Easter weekend, part 1

 Here's little Nolan! "No No"  We went to Georgia this weekend to celebrate Easter with Doug's family.  Here are a ton of pictures from our visit.   This is what Wavey does when you say smile :).

Doug's grandma Bev was in town too.

While we were there we got to walk through the Atlanta Temple open house before it was rededicated.  This was a really cool experience for the kids who don't get to go into temples.

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The Easter bunny found us at Grandma's house ...

We even had a massive egg hunt...here's grandma laying down the law before it began.

There was more than just candy in these eggs...Luke and Jack made out the best.  Thank you grandma and grandpa!!

I love this picture... I'm not sure what the joke was but this is the grandma we love.

Fun times!

 Doug's surgery went well.  Here's a picture of the screw which we think is way bigger than in should be.  Soccer consumes the majority of our free time...here are some pics.

 When Doug isn't coaching soccer he is mastering his photography skills.  His new hobby is learning the ins and outs of his new camera.  We get a lot of shots like this...

  And this...

But he is having fun and I like that.

The kids have been having fun with all the easter eggs, hiding them, throwing them at each other... you get the picture.  Doug has declared that he like seeing his little boys with their shirts off so we are seeing a lot of this lately.  I'm standing by my "shirts required for all meals" rule though, and it has brought on a few melt downs from Luke these days.  Fun Times!

Oodles of cookies on an Adventure

We...well I....just finished watching Downton Abbey.  It's is our latest fix on Netflix.  It's a great little mini series and I'm glad to read that the second season will start in the fall. 

I have loads of things to say about the rest of our spring break but I'm tired of feeling like I'm always playing catch up so tonight you get current info instead of catch up info...You are probably as relieved as I am.

Luke and I played trains today and we made oodles of cookies.

The best part of helping is that you get eat the cookies fresh out of the oven, right?.

We picked the kids up from school early and went on an adventure with our bags filled with freshly baked cookies, swimsuits, and towels.  Our good friends the Willwerth's are vacationing at Disney this week and invited us up for a quick visit and a swim with them.  It was so fun to see them.

We haven't seen the little brothers since they moved almost 3 years ago.  

These good friends are like family to us... we are so thankful to be able to squeeze in a quick visit with them.

 As we drove away, everyone kept saying "that was FUN!!"  I'd say if you are a kid it's always fun to be picked up from school early and whisked off for a swim at a Disney resort with favorite friends, wouldn't you?  We need to see you again soon Willwerth family!!

One more little bit of news...Doug is having surgery on is right pinky finger tomorrow.  How did he injure it?  Playing football  with guys from work almost 4 weeks ago. 

The Beach pictures

 I couldn't leave out pictures from our beach trips while my family was here...  So take a peek at our fun if you wish!

The beach is one of our favorite places....  we were glad it was warm enough to go in the water.

Doug loves digging tremendous holes.  and this one he buried Meredith while she was standing straight up! It was entertaining to watch her dig herself out!

Max and I were buried as well...

We caught a few awesome waves on the boogie boards.  That was fun!

Max and Mer tried to ambush a flock of seagulls.

 Rachel will kill me for posing this pic.... nice hair Chel.

 We even drug dad there on one occasion. Can't believe this was the only shot I got..

When we weren't at the beach we went to movies, and played.  Mom showed the kids how to do "papersculpting"

Thank you for coming to visit everyone!! and Thanks for the surprise craft left on the table the morning you left.  

The kids loved making their suncatchers!

One more thing... Max wanted to document his skinned nose..the thinks he hit it on the side of the pool when he went swimming with Tob!

We had visitors!

 Sigh! The fun is over...My parents have come and gone.  What fun we had! Here are the pictures to prove it.  I let Jack stay out of school while they were here and he was in heaven!  Grandma helped him make a rocket ship.

Grandpa taught him the right way to play marbles.

Rachel and Tobin came too and on Friday we all went to the Magic Kingdom.  Check out these pictures.

Tob and Max waiting to ride Space Mountain

We had a lot of fun and stayed until it closed.  I think it was 1 AM by the time we got home.

Of course we were beat the next day...More pictures of our Beach adventures will be coming soon.  Thanks for coming to see us everyone.  It was such a nice diversion from the daily grind!