Big brother, little sister

Owen - 6 years old, Molly - 16 months old

Easter 2012

I never posted Easter pictures!  The kids loved, loved, loved searching for eggs this year.  Owen was so good about saving some eggs for Wyatt and Molly to find, so everyone had a blast filling their baskets. 

Has there ever been a sweeter face?

 Owen is doing his new favorite pose!

 The Easter Bunny brought camp chairs, sleeping bags for the boys, and a big ball for Molly.  I think he knew that we were getting ready for summer!

Almost all of our tulips were in bloom on Easter morning.  We enjoyed them while hiding eggs in the backayard.

 We also had a hot air ballon fly right over our house on Easter morning.  It must have landed less than a mile away, it was so close.  We could see the passengers and hear the fire really loudly.  The kids thought it was awesome (and so did the adults!).

Spring Break!

This was the most gorgeous Spring Break that we've had in a long, long time.  We stayed in Colorado, but had a very busy week with lots of adventures.  Some of them were not captured on film, like taking the boys to the climbing gym, watching "The Empire Strikes Back" and going to the Lego Store after Owen's endocrinologist appointment in Denver.  However, we had days and days of fun outside and have lots of pictures to show for it!

This is our first Friday evening of Spring Break.  We had already played at the playground after school with friends, but the kids were not ready to stop being outside!

 They have on bathing suits and are playing with water!  In March!!

Playing bubbles with Josh...Wyatt is becoming quite the fast runner!

We had rock, topsoil and wood chips delivered for various backyard projects, including some awesome raised wicking beds, which should really help us keep our garden going without using tons of water.  Molly preferred wheelbarrow rides to yard work!

Josh took the kids fishing at a neigborhood lake and they caught a 17 inch trout.  We grilled it for dinner!  

 

We spent a couple days in Denver and the highlight was the Denver Children's Museum.  We had never been before.  It's amazing!  Owen loved it the most.  I think he could have stayed there for weeks.

Thankfully, they really had lots of activities for all ages, so Molly and Wyatt had alot of fun, too.

There was a giant tree, with several tunnels running below it.  This was DEFINITELY Owen's favorite part.  He could not contain his enthusiasm and would NOT stay still for a picture.  Wyatt was pretty nervous about the tunnels, but he liked climbing up the branches.  

 

 Family pictures outside the Museum...

There was even a room for kids ages 0 - 3, which both Molly and Wyatt enjoyed.  Molly adored this little bridge.  She practiced going up and down the ramp and stairs for more than 30 minutes.

On Deck

Now that we're back to the reality of springtime in Colorado (cold, windy, threatening rain/snow), I wanted to look back on the nice days that we've had the last few weeks.  While I takea few more days to go through spring break pictures and videos, here's a little show that I took after school one day to remind us of spring.