Thanks Friends!

I'm thankful that I have friends who take pictures of my kiddos even when I don't! Here Davis and Isaac area dressed up! Enjoy!

Our little monkey

Our little orange tiger. :)

Happy Easter! (official)

He is Risen!
Easter morning we had a great time looking for eggs. We've tried pretty hard to limit candy for Davis, so instead of candy in the eggs we hid little people animals inside of the eggs around the house. Davis had a blast looking for them.

Checking out his eggs.

Even though it was "just" us for Easter, I decided that I wanted to make a special meal. For the first time, I roasted a rack of lamb. It tasted really good, so I had to post a pic of my accomplishment. :)

After lunch we headed outside to plant some flowers in my little garden next to the playset. Davis and Dan were a big help in breaking up the ground. As you can see Davis really got into it!

And our precious Isaac, always the proud encourager. We assured him that next year he'd be right out there with the rest of us!

Well, I guess that just about concludes our Easter celebrations!

Easter Part 3

Saturday our church held an Easter Egg hunt and other activities for the kids. This was Davis's first egg hunt, so he was pretty much very excited about it! Once we got there he was even more excited that there would be a puppet show. (his favorite!)For the craft they made a cross with a little sign on it that says "He is Risen" Look closely above, this is a cross made by our little 2 year old. :)
Daddy and Davis time! I was with Isaac during the morning and Dan and Davis went around to the craft, facepainting and cookie decorating.

Davis made us laugh at the egg hunt. There were hundreds of eggs for the 2 and 3 year olds scattered in an open field of grass ready to be picked up! When they were able to start, Davis kept walking over dozens of eggs to get the "special" ones. He was after the ones shaped like insects or ones that were sports ball eggs. I think most kids ended up with several dozen, but Davis was perfectly happy and excited with his 6 special ones!


Isaac was ready to go home after the egg hunt! He'd had enough Easter fun for one day!

Passover 2009

One part of Easter that we have always wanted to celebrate is Passover. This year we were honored to be able to celebrate it with some of our closest friends here in Madison. Sharon and Oren graciously invited all of us over to celebrate with their family. We learned so much about Passover, were able to participate in so many traditions, and we ate some of the most delicious food that I have ever tasted!

Sharon and I often get together for playdates with our kids. They have a precious little boy who Davis (and the rest of us too) absolutely adore. She often helps me keep my sanity and is a listening ear when I haven't had any adults to talk to all day. :) I'm so thankful for her friendship!
During dinner, the kids played a lot and did really well. Dinner is a couple hours long and their are a lot of different parts too it, so we weren't sure how they would do! Here are the cuties at their toy area next to the table!

The whole visit was incredibly kid friendly and Oren's parents (our hosts) were so wonderful with the kids.
Fun times around the Passover table!

One tradition that Davis was able to participate in was the finding of the hidden Matzoh at the end of the meal. He also enjoyed sitting with all of us at the table and raising his glass of grape juice during the appropriate parts. :) Really special memories! Thanks so much Sharon and Oren!