Memorial Day Weekend

My dad's brother Dale and his brother Alan and his family came to Washington over Memorial Day weekend and it was so fun to see them. My grandma keeps threatening everyone that her time is coming and they better come see her, so there have been lots of fun visitors lately. (We don't like that thought at all, but that is kind of a typical funny Grandma thing to do so it cracks me up a little.) My parents were cutting down some trees at their house which is a favorite past time for my dad and his brothers, so that was another reason for them to come.

 My dad working on the tree project

 My grandma and my cousin Spencer's wife Rachel

 Boyd was in charge of backing in the dump truck with this long trailer. I was glad no one put me in charge of that.

 

 Uncle Alan ran the excavator a lot of the time. 

 Uncle Dale chatting with Drew

 Darcy thought this leaf in her ear was pretty fancy.

 Ezra had fun unrolling and rolling my mom's new rug.

 What do kids do who don't have a grandpa with a porta potty business and a tower of toilet paper boxes? :)

 Grandma and Darcy giggling about something.

 Dale and Alan

 My cousin Caitlin's husband Spencer took Ezra's motorcycle for a spin.

 Uncle Alan teaching Spencer a thing or two about how to run the excavator.

 The ladies (with a little help from Spencer) worked on a craft in the back yard.

 Rachel and Spencer

 These guys were so cute with my kids.

 The water was very refreshing!

 Cold!

 Caitlin and Spencer

 We weren't getting much sleep that weekend and Ezra couldn't take it anymore. He laid down on a towel, covered his face, and conked out.

 Brotherly love

 Drake and Lainey

 These guys didn't bring swimming suits, so found some old ones of Drew and his brothers that we all got a kick out of. Boyd looked especially good in his with his cut off sleeves and those cool shoes.

 Spencer chose the shortest ones he could find and put on his cowboy boots as the final touch.

 This was actually on Memorial Day when we piled my whole family and Drew's whole family on the boat. This picture of Parks cracks me up. Those life jackets are so miserable for the little ones!

I couldn't get a good picture of it, but there was a double rainbow after a quick rain storm on Memorial Day. Drew went crazy about it, like the guy on the youtube video and our kids were getting so excited and worked up about it right along with him. Now I'm pretty sure they will be crazy about a double rainbow for the rest of their lives. :)

May

Some random pictures from May.

 Darcy got a teepee from Santa a couple years ago. It doesn't get used very often because it takes up quite a bit of space. The other day I saw it in her room and decided to set it up. The kids loved it, and especially Parks thought it was so exciting. Even after the other kids were over it he kept going in there and just laying down in the middle of the blankets and pillows.

 These next couple pictures are some of my favorites of all time. I love to watch my kids use their imaginations and be creative. I can't think of a non-cheesy way to say it, but I just love how the beautiful brain of a little child works. One day Darcy realized a plastic grocery bag could make a great parachute. The kids had so much fun playing with those plastic bags on their backs. They even put one on Parks.

 We got to go watch Ashley play softball one day.

 Ezra hasn't really watched softball/baseball before and when we first got there he was so into it.

 Bath time

 We got to go to Mattawa for Raylee's 1st birthday. She and Parks were a little jealous of the big kids who got to play outside. :)

 This year might be the only time in her life that Darcy will ride the bus. She is transferring to another school next year where they don't have buses, so I decided to go take a couple pictures. Such cute little kindergarteners!!

Another picture I absolutely love of my kids using their imaginations. Ezra was a hero and Darcy was the queen.

Easter

 I had decided to skip posting about Easter originally, but then I looked through the pictures again and decided I wanted to post them after all.

 We didn't get as much time with our Christensen family for Easter this year, but Darcy did get to help Grandma Becky make her adorable (and yummy) Easter cookies.

 It's fun to watch my kids start to understand more and more about these holidays every year. It was Ezra's turn to start getting excited about dying eggs.

 This girl could dye eggs all day long.

 Grandma is so good to tackle the dying eggs mess every year.

 Some of the favorites. (This far out I can't remember who was responsible for these, but I do know it wasn't me.)

 My parents'  yard is a bit torn up right now, getting ready for a new house so there were lots of fun new places to hide/find eggs this year.

 Parks could see those eggs down through the hole in the back ho bucket, but he just couldn't quite get to them.

 My mom found Darcy's Easter dress this year, and Darcy was excited to have her picture taken in it. She was coming up with all sorts of silly/cute poses.