{Easter Sunday}

After a wonderful lunch at Carrabba's (thanks GG) we met at my parents house for our annual egg hunt, and Easter photo shoot! :) The weather was so nice, we were able to enjoy the hunt outside for the first time in a couple of years.

Maddie...striking her pose

My girls in their Easter best...
Kisses for GG..

The four of us

My Aunt Shelley made this super cute (and yummy) Peeps cake

Aunt Lori, my Dad, Grandma, and Aunt Shelley

The Hunt...

Coley and Robby

Aunt Shelley and the girls singing

Easter baskets from Nana and Bampa!

{Celebrating Susan}

A few weekends ago we dedicated our Saturday to celebrating Susan's birthday!! Carrie, Jason and the kiddos came over from Wisconsin, and we spent the majority of the weekend together!! We started our morning at Home Depot. Once a month they have a kids workshop. This week was butterfly houses.

Before...

Caleb
Jason and Allison

Maddie had a special helper this time...so of course they were the first ones finished!! :)

Wes & Luke

And the finished products...

After dinner at Mancinos we gathered at Mimi's and opened presents. Susan received a card that sang "celebrate"...which caused impromptu dancing from the cousins!! :)

Yummy Boonzaaijer Cake!!!

The birthday girl...and Ronald :)

Carrie, Phil, Susan and Wes

Happy Birthday Susan!!

Thanks for being a wonderful Mom and Mimi!

We love you!! :)

{Eggcellent April Afternoon}

The cousies gathered this afternoon to color eggs and enjoy the 80 degree weather!!!


A big bite of shell...ooops!! :)

Eli showin' off his muscles...and sweet dance moves! :)

Caleb

Maddie took her egg dying very seriously this year!!!

Decorating...

Finished products...

Can't think of a better way to spend our last day of Spring Break!!!

{Meerkat Manor}

If you never tuned in to see Meerkat Manor here is a little teaser! I'm actaully not even sure if the show is still on...but i'm sure the re-runs are! :) Pause the music at the bottom first!!! :)

{Frederik Meijer Gardens}

The girls are on Spring Break this week, and I wanted to do something special with them. Wednesday we headed up to Grand Rapids along with my mom, grandma, and sister Nicole to see the butterflies at the Meijer Gardens.

On the way to the butterflies we passed this amazing wreath. It's made completely out of 'Chicks & Hen's'...one of my favorite little (and quickly multiplying) plants!! I love it and want to try and make one... but I'm not sure my thumb is green enough for this kind of project! :) This picture is dedicated to "Flower" the famous mother Meerkat...May she rest in peace!!
(If you haven't seen Meerkat Manor on Animal Planet...you've been deprived of excellent television! :) And you should check it out!!! :) Our little butterflies...and Nana the Caterpillar! :) The flower's were amazing.... I had fun playing with my camera...

There were a few of these enormous blue butterflies, and they hardly ever landed. But Emma spotted one resting on the window.There were so many butterflies this year!!! They were fluttering all around us, which made it much more exciting than in years past.

We all had to do the "butterfly shake off" as we left the exhibit!

In years past, it's been to cold to go outside and explore the other parts of the Garden. But Wednesday was beautiful, and the girls enjoyed this part of the trip the most!!!

Floating our boats around the "Great Lakes"

This sun dial was pretty cool! You stand in the box that indicates the current month and then put your arms out and it will tell you the approximate time. It was about 2:25 when we did it. It worked....imagine that! :)

Auntie Coley... The Moss Beaver...which the girls thought was hilarious!!

The Da Vinci Horse...and the Kilian girls

Preparing to roll down the hill...

And there they go...Emma forgot to close her mouth and ended up with half the hill in her mouth....GROSS!!! And Maddie....well we're still picking grass etc...out of her hair!! :) I think the hill ended up being bigger and more steep than we thought!

GG and the girls on the way out! Thanks for a fun day GG and Nana!!! :)