Easter

Happy Easter from the R gang...we are so lucky to live by both sets of grandparents we get to hit up the Easter festivities twice plus do ours at home which always ends up pretty crappy because well prego mamas are tired after holiday celebrations and maybe they eat too much! 

The kids had fun hunting eggs! 

even though it looks like they didn't - Sager crying that he didn't find many! He had a bag full!

 And I love the littlest searchers...

And enjoying their loot! This year Frama and Papa gave them gift cards to amazon so that was fun to see them shopping on the iPad for random things! But then a few days later it made for a real treat! Ells picked card stock! 

And then we were off to the L family to celebrate after church!
Of course I failed to get a picture of all 4 of them in their Easter gifts which they wore to church,  other than Ells who actually had an Easter dress. Aren't those have faith shirts the cutest! Sweet Tees is where I got them and they have some of the cutest stuff!

Grandma D and Papa G hid some candy all over the house and then eggs outside! Even some gold dollars in the eggs! They had a blast like always!

Its always fun to celebrate Easter! What an amazing day! The day Jesus died for our sins (yours and mine) and then rose from the grave, conquering death and defeating sin once and for all! What a reason to celebrate!

Spring Break

Spring Break was a little different this year - mom felt terrible most of it! Yuck! 

But we still managed to have a little fun! 

We hit up the zoo with our cousins and free cone day at DQ (double bonus)

Not to mention we had a little off road mishap (slightly soft ground made for an interesting turn around with the kids in the van). All because these two trucks blocked the whole road when they could have easily parked one after the other! Long story but funny for sure!

We picked up trash along the bike trail with our other cousins

We played outside - it was really nice a few of the days (windy enough for kites too)

We napped (all of us a couple of days)

I got to take this big guy out for an early breakfast in honor of a stellar report card! And d and ells are headed to pancheros one night to celebrate hers! 

Plus St Patty's Day - why not just rock a green shamrock! And thank you Pinterest for keeping us busy all morning doing crosswords and coloring sheets and even reading about St. Patrick! 

We got to host friends for the tip off of march madness - everyone even z filled out a bracket at our house. We cheered the clones to a couple big wins.

Frama and Papa took the bigs to Zootopia

And we got to see lots and lots of friends which is always the best part of spring break! 

Plus sage loved having the kids home and so did momma even if I was exhausted and didn't feel awesome! 

Big 12 Tourney

This year we went on our annual vacation - D and I went with a couple of friends to the Big 12 tourney! (next year I vote for a bit warmer - although nursing babes make it not as much fun)

We had fun, even though ISU lost first round. I didn't take many photos as I felt pretty crappy (nasty cold) the entire time. But we shopped, golfed and watched ball.

Winter Basketball

Shadd played basketball again this winter! His love for the game has grown a lot this year! He and his buddies are out shooting daily on our hoop (we are getting our money worth there I think). They play knock out a lot and love to play games like Pig and 2 on 2. It gets a bit competitive but overall they have fun! 

Shadd's team this year improved a ton! It was super fun to watch them grow! Shadd even had a game where he made 12 pts. Crazy! The improvement in two years has been incredible!