Spring Fun

Now that we have entered into Spring and can play outside, the boys are all about playing with their friends. The sport of choice is baseball. My good friend, Bridget Curl, pitched to them all night long all the while the kids kept on playing ball and running bases. I was impressed how far Gavin hit the ball and that Griffin hit the ball as well. He took a little bit to warm up but once he did he was all about playing.

Gavin starts T-Ball games in a couple of weeks and it is going to be amazing to see the change from last year to this year. I just wish I would have videoed last years games.

He must have hit it far past the pitcher.

I love that the boys love to play outside with their friends. I can't wait to see what the rest of the Spring and Summer brings.

Meet Evan

Over Easter weekend and right before my grandma died, my brother, his girlfriend, and their son, Evan, came home for a visit. He is absolutely adorable and my boys love him. He was born on Nov. 7 so he is just a little over 5 months old. The boys just loved to help give him a bath, change his diaper, and play with him. Evan was just a great trooper and never really cried at all. This was the first time we all got to see him so we were excited. These are pictures from my brother since my camera's batteries are bad but you can still tell how adorable these boys are.

Patrick and Evan swinging. I don't believe this is in Illinois. (I don't know how to turn the picture from another person so you will have to turn your head). I love those chunky legs.

Papa 4 wheeler and Evan...

We enjoyed their visit and can't wait to see him again but hopefully the next time it will be on a happier note!

Easter

I was very surprised this year, Gavin counted down the days to Easter just as he would to Christmas. He was so excited for Easter to come. In the morning, I had a little egg hunt with little descriptions on them to find the next egg and then it ended with them finding their final Big Easter gift. I will definitely do that again because they loved to find the egg and "read" the message where the next egg was. We normally don't get large gifts on Easter but they wanted an adjustable basketball hoop so we thought it was perfect timing. Plus it gives us something outside to do together as a family. The boys can't wait for it to be put up. We got ready for church and I thought this was the one chance to get a "good" picture of the boys but no not at all. Griffin cried the whole time and the whole time Gavin tried to make him happy but it just didn't happen. He wanted his blankets rather than take a picture.

Later on after church we met up with Papa 4 wheeler, Mama Kathy, my brother, his girlfriend, and their son, Evan. My camera's batteries are really having trouble so I didn't get a picture but hopefully my brother can get one to me. Then it was off to Papa Hurt Leg and Mama Sharon's house for an Easter dinner. It was a good day but we were all tired by the time we got home.

Update

I'm not really sure where to start because we feel like we have done a lot but yet not much at all. We spent a lot of weekend time at the hospital or nursing home with my Grandma Ruth. She passed away this past Friday with her husband holding her hand and her two sons by her side the entire night. Her other son that died 25 years ago was waiting for her at Heaven's gate. Although it is very difficult to say good bye to her, it is better knowing she is in a better place without pain, suffering, or cancer. The boys, Kerry, and I got to spend some time with her and saying our final words. The boys have spend one day a week with her and Papa Old Tractor since Gavin was five months old or sometimes more often then that when she wanted them. Life will never be the same but we have a guardian angel now with us at all times. When we weren't visiting Grandma many times we were with our good friend's "The Curls". The boys love their baby sister, Ellie Grace. Gavin begged me to take a picture of them three. I don't think she was really that thrilled.

We went to the park one day since it was so nice out to play and just get away for a litte bit. The boys loved being outside.

Then the other night we dyed eggs with the Curls. We had a lot of fun. Here we are putting the dye on them and then you shake it in the collander.

The boys did lose interest but the girls really enjoyed it. We got the boys to stop "racing" for a short bit to take a picture with their tie dye eggs. Super cool!!

I hope to keep the blog more update. Things have been a little crazy but I'm sure it will slow down soon.

Grandma Ruth

We found out on Thursday from the doctor that Grandma's cancer is spreading and in not curable. They placed her on Hospice to make her comfortable. She has been in pain so I'm very thankful she is becoming more comfortable. She is at peace with passing away. She says she will be the first to see her son that passed away 20 some years ago. We just don't want her to suffer at all. Grandma is very near and dear to my heart. I spend lots of time with her during my younger years learning how to bake, sew, read, and anything else she could think of. When I got older she helped me take care of our boys. The boys love her and she has taught them the same things she taught me when I was younger. We have also spend many years farming together which we have had a lot of fun doing. The blessing of it all is that we get to spend some quality time with her before she passes away. Although it will be extremely hard we all know she is going to go to a better place.

So....

I haven't posted in a long while probably the longest stretch ever. I will get pictures up soon hopefully although I haven't taken that many. We have done a few things but I have been lazy and not posted anything. I know "Bad Mommy". We have had two more sleep overs but this time both at the Curl household. I love that they love their friends and are comfortable sleeping there. The Curl momma really spoils them but it is alright... The boys are doing well and love to play with each other. We can't wait for the weather to get nice so we can go outside. I'm sure it is just around the corner though. For those of you that keep track of my Grandma Ruth, she is hanging in there. For those of you that don't know her here is a quick recap... about a month ago she was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer in her colon. Then it spread to her liver. She had surgery the day before her 80th birthday and did great. The next couple of weeks have been a little rough but she is working through it. She went back in the hospital for a short while for dehydration. Hopefully on Tuesday, she will go to the cancer doctor and start an aggressive chemo treatment. Please keep her in your prayers.

First Sleep Over

On Friday night, Gavin and Griffin had their very first sleep over with friends. They were so excited. We are become good friends with the Curls; Tyler and Gavin are best friends. They are the same age, go to same school, same teacher, same daycare, and like the same things. Gavin loves that Tyler's daddy is a racecar driver too. A little history of the occurance, on Thursday night, Bridget and I were Zumbaing and when it was time for the Curls to go home, the kids were not listening so I said if you don't go now then you have to stay the night. Well then they wanted to stay the night so we all agreed that it would be best to do that not on a school night but the next night.

Griffy loves to play with Ellie Grace in the pack n play while we Zumba.

They all played really well all night long. It was fun to listen to them laugh and play with each other. I let them stay up longer than normal and they were all tired by 11:00 pm. They did watch a movie for a short while and then I was tired so it was time to go to bed.

Here's everyone except Griffy (he fall asleep long before anyone else) right before bed.

We had a great time and truly can't wait for the next time they come over to stay the night.