl, we'd be all set.  But of course it isn't, and I don't love any boy names.  And we won't have a brick at the stadium with our names on it because we are having another boy and don't like any names.  Jimmy and I did brainstorm one day and came up with something really cool, so we may use that one.  But still not as easy to be set on one.

The vein issue has become more and more of a problem.  It's so painful and I can't wait to deliver so I can get these taken care of and removed.  I need to weather to start cooperating too so I can go for a jog more often.  I know I can't use that as an excuse, but I've also been really busy and really tired.

There aren't enough hours in a day.  And the Cavs are in the playoffs and all of the games start at 8:30 so that puts us to bed after midnight.


My thighs are also getting really fat and it's depressing me.  So I need to workout harder!!!!!!

The Big Reveal Party

We had a big reveal party to find out the gender of the baby.  I will upload pictures later, but here is the video of it.  I hope it works. :)

Another Crazy Week 18 weeks

Having track everyday and Jimmy gone everyday makes life really crazy with these two nuggets.  And next week is the big reveal party!!!!  Luckily the crazy slows down a little and it's just fun party planning and track practice.

Definitely have a bump now!  I'm not huge yet but I'm certainly not small.  It's getting harder to breathe, too.  I also haven't felt any movement going on in there.  I was kinda worried but there was a fast heartbeat at my last appointment, so it's in there.  Ha.  And by the looks of my stomach growing there definitely is something in there!  According to the app I use,  the baby is the size of a slingshot.  Ha!

I'm 18 weeks exactly today.  I'll have to read up on how I felt when I was pregnant with the boys during this time.

Caden's Plants vs Zombie's BIrthday Party

We had his party at the Frohring Meadow's pavilion.  That place is awesome!  Can't wait to have another party there.

I had no idea what to expect of this place and I showed up an hour before the party started.  Thank god I have a great family who helped me set up!  Even the boys helped!  How cute are they?  My mom made a great cake, that was such a hit!


We did some balloons that are just like characters in the game.  Jimmy did a good job drawing the facing on them.



We all got to meet Elsie & Gemma for the first time.  Their dad was stationed in Germany for awhile, had two kids then came back to the states.  :)  It was nice to spend some time with Jay & Misty before they all moved to Virginia.  We will definitely have to come visit them sometime.  Maybe for a "babymoon" this summer.  hehe.



Ran into a few zombies




This guy is another character in the game.  He is a walnut.  I made a piñata that looked like him.






There was a zombie autopsy.  The kids got to feel zombie eyeballs, a heart, intestines, skin, brain, teeth, fingers, and a nose.







More zombie encounters!


And of course there were games!



We did a zombie relay race, marshmallow shooting, musical spots, and knocked over some zombie tin cans.







The kids walked like zombies for the musical spots game.


Getting 25 little nuggets to listen is a fun job......she said sarcastically.






The relay race:
1st person: walk down with a cone on their head without holding it
2nd: walk down with zombie glasses on
3rd: put on a zombie flannel and run down
4th: walk back with a walnut on a spoon










Loved their expressions from the autopsy











I think everyone had a great time!  Even the class bunny got so come celebrate!

St. Patrick's Day

This year, we tried a new technique for our leprechaun trap.  And it ALMOST WORKED!  He fell into our trap and maanged to get out but left his hat behind.




I had a before photo of the trap, but I don't know where it is.  Basically, he climbed up into it and since it's so tall, he fell through the top and couldn't climb out.  He had to knock it down to get out!

Aspen's 5th Birthday Party

This guy was great!




























Watch out for the Trolls at the Troll party!



They are goofy!

Caden is SIX!!!!

Wow!  Six and super grown-up.  He already acts like a teenager!  But he is still the cutest!