Happy Easter

All my babies!

The kids making an Easter craft.



Tyler is getting so big and he loves to eat :)

Our country club has an Easter party every year. They had a lot of fun things for the kids to do. The kids loved this slide.

The kids requested bumble bee baloons. I am always so impressed with what these people can do.

Papa and baby Tyler.

The Easter bunny. This is the first time that Hayley would go anywhere near anything in costume. She did ask before we went if the Easter Bunny was nice.

The club also had this train. Hayley was so excited to ride but backed out the last minute when she found out I wasn't going to ride. I think it is a little too small for me.


The McDonald family :) We finally got a family picture with everyone looking at the camera.

Easter Morning Hunt in our backyard. They were really excited to see what the Easter bunny brought them.

Tyler sitting up. He still crashes every now and then but loves to play with his toys. This is the same outifit Peyton wore on his first Easter. I will have to post their pictures next to eachother tomorrow.

Hayley was so excited with each piece of candy. You would have thought she was opening up gold.

Way to much candy!

My big boy with his new hair cut.

Easter Week

Wow, we had a busy Easter. It was so much fun and the kids were so excited! They are growing up so fast and it is so neat to see them experience the memories we have growing up.

Hayley at her Easter egg hunt at school.

Peyton wearing his "Bug" hat that he made. His class had a hat parade for Easter and went to visit the Alzeimers group that meets at his school.

Our playgroup had our Easter party again this year. It was a blast and so neat to see the kids grow up together. This is their 3rd Easter together. Jessica is reading the an Easter story before their hunt.

This picture cracks me up because it looks like Peyton and his friend Sammy are planning something.

The younger siblings had their own hunt this year. It was such a great idea and they didn't get trampled by the older ones.

Hayley and Grace finding some eggs.

The girls eating their candy!

The older ones about to go on their hunt.

Peyton and his buddy Joey waiting for the word "GO".

Peyton showing off his loot!

Friends!

The playgroup, I love these girls!!!

Dance Class

Hayley is going to start dance class this summer. She is so excited and talks about it every day. She has been wanting to wear her dance or gymnastics outfit all the time. She also has been making Peyton dance wtih her. I can't wait to see her dance. She is going to be so cute!!!

Summer is already here!

It has been over 90 degrees a lot here lately. I went and bought a pool for the kids. They love it!




The kids love to take a break and lay down in the sun. It cracks me up but I have to admit it is one of my favorite things to do as well.
Baby Tyler wasn't a big fan of the water but loved watching the big kids play.

Hayley loving on her baby brother. They are so sweet with him.

Recovered from the Flu

Peyton and Hayley caught the flu after Spring Break. It was no fun! The rest of us were able to stay well but we had to be home bound for a week. The kids watched lots of movies, built forts, played with water, and blew bubbles. We are so happy to back to our normal lives!! Watching movies under the fort. It wasn't the best fort but they didn't care. Daddy would have made it much better.

Tyler loves to bounce.

Our little musician!

After everyone was better Aunt Lacy came to stay the weekend with us. She spoiled the kids rotten as usual. We loved having her. She even babysat all three kids for me one morning. Hopefully we didn't scare her off of having children :)

Spring Break

To start out spring break our playgroup took a fun trip downtown. We took the metro train and then took a tour of the fire station and then lunch. It was so much fun!

Riding the metro train down town.

The kids learning about fire safety. I think the firemen were a little overwhelmed. None of them had kids and we brought 20 kids under 5 :)

Our playgroup at the Fire Station tour.

Peyton and Kaitlin in the firetruck.

Hayley touring the firetruck.

Peyton and one of his buddies, Sammy at their own table at Spaghetti Warehouse. Our whole group had the trolley car. It was super fun!

Austin Rodeo 2011!!

Baby Tyler hanging out. He is getting so big and loves to ride in the stroller.

The kids thought this playhouse was really cute! I agree it would be really fun to have in the backyard.

Peyton riding on the pony. Hayley was scared and refused to ride, maybe next year!

I never get any pictures of us with Tyler so I had to get one!

We watched the pig races and Peyton was so excited to get this pig nose. He made the best pig noises.



Grandma came in town and took us to Sea World :) The kids were so so excited we couldn't get there fast enough.

The first thing Peyton wanted to do was the roller coaster. Hayley was excited also and said she wanted to go. So we stood in the hour long line and waited to ride. Surprisingly the kids were happy to wait.

Peyton was so excited!

And even more excited to go with this little girl instead of me.

On the other hand Hayley was not so excited and decided not to ride. I'm really not a cruel Mom. I was not laughing at her I was trying to sound excited about the ride. She didn't go for it.

They added a really cool water park in the kids area. It was pretty chilly that morning but that didn't stop all the kids from splashing around.


It took awhile for Hayley to get into the water but it took us longer to get her out.

Hayley posing with the flamingos. I thought her dress fit right in with them :)

We missed getting our picture taken the first day so Peyton was so excited to see him again the next day. Hayley was fine with just looking at him.


One of Peyton's favorite things was the sharks. This is the first time we made it all the way to the sharks. We did Sea World in two days this year and it was a great idea!

While my Mom was in town, Mark and I went with our friends downtown to listen to some music at South by Southwest. We had a ton of fun.

One of my favorite things when we go is to sit back and people watch. This is one of the many fun people that were down there!
To end our awesome spring break, we went to a good friend's birthday party. Belle came to the party and was so great. It was so funny to see how excited the boys were seeing her. Peyton made sure to ask her where her castle was!

Belle arriving, notice Peyton is right up front :)

Belle is teaching the kids how to curtsy and bow.

They loved the parachute.

Hayley has become quite the model. I love this picture of her!

Peyton peeking! Belle totally called him out. Too funny!

I think he might be in love :)

Hayley waiting in line with Kaitlin. It is so funny to see all the kids wait so patiently for their face to be painted by Belle.

Peyton got his face painted like a dragon. He was thrilled.



Hayley wanted her face painted like a princess.