Sunday, April 24, 2011

Easter Weekend

Easter weekend had finally arrived! We were looking forward to seeing our families and spending time with all of them. Friday night we drove to Grandma and Grandpa Tullis's house and spent the night and morning with them. Grandma had a nice dinner waiting for us when we arrived. Thank you Grandma! We enjoyed our time with you and Grandpa!
We left for Grandma Wiley's house sometime in the morning and spent some time with my dad, Janice, Taylor, and Grandma Wiley. Grandpa Steve was pushing Ashlyn on the swing while Breckyn was riding her 4-wheeler that Grandpa and Mimi brought her. Then we walked over to the barn so uncle Scott could show the girls and Taylor the new calf that was born a few days ago. He was so cute and Breckyn kept calling the calf "Lola" because she calls anything with four legs "Lola" (because of our dog).
Closer to lunch time we drove over to my aunt Carolyn and uncle Darold's house for a family dinner. We ate dinner and had an Easter egg hunt in the afternoon for all the kids and the girls seemed to really enjoy themselves. Ashlyn made a mad dash for the eggs while Ronnie and I helped Breckyn along to find eggs. Breckyn slowly picked up eggs and placed them in her basket. Ashlyn seemed to have fun playing with her cousins and was sad when we had to leave.
Around 4:00 we left for Grandma Rhonda and Pepa's house. We arrived around 6:00 and ate yet another meal which was delicious. We stayed the night on Saturday and awoke to another Easter egg hunt in the living room for the girls and Ronnie's sister's children, Zach and Phoebe. They then opened gifts that the Easter Bunny had left. Our family and Ronnie's Grandma then went to church and headed back for lunch at Ronnie's parent's house. We stuffed ourselves and began yet another Easter egg hunt outside in which the girls gathered lots of Easter eggs. If that wasn't enough candy we then did a pinata outside. We definitely enjoyed our time with family this weekend as we haven't seen a lot of our family in months. Here's some pictures from the weekend.

Our family at Grandma and Grandpa Tullis's.


My dad pushing Ashlyn on the swing.



Dad, Ashlyn and cousin Taylor


Ashlyn, Breckyn and the baby calf.







Breckyn riding her 4-wheeler.








On the train uncle Scott made.


Ashlyn and her cousin Shyanne had fun!








Hunting Easter eggs at the Wiley family get-together.

















Coloring Easter eggs at Ronnie's parents' house. Ashlyn, Zach, and Phoebe.





Breckyn pretending to talk on the phone.


Easter morning getting ready to open presents from the Easter bunny.






Hunting Easter eggs in the house.






Family pictures.




Hunting Easter eggs at the Farmer Easter celebration.





Breckyn taking a swing at the pinata.



Ashlyn taking her turn.


Sunday, April 17, 2011

Girls in Dresses

This weekend the girls stayed with my mom while we went to the Lake of the Ozarks. She took some pictures of the girls in their Easter dresses. She got some funny shots of Breckyn making silly faces.

Ashlyn playing video games with cousin, Taylor.








Mom said Ashlyn wanted to take some glamour shots.


Lake of the Ozarks

This weekend we went to the Lake of the Ozarks (Osage Beach, MO)with my cousins, Brandon and Taylor, and their daughter, Paisley. We stayed at the Four Seasons Lodge and did a couple days of shopping at the outlet mall, eating a nice dinner at the lodge's steakhouse, and playing a round of golf at "The Cove" golf course. The Four Seasons and lake were gorgeous and we enjoyed spending time with the Gartner's! We did take a few pictures. I was disappointed that the weather was chilly and cloudy on Saturday but Sunday was pretty nice.

At the Four Seasons in the japenese garden.



A view of the lake.


Attempting to take a picture of ourselves.





Eating lunch on the patio with a lake front view.


Pictures of the girls.