Easter

Casey and I traveled to the west side for Easter, since Ryan was working. I left Friday morning, checked the pass conditions, bare and wet....no problem! My brother called me about 20 minutes later, to let me know a storm was moving in....and travel in the passes was not advised. We decided to keep going, as I was thinking I could beat the worst of the storm. It was a complete blizzard before I hit Yakima. Casey was great and slept a lot. There was lots of stop and go, and many accidents. We took it slow, and stopped in Ellensburg to gas up, go potty and call Matt for a pass update. We kept going, East bound passes were closed, due to accidents, but we were trucking along at about 25mph. I stopped in North Bend after making it over the pass. I fed Casey and hit Carters at the factory outlet mall. We headed off again, and finally made it to my parents home!! I have seen way worse in the passes, after going to school at WSU, but never with a baby! It was pretty sad to arrive without Tobie. I always bring Tobie with me, to his second home, and it was hard to get there without him. I thought a lot about him on the way over there. I sure miss him a lot.


That night, my parents, brothers and sisters and nephews all gathered for pizza and games! Shauna and Noah brought this crazy hilarious game called Things. We had a good time! It was also fun to see how big all the babies had gotten. Casey is definitely catching up to his cousins, who are 3 months older than him.

On Saturday, my Mom and I went shopping at Target and Ben Franklin. I LOVE talking scrapbooking with my Mom, and shopping for baby clothes and fun stuff. We had to hurry home for the big Easter egg hunt! The neighbor who lives behind my parents has a 5 acre farm, and he invited all his friends and family for an Easter egg hunt. We took all the kids over, Cooper did a great job looking for eggs!

Casey and I collected just a few eggs, so Mommy could have some chocolate....

My Dad is an amazing chef. You are missing out if you have never eaten with my family. He has been a chef in restaurants, owned restaurants, and is a district manager in the restaurant business.....so he knows his food!!! He prepared an Easter fiesta! We had enchiladas, carne asada, guacamole (Dad's is the BEST) and margaritas. We were so stuffed.

My Grandparents also came up for the day, and we did another Easter egg hunt for Cooper outside.

For some reason, putting bunny ears on babies is so entertaining and creates a great photo opp. Getting them to all hold still, look in one direction and smile is simply not possible. We couldn't convince Cooper to join in either. At 2, Coop is pretty independent!

Casey got a fun Easter basket from Gramma and Grandpa, and more goodies from his cousins.

Here are the Moms and babies! These pics will never get old as the babies get bigger. It's so much fun to go through this with my sisters!

Sunday, we (my parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters and nephews!!) went to the quarterchute cafe for brunch, before I headed back home. The drive was much less snowy on the way home.

When Ryan got home from work, we celebrated Casey's first Easter as a family! Casey got another Easter basket and goodies. Mom and Dad seemed to have eaten all his candy:)