Heddy-Bird

Awwwh! Missing you and wishing REAL BAD that we were blowing out our Birthday Candles together this year! (By the way, I LOVE this picture of us. It's the one picture where we actually look alike)

Happy Birthday, dear Heather!
Oh, and...
Ha-Ha, you're TWO years older than me again!
(Hope you enjoyed being only 1 year apart yesterday as much as I did)

Happy Birthday To ME!

Nothing's better than breakfast in bed...
Unless it's DINNER in bed, brought to you by 5 cute kids and 1 sweet hubby,
AFTER you've had a nice long nap.
Yes... that's even better.
Besides, breakfast in bed isn't really an option when your birthday falls on a Sunday and you have 8 AM church.

I Want A Turn!

When Rhea-Rhea was feeling sad about losing her hair from Radiation Therapy,
My Dad immediately shaved his head in support.
(Yes, my dad is a rockstar)

Rhea-Rhea immediately got herself an AMAZING wig.

That everyone wanted a turn wearing.

Okay, Dad didn't really "want" a turn... we kinda forced him.

But Meadow, on the other hand, is already scheming for her next Princess Party hairstyle.

It almost looked natural on Heaven.

Secret didn't know what to think. From "baldy-locks" to "goldy-locks" in an instant.

River was more than a little excited to be one of "2 long haired boys".

Personally, I think the wig looks the best on Rhea-Rhea.
(although, Heaven is a close second and River is definitely within placing range)

Easter Morn

Looking at all these baskets, reminds me that

We have A LOT of kids!

Secret LOVES that she's one of the "kids" now.
(nope, no babies 'round here)

The boys were glad that

The Easter Bunny likes celery!
Sometimes he gets sick of carrots, good news for us since we didn't have any on hand to offer.

Secret thinks we should have chocolate for breakfast every day.

And now, "A cute picture of all the kids in their Easter Threads":
Take One

Take Two

Take Three

Oh, nevermind... you get the idea.
Happy Easter!

Twinners

At what age are you too old to wear matching dresses with your sisters?

4 years old?

6 years old??

33 years old???

The Answer: Never.
Especially when you find the matching dresses for $6 at Last Chance. Sorry. Couldn't resist.

Priceless

Saving up

Your first (drunken sailor-ish) steps

Until you're 13 months old

Just to see your Auntie's reactions when you strut your stuff on Easter...
Priceless.

Easter Festivities

Decorating chocolate eggs while watching Conference.

Pretty and fun! (Thanks Amy!)

Easter Egg Hunt at the church (with our cute cousin Maya, visiting from California).

"That's what I'm talking about!"

While waiting for the Easter Pageant to begin,

The kids hung out with John the Baptist.

Secret was all over the place, making new friends left and right.

We had our family over for a big Easter Dinner.

Meadow sidled right up to her Knight in Shining Armor (Xanon).

Secret was thrilled to crawl into Nat's lap and eat almost the entire contents of her plate.

Raven, Sha-She (Ray) and Saige sharing deep thoughts about Bakugon.

Jare-Bear and his sister, Jenni and Mama, Gail.

Heaven made sure ALL girls in attendance had an acceptable amount of lipgloss on. (We can't tolerate un-lip-glossed lips around here. No way, Jose.)

The teenager types hanging out in the "Tree Room".
(I really love that I have a tree room)

The End.
I really love my family.

The Feast

At our Preschool Easter Feast, the children all agreed that
EVERYTHING tastes better...

when served on Fine China
(especially "things" like cheetos and cupcakes)

"Yum! Pink Teap! The color of the week!"

Meadow and her best boy, Drew-Bug.
Sorry, Mr. Zack. You've evidently been replaced. That's what you get for standing her up at her Princess Party :0)

Sneaky-Sneaky-Seeky

Everytime I turn around, Seeky is sneaking into something.
Today she snuck into Meadow's lipstick
(she was so proud)

Then snuck down to the Preschool Room and proceeded to rip as many of the posters off the wall as possible before Mom came and ruined the fun.