<3 The Best Easter Ever~

First for those of you on the "special" list- you'll be getting a ginormous batch of Shutterfly pics today detailing every moment of our Easter weekend (I know how excited you are...lol).

This was the first time in a long time that Jon had the entire weekend off and we really didn't have anywhere to go (.i.e vacation). Saturday was fun- we started the morning off freezing our hiney's at the soccer field. It was Avalyn's first soccer game of the season and they won! Yes- we keep score this time around. The game was close and although Avi didn't make one of the two goals -she certainly helped her team out. For one of the goals she was the one to bring the ball down from the other team's goal side- at the last minute the other team tried to snake the ball but one of Av's teammates rescued it for the goal! GO RUBY RED MUSTANGS...lol

After our drive thru breakfast we went home to clean up and get ready for the Easter bunny. Avalyn and I colored a dozen eggs (with our homemade colors BTW that were so much brighter than the store bought stuff) and then the whole family made a silly Easter mural. Yeah - I know, we are a bunch of nerds but we had a lot of fun. All in all it was a great day!

On Sunday Avalyn got us up at the crack o' dawn and she wasted no time hunting down the dozen eggs that the bunny hid in the house. And regardless of the fact it was 20 degrees outside she couldn't wait to go find the eggs in the backyard. Piper on the other hand was only concerned with jelly beans... lots of them... all morning.

After breakfast and Piper's nap we decided (because the rain put a "damp"er on things) to go to the movies. Avalyn was itchin' to see the Hannah Montana movie. I must say the movie was alright but the coolest part was Piper sitting quietly and eventually falling asleep in Jon's lap. Her angel side was coming out!

Then we came home, had some dinner, put the kids to bed (the angel had left the building) and just relaxed (and wrote a paper on Buddhism) the rest of the night. I could not have asked for a better weekend (unless maybe we were all at nana's in Garden Grove).

We hope your Easter was just as nice. oxoxoxoxo

QUOTE FOR THE MOMENT: Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure. - Don Wilder & Bill Rechin

It's been too long~

Hi guys-

I know you have missed your regular dose of Simard nonsense. So I'll catch you up-

*Avalyn has started losing her teeth like crazy. She's lost two so far and the tooth fairy is going to have to take a second job to afford her!

* Did I mention that Piper is finally walking? She started walking well a few weeks ago and is just starting to use it as her mode of transportation around the house. She still prefers to walk on her knees but she seems to be using her feet more and more.

*Oh yeah- an Avalyn's kidney update! A few weeks ago I had to take her in because we were concerned about broken blood vessels around her eyes (with passed broken blood vessels of the HSP- this is not something to be taken lightly). However, the broken blood vessels seemed to be caused by something totally different (TMI) but her kidneys once again came back clear... ; ) In my mind this means the HSP is gone for good and as the doctor put it "she's recovered completely." Always nice to hear.

*Meanwhile - is it time for her to go to college yet? We have been dealing with the type of attitude you often see in prepubescent teens... boy am I scared?

*And more Piper news is she's been sick the last week with a nasty cold. Happily this is her first cold! (Being 16 months- not too shabby, I guess the boobies do make them healthy.) Meanwhile, I thought sick babies were supposed to be sweet and cuddly - haha! My normally sweet and cuddly Piper has become a little snot-nosed monster! Weird!

*In case you miss the dog news too- Reese got fixed this week and Ween thinks she's an only dog again because Reese was gone over night. ; &

*As for Jon and I. Same old, same old. We are going to a concert this weekend (in supposed 3 feet of snow) and boy has it been forever?!