Happy Easter

Happy Easter from the Jacksons

(Yes, I am writing this in September. Someday I really hope to be caught up on this blog...)

 

Here come the troops looking to see if the Easter Bunny visited!!!

(Note Charlotte's jammies that she picked out herself. A VERY short night gown, size 12 month Minnie Mouse jammie pants, and 18 month Elmo socks.)

And Sawyer was dressed by his mom...in size 12 month jammies.

HE CAME!

Look what the Easter bunny brought!!!

A car, a gas tank, a picnic table, and a swimming pool.

He also brought tons of little goodies.

Sawyer LOVES him some juice. This man is Mr. Juice.

As soon as he saw his new Mickey cup from the Easter Bunny, he started going to town on it!

Swim gear!

CANDY!

 

 

EGGS!

She really was a maniac with finding the eggs.

Sawyer was more concerned about the toys than the eggs.

I love the "CHEESE" face. So funny.

 

Putting gas in the car.

 

After we had a fabulous morning looking for eggs and playing with new toys, Sawyer went to hang out with Papa at his house and Charlotte went to church with Mommy and Daddy.

 

Then we headed to Gigi and Papa's house and spent the rest of the day there.

We had a fabulous Easter egg hung in their yard.

 

She was searching and searching....

He finally took up searching too.

 

 

He finally got some!!!

We had such a fun day with Great Grandpa and Grandma Schumann, Aunt Bare and Uncle Chad, Gigi and Papa, Uncle Poop, and Aunt Bev and Uncle T.

The kids got special goodies from Great Grandma and Grandpa. They got fun pillows and toys from them! They were ecstatic.

Sawyer and his Gigi...

I constantly forget to take family pictures so this is my new thing.

Must. Take. Family. Pictures.

How cute is this bunch?

He was contributing to society in this picture.

It was such a fun day. Delicious food. Fun people.

Sawyer even took a good nap!

Our last Easter before Baby Kamm arrives!

Uncle Poop got both kids Easter Bunnies that he made at Build A Bear. The kids LOVE them!!!

 

Happy Easter, friends. I hope yours was as blessed as our!

A Busy Little Saturday

On April 12, 2014, we had a busy little Saturday planned.

 

We started the morning off at the Christian Union Church in town. They had an East egg hunt for people in town. Papa came up and met us for a few minutes. Aunt Bare came to help me out with the babes.

There was a lamb and it's momma there.

The kids were obsessed.

There were eggs everywhere!!!

There wasn't a lot of hunting required. It was more Easter egg "pick up" than anything.

Kaedence and Maegen were there too.

 

 

We saw Carter and Mason there too!

 

Look at all of these eggs!!

Love these two beauts.

K and Maegen. So cute!

Our crew of babes. Kaedence, Charlotte, Sawyer, Mason and Carter.

After the Easter egg hunt, we stopped by Uncle Poop's house (which is only a few blocks away). Papa and Poop were doing yard work. We showed them all of the candy.

Look at that long hair and silly face!

We got lunch and took it home. We did naps and got ready and headed down to see the Heflins.

We love visiting them at their new house!

These two. They are hilarious!

Just hanging out at the wood pile.

Alex met us down there when he got off of work. Cleary Sawyer was so excited to help him carry the beer in.

We hung out outside in the BEAUTIFUL weather. The kids were ecstatic to be outside. They ran around like crazy and played and played and played.

Sweet baby Em....

We ate a delicious meal (between Alex, Jodi and Derrick the kitchen was a buzz with stuff going on.)

The kids played some more.

Aunt Jodi even gave them dry erase markers to write on the windows.

We brought our jammies and we spent the night so that no one drove home after drinking any alcohol.

The daddies and the mommas hung out outside by the fire and had grown up time.

 

We had an awesome day. We had so much fun. The day ended perfectly.

 

And to top it all off, we finally had some great weather!!!

Happy Spring :)

The End of Easter Sunday...

So, to end our Easter Sunday, Dad and Alex headed back to Metamora (they had to work the next day) and Mom, the kids and I headed over to Mom and Dad's new place in Golden Eagle, IL. It is a "villa" (a very nice duplex that is far bigger than the house we live in currently) on the Mississippi River. They took ownership of it a few weeks prior. The kids and I hadn't been able to visit it yet.

A shout out to my Mom and Dad. Happy Anniversary!!! They have been married for 35 years!! (YES, 35years.) They got married when my mom was 17 yrs old...she had braces... and Dad was 22 and already had a killer mustache. They started their marriage in the Northern part of Calhoun county and they now own a home in the Southern hills of the county. Congratulations, Mom and Dad. We are so happy you took that step. I mean, what would the world be like without your amazing four children?????

So, we hung at the villa Easter night.

Sawyer loved it. He was kicked back and on vacation. How cute is he???

The view from the upstairs deck.

The Mighty Mississippi.

We had some visitors that night right when we got there. Grandma and Grandpa Schumann came over. They also brought Great Aunt Betty and Great Uncle Paul and mom's cousin Robin, her husband Mark, and their daughter Mary.

Charlotte loved Mary.

And as a surprise, my cousin Chet and his wife Vanessa came out to see us!!!

(Calhoun county is the county the villa is located in...which is also the county that Mom grew up in. Mom grew up on the North side of the county and this is located on the South side...across the river from the suburbs of St. Louis.)

A beautiful sunset.

And to top it all off, Great Grandma Ann, Great Aunt Kathy, and cousin Katie came over to spend the night.

Charlotte let Aunt Betty love on her. That meant the world to Aunt Betty.

Giving Great Grandpa kisses.

This was the first time we had seen him since his visit in the hospital. 

He was VERY VERY VERY sick and we are so lucky he is still around to be ornery.

I am so thankful for Chet and Vanessa.

Without them, the Easter present would have had to be put back in the box bc Momma wasn't smart enough to put it together.

It was a perfect day! We had so much fun!!

I am so thankful for family.

I don't know what I would do without mine.