Monday, June 13, 2016

Easter 2016

This year we traveled back to the Bend for Easter.  It was a much more uncomfortable ride then I was expecting...with this belly.

We attended a very fun 80th birthday party for Matt's Grandpa Schartz which included an egg hunt with all the extended family.  The kids had a blast!  And I took zero photos of the fun.

Other than this freaky face-swap photo of Cade and I.  Face swap is totally creepy.

Heading to church on Easter Sunday!

Obligatory family photos...

My mom had a delightful Easter meal for our crew after church.

Complete with pig napkin rings...where else but Art and Connie's house?

Not many photos but a fun weekend was had by all.  Always a privilege to get together with family, especially as we take time to celebrate the ultimate sacrifice that Christ paid for us.  He is Risen, indeed!

Spring Break & National Tourney Fun

We always look forward to Spring Break as a time for a little "staycation" for the kids and I while Matt is (hopefully) in the post-season with the Pioneers!  This year they had a great run to the "Fab 4" of their tourney.  The kids and I enjoyed hitting up some of our favorite places around KC and taking in the action of the Pioneer games!

A trip to Fritz's

The "Parade of Champions" serves as a type of opening ceremony for the tourney.


Selfies by Cade

The kids loved taking a trip way up to the top at each game...and I think the crowd was always entertained watching their pregnant mother follow after them.  

The Pioneers stayed downtown at the Westin Crown Center where they were very welcoming to the tourney teams with live streaming of games to the lobby and a place for the kids to hoop it up.


We enjoyed having many guests at our house who came to watch the games with us.  Since Cade's room became the baby's room and the guest room became Cade's room he bunks up on Reese's trundle whenever we have visitors.  They love their little slumber parties.

My dad's favorite game is now Ticket to Ride since we introduced it to him at Christmas time.  He always wins...despite my effort to sabotage him.

Snap chat filter fun for Cade on St. Patty's day!

MaKenzie came to spend a few days with us, which is always a very special treat!  We took her with us to the Johnson County Museum.  We love that place so much we went TWICE over Spring Break!
















Crown Center was like our second home with Matt being at the Westin,



Reese got very into doing her own cheerleading moves at the games.  I'm still a pretty good "base."

The Pioneers had several intense wins leading up to their Fab 4 loss.







Exciting to make it so far...but always somber as the year officially comes to an end.

Cade lost his 7th tooth...

and it took us all several days to recover from the late night games!


We enjoyed the ride with the 15-16 Pioneers!  Thanks for keeping our Spring Break jam-packed with fun!!

Reese is 4!!!

Our sweet Reese turned four back on March 22nd!  We had planned to celebrate with a party with daycare friends and cousins at Backyard Specialists.  (They sell high-end play-sets, sport courts, and trampolines and let you rent out their outdoor showroom area for parties.)  All week long as the party got closer and closer it was predicted to be rainy and stormy during party time.   I know, I know, it's what I get for trying to do an outdoor party in March!  So the party became a Plan B party at our house.  Kids be-bopped around the basement and played in the bounce house.






Reese is a natural at being the center of attention it seems...



While it was a bummer to not be able to go ahead with the outdoor party as planned, it is always fun to celebrate Reese!  She is a sweet heart with just a little sass on the side.  She loves to wear dresses and have her nails painted and be girly but is also pretty tough and can hold her own around the boys as well.  Which is a good thing since she will soon have TWO brothers.  At her 4-year-old check-up she got three shots and she didn't even bat an eye.  Matt was very impressed with that.  She is getting taller as her pants/dresses are getting shorter but is still a tiny little thing.  Reese is very nurturing and loves to play with her baby dolls and dress up her Barbies.  She enjoys playing "school" and I hear her repeating many things that I'm sure Ms. Dora says.  When asked what she wants to be she says she wants to be a mom when she grows up.  More power to you Reese...in at least 20 years or so.  We love our Reesie Bear! 

A look back: