Weekend Wrap-Up

You guys.  I have so many fun stories and pictures and memories to share from the weekend.  Here goes!

I spent my birthday evening at a track meet watching Kael.  My mom and Kase came long and I had given Kase a couple dollars for the concession stand and he came back and surprised me by bringing me birthday popcorn! He was so proud to give it to me. 

Kael ran so well! I had so much fun watching him. 

Kase busted up his lip jumping around on the bleachers and I sure didn't mind when he sat on my lap for awhile to snuggle!

 I arrived home to these cuties waiting for me to sing a birthday song as I walked in the door.  Priceless!

And, of course, more birthday surprises from Kylee.  She had asked Kent to take her to Target while I was gone and she bought me a bath bomb and some nail polish.  Also the cutest "Do It" cards.  As in, I get to hand her a card and tell her to "Do it" like "play with Kase", "sweep", "get the mail" and things like that.  So sweet and thoughtful!

Earlier in the day my coworker had gifted me some beautiful glasses! Also my boss gave me some chips, guac and salsa! She knows me so well! 

I loved this verse at the top of my devotion on my birthday- so fitting!

Friday after Kael got home from track we had just enough time to dye eggs before going to dinner.  I love that the kids still have fun doing this.  There are fewer and fewer spills each year! 

Kent and Kael spent a few minutes cramming for the driver's test.

Then we headed off to Christopher's for a belated birthday dinner!

The kids were all so good and sat so well.  The kids even sang to me when the waitress brought me out a birthday dessert!

Saturday morning Kase did some serious fort building while Kylee helped me prep some food (and she also helped him with his fort).

Meanwhile, Kent and Kael went to the DOT.  Kind of a long line but it moved fast.

And Kael PASSED!!!! I was so, SO happy for him.

He even drove home and did a great job! We were waiting and cheering for him in the driveway when he got back. What an awesome start to the weekend! He was so happy!

We spent the rest of the day celebrating Easter and April birthdays with the Patterson side.

Kael loved his card addressed to "Bloodhound" (his Apex name or something? Lucky he has a cool uncle who knows about these things.)

I love when Kase surprises me.  He has a giant gift on his lap but spent the time reading the card out loud carefully and slowly before opening the present!

He was so happy about this!

We spent the better part of the morning playing P-I-G.  We all got some exercise and some sun and were so happy.

The Brothers Patterson.

Came back to the house so Kellen could nap and we played cards and had snacks on the deck.  So thankful for that umbrella for some shade! It was getting hot out!

Then we had a fun Easter egg hunt!

What a fun day.  We wrapped up with having Grandma Cindy's famous fruit pizza in place of birthday cake.  Yum!

Sunday morning the kids were up early to see if the Easter bunny had come! Kase loved his new bat. 

Kael and Kylee loved all their surprises too.

We headed off to early church with the whole family.

Sisters!

The whole crew.

We came back to our place for Easter brunch and the April birthday celebration with my side of the family.

It was such a beautiful day out and the cousins all had fun together.

Then there was the Easter egg hunt! It's just not an egg hunt if someone doesn't put the bucket on their head. 

The kids all had so much fun running around the house looking for their color of egg!

They loved all their gifts and surprises!

Then it was time to celebrate the April birthdays!

Kael asked for B and B gift cards this year and he got them! Between all the family birthday and Easter celebrations I think he ended up with seven gift cards!

One of the biggest hits of the day was this box of money! There was a box with curling ribbon on the top and when the kids pulled on the ribbon- out came dollar after dollar! The money was taped together on each end so it looked like tickets coming out of an arcade game and they just kept coming! The kids all loved this.

Of course we had our egg cracking contest too! We did miss throwing the eggs out in my parents backyard off the deck into the creek but we still had fun.

Kent was the winner this year!

 We had some ice cream cake to celebrate before everyone went home.  Such a fun day!

Later I came up to my room and found one more surprise from Kylee! She is so thoughtful all the time.  Love the Easter gifts she left for us!

We finished our weekend by playing outside and later Kent and I went for a walk. We had an early family movie night in.  What an awesome weekend!