HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

A CELEBRITY

Have you ever known anyone personally that has been featured in a magazine? Well, I haven't until now. This person was Tracy's roommate when she was in the college. She is from a really small town in the pan handle of Oklahoma. Since she and her husband have been married, they have lived in Paris, France, Amstersdam, and they presently live in Berlin, Germany. Tracy visited her and her husband when they lived in Paris.

CARTER AND KARLIE'S EASTER

Carter and Karlie spent their Easter in North West Missouri with their other grandparents this year. They always have a big dinner with extended family and then an Easter egg hunt with the kids. I think Karlie figured out getting as many eggs as possible was what it was all about.

Looks like she found a rocking horse. She loves rocking horses.



Ready for the hunt.

OUR EASTER

We left for Arkansas on Friday morning. We decided to stay in a hotel this time. Hubby and I did and Tracy stayed with Kim and family. That way no one was put out of their bed. Kim and Abby met us at the hotel and we all went to dinner at the Olive Garden. Jamie joined us there after he got off work.

Abby at the Olive Garden. She is looking at Tracy instead of the camera.

After we finished eating, we then took Abby to see the Easter bunny. She liked him.

We all then went back to the house and Abby decided to put on her bunny suit and be the Easter bunny. She is holding her dolls in her lap like the Easter bunny held her.

A cute picture of Abby and Tracy with lamb ears on.

The next day she got to go to an Easter egg hunt at a local park.

Notice she picked up almost all blue eggs.

These pictures were taken after we returned from going to a steak restaurant for Easter dinner. When Kim put her dress on, she said that she was a princess.

We really enjoyed our visit. We left yesterday morning to come back to Oklahoma. We had Kim, Abby and Tracy just meet us at the hotel instead of going back to the house. We wanted to avoid what happened the last time we were in Kansas City. When Karlie saw us pull out of the drive way and realized we were going back home, she started crying and it broke our hearts.

HAPPY EASTER

We are leaving for Arkansas. I was just remembering, we have spent every Easter with Abby since she was born. Her first Easter, she was only three or four months old and it rained so hard all that day. We ended up having to go to a Japanese steak house to eat, since every other restaurant was packed. Abby slept through the entire meal though. So, hope the weather co-operates with us this year.

I didn't really do any decorating since no one would be here, but I did do an Easter tablescape.

BOTANICAL GARDENS

These are some other pictures we took at the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens.

Michelle said that they want to keep it a nature park and she has been pushing the kids in the stroller on one of the paths before and deer run in front of them.

I AM BACK

I took a break from blogging, I guess. No one probably even noticed, but my kids. They kept asking if I was going to ever update again. I really haven't had a lot to blog about and also just haven't been in the mood.

But, we took a trip this weekend to Kansas City to take Easter goodies and gifts to Carter and Karlie. It rained on us all the way there, but it turned out to be a beautiful weekend with Saturday and Sunday in the seventies.

Carter and Karlie getting into their baskets of candy. Tracy showed Karlie how to pop open the egg with using just one hand and she had a blast doing that.

This little train was from pappa and me. Both Karlie and Abby love trains. So, I got one for Karlie and will be taking one to Abby when we go to Arkansas for Easter. Karlie loved it. She made sure it was going around the track at all times, even if she wasn't in the room.
Tracy bought this little water table for Karlie and she loved it also. She also has one for Abby.

Carter enjoyed playing in it also. We took Carter to ToysRUs and let him pick out his gifts.

We also took them to the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens and took some pictures. I think everyone else had the same idea since the weather was so nice. We got a few cute ones. Tracy said she knew when Karlie grabbed her blanket and wanted her papi(pacifier) that the picture taking was over.

After we finished taking pictures, Cater suggested we go to dinner. We ended up going to a Mexican restaurant. Carter loves chips and cheese dip.

I have pictures of Carter at this same age eating chips.