Easter Time!

This year we had the Easter Bunny visit it us Saturday morning. We usually have it on Sunday. But we have a hard enough time getting to church at 9am, without interruptions from the Easter Bunny! So we did it on Saturday. The kids were all excited. I left a trail of jelly beans that they had to follow and they found some new lego sets from the Easter Bunny!

Then they all took off looking for their baskets. I hid the girls baskets a bit harder this year. DJ found his. He thought that it was so funny that the bunny hid it from him. He kept laughing! He kept telling us that he know the real Easter bunny. He saw him at Parent Pre-school. There is a bunny there and his name is Easter bunny or EB. But DJ tells everyone that he's real!! So cute! Anyways, Cadence finally found hers in the ottoman. Brianna found hers in the snack cupboard and Abbi found her in the oven. That tricky bunny!

Then they went outside to find all the colored eggs. It was pretty nice outside. They had fun running around looking for eggs!

Brianna and Cadence searching for some eggs outside.

Looking for more eggs!

DJ found one!

We then relaxed and didn't do much that morning. I cleaned up a bit, and the kids were busy eating their chocolates and building with their legos! I called Stacey out at Randy's place to see what they were up too. They were here for a couple of days, picking up their boys. They were around and invited us out. So we headed out to the Stewart farm after lunch. The kids were excited to see their cousins. We saw them for a little bit on Wednesday evening, when they first got at my parents. We drove out there after supper.

I should mention that on Thursday, DJ was still acting sick and still fevered and had no energy and was falling asleep everywhere (which is not like him). So I took him back to the doctor and he said that DJ had pneumonia and ear infections. Poor kid. He was kind of miserable. So we got him on some medication.

We got to the farm the same time as my parents. We walked into the house and they were just finishing lunch and all the guys were rushing out to go pull a calf. So we went along with them. Trayden was the lucky one to pull the calf. My kids stood there and watched!! Ha ha!! Good life lesson for them. It was funny with their different reactions. Brianna thought it was just disgusting, and kept making gross faces!! Cadence thought it was all so COOL!!! Abbi was just very interested. She was the one with all the questions after, that I answered. DJ just sat there and watched.

Trayden attaching the chain around the calves front holves. All the kids standing there watching.

Trayden and the new born calf! Way to go Trayden!

After that, we went over to the corral with the bum calves. They were all very hungry and we fed them with a bottle. All my kids, except for DJ, helped feed a calf. DJ was not being a very happy camper. He kept freaking out on me. So I just picked him up and held him for a bit. That seemed to help. Then his Uncle Steve just grabbed him and put him up on the bale. I thought that DJ was going to flip, but instead he laughed!! Then he wanted to go do things. He even rode the quad with Mikah and his Grandpa.

Brianna and Abbi riding on the quad with Mikah. They were headed over to the corral with the bum calves!

Chase helping Cadence feed a calf.

Brianna feeding a calf now! She was in heaven. Absolutely loved it!

Everyone sitting up on the fence watching the calves.

Abbi and Mikah feeding a calf.

DJ laughing at his Uncle Steve!

Chase grabbed Cadence and put her on a calf. Cadence wasn't too impressed!

Brianna actually liked riding the calf! She thought it was pretty funny!

After feeding the calves, my girls took off to go run on the bales. They were having a complete blast. They were also riding the quads with Mikah and Shaylee. DJ stuck with his Grandpa Paxman on a quad. It was super nice out too.

The girls playing on the bales.

Shaylee was so good at helping my girls and showing them how to jump across!

DJ and Grandpa Paxman on the quad!

Mikah and Shaylee and all my kids squished on a quad!

The kids having fun race around on the quads!

Linda, Steve's mom, had a big Easter egg hunt for the kids. We helped hide all the eggs. Then we got all the kids together and away they went. It was outside and we hid eggs everywhere. My kids each teamed up with an older kid. It worked out great and all the kids got a lot of candy. It was a lot of fun!

Love this picture of Shaylee, Abbi and Cadence. If you look carefully Cadence's feet are not touching the ground! 

DJ showing Mikah the egg he found! Mikah is getting so tall and so beautiful! Makes me feel old!!

The kids looking everywhere for the eggs!

Looking in the sand box. DJ putting his egg in Mikah's bucket!

Emptying all the candy out of the eggs into bags! They got lots!

DJ had alot!!

We then said good bye to everyone. We gave Steve and Stacey and all their kids big hugs. We won't see them until David's wedding , the first part of July. Oh yeah, I don't think I ever mentioned that my little brother David is getting married. He asked Jill Williams to marry him and she said yes!!! They make a super cute couple. Anyways, that is when Steve and Stacey are coming back down. The kids will be staying here for the summer, so that will be fun to see them!

Grandpa taking DJ and Abbi for another ride just before we left.

Mikah showing us she can still ride a tricycle!

We drove home and DJ crashed. I got home and got him out of the vehicle and he screamed. He screamed for probably an hour or so. I couldn't do anything right for him. We made supper and ate and then he had a bath and went to bed (thank goodness!!)! All the girls went to sleep right away, they were all so exhausted. I love it when they can run around outside and tire themselves out!! So nice!