a good friday

this year, good friday was full of events.

it was earth day, my mom's birthday, and the annual daley easter egg hunt.

in the morning, the kids searched my parents backyard, high and low, for easter eggs.

it was quite the hunt.

following the search, a massive delicious breakfast was served.

we then celebrated my mom's ??th birthday that evening with an outdoor bbq.

the kids swam in the frigid water while the adults stood by.

we had an "egg"celent day.

so cheesy, i know. just couldn't resist.

here is the egg hunt in pictures.

eden getting some help from cousin lexi and aunt kayda.

eden only liked the fake eggs. she would shake the eggs to hear if they had candy in them.

bottom line, she ended up throwing all the real eggs back.

counting the eggs to make sure they are all accounted for.

ava using her easter bag as a hat.

the end.

coloring eggs

easter egg coloring/decorating 2011

(artist #1: ava)

(artist #2: jack)

the finished product of dyed, sparkled, stickered, and doodled on eggs.

wah-la.

eden strikes again

i have decided that eden is a sour patch kid.

first she is sour.

then she is sweet.

she can also be very sweet to her baby brother.

that is, when she isn't trying to poke his eye out with a bobby pin.

oh, yes she did.

(p.s. i feel like ava has been MIA from my past posts. this could be because she is practically

living at my neighbor's house, mia, who lives across the street. mia is an empty nester and ava

is taking full advantage of that. i bet mia thinks that ava has a bad home life and she would rather be there than hanging out with her crazy mom. if i ever see ava, i will try to take picture of her and post it, just so we don't forget what she looks like.)

distracted

this is my distraction.

i have been paying a little too much attention this little guy and not enough to....

this little gal. (eden)

while i was taking care of jonah, eden decided she would paint her "toes".

i guess she missed the memo saying to only paint the toenail and not the entire toe.

this girl is a wild child.

when people ask how many kids i have, i really want to say 6 instead of 4.

that being, because eden is like having three kids.

two thumbs way up

jack graduated from sea lion to porpoise.

hip hip hooray!

he was pretty excited and has been working really hard.

he is so focused and determined....

even when the kid next to him is sucking up water and spitting it at him.

gross.

they get to ring a giant bell when they pass their class... so here is jack ringing that bell.

a little embarrassed, i might add.

jack and his instructor karen.

great job, jack-a-roo.

you are well on your way to becoming the next michael phelps :)

hello, my name is...

jonah keith breinholt

march 6, 2011

8lbs 4oz

nice to meet ya.

identity crisis

here is eden in a nutshell.

a little bit sporty, a little bit imaginative, and little bit girly.

oh... and a lot cuuutte.

(she came up stairs in this outfit and began twirling around while saying "i'm cute.")

jason and i laughed a lot.