Easter....a little late!

We had a great Easter...we dyed easter eggs on Saturday which was a very first for my girls and they loved it! Then we did an egg hunt that afternoon, after Kurt was done studying...then on Sunday morning the Easter Bunny hide their baskets...no new dresses this year. I felt like I already had like 2 or 3 for the younger girls they could wear and I felt a little bad for Annie, but she doesn't know any different, so maybe next year (If we're actually making money :))
We did get a great package from Grandma and Grandpa Jacobs that had all sorts of crafty stuff for the kids to do and they LOVED it...especially the paper flowers! And they loved the bubble bath and bath confetti. I got a new purse and skirt. Both of which are GREAT! I also made my first "official" Easter dinner with Ham and funeral potatoes. And the weekend before our community had an Easter bunny out "hopping" around, so we got to take some fun pictures (the guy is our neighbor).

SPRING BREAK!!!

Annie had spring break last week and she was so excited to be home. Although we did not go anywhere, I tried to make sure she had a fun week with us at home. She said she was just excited to do all the things we normally do while she's at school...like work out, go to Jump Zone, go to lunch...so that's what we did. Monday was a run errands day, then play at the mall and have lunch. That night Kurt came home early and we took the girls out to dinner and went bowling for Family Home Evening (FHE). They had a blast! Tuesday we went to Jump Zone with the rest of the 200 kids that didn't go out of town for Spring Break. Wednesday we packed a lunch and went to the zoo all day long and it was so much fun! We got there about 10:30 and didn't get back to the car until 5ish. On the way there I talked to my mom and she told the girls they could each have an ICEE and ride the carousel a bunch of times....just like my mom to spoil them even when she's not physically with us:) Thanks, they loved it!!! Then on the way home we stopped at Kurt's school and had dinner with him. He's busy studying for his HUGE test right now (he takes on the 24th of this month) and so the girls don't get to see him much. So on Thursday we headed down to the school again and had lunch with him at the park. We're trying to get down there more often, but it's a little difficult since it takes me about 40 minutes to get there. On Friday, Annie was invited to go to Jump Zone again with a friend from soccer...the girls and I went to the mall and got stuck there during a tornado warning (meaning they've sighted an actual tornado, not just they think one may form...it's taken me forever to get the whole tornado watch and warning figured out) So we started home and realized they had extended the warning an extra 30 minutes....needless to say, I was very nervous the whole way home and put the kids in the coat closet when we got there (our "safe" spot) for the rest of the tornado warning. But everything was fine and Annie had fun with her friend! We ended Spring Break with Easter, but that's for another post...here's pictures to document our week...