Easter

Amy and the kids were on Spring Break the week

before and after Easter so they headed up to 

Washington.  Yeah!!

 Claire has been trying on dresses from the 

closets at my house.  My wedding dress

 Granny's wedding dress

 The muumuu I made when we lived in Hawaii

She might be able to find some school dance 

dresses in there to save some money in high school

 Pete and Ellie (& Brooke) came over and Auntie Amy

had Pete's birthday present.  Claire decorated the box

 Group effort putting it together

Pete took some time to warm up

 but he finally did
Slam Dunk!!

 Claire was a little scary

 We moved the hoop down the hall

 and Pete lined the magnets up on the fridge

 Dinner before Brooke headed home

Claire's 10th birthday was on Thursday so we went
to Tony's for Pizza

 Had enough nice weather for some basketball

 a motorcycle ride

 and a crash and burn

Time to relax

Brooke's 'Mom's group' put on an Easter
Egg hunt for the neighborhood so we went
over to join in

 Pete wasn't to happy

 but he got a little better

 He's at that stage where
he doesn't want anyone to take a picture of him

 Ellie even liked the Easter Bunny

 Off to Ellie's age group hunt

She did great

We spent the night at Brooke's so we could dye eggs
and go to church together Easter morning
but first we celebrated Claire's birthday with
cupcakes and ice cream

 Then they dyed eggs

 Pete wasn't too sure about that either

 but he warmed up fast enough to get some eggs
in the dye before they were all done

 Beautiful Eggs

Wow!!

 Only before Mass can any of this happen
It was a long wait

Tried to get a picture of the four of them outside
the church with the flowering trees but Pete wasn't
cooperating

 So we got a good one of the three older kids

 We practiced hunting for eggs at Brooke's house on Saturday
so when we got to Helen's on Easter Pete was a pro

 Claire opted not to hunt for eggs and just have the
trampoline to herself

 Cade, however, made a killing

 All the kids at Helen's...what a group

 Another try at all four grandkids together
Stinker!!

and then back to Gram's house

What a week!!

Loved having everyone (except Andrew) together !!

Time for a Gram fix

After being gone a month on the Spring Training trip

we had to go over to Brooke's for a grandkids fix

Ellie said she missed us and she said Pete said he missed us too

Pete snuggling down on the couch 

 He's feeding his kitty, Pounce

 I don't have to do a lot to play with them.  Pete drives

the ambulance around and says, "Zoom", I make

the siren noise and Pete looks up a little scared by that sound

and says, "Actually they say zoom, Gram"

So much for Gram helping out

 Ellie's a hard worker

 The weather cooperated and we went outside

for a couple hours.  Of course, you have to play

in the water even if it's cold out

 Pete informed me that this cup leaks

 Took a trail walk to see if the creek was still running

It wasn't!  I guess the rain had stopped long enough for

it to dry up

 Off to the front of the house and scooters and bikes were ridden

 Ellie is good at posing for pictures

 Pete is good at picking up after himself outside

 Nothing like a good rock pile to sit on

and water to drink outside

We had a good time!!

They are getting so big