Easter Blessings

Easter, although busy and full, was wonderful. The boys had a delightful day and enjoyed seeing almost all of their family. The bunny was good to them and left baskets and treats everywhere....home, Mimi and Poppy's, Nanny and Pappy's and Nini's house. Every basket filled to the brim with goodies. We enjoyed church, an Easter egg hunt, lunch and visiting with family and the boys were excellent! They held up incredibly well considering that they partied the day before and were exhausted!

Carter waited as long as he could but finally dug into his basket well before the sun and Eli were up!
Okay...I have to say it...it does NOT get much sweeter than this little boy!

Coming down off of a Peep high.

The boys with their great grandparents, Nanny and Pappy.

Hunting for eggs!!

It was a fabulous day. I am only sorry that I didn't take more pictures as it seems that time is flying by and the boys are growing much too quickly! Enjoy!

Happy Birthday my Sweet Boys

Carter and Elijah enjoyed a birthday party with our friends and family this past weekend and had a great time. There was pizza, an egg hunt and of course CAKE!! Although most of the day was rainy, the sun made an appearance late in the day and the kids were able to hunt eggs and enjoy playing outside.

Break time!...Munching on some pizza.

My two cuties blowing out the candles on their Transformers cake. Carter was able to over rule his brother and pick the 'theme' for this year's party...don't know if he'll be so lucky next year.

My boys are most certainly loved and that was reflected in all of the wonderful gifts that they received.

Thank you to all of our friends and family for celebrating with Carter and Elijah and for all of the wonderful gifts! We are truly blessed to have each and every one of you in our lives!

Watch Him Grow....

Today our big boy turns 4 years old. It is amazing to see how much he has grown and accomplished in these last 4 years. One thing is for sure there has never been a dull moment since the arrival of Carter William. Happy 4th Birthday!! We love you!

Carter enjoys cake at his first birthday party, April 2006.

Enjoying strawberry chocolate chip pancakes with whipped cream..Yum, April 2009.

Coloring Easter Eggs

Tonight we colored our Easter Eggs and the boys had a great time, especially Eli who quickly realized that if you drop the egg it will crack...soon it became a game....color, drop, crack and so on.... He had a great time and that is all that matters. Carter took his egg coloring very seriously this year and created some real beauties.

The finished eggs...yes, even though they had a variety of colors and stickers to use they stuck with red, yellow and mostly green. Enjoy! I didn't realize until I posted these pictures how fabulous they really are!!

Our Fancy Guy

Last night while getting the boys nice and snug in their jammies Carter insisted that McGraw also get some PJ's on. After hand picking his special Speed Racer jammie top we then dressed McGraw. Once dressed Carter looked at his furry best friend and said, "Aren't you a Fancy Guy? Oh, Yes! It's true!" As if that wasn't cute enough.....
....this morning the first thing Carter said to McGraw was, "Yup...still fancy." I am not sure how happy Mac is about having to wear a shirt but he is being a good sport about it and still has it on.

The Loves of my Life

Workin' Hard

My Dad ground out a lot of stumps on their property this past weekend and Carter and Elijah were great helpers. They raked up the sawdust and loaded it into the tractor's bucket. They also helped to fill in the holes left behind with dirt. It is truly amazing how Carter's motivation level will jump when he knows that operating Poppy's John Deere is involved!