Rain, rain, go away!

Gah, I knew that moving to Washington I would have to endure a fair amount of rain. It is o.k. most of the time, but now it is May and I am SICK TO DEATH of the rain and the clouds. Hello, is this not when summer should start? I am sick of wearing long sleeve shirts and long to wear my shorts and the 50 pair of sandals I own. Just as soon and it warms up to 70 degrees (hello when did I become one of those people who think 60/70 degrees is warm, I have been out of Arizona to long) bang then next day 50 degrees again. Arrgh. Get warm already, this is driving me nuts. The only person who seems to be enjoying this somewhat warmer weather is Kaiden, she loves going outside in her cute raincout (courtsey of anut Sheridyn). Maybe I should learn from Kaiden's attitude or maybe I should just wallow in self-pity for a few more days. I can't decide.

Carson on the Go

Now that Carson is crawling, he is getting into everything and going everywhere. One night last week I was upstairs folding laundry, and J. was downstairs supposedly watching Carson (yeh right). Kaiden comes into my room yelling at me to go and see what Carson was doing and this it what I found.

Right after that incident J. immediately got on-line and purchased a gate from Craigs list. This makes for very happy parents and a very sad baby, who was just getting the hang of climbing up the stairs. Kaiden, thinks it's hilarious to block Carson, that is until she gets bored and finds that she herself is now trapped.

Tulip Festival

Ever since we moved to Washington, we have heard so many great things about the annual 'Tulip Festival' in Mount Vernon; so we decided to go and see what all the fuss was about. We headed up there with some friends and I have to say that we had a fabulous time. It was so surprsing to me to literally see fields and fields of tulips (duh, I guess I should have expected it, hence the name Tulip festival). Anyways, everything was so beautiful that I have decided to see if my undoubtedly black thumb can grow anything up here.

Easter Morning

We decided (we meaning I) that since we have early church, we would not give Kaiden and Carson thier Easter baskets until we got home. Upon arriving at home, I put thier baskets outside and rang the doorbell. I told Kaiden that the Easter bunny had left something outside for them. Her immediate response was and I quote, "I'm scared, Daddy come with me". Hilarious. She thought the Easter bunny was still there and would not go to the door until J. picked her up and took her. Once she saw the baskets and the fact that there was no Easter bunny there, she was fine. More than fine actually!

Kent's Easter Egg Hunt

Every year, the City of Kent has an Easter egg hunt the day day before Easter. They host it in front of the local AMC theater (notice the AMC line seperator or whatever it's called) Anyways, we thought it would be fun to particpate, and take Kaiden down there to look for eggs. We arrived about 1/2 before the egg hunt was to begin. It was a crazy madhouse of kids and adults, and to top it off it was fre-e-eazing. Kaiden had fun, despite all the chaos. She was, however, a little impacient to wait her turn to hunt for eggs.

Yes, you will notice the absense of Kaiden in this picture. She was mortally afraid to go near the Easter bunny. Carson was to little to care so thats that.

Cookie Monster

Kaiden and I decided to make some cookeis one rainy day. We wanted to do it while Carson was taking his nap, but of course he woke when we were only half done. I put him on the ground with some toys, he didn't like that. So I put him in his bouncer, once again he cried and didn't like that. Finally, I resorted to putting him in his highchair and giving him some chocolate chips to eat. He most definately liked this. After the cookies were done he literally ate 3 or 4 of them. My little cookie monster!

Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma's

Right before my sisters and I left my mom's house to go home, we decided that it would be fun to have an early Easter egg hunt with the kids.

Let the coloring begin...

Kaiden and the first egg she decorated (of course it's blue). Not sure about her facial expression. She looks kind of bored or possibly constipated.

After we had decorated the eggs, we went to Mortinson wash to have a picnic and hide the eggs. Carson somehow got bored between things and decided to eat some dirt, and some rocks wich I had to fish out of his mouth.

Cake Decorating 101

Everytime we are at my mom's house, she is always really good at baking, making, and decorating something with the grandkids. This time was no different, so the project this time was a very cool cake mold of a train, with the engine, caboose, and everything in between.

Left over dough...mmm.

Finished project, maybe a little heavy on the candy.

Carson wanted to particpate, but since he is to little I gave him a piece of licorice to keep him quiet (I have to say it worked really well).

Every grandkid (and my two brothers) made a part of the train, and this is the finished master piece.

Emmma Lynn's Blessing

My sister gave birth to Emma on December 24th (I know poor Christmas eve baby). She is seriously the most adorable baby. She looks like a little doll. When we were in Az. we were able to go to her blessing.

My sister Ashlee and her husband Rocky.

My grandma O'Dair. She wants the great grandkids to call her 'Grandma Grace'.

Fun in the Sun

J. bought Carson some sunglasses. Carson would take them off almost immediately after having them put on, but we got some cute shots.

J. and I went to a Cubs spring-training game with his mom and brother.