We got a swing set!

The few sunny days that we've had recently has had us playing outside a lot. I've been wanting to get the kids a swing set for the back yard, so we went ahead and did it this week. We just got a small, simple one. I mainly wanted swings. Skyler LOVES to swing. Whenever we go to the park that's what he spends most of his time doing. I'm glad that it also has a slide because that's what Dylan loves to do right now.
This turned out to be more time consuming than I had anticipated. It took a half hour phone call to Wal Mart and a trip to Wal Mart to discover that they didn't have the one we wanted. Then a trip to Toys R Us to get a different one. At Toys R Us, we waited forever for them to locate the anchors we needed to make it safe to use (of course they're sold separately) Once we got home and started putting it together, we discovered that the plastic swings that it came with sucked and Skyler couldn't even stay on them. Then we had to make a run to Lowes to buy a better swing. After all that, we ran out of daylight and had to finish putting it together the next day. Goodness gracious, it really shouldn't be so difficult to buy a swing set!

Here's Rich & Skyler working on putting it together

 The boys were very eager to use it!

 This kid loves to slide!

 Luckily, it was sunny the next day too, so they actually got to play on it after it was all put together.

 Skyler likes to push Dylan on the swing

 Dylan doesn't use the steps, he climbs up the slide, then when he gets to the top he turns around and sits down and then he turns around again and goes down on his tummy. It's pretty funny to watch!

 Being a little dare devil and swinging like Super Man... and loving every second of it.

Skyler is very excited to have a "park at our house" I think we'll be getting a lot of use out of our new fun toys!

Easter Weekend

On Saturday we went to Grandma & Grandpa's house for an Easter Egg Hunt and BBQ. It was a lot of fun! The kids were very excited for the egg hunting to begin. While they waited for us to get everything ready for them, they used their buckets as hats. Silly kids!

 This was our attempt at getting a picture of all the kids together. (From left to right) Hannah, Caitlyn, Noah, Elijah, Dylan, Skyler & Grandma

 Noah & Skyler found some eggs right away

 Skyler, Hannah & Elijah found some eggs in the rock wall

 Grandma helped Dylan find some eggs

 Putting an egg in his basket. It took him a few minutes to figure out what he was supposed to be doing.

 Hannah & Skyler

 Dylan found one in the rock wall

 Noah, Caitlyn, Hannah & Skyler looking in the blueberry bushes for some more eggs

 Once Dylan got the hang of it he thought it was pretty fun!

 Showing off his stash

 Such a little cutie!

 Finding a few more in the rock wall

 Caitlyn liked her first Easter Egg Hunt!

 Dylan was having so much fun that we kept taking eggs out of his basket and re-hiding them so that he could find more.

 Look at all those eggs! Good job Dylan!

 Grandma helped Skyler open all of his eggs. She also got the kids some Book of Mormon character toys and puzzles and some chocolate bunnies.

 Caitlyn, Noah, Hannah & Skyler eating their lunch

 Daddy & Dylan went for a quad ride. Dylan LOVED it!

 Sitting on Papa's new riding lawn mower

 Caitlyn wanted to take a turn on the quad too

 Vroom, vroom

 It has been forever since Skyler has wanted to go on the quad. I'm not sure why, but he was pretty scared of it for a while. Well, we finally got him back on it and he LOVED it too.

 Dylan & Caitlyn

 Driving the quad. Vroom, vroom

 Such a cute boy! I love his sweet smile!

 Grandma gave the boys a wheel barrow ride

 Working on Grandpa's new kayak

 After our fun at Grandma and Grandpa's house, we headed out to the Bippert's for Joe's birthday party. We had fun hanging out, ate some yummy food and then watched We Bought a Zoo. It was a great day!

On Easter Sunday, the boys wore their new suits from Grandma, to church. We tried to get some cute pictures of them but they don't make it easy. Here's what we got...

 I think this one is pretty funny with their big cheesy grins. Too bad Dylan is blurry in the picture.

 Playing with the Instagram app on my phone... 

I love that the matching ties that I got them for Christmas go with both of their suits even though their suits are different. Pretty cute!

After church, Chris & Christie came over and made us a really yummy dinner. We had steak, salad and deviled eggs with angel food cake and strawberries for dessert. It was such a fun filled weekend!