Easter with the Hanson's

The DeRemer's & the Prince's have started a new tradition. We are going to start having overnighters before Easter. We ALL get to get up and enjoy the offerings from the Easter bunny and enjoy a Yummy breakfast.
GG, Grandpa, Uncle Bubba and Tucker arrived for our early dinner of our new favorite "taco truck tacos" Nothing fancy, we just want to spent the time with our family.

Auntie and Mama put all our eggs together and we hide about 150 eggs for our 3 little ladies. We had lots of giggles and shrieks when we headed for the loot.

GG helping Natale

Avery and Danielle running for their eggs

Bubba helping Natale

And WE'RE ALL WINNERS!! with LOTS & LOTS of goodies!!

The girls have SO much FUN together and LOVED showing off there stickers, coins and candies to Everyone. Thank you for sharing such a WONDERFUL day with US!! HAPPY EASTER!!

HOA Easter egg HUNT

Being in our new neighborhood has been great!! We have LOTS of children in our kids age ranges and I have taken an interest in the social committee. This year was the 1st Annual Easter Egg Hunt for the HOA. We headed out to meet our fellow neighbors and friends to gather eggs and to HAVE FUN!!

On our WAY!!!


my silly ladies ready to get started....


Ready, set, HUNT and Avery is OFF!!


so is Natale....

The "Easter bunnies" put golden ribbons in 5 eggs that were hidden in the 600 plus eggs donated by homeowners. And Avery or Natale picked up WINNER!! And we GOT a HUGE Easter Bunny to take home....oh-joy!!!

We had a Great time at our first HOA Easter Egg HUNT. We are looking forward to it again next year!!

Coloring EGGS

We headed to Bellingham to enjoy the day with my Mom, sister and Danielle. My Mom was on Spring Break and we drove up to play and hang out. We decorated a few dozen eggs and also headed out to do some shopping.

Here is an egg with Natale's name on it

the girls with GG about to start

Avery patiently waiting for the eggs to finish up.

GG and Natale taking their turn

our creations....

We had a GREAT time!! And ALL the eggs WILL get hidden by the Easter Bunny!!

GARAGE Clean-up Weekend!!

Our Mother has been nagging us for years to take our things out of her garage so she can have it back!! We ALL bought houses in 2009, so us siblings marked out the 3rd weekend in March to devote to CLEAN our Mother's filthy garage!! Sorry Mom?!?! My Brother was the ROCK STAR of the project, but I did lots and my sister watched the kiddos. My Mom was thrilled with our company and all the organization & cleaning that got done.

Before 1

Before 2

After 1: from inside garage door. She might actually fit her car in there?? ;)

After 2.
Super better....trust me!! :)

Auntie Krissy's duty for the weekend was to entertain the girls. She took them to the park at the school and they played with all the toys we pulled from the garage or closets in the house.

being silly

Avery looks SO tall

We stayed the night Friday night to get an early start on Saturday. The girls got new matching jammies from GG and were watching a FUN movie before bedtime.


Auntie and the girls also made cupcakes for fun too. Lots of eggs cracking, cups pouring and finger licking of the batter.

We had a great family weekend. Lots of talking, giggles, and love!! Great Job Jonny, Krissy, GG, Papa and Mama for ALL they did to help out that weekend!!

Our NEW Kitten.....PATTON

This is George S. PATTON. He is our new kitty that we adopted on St Patrick's Day, His actually Birthday is 1/1/10.
He has been a GREAT addition to our family. He is SO loving and very playful. He is up to date on all his shots and will be getting fixed in June. He has the run of the house and makes anything a play thingy!! :) We have LOTS and LOTS of giggles with our new kitten.
Mr Patton!!

Avery giving him LOVES

playing with one of his MANY toys! So spoiled!! :)

He LOVES playing in the blinds, looking out the window at bugs or flying things, and He even attacks his reflection at night...he is pretty FUNNY!! He also has taken possession of the girls play tent that is in the living room. He runs through it and attacks from it and plays in it for hours and hours. He is VERY entertaining!

He decided to come get loves and play in Natale's outfit.....He is very social and wants to be the center of attention.

And I am absolutely sure this will not be the last you've seen of Mr Patton....

planting flowers and finding bugs

This spring, we wanted to put some height in our front flower bed, so we planted a few Alaskan weeping cedars. We also added some colorful perennials, Azalea bushes, and several poppy plants (Joe's favorite) that will brighten our pathway to the front door. We also bought a few Espalier (branched out to grow on trellis) fruit trees that we hope will bear apples and pears in the summer and fall.

Our front yard....our grass is so green.....for now!! :)

On another sunny Pre-spring day, Mama and the girls took a trip to the Home Depot and bought a few primroses and seeds packets for some outside springtime planting. Avery and Mama were able to get outside to get the flowers planted and watered while Natale took a nap.

Avery showing off her 5 primroses

After planting the flowers, Mama & Avery started pulling weeds and sorting out the rocks in the backyard that still needs to be landscaped. But that HUGE project will be done in the near future. While Mama was busy digging and racking she found some critters....

a few juicy worms

Avery showing off the lady bugs and worms

lady bug crawling up the grass

Another lady bug!!

I Love Lady Bugs and hope they might bring us some "Good Luck" because we saw 3 of them that afternoon. We hope to share more of our outdoor garden adventures soon!!

Riding Bikes

We have been getting out into the sunshine as much as we can and have been practicing riding bikes. Avery got a Barbie bike with training wheels on her last Birthday. She has really started to enjoy riding her bike. Here are a few pictures we would like to share...
Natale on Avery's bike...she climbs up and sits only. She tries the tricycle, but her legs are too short....but she will get it soon!! Until then she rides this....

Avery riding her bike

making a turn and practicing using her brakes

the concentration

ready for a ride!!

I hope that she will gain some more confidence at riding so we can take the training wheels off this summer. I keep telling Avery that I was 5 when I started riding a 2 wheeler and that there are so many places we can go riding bikes. So I will keep you posted on how our bike rider is doing!!