Hunter's Blessing

This sweet little boy had to wait a while to be blessed.  We were worried about taking him to church because of him coming so early.  He wore the same blessing outfit that his brothers wore.  

 Apparently it tasted really well.  

 Look at all that blond hair!  He's such a sweet heart!!  We love our Hunty-cakes!

 We loved having Grandma and Grandpa Swenson come to the blessing.

 We love these two people!

 And these too!  Our kids lucked out in the grandparents department.

 It was wonderful having some of our family with us.

 Our sweet family.  

 We love Kristen!

 Wonderful Grandma Ann.

 The Nelsons family.  We love having them all so close

 Palmer loving all of the family around.

Singing with my sisters is one of my favorite things to do!

Easter 2006

 Holidays are so much fun with little kids!  I had so much fun putting together their baskets (me and the Easter bunny...)

 I'm glad they still have not idea that the Easter bunny doesn't use baggies.  They come in handy.

 Babies holding a baby.  Palmer is so little that the three of them together is little awkward.

 New bunnies.  Sadly this is the closest we will ever come to owning bunnies.  I am allergic much to my boys sadness.  

 Hunter looks happy about being held by a 2 year old...Palmer isn't so sure what he things.  

 Lincoln is always loving Hunter.  I love that he puts his head down on him all of the time trying to give loves.

 Easter Sunday best.

 More loving

 Josh's work put on their annual Easter egg hunt.  Hunter slept through the day, but the other boys had a ball!

 The Easter bunny showed up!  Too bad my boys were too afraid of him to want anything to do with him.

 Palmer's face pretty much shows what he thought about that Easter bunny!

 Lincoln loved the donuts.  He ate at least three!

 Easter egg hunting time!  The rest of the older kids ran as fast as they could and got as many eggs as they could.  Our kids took a little different approach, they would get one, open it, eat the contents and move on to the next.  Needless to say, we didn't get much candy...

 My brother David works with Josh so Palmer got to hang out with sweet Savannah for the hunt.  She had a similar hunting style.

 Eating their treats. 

 Can you open this?

We had such a fun Easter!

St. Patrick's Day 2006

I love St. Patrick's Day.  Such a random day to celebrate, and I am all about celebrating random days.

 I heard of a tradition once that someone put out shoes and filled them with candy.  I thought it must be for St. Patrick's Day.  Well, it was St. Nicholas Day, but we decided to make this our new tradition for St. Patrick's Day.  In some families leprechauns cause mischief, in our house they bring treats.

 The leprechauns gave the boys these great monkeys.  They ended up being highly entertaining when attached to a ceiling fan.

 
Fun and festive treat.