Easter/Carter's Birthday

I'm finally trying to catch up on the blog! Slowly but surely we will get there. Some of these may be out of order, but we went to Watford City for Easter this year. It was freezing! We had a blast though, and I love this picture of Papa and Carter at Kelsie and Joe's house!

Typical Teague - the sun was too bright for him to look at me for five seconds. Despite the snow and cold, Papa did his best to hide lots of eggs for these little friends.

The Googles had a very pretty dress. I'm not sure if she enjoyed her Mac and Cheese egg, but she looks happy about it!

We went to their new fancy Recreation Center for some swimming, running, shooting, etc... As you can see, Link was not ready to stand with all of the cousins. He's a turkey, but he makes me laugh.

Yep, these are out of order. Kelsie sent Teague Jenga for his birthday. We had a lot of fun playing it!

I like Teague and Ave's concentration in their faces.

Ave really loves the tree. I told her I used to sit up there and read. She'll probably be doing that in no time.

We buy eggs from one of the teacher's here who has a farm. Ave really likes when we get a green or brown egg in the mix.

Carterman asked to have some Buffalo Wild Wings on his birthday. He always wants pastys for his birthday dinner, and those are pretty tough to make on a weeknight. It was his golden birthday! I can't believe he's 11 already.

More Watford City pictures. My little nephews get really happy when there are Cheeto-s to be had!

Bonding over video games. They look so content.

Carterman doing some swimming/sitting. It kills me when he wears the giant swimming mask. He doesn't need it, he just likes it.

Teagie Pie enjoying some bubbles.

Another one of Carter that makes me laugh!

Hawkins has the cutest smile. He's just a funny little kid.

When Link is ready to go, he's ready to go. I'm glad old blanket head didn't fall down!

More Easter pics. Hawkins wanted to show Avery everything he got in his basket.

Link found a Starburst! That's much better than some of the other crazy stuff in the eggs.

Action photo! I think Hawkins had just let go of his balloon when I captured this cool pose!

Teague loves these Narwhal and Jelly books! Grandma found them, and they are really funny. He looks a little out of it here, but I swear he was happy!

More Easter egg hunting in the snow. Kels has a great backyard!

Boo found one!

Lando looks like a tree here. He's so tall and skinny.

Grandma and Hawkins worked well together in the egg hunt.

Papa hid the eggs, so of course some are going to be up high. Good stretch Kyle.

Hawkins looks like he's on a mission.

Time to move out to the front yard.

6 cute cousins and one weird Kyle behind a tree.

We had Carter's birthday party at Butte High this year. He had a Nerf gun war, and it was a blast (pun intended.) I love that Teague got in the picture too. Carter has some really nice friends!

Ave had some girls to play with luckily. I love when Braelyn, Brooklyn, Reese, and Ave are all together!

Cupcake break!

We had three different kinds of cupcakes of course. Carter likes variety!

These aren't the best pictures. I'm not sure why I'm posting them all.

Sorry Kyle! Couldn't help myself.

Nate (in jeans) loves Nerf guns as much as Carter. Luckily he brought quite a few, so there were Nerf darts galore!

I love this picture. They all get along so well!

Softball season is upon us. Ave quite enjoys it and likes to catch pop flies in the front yard.

She's got a pretty good arm too. It's so nice to not have to fight with her about practices.

This kid just does his own thing all the time. He kills me.

We had to sing to Carter at home too. Out of order, like I said. I'm trying though. There should be plenty of new posts coming!

Party/Spring/Mom's Birthday!

The big kids both got B.U.G. Awards this winter. They are for 3rd-6th graders who bring up grades or keep them at all A's. I didn't get great pictures, but I was very proud of my Googles (third one from the left)...

and my Carterman. I'm glad they enjoy school and learning.

We have discovered the deliciousness of Town Talk cakes. Terri bought one for Ave's birthday, and she got another one for the Teagie Pie. I think he likes people singing to him!

Our Burgman/Boyle cribbage tournament was a big success. Mom played for the first time this year and did pretty well. Butte has the best people, especially these two. My buddy Baylee is moving to Georgia! I'm going to miss her.

Teague might be a beast some days, but he's always good for a hug. This was his paper he brought home from school. Theresa, one of our preschool monitors, always get a hug from Teague at the end of the day.

Birthday party time! Teague and his buddies had a blast playing some laser tag. I love their poses here!

He's been very into Spiderman lately and requested a Spiderman cake. It turned out pretty cool! He had a good turnout from his classmates, along with cousins, and family.

He doesn't want to show his "janky teeth" anymore. That's what he told me anyway. The poor kid is definitely going to need some braces.

The obligatory cake picture for Mom's scrapbooking!

Callie came into town, and we had a fun little day of adventures with her. First we went to Fred's, which was delicious! Ave had some kabobs that we were all jealous of!

Then we went for a nice little hike to the Granite Mountain Memorial. There was snow all around, but it was a gorgeous day!

Can't beat that view.

Two nerds on a snow pile. I bet Teague's feet were soaked!

I don't recall telling Carter and Teague to slouch as much as humanly possible, but they did!

Ave and Callie always have a good time together, even when Callie is threatening her with a fall into a snowbank.

She's a weird little child, but I guess I'll keep her.

Carterman with a headframe behind him. Looks pretty cool.

This place always makes you sad, but it's part of our history. I think the memorial they've made is amazing.

Erica and Kelsie were able to come in for Mom's 60th Birthday! We were so happy to see them as always. Link was ready to try on some festive gear.

This picture kills me! That headress really suits Kyle! It fit his head perfectly.

Teague decorated Papa and was very proud of his work. He's just a weirdo, and Papa indulges the weirdness.

I love this picture! Grandma and Papa and six little Irish grandchildren. My Mom is wearing her Birthday crown! I hope I look that young at 60. I think she had a great birthday surrounded by friends and family.

We had a lot of fun! Nothing too crazy. We sat at the KC and just visited people as they came by. Any time spent with my sisters is a good time!

Link decided a really fun game would be to smear Papa with Grandma's birthday cake frosting!

Have you ever seen anyone look so happy and evil all at the same time?

Hawkins joined in on the fun, and Papa couldn't let them win of course.

Three handsome dudes. I love those smiles.

Mrs. Burke (my friend and Ave's teacher) often lets Ave and Lamar (Mr. Watson's son) have a little playdoh fun fest after school. They are very lucky to have her!

Terri gave a couple coffee cups to my kids that change with hot water. Teague absolutely loves them! They are Avengers cups. One says GOOD, one says EVIL. He was clearly EVIL on this morning.