My First Home

I went to visit my mother this week. I like to go and see her the week before mothers day so I can take her to the nursery and buy her flowers for her pots. I have a great mother she is such a giving person. When I was born this was the house she took me home to. It did not have any in door plumbing. She said the year I was born there was snow up to her waist and she had to melt snow to wash my clothes. I appreciate all the sacrifices she has made for me during her life time. Happy Mothers day Mom!

Spring is here!

We like to go to Thanksgiving Points Tulip festival. Jody brouht the treats, thanks goodness some were so hungry!

It is fun to share such a beautiful place with your family

It seems like we have waited for so long to see spring.

Hey are a couple of handsome guys and look how good the background works for them

What a beautiful back drop for my little pinces

I love to watch my grand kids. It reminds me of the days when i had time to lay on the grass and just enjoy the day.

Finally we get to celebrate Aliesa birthday

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Celebrating Easter

Our celebra- tion as a family.

I love to celebrate holidays with my family. Easter is a very special holiday. We usually do the Easter egg hunt on Saturday so we can celebrate the real purpose of Easter on Sunday. I am so thankful that Christ made the sacrifice for each of us so that we can strive to become better people as we often times make mistakes on our journey of life.

When I think of celebrating Easter for our Saturday celebration, i envision green grass and flower. Last year Easter was earlier so we ware coats to do the Easter Egg Hunt outside. This year it rained all day Saturday. I had given the grand kids the choice of doing an Easter egg hunt at Thanksgiving Point or at my house. They chose my house, which ended up being a very good choice because of the weather. They are making magnets for their Mom's refrigerators. It looks like it takes a lot of concentration. Than we made Easter bags so we had something together our eggs.

After we did our crafts we had some contest. Who can stand on one foot the longest, who could do the most jumping jacks. who could do the most set ups... Everyone won a price to Targert(gift card)

The Flashlight hunt started at dusk. the Easter Bunny had hid the eggs in the basement. Mckenzie just couldn't believe how nice the Easter Bunny was to do this for them. Its a week later and I am still finding Easter eggs in the downstairs. Good thing we didn't use real eggs.

Skyler and the baby Turkeys

Skyler loves to check out the baby turkeys. Gabe bought four baby turkeys. He plans on buying some baby chickens next week. We usually have a dozen chickens and we enjoy their eggs. It does make life a little difficult when one of the chickens end up being a Roaster.

Wow, finally almost got to 70 today. This was so needed. It has been a long Winter. Unfortunately there is rain and snow the rest of the week. But it gave me hope that Spring may come yet.

McKenzie's Birthday cake

It is so fun to watch Mckenzie get a little older. She is such a sweet heart. We love her so much!