Easter Fun

On Good Friday we started our day out with an Easter Egg hunt.

We headed over to Lakewood park for the MOPs egg hunt. So many cute kiddos decked out in sweet spring colors. 

I love this picture because 

And then she swooped in and stole the little pink egg before this little boy even knew what happened. 

Very pleased with what was inside

Happy with his hunting skills

Crazy kids and happy mamas. Yes, I realize the Uggs were a little overkill. In my defense, it was 40 degrees at 6am...

 Saturday morning we headed to Lakewood Country Club for the Easter festivities. 

The balloon artist was a hit as usual. They boys asked for laser guns. 

no comment on Grayson's ballon. 

And the monkey was back with all of his tricks. 

She was very enthusiastic. 

Cupcake decorating. 

So proud!

Finally the egg hunt

We ran from the club to the soccer fields ...then home for Hayden's nap. 

The weather was amazing so we had some friends over to play!

Hayden stole Ford's hat! So cute!

Egg hunt & piñata fun for the kids!

Sweet boys have been friends since they were six months old!

What's Up Wednesday - March 30

1. What we're eating this week...
I have been loving HelloFresh lately.
This week we received these two meals:

2. What I'm reminiscing about...
Easter last year

Look how little H was!

And this year...

It's actually kinda crazy how similar these pictures are! Ryan is happy, Hayden isn't paying attention and G is sleepy! Not much changed in a year! lol

3. What I'm loving
EXTRA DAYLIGHT! I love this time change - I am all for a little more sunshine :)

4. What we've been up to
Easter! Here is how we spent the weekend and here is what we did on Easter Sunday!

5. What I'm dreading
Mosquitos. Those darn things love me. I swear I will get bitten 20 times before Kevin even notices one. Not looking forward to dealing with those guys!

6. What I'm excited about
Laundry room facelift. I am excited to make the laundry room more functional and less cluttered. When we were building the house we didn't spend much time focusing on this room. Now that we have lived here for almost three years I know how I use it and how I would like to use it. Kevin finished the sliding door and I love it! Next up is the backsplash and finishing out the cabinets.

7. What I'm watching/reading
Homeland.
We just started watching this and we are hooked - it's so darn good! I can't believe we waited this long!

8. What I'm listening to
Whatever is playing on the radio...

9. What I'm wearing
J Crew denim shorts - yay for shorts weather! I basically lived in these guys last summer so I grabbed another pair (in a darker wash) for this year.

10. What I'm doing this weekend
Ryan has his first flag football game. We missed last weekends game so this one will be his first. I am anxious to see how it goes!
Grayson has a soccer game on Saturday and then we will celebrate a friends first birthday that afternoon.
Easy breezy weekend. Looking forward to it!

11. What I'm looking forward to next month
Girls trip to New Orleans

Previous trips with these ladies have been to Nashville, Fredericksburg & Napa (which apparently I never blogged about. stay tuned...)

12. What else is new
Just trying to get our summer schedules planned! It's crazy how time consuming it is!

Spring Break - Austin

We left San Antonio on Friday and headed up to Austin to visit the Pearson's and Paprocki's. 

The kids loved playing with all of Jack and Clive's cool toys and costumes...

A handful of mix and match super hero's - the best kind! Clive was playing shy...

Trying to feed Deebo veggie straws. 

Saturday morning Jake made some of his amazing pancakes and kolaches before we headed out for a day of fun!

Since it was so COLD and WINDY we headed for the pig races. 

Grayson was picked to represent one of the pigs. If his pig wins, he wins (a 6-pack of oreos). Unfortunately, Kim Kardashi-HAM didn't bring home the bacon. lol. Ok, too much? 

They had a sweet little baby pig that you could pose with and it was adorable. Although my boys weren't as excited about it as the rest of us were, they agreed to take a picture as long as they didn't have to touch it. 

Grayson was a big fan of the petting zoo. Ryan, not so much. I am pretty sure he ran out screaming because a llama looked at him. (In his defense, they are weird looking). 

We rode a few rides and each kid won a carny prize...then we packed it up and headed for lunch.

Jacob recommended Stiles Switch BBQ & Brew and it was amazing!

Side note: If you know me, you probably know that I am not a fan of BBQ. Well folks, that's changed. I recently realized that it's just the sauce that had me turn my back on it (and not all sauces, just the really sweet ones)...and you DON'T have to have the sauce.  For me, that's a game changer.  I know, thats 30+ years of missed opportunities...but I am on board now. Anyhow, this place was great. As a newbie on the bbq scene you might not trust my recommendation - but I can assure you that all of my veteran bbq loving peeps approved too! :)

The kids were entertained with Natalie's bag of tricks...and Hayden took a little nap (on Natalie). 

Afterwards we stopped at Amy's Ice Cream! 

We headed to the Paprocki's house and settled in for the afternoon. We had a great time catching up with everyone and the kids had so much fun together. 

All snug in the paprocki's bed for a movie!

And of course there were donuts in the morning...