Tire rolling, anyone???

Happy Easter everyone! It's one of my favorite holidays. We celebrate a pretty traditional Easter... We all enjoy the spoils of the hunts:

pretty dresses

Lots of eggs and goodies

New swimsuits

A few toys and time with cousins

Traditional egg rolling? We did that... We prepared our eggs with dye and even applied plastic wraps to them to make them more durable.

And if they made it down the hill in one piece... we threw them at each other...

We played. a lot.

We even froze our little tails off... this has also become a tradition over the last few years.

And last year... this became a tradition...

This isn't the best video... the freezing tradition led to a pansy, shaky camera girl. The grand finale tire clocked in at a whopping 118 mph rolling down the hill. The dually pair jumped the rocks at the bottom and split in two mid air. We huddled in our trucks at the bottom of the hill honking in approval of destruction on wheels.

Needless to say... at the end of the day we. were. exhausted.

Can't wait 'til next year.

Only a mother would love...

Sure he may have ruined my eyeliner, but at least he knew where to put it :)

He almost flattened Hazel shimmying into this position, but who wouldn't want a little company?

His church shoes (as well as 2 other pairs) now resemble giant mud clots, but what little boy doesn't want to splash in a mud puddle?

One minute, a wave a fury runs over me. The next, immediate laughter. I'm beginning to learn... little Dillon footprints on my freshly washed floor aren't the end of the world. Oddly, I'm grateful to have that little blemish (as well as many others) in my house. I love it!

I think we're gonna love it here...

So...we moved. Because of a few changes in Casey's job, we are now living in Salem. Has anyone else moved recently??? it. blows. What more can I say? But, we're done with moving for a little while, I think. And, we now have a home.

Bad things about the move?

1. we have TONS of yard work

2. I can no longer vacuum our entire place using just one outlet

Good things about the move?

1. WE HAVE A YARD!!

2. our house is bigger than our vacuum cord!!

And Salem... we love it! Love the pond. Love the small town feel. Love the convenience to the nearby shopping. Love being closer to Casey's work. LOVE IT! We also live quite close to some of our good friends and family now and an hour closer to Gunnison and Kanosh. It's great.

It's been kinda nutso lately, so here our some pics that I've wanted to post of the kids but haven't...

This is Hazel with my niece Jordyn. They're going to be best friends:)

Casey with the kids.
Dillon is the king of lounge... he's always trying to get comfy in a different chair...
Hard life, right? (yes... that's Hazel's bouncer)
Gotta love the Dyreng Farms hat. Dillon does.
All dressed up for church... one of the funnest things about having a daughter.
And we leave you with Miss Hazel's contagious smile:)

Welcome to homeownership...

Yuck right? But, let's be honest, for the most part we are loving our new place. More to come later about our move...