Easter...

Well, I've been trying to post about Easter for 3 days now... life seems a little crazy but wonderful at the same time right now. :) It seems like Easter came and went so fast this year. Sorry for all of the pictures and long post - I always have a hard time deciding what pictures to post.

These are the eggs that the boys colored.

They had 3 Easter Egg Hunts - Grandma Cummings, the neighbors - Ron & Dayle Searle's, and Grandma Gardner's. Here are some pictures from Grandma Gardner's Easter Egg Hunt (the only one that we had the camera for - oops). The boys love the Easter Egg Hunts. They got many candy filled plastic eggs and then Grandma Gardner always has a real colored egg for them with their name on it, once they find it they bring it to her and they get a special prize - usually it's a squirt gun or something like that. They LOVE it and have so much fun! The day after the hunt my sister had some things for all the grandkids to make and take over and put on my niece, Kiersten's, grave site. It was so neat and the cards and things were so sweet from all of the kids. Kiersten loved Easter and loved to help grandma get things ready for the Easter Egg Hunt. She was and is greatly missed. Thanks Lin, it was really nice and thoughtful of you. On Easter morning, my cousin Ryan, reported on his mission to Halifax Canada in our ward and David and the boys went and said that it was really good and sounded like he had a good mission.

Easter Morning - wow, you think it was Christmas morning again. I was feeding Mason at 1:45 a.m. and here comes Bryson into my room, "I'm ready to see what the Easter Bunny brought. Is it time to get up yet?" Ummm... it's the middle of the night!! I sent him back to bed. And then again at 6:14 a.m. (I am feeding Mason again) here he comes, "OK mom. Is it time?" I made him wait until I was finished feeding Mason and then we got everyone else up around 7 ish. The boys were glad to see that the Easter Bunny did not forget Mason - see the picture below, but Mason slept through the whole thing, oblivious to it all of course. :)

Logan checking out the treats inside his eggs he found that were hidden by the Easter Bunny!

Bryson and his stash of candy from the Easter Bunny.

Logan got a John Deer Gator - his dream... we can't keep him off the thing.

And... a bubble gun. He kept getting mad because he thought everyone was calling it "bubble gum" and he would say that he could "shoot" out bubbles with it.

The boys got new bikes. They were so excited that they had to try them out first thing - they were still in their pj's. They were so excited that their new bikes had "kick stands". It was pretty cute.

And some more fun with bubbles...

Mason Gerald Cummings...

Our newest addition... Mason Gerald Cummings was born on April 5, 2009. He weighed 8 lbs. and 14 oz. and was 21 1/2" long. All of us just love him - he is so SWEET! We're so glad to have him join our family.

The boys were so excited to finally meet their newest little brother. They were so careful with him and kept giving him loves and kisses! So cute! :)

Such a proud dad!

Boys Spring Concert...

The boys had their school Spring Concert last night. The theme was "Kids on Broadway" and they sang various songs from films on Broadway. They both did such a great job! Their music teacher does such a good job with them. She is alot of fun and they really like her - you can tell by their singing. We watched Dillon with the first graders perform first and then Bryson perform in the 2nd grade after that. Sorry for the quality of the pictures - I need a new lense for my camera, one that will zoom closer and does better with indoor lighting. Oh well, another thing on my "dream" list! :)

 

 

 

 

Good Deals...

I love getting good deals - although I hate grocery shopping. I don't know, it just isn't something I enjoy (and I've talked to some people who really do enjoy it.) In fact I hate grocery shopping but I came across this site below and it lets you know of some really good deals at local grocery stores. It kind of makes me get excited to go grocery shopping! :) The latest is at Albertsons (it runs from 3-29-09 for 10 days) - Post box cereal for $1.57 a box when you buy 2 and there is also a Catalina of $5 back - making the cereal $.67 a box! Now, your asking what a Catalina is... (I didn't know either) - check out this site and she will tell you and you can find other great awesome deals!!

Spring in Idaho...

Well, the boys were out for Spring Break last week - the weekend before was actually nicer weather than their week of Spring Break. So, they were out riding around on their bikes and scooters and yes, Bryson is wearing roller skates while riding his bike! Very multi-talented I must say! It was funny because I was looking at some older pictures and when he was 4 or 5 he had a pair of little roller skates on and there he was again, riding a (smaller) bike but with roller skates on again. Silly boy!

OK - I think Mother Nature had to let us know that she was still in charge after that snowstorm/blizzard/WINDstorm the other night - I guess it was Sunday night? Anyways - I should be used to it by now, living in Idaho my whole life. I woke up at 1:15 a.m., the lights were on and David putting on his coveralls, boots and gloves and hat and saying that the trampoline was gone! I was a little out of it so he had to tell me 3 times. What? It has skidded across the lawn but stopped at the field in previous storms. Not this time - I got up and looked out into the blowing snow and yep, it was gone. He went and tried to find it - walking in both directions to about the middle of each field, in the raging storm, no less, but nope, he couldn't find it. The next morning we saw some of the legs in the field and so he walked through the field to Bryan and Mary's house, over their fence and through Kent and Stan Searle's yards and then he saw it - it was by the cellars down where Karl Kelley used to live. That is almost a mile from our house. Luckily it is mostly still intact and only bent one of the legs which hopefully we can fix. David said that he is now going to chain it to a tree! :) Below are the legs he found scattered throughout the field. I'm just glad it didn't do any damage to anyones property. Geesh!

Grandpa...

My dear grandpa, Leonard Wayne Christensen, passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2009. He was 94 years old and lived a long and productive life. He was definately a "go-getter" clear up until these last couple of years when he was to ill to get around. This is a picture of him and my grandma when they were younger. I love this picture. Grandma passed away about 13 years ago and Grandpa sure loved and missed her so much - I am sure they had a sweet reunion. We had his funeral today and everything was really nice. I was able to type up the Life Sketch for my mom for the funeral and it was neat to do so because I got to learn even more about him and his life.



This is Halloween 2006 (I kept forgetting to take my camera these last couple of years - so this is the most recent pic I have of him with our family). The boys would love to go see Grandpa on Halloween. He would talk about how neat their costumes were and would joke around with them. They say they remember him being funny and joking. I remember one time David had dressed up (like he is in this picture) for Halloween like a truck driver and had put a pillow around his waist and then the flannel over it and was wearing the hat with the wig and had put tootsie roll over some of his teeth and grandpa didn't know what to think. He kept saying - "Boy, your hair is sure getting long." and so on and just kept looking at him. For a long time after that he kept saying things like, "I'm sure glad you cut your hair." It was funny. Grandpa loved to be around family. We love and will miss you Grandpa.

 

Happy Birthday!

March 24, 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEY!

David informed me that we are now closer to 40 then we are to 20!! OHHHH! I told him we can't look at it that way! Yep, we are getting old. Getting old TOGETHER! :) I am glad to say that I have been married to this wonderful man for 11 1/2 years and were together for 7 years prior to that. David thank you for always loving me in whatever I do, for working so hard and providing for our family, and for giving me 3 (almost 4 :) ) handsome sons, and for being such a great dad. Love you!! :)