Easter

I am pretty far behind in updating the blog, so hopefully I will get caught up soon.

The night before Easter we dyed Easter eggs.  Jack liked to put one egg in every color.

Patrick enjoyed watching with Daddy.

After we put the kids to bed, I made some egg dishes for brunch the next day.  This was my favorite (before I baked it the next morning).  It was a southwest egg strudel.  Yum!

After church, we looked for the Easter eggs that the Easter Bunny hid in our yard.

Patrick got some, too!

Can you find the egg in this picture?

After the Easter egg hunt, I thought I might take pictures of the boys in their matching Easter outfits (thanks, Nana), but this is the look Patrick gave me:

Later, we had lots of family over for Easter brunch.  Jim and his brother played a little guitar.

Michael and Kathleen joined us.

Jack and Patrick's cousins, Mimi, Katie, and Bridget came!

Aunt Sue enjoyed holding Patrick.

Patrick liked Rachel and her long hair!

Mark was able to come in from Georgetown for the weekend.

Uncle Matt taught Jack how to play tennis.  :)

Jack thought it would be fun to combine tennis and sliding.

Overall it was a spectacular day.  The weather was beautiful, we had good food, and great people.  We are truly blessed!

Post-Bath Cutie

San Diego

Jim had a conference in San Diego a couple weeks ago.  He flew out there on Monday, and then I came out on Friday.  Our parents watched the kiddos for us!  We had a lot of fun.  Here is the view from Jim's hotel room.

Friday night we checked into a new hotel.  We had a view of the baseball stadium.

I arrived late Friday morning.  After Jim finished his meetings, we went to lunch with some of his friends who were out there for the conference.  Then we went to Coronado Island and rented some bikes.  It was a beautiful place, and the weather was great.  We returned to our hotel to get ready to go out that evening.

First we went to the terrace bar at our hotel.

Then we met our friends for dinner.

Afterwards, we walked around and enjoyed the sights.

Jim and I woke up early Saturday morning and went to La Jolla.  We had breakfast on the patio of  a little restaurant by the beach.  Then we walked along the sidewalk on the cliffs above the beach.  We saw sea lions and seals playing in the water and sunning themselves on rocks and in the sand.

We put our swimsuits on and got knocked over by the huge waves.  The water was pretty cold, so we didn't stay in it long.  I was in just long enough to go under so I could say I did.

That afternoon we explored Old Towne.

We had a nice dinner Saturday evening and then got on an early flight Sunday.  We were a little concerned about the flight home because I lost my drivers license at some point Saturday.  No worries - my Sam's card got me through airport security!  Last week I went to the DMV and got a new license.  Yesterday, I got my old one back in the mail.  Apparently someone in San Diego found it and mailed it to me.  That was very nice of them.  They didn't send a note or leave a return address, so I have no idea where it was found.

Jim and I had a great trip.  It was the longest we had been away together (without kids) since we've had children.  It was also the first time I left Patrick overnight.  I was a little worried, but everything went fine.  They had a great time with their grandparents.  No big surprise there!

Jackism

The other day, Jack took off his shoes and one sock and said, "Mommy, I have one sock on and one sock off . . . does that make any sense?"

Happy Easter!

Jack is THREE!

Jack turned three years old last week!  We had family over for a birthday party the Sunday before his birthday.  That morning, Jack got to open up his presents from us when he woke up.  He liked opening gifts! 

His big gift was this bike.

Daddy adjusted the seat for him.

Later, he got to open more presents when Nana, Papa, Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Paul, Aunt Margaret, and his cousins, Mimi, Katie, and Bridget, came over.

He liked to pause after opening a gift to play with it (or read it) before he moved on to the next one.

I borrowed a couple cool train pans from Colleen to make his cakes.  They were pound cakes (only one is shown) because I needed a dense cake to show all the details.  We topped them with strawberries and ice cream.  Yum!

Mimi read him one of the new books he got!  Most of the books he got were about trains.

Jack really likes to play with his cousins, even though they are much older than he is.

Patrick slept for most of the party, but was a smiley guy when he was awake.