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Easter, Part 2

Saturday was the big Easter egg hunt at Centennial Fields, in North Bend. It took about one minute for 1,000 kids to collect 10,000 eggs once the Easter Bunny arrived via firetruck and blew the whistle. Nana and Grandpa came to visit for the weekend and celebrate not only Easter, but Avery & Jonathan’s birthdays. We had beautiful weather again, and I even got to break out my capris for the first time this year!

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Hayden & Avery spotted one of the golden eggs (there were 10 in the fields) that would win them a special Easter basket. They were prepared to rush for it once the whistle blew.
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“See, it’s over there!”
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Despite his best efforts, Avery collided with another boy who rushed for the golden egg, and did not get it. He was momentarily upset, but then recovered and went after some of the plastic ones.
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Kieron was a great little egg hunter this year, and was even sweet enough to share some of his loot with a younger girl who came up empty-handed.
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Kieron & Avery with their loot (and fake smiles).
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Dying Easter eggs.
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Opening birthday presents from Nana & Grandpa.
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Playing with his new physics set with Grandpa.
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Nana knitting
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Easter, Part 1

Our Easter celebration began on Friday afternoon with a party at Kieron’s new preschool, which is a farm school complete with hens, ducks, goats, giant bunnies, and a Bernese Mountain Dog. We got lucky and had a beautiful sunny day. There was an egg hunt, followed by snacks, planting in the garden, playing, and exploring the farm. We had a terrific time!

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The ducks (not easy to catch)
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Kieron with Hazel the bunny
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The kids get different farm chores each day at school
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Snap, the goat, trimming eating tree branches
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Each of the kids got to plant something in the herb garden before they left
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Kieron says, “I’ll catch you, you waskly wabbit!”
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Family Portraits

We did family portraits in October. It was actually our first time having official family pictures taken since our wedding nine years ago! My friend from high school, Lyndsey, is a photographer in Utah. We coordinated a shoot while she was out for a weekend visiting. After weeks of sunshine, it started raining the day she arrived. Due to the weather, we ended up switching our destination from the Snoqualmie railroad museum to the Issaquah railroad museum and squeezed photos in between rain showers. They turned out great and we’re thrilled to have a variety of cute pictures of all of us together.

The boys had a fabulous time being models for someone else besides their parents. Avery still talks about it and can hardly wait to do pictures with Lyndsey again!
















Friends since jr. high

The boys really wanted to wear their super hero shirts, so we told them if they were good boys for pictures, we would take some in them at the end.




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Blueberries!

Just before school started, we visited Bybee Farms for our annual blueberry picking family outing. We’ve gone each summer since 2009, when Avery was the age Kieron is now. It’s fun to look at our old posts and see how the boys have grown, and how their blueberry picking has evolved.

I can’t say any of them were much help this year. Don’t get me wrong, they picked plenty of blueberries, but most went in their bellies, not their buckets! Fortunately, they kept themselves occupied long enough for Daddy and I to collect a few pounds worth before Silas said it was time to go. All in all, a fun morning!









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Building, Baseball & Trains

Last month Jonathan took the boys to the Home Depot Kids Workshop one Saturday. They had a great time building little wooden boxes (perfect for sorting little lego pieces in).




The following day Jonathan and Avery went to a Mariner’s game together. It was through little league, so the kids got to get a close up view of the field. As you can see, Avery brought his little pug satchel with him, full of coins to buy a hot dog with.



The next week we went out to the local brewery for dinner one night. Afterwards, we took a stroll by the old trains across the street. The boys had a blast checking everything out.


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