After visiting Dallas we flew to San Antonio. We were at Omie's house on Easter morning. 3 sweet little kiddos trying to be patient taking pictures before they open their Easter baskets.
I love Emalyn's little crooked smile in this picture. It's always fun at Omie's house and it makes me sad that Emalyn won't know Omie's house like Maddi and Cade did since we went to Omie's probably about once every month or two when the kids were younger and we lived in Texas.
We have so many pictures of Maddi in this same green chair when she was a baby. As much as Emalyn looks like Brett, I can certainly see Maddi in her too. The dress she wore for Easter was a dress my mom had got for Kim's daughter, Kaitlyn, and Kim passed it down to us. So fun!
Emalyn was all smiles for her big sister, Maddi. She was just smiling and laughing at everything Maddi would do. Melts my heart...
Little Emalyn with her favorite toy, her feet/toes. We have a picture of Maddi at the same age in the same chair but Maddi's toes are in her mouth. Emalyn has never put her toes in her mouth, but Maddi was constantly chewing her toes.
I can still remember Maddi as that sweet little toe muncher in the green chair and now she's a big 9 year old girl. She has her moments of acting like a teenager but most of the time she is such a kind and loving little girl.
My pretty Momma with Emalyn. She doesn't look old enough to have 8 grandkids with one on the way, does she?
We had such a great time with Omie. She of course cooked like crazy for us and it was all yummy. It's such a warm and fuzzy feeling being at my parents house, even if I never lived there, it just feels like home.
Brett bought our new camera the Saturday we flew into San Antonio and he stayed up reading about it that night so he was taking a ton of pictures on Easter.
Cade loves his holidays/celebrations. He loves every day, in fact, because he just loves life. But he wakes up extra early for special days and this was no different. He woke up at 4:00 am saying he had a sick stomach. I think he just couldn't sleep and he figured saying he was gonna be sick was an acceptable reason to be awake. He never got sick and never went back to sleep, and he was thrilled to finally get to hunt the eggs after waiting for hours. I think he peaked and knew where all the eggs were because he found way more eggs than Maddi did. This of course upset Maddi and she was in tears when it was over. Good times....
My mom loves working in her yard and playing in the dirt as she says and she has the most beautiful flowers. I love that she has so many bluebonnetts in her yard. Nothing says Texas like a family picture in the bluebonnetts. It was obviously very sunny as we're all squinting like crazy. Cade had thrown a big fit about having to take pictures and by the time we had Cade cooperating Emalyn was ready for a nap.
Todd and his family had stayed at the farm house and had their egg hunt at the farm and then they came over to Omie's house for the rest of the day. The sweet Bubbas! Those boys just crack me up and they are so much fun to be around. Case is sitting on the rock and Blake is giving him a kiss.
Look at those faces, they look like trouble to me! One minute they are so sweet to each other and the next minute they're beating each other up telling the other one to share as they steal a toy from the other. Love them!
Two sweet and stubborn little girls, Maison and Maddi. There will be 9 cousins after Cody has their baby this summer and Maison, Maddi and Emalyn will be the only girls. When we saw Maison the first day Maddi told me "Mom, you know how Grace follows me around and copies everything I do...Maison just grabs my arm and drags me around telling me to come here." Maison is Little Miss Independent with an attitude but she's so stinking cute and can also be so very sweet. She's just Maison!
Sweet cousins telling secrets...
I love their faces and they way they're looking at each other.
The Stanley Family in the bluebonnetts. I tell you, it's hard work getting a good picture of a family of 5!
This picture makes me laugh. Maddi was playing with the baseball bat and as soon as Brett said something about her playing with it, she threw it down. You can see it still falling to the ground and her face is like "I wasn't doing anything".
Todd with his crazy monkey boys.
I LOVE this picture. I knew Todd would be a good dad because he's always loved kids, but it's just so fun to watch him be such a good daddy.
Blake getting thrown around by Todd.
Todd and Breezy. We always have so much fun with them.
Me and Brettley. We were all cracking each other up taking our "couples" pictures in the flowers. I'm so thankful that Brett gets along so well with my brothers and I love all of my sisters in laws like real sisters.
Cade was just hanging out and Brett put him up in the tree and starting taking his picture. I couldn't believe he was being so cooperative with pictures and then we realized how wonderful it was that we were getting such good pictures of Cade in "Pa's tree". When my dad died, the neighbors bought this tree and planted it in my parents yard. Cade is so much like my dad and it was awesome to have him posing in his tree.
In the afternoon the kids had another egg hunt with some of Omie's neighbors and their family. They always use my mom's yard for the hunt because it's big and has some good hiding spots. This year my mom was home and had her grandbabies there to do the hunt too.
Cade in action at the hunt. He won the prize for the most eggs. He got 41 and the next highest was 26!
Seriously, is Maddi that old that she can find the eggs on the top of the fence? That's not right...
Maddi, Cade, and Trey at the egg hunt. Trey is about 6 months older than Maddi and they've known each other since Maddi was born. Hard to believe that Cade is 21 months younger than Maddi and more than 2 years younger than Trey! He's a big boy!
Checking out the treasures in their eggs.
Everyone won a prize of bubbles at the egg hunt.
All the kids were loving the bubbles. Sure beats the little bubble wands I grew up with!
We're loving our new camera and the details it captures. Maybe one day we'll really learn how to use it too. Ha!
Maddi and Cade chilling with Great Aunt Shirley.
Cade and Trey riding bikes. It was such a fun Easter filled with great food, friends and family. The kids wore themselves out playing and catching lizards and just being kids. Thanks for a wonderful Easter, Omie!
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