I was lucky enough to be able to go see Rebecca get married. She looked radiant! She has been a great friend for a long time. I am so going to miss her when she moves!
Her georgous dress.
The whole new family. Rebecca's boys and Brian's girls.
Gina, Susie, Rebecca and Me
Cades first BIG CATCH! He caught this fish in the pond all by himself on Wednesday evening. After the thrill of catching it was over, he didn't want to touch it at all. I had to all but force him to hold it - and put a smile on his face while he did so, so that I could take the picture. (there was NO way I was going to touch that bloody, slimy thing!)
I love Easter. It's my most favorite holiday. I love that the earth is waking up and everything is starting to bloom, all the farm animals are having their little babies, the fun parties and the colors of the season, and last but most importantly, the whole reason for Easter, the resurection. (did I spell that right???)
Can I just say that I love where I live. It's total farm country and I love it. I don't know what I would do if I lived in a city and heard cars and honking all day and night long. Although I LOVE to visit the city, it's so nice to come home! So driving home from Jens' game on Friday evening I decided to take some pictures of the things that I saw since my camera was still in the car from the game. I barely get on the highway and there is this herd of deer.
My neighbors horses
My other neighbors sheep. Everyday when I look out my side window I can see them. The males are in my back/side yard and the females are across the street. The babies are a little harder to see simply cause they are across the street and the males barn blocks the view a bit. Each year the males are herded across the road to mate. After their fun is done, they are herded back to the barn and they jump around and buck and kick and spring into the air. They look like they jump up in the air with all 4 feet at the same time. It is sooo funny! There is quite no other sight like that of a satisfied, happy boy sheep!
The cows that live in the field just 1 minute down the road from my house
And the majestic Rocky Mountains. All of these photos were taken in less than 10 minutes time. Sure the pigs may have a stench and the sheep can sometimes knock you down with their smell, and the cows BAWL all day and all night long each srping when their babies are taken from them and the sound can wake you up at night, but there is no other place that I'd rather live!
My friend Melanie does this party on Cinco de Mayo and she calls it Cinco de Eggo! It is a giant Easter egg hunt. Well I used to go to it every year and thought that it was so much fun, that I wanted to make one of my own. So about 5 years ago, I started having one. It has grown and grown! I do mine right around Easter (the week before or after, or 2 days before...). Well I had mine last night and it was GREAT!
We had....dun dun dun...1,592 eggs!!! Do you realize just how much that is??? That is only 8 away from 1,600! They are all over the lawn, in the swingset, the fences, EvErYwHeRe!
I let all the kids age 0 to 3 go, then kids age 4-7 go, then kids 8 and up. And I mean up! Sometimes my 18 year old niece is here, sometimes my 17 and 15 year old neighbor boys are here, whatever!
We had exactly 40 kids hunting this year! I hold them all back and I don't let them in my backyard until I say "Go!"
Each kid gets around 40 or so eggs.
I spend about 5 hours filling the eggs, days for planning the party, 1 hour making the food, 2 hours cleaning my house, and it is all over with and EVERY single egg is picked up within about 3 minutes! It's so crazy, it's way too many eggs and it is quite simply OVER THE TOP! And that's why I LOVE it!
After all the eggs have been gathered, I make them open each egg, put their candy in their basket and put the egg BACK TOGETHER and back in my bin. Some eggs have money in them, some have candy and some have vouchers for prizes.
Some of our prizes this year were squirt guns, bubble blower, sidewalk chalk and jump ropes.
After the egg part is over, we have a big pot luck dinner.
Thanks to everyone who came! It was a blast and I can't wait until next year!
Jens had a tournament this weekend. They played Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The boys played really good and it was so fun to watch them play. It was a single elimination tournament and they lost out on their third game. 
Jeff coaching
Jens at bat
My friend Rebecca is getting remarried in 2 weeks, so my other friend Gina and I threw her a personal shower. We had so much fun! I made all the food and Gina made all the desserts. (she is quite the baker! homemade truffles, dipped strawberries, AMAZING cheesecake...)
We all have been going to book club together for about 5 years, so we just did it with the book club girls.
She got some cute little outfits, some that wouldn't even cover my calf :( and some lotions, chocolates, wine glasses and .....some other fun ... things!
We're sooo excited for her! It's so great to see her happy again! Congratulations Rebecca!!!