Easter goodies

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I love to look at Easter goodies for Owen. I love to have a little basket and a few things for him to hunt for. Each year he is at a different stage. I cherish my memories from the past years and look forward to seeing how he is more grown up this Easter from the last. I love remembering his first Easter, Paul and I were so excited about hiding eggs for the first time and he didn't really know what was going on. Last year he was so excited to find eggs we just kept hiding them again and again like the never ending egg hunt. I was putsing around online for non-candy Easter treats and thought I would share a few. So far we have what we need for coloring eggs and a harmonica and natural play dough for his basket. I better collect my last things soon. Its just around the corner. What are you getting for your kids Easter baskets this year?

Push em' Pull em' parade

Happy 4th of July! What did you do for the 4th? Every year we join friends at a festive 4th of July party. It is the cutest 4th of July party you have ever seen. They start the party off with a Push em' Pull em' parade! All the kids dress up and decorate some thing to be pushed in or pulled in (or ride on). Paul pulled Owen in his new red wagon my parents gave him for his first birthday. He dragged his blue dump truck behind him filled with his favorite animals all dressed up. What could be cuter then a whole bunch of kids all dressed up in a parade? We had an egg toss contest, pie eating contest and ate a yummy dinner before heading down the hill to have homemade ice cream while waiting for the fireworks. Owen had a blast! He even liked the fireworks! He looked up with big eyes and said "whooow".  

Easter sunday

A few photos from our Easter Sunday. We started our morning early, as usual, when Owen woke up. Paul read the story of the death and resurrection of Jesus to Owen from the Jesus Storybook Bible. We lead him into his room, after our story time, and he found his Easter basket and a small egg hunt. Paul and I had so much fun the night before getting everything all set up and hiding the eggs. He actually found a few of the eggs on his own. He was very interested in the shredded paper nests. Then we headed off to celebrate with all of our friends at church. When church was over we packed a picnic and drove to a mountain for a lunch in the wild flowers. Grandma did a fun easter egg hunt for him in the grass. To finish the night off we headed to my parents house for a fancy dinner. We had a beautiful day celebrating with family and friends! 

What did you do for Easter?!

My valentine

Thank you for my sweet yellow wild flowers for my hair, a short lived piggy back ride and lots of laughs. I can't imagine a better valentine than you. You sweep me off my feet. I love you Paul! 

Owen's first Valentines Day. We are excited to celebrate with our boy. I have so many fun memories of Valentines day growing up. One memory I have is waking up to a trail of M & M's. I don't remember where they lead, just that there was a special little path for me to follow when I woke up. Sometimes the sweet little things show the most love. This year Owen's valentine is a soft little fabric book with ribbon loops around the edges, silky hearts on each page and the words, "I love you" on the front. Happy Valentines Day sweet boy! 

I hope you have a wonderful day with your loves, family and friends! Happy Valentines Day from Christy, Paul and Owen! 

Christmas day

We woke up at my parents house to the smell of apple oatmeal in the crock pot. Owen was the last one to wake up, I'm sure that won't be the way it is when he's older. We opened our giant hand made stockings together and then had the most delicious breakfast. I'm not much of a breakfast person but Christmas breakfast is one of my favorites. Apple oatmeal made overnight in a crock pot, egg casserole with green chili's, sour cream and salsa, cinnamon rolls and fruit salad. yum. After breakfast we opened our presents together. Everyone picks out special gifts for each other and we open them one at a time. We spend the rest of the afternoon being together as a family and slowly opening each others gifts. It was fun to see how excited Owen was about opening presents. He loved the colorful ribbons, ripping the paper off and trying to put the tissue in his mouth. It was very cute! He is such a little snuggle bug. It was a wonderful first Christmas with our boy. 

Off to find a tree

Every year we go up to the mountains to cut down our Christmas tree. We all pile into my parents suburban with Grandpa, Grandma, GG, Uncle Tim, Aunt Amy and the three of us. We drive way up to the top of the mountain to try and find a Silvertip. I had envisioned Owen's first trip to get a tree, all cute in his white little snow outfit, galavanting around in the snow hunting for the perfect tree. When we got there it was a lot colder then we thought. Owen and I literally jumped out of the car for the 2 seconds it took to take that picture and then jumped back in. We decided it would be better to keep Owen in the car (you can see him longingly looking out the window at all the trees in the top picture). We had a fun time playing in the car while Paul went and picked out the perfect tree for us. We loaded up the trees and headed home with our hot cider and co co. It wasn't what I had expected but it was a fun adventure!


Now that Paul and I have a baby we have been thinking about what fun things we want to do as a family to celebrate Christmas. I have so many fun memories growing up as a child with my family. Traditions were a fun way to celebrate together, christmas tree outings, ginger bread house competitions, christmas casserole and apple oatmeal on Christmas morning. What traditions does your family have around this time of year?