Mostly Alison

A few new photos......the first four are of Alison today.....

Alison in her "Tragedy" pose.....
Alison in her "Comedy" pose......

Trying to talk and smile at the same time with sunglasses on her head.....

Wondering if we can get the tot pool out in the rain......

Grace in her best "dude" pose with a new butterfly shirt on......Thanks A. Vicki and U. Ted!

A few more Easter pics

The girls' Uncle Brian and his friend Tracy came to visit on Easter Sunday......Tracy's daughter, Kiera, is the same age as Grace and they had a lot of fun together...


Kiera hunts for eggs in the back yard.......
Alison taking a break during the hunt.....

Grace peaking out from behind the playset for a second.....

Grace and Kiera in their PJ's after a long day of playing.....

Just chillin' out......

Happy Easter!

The girls were up before 6 AM this morning to check out their Easter baskets.....I need coffee, and I don't even drink coffee......

Grace and her new Sea Otter Webkinz that she named Princess....
Alison got a new Sesame Street kickball..

Grace is holding up a Thumbelina grow-it-yourself plant kit....

Alison, still holding her Street ball, and her candy bucket....

Grace shows off her chocolate Easter Bunny...

Alison's just waiting to have her hair done for church.....

Standing in line waiting for the hair salon......

All dolled-up and ready to go.....

Grace sat really still in church today to keep her dress nice......a small miracle.....

Our failed attempt to get a picture outside......Alison wouldn't look at the camera, and Grace looks like she just ate a lemon.....

This is from Saturday night......Alison wanted us to wear our Buff's......to look tuff.

Easter Egg Hunt '09

The annual Easter Egg Hunt at the girls' school was today which coincided with a visit from Vicki and Ted...the girls had a great time visiting with them and Savannah (their Airedale). Here are a few pictures...

Cheesy Grin Contest - Top 3 Finishers

Waiting for the Hunt to start with Gretchen and Emma from church/school. Emma and Grace are in the same class this year, and will be in K together next year.

Family Photo while we waited...

Alison had a lot of fun......this was the first year she understood what was going on.

Trying to get it ALL the way to the bottom.....

Alison wanted to take a small candy break in the middle of everything......

Grace was off with the 4's, 5's, and Kindergarteners....she's the pink jacket to the right of the big dude in the middle (PS - I'm NOT the big dude in the middle)

Alison was all set to go open her eggs......

Grace excited to open up her eggs.......

Alison found a gold coin for the 2nd year in a row......she won a big prize.....

.........and here is the big prize......a bucket with assorted Easter candy and toys....

Grace and her "Uncle Teddy"......

The girls with Vicki and Ted.....

Breakfast with the Bunny

Our Activities Association at the annual Breakfast with the Easter Bunny today......they used to have an Easter Egg hunt at the park, but it was canceled too many times because of weather so they started doing the breakfast instead. It was at a banquet room at ISU and everything was top notch.....

We went to the mall last night and let Grace pick out some new earrings.....she still was using her originals and one of the little stones had fallen out of the butterfly wings.....she's also got some really nice ones from Papa and Nana she's saving too....here are the cupcakes!
You can't have one without the other......

The girls are ready to go eat!!

We thought Alison would be scared of the Easter Bunny but she did well...

She even waved "bye" to him when it was time to go.....

We met our friends the Fader's at the breakfast....

......the girls love hanging out with Bella and Marley....