Easter in Missouri

We just got back from a wonderful week in Missouri. We always love getting to see Tad's family and all the cousins for the boys to play with. Like most of the midwest, our Easter was freezing! The Easter outfits got covered up with winter coats for church and our Sunday afternoon egg hunt. The boys did great traveling. On our way out, the boys only slept 1 hour while driving from 9 am - 7 pm, with stops along the way. Needless to say we had the DVD player running most of the way to keep them quiet and entertained. The boys did well with lots of new faces. They needed a few minutes to warm up to people, but their cousins helped speed this up. They loved playing with all the kids. We are adjusting to being home with less people to give them attention. It is still cold here but we're hoping to get outside by the end of the week. Here are a few of the several pictures we took while we were gone. We hope you all had a good Easter too. Enjoy!



Peyton reading bedtime stories with Papa & Connor reading bedtime stories with MeMe



A picture from the egg hunt...they were more interested in dumping out their baskets instead of gathering more eggs.

More pictures from inside where we could ditch the winter coats


Connor counting his eggs

Helping each other figure things out

Discovering Aunt Stephanie's Easter Decorations...

Ouch Connor that hurts!

Let me see that please.

Change in Weather

We didn't make the egg hunt b/c it rained all weekend. We decided it was more for the parents and pictures this year than memories for the boys so we didn't go. We did spend Sunday with my grandparents and the boys were a lot of fun. Church was stressful. They have a small congregation and my grandparents always sit 2 or 3 rows from the front, so that means we do too. Many of you know, normally we take the very back pew with the boys and don't make it through the service 20 min. before we end up putting them in the nursery. All things considered the boys did alright. They had just rode 2 hours in the car so naturally they wanted to get down and run, but they did manage to make it through the service. Tad describes it as "wrestling an earthworm" for how squirmy they were. Everyone was really nice and didn't seem to mind the noise.


My grandmother turns 85 on Sunday. She is a wonderful Christian lady who we admire. She has worked hard in her life and is an example for so many things. We'll miss celebrating with her next weekend b/c we'll be in Missouri for Easter, but we're glad we went now.

We went to the Columbus Zoo yesterday for the first time this season and while we were in the parking lot we ran into 2 teachers I taught with. They too, were just getting there so we ended up having someone to walk around with. The boys loved the tigers. They both started growling at the statues before we found the real thing. Its great to have the zoo 5 minutes away. Last year was a challenge to pack and get out the door with bottles, formula, hot water, etc. This year, we grab extra diapers, juice cups and the stroller and we're off. I'm sure we'll be there lots more. Today the temperatures dropped 30+ degrees and it might snow Friday. Its crazy that we're stuck inside for the rest of the week.

We'll this blog has just rambled about the past few days but at least you know what we're up to. We are having a family Easter Egg hunt with the cousins from Tad's side of the family. Hopefully we'll have some pictures from that and I can post them next week when we get home.