Our most wonderful Easter

We really had a fabulous day today. After church, we had dinner at the Tenney's (next door neighbors), with the Mix's (around the corner neighbors). I contributed the potatoes Au Gratin (which were Delicious) and Chocolate Caramel Cake for desert (which is better than s*x). After dinner the kidos got to partake in an Easter Egg hunt in our backyard. Our gate finally got put in this weekend, and we got a lot of use out of it. It was fun to make all the kids wait behind the door and then stampede in all at once. Zane ate so much candy today I cringe when I think about it.
This was the best Easter that Kib and I have had thus far. We have truley been blessed with a nice group of friends that have become much more like family.

Easter Morning

We had a really nice morning today. Kib made eggs and bacon and cinamon rolls. Zane didn't have any idea what Easter means, so he didn't bug us all morning about dong an Easter Egg hunt or anything like that. So in our own good time we managed to put together a little hunt for Zane with mostly little easter toys (I hate the idea of giving him candy). I even filled a few eggs with coins for him to put in his piggy bank. Ryder enjoyed chasing Zane around as he looked for his prizes. I had to throw a couple of good photos up here, especially the one of Kib and I, we seldomly ever get a good photo of the two of us.

Kristi and Blakes visit

Kib's kids, Kristi and Blake, came to visit this past week. We had a very nice, very busy visit. The kids spent almost all their time here outside enjoying the weather. We rode bikes, went to the park, went to the science museum, the batting cages, kayaking, and had a campfire with smore's. We can't forget about the toad we found at the park, it was very exciting (for me included). We brought the toad back to our house and made it a home in the backyard. He maintained residency for about a day, and then vacated his beautiful home. I think it had something to do with all the poking and dropping that the kids (mostly zane) were doing. Can't say I blame the toad, some days I wouldn't mind vacating the premises for a while. It was so nice for the kids to tell us how much they enjoyed our busy, outdoors life. It's such a sharp contrast to what they are used to, but they really love coming here, so we must be doing something right.

First Steps

Ryder took his first unassisted steps today. Two, to be exact. I was holding the back of his shirt while he was standing and preoccupied with food in his hands. I let go and he just stood there. Kib got near him and coaxed him to take a few steps, they were small, and few, but completely unassisted. Look out world, I think he is going to skip walking and go straight to running.

The Children's Museum

We were lucky enough to have a chance to go to the children's museum last week with our friends, the Callisters. As always, it was a blast. Everytime we go they have something new there for the kids. Not much to tell other than it was a great day with our friends.

What a mess, Ryder

Kib gave Ryder the oportunity to feed himself breakfast this morning. On the menu...oatmeal. This was Ryder's first time feeding himself. It was such a hoot, and he was such a mess. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Ryder is 1!!!!!

We had Ryder's birthday party today (which is actually his birthday). It was a great day, and thanks to my friends, fairly relaxing. We had a kids party at our house in the afternoon that morphed into an all evening party with food and friends. It was nice to have so many important people in our lives come out for the occasion.

I can't believe that my little peanut turned 1 today. Seems like only yesterday that we rushed to the hospital and delivered our little 7lb 10 oz bundle of joy. Ryder is the sweetest, snuggliest little boy. At only about 16 lbs, he is still a small little bundle of joy. His favorite past times are the sand box, balls, and most of all cars. I can't forget about bath time. Kib says that he runs away when he tries to get him out of the bath. All in all Ryder is a very easy, fun, charismatic kid. I am REALLY looking forward to this next year.