Easter Lunch/Dinner

After church we came home and the kids enjoyed Bunny Pasta mac and cheese for lunch.
After Carter's nap, we went to Nannie and Grampie's house for Easter dinner. The kids were surprised to see the Easter bunny had left baskets for them at her house too :)
Carter went straight for the stacking toy.
Cristian was THRILLED to get a new frog and some Easter legos. (he's really into legos right now)
Then they hunted for more eggs!
Carter dumping out his entire basket :)
Cristian finding one hiding back in the tulips. (yes, they had quite the haul of eggs... I think my dad and sister hid 75 of them)
The kids with Great Nana and Great Papa
The kids with Grandma and Grandpa (A pretending to sleep:)
The kids with Grandma and Grandpa 2.

Easter Sunday @ Church

We took some family pictures after the service. Here is a cute picture of cousin Tori and Cristian.
Group shot of the 2nd generation cousins. (Ava-4, Joeli-2.5, Camden-19months, Tori-5, Cristian-6.5, and Carter-18months)
Group shot 2
Cousins: Jason, Emily, me, Kyle, Erin (w/ baby #2 due in mid-Oct), Joel, Meredith, Christina (due w/ baby #1 in mid-Oct), Katie, Larissa, and her boyfriend Abel. (missing from the picture are Dane, who was home sick, and Luke and Leah)

Easter Morning

The Easter Bunny visited our house Easter Eve... here's Cristian's basket.
And Ava's basket
And Carter's basket
A Husky webkinz!! He's been wanting one of these for awhile! Cristian named him Harry :)
Ava was thrilled to get The Princess and the Frog!!
Carter checking out his new markers
The Easter bunny also hid eggs for each of the kids to find. Carter went first :)
Look mom, I found another one!!
Ava found one of her eggs behind a picture frame
and another back in the corner
And Cristian found one of his eggs inside a candle
A quick family photo before heading to Church. (This year I picked a denim/green theme for the family :)

Natalie's Birthday Party

Ava was so excited to go to her good friend Natalie's birthday party the day after we got back from Arizona. She had a great time and enjoyed playing at the gym!
Ava sliding into the pit
Getting ready for snacks

The birthday girl
Natalie opening up her present
Ava got her a book, the Princess and the Frog movie, popcorn, her favorite candy, and a drink.
The entire party on the podium.
Ava and Natalie posing together on the podium. Happy 5th Birthday Natalie!!!

Arizona Day 6

Friday was our last day in Arizona, but we had a full day of activities since our plane didn't leave until 7pm that night. I didn't take a ton of pictures this day because my camera battery was dying after a lot of use the previous 5 days :)

We really enjoyed visiting the Phoenix Zoo. It is enormous, and rated one of the top 10 Zoo's in the nation. Here are Cristian and Emma "carefully" posing by a cactus.

I wish I could remember the name of the 3 animals that were in this exhibit. But we were entertained by them for quite awhile. They just run and chase each other all over the place, and can reach speeds up to 60 mph. The kids were just laughing, and laughing watching them play.
Got to see Javelina's (sp??)
Pretty blooming cactus
Family picture by the giraffes
everyone eating lunch
Close up of giraffes
The kids checking out the zebras. Carter was fascinated by them.
Emma, Cristian, and Ava taking a camel ride

Posing for a picture
Carter at the Splash Park
he really enjoyed playing in the water
Cristian coming down the water slide
Ava in the splash park

So fun!
This slide went extremely fast, so fast that after Ava went down it the first time, she was done.
Ellie, Carter and Ava splashin' around.
Cristian going on the bridge back to the water slides
ahhh... he was blasted with water
Ellie crawling in the water
All 5 kids posing for a picture
All the kids kicking the water