Big Foot

Rhen loves putting other peoples' shoes on and wandering around the house. Josh got new running shoes this week and that was all Rhen needed - as soon as he pulled them out of the box, she stuck her feet in them and stood up to show us. What a character!

(And yes Josh's shoes are neon yellow!)

Easter egg hunt 2011

One of my favorite days of the year is the day of our Easter Egg Hunt. Yes, it's crazy that us adults get so excited for an egg hunt, but what can I say? There's a $20 egg up for grabs plus some $10, $5 and $1 bills and a whole lot of change to find and we love it! Josh and I have been the champs for the past 3 years - we were very confident that this year we would continue our reign.

This is us - Team Beutler ready for action.
Garrett and his buddy Colby thought they had a chance...

And Hayley and Caleb looked the part, but we weren't scared. And Justin and Steph had a slight disadvantage since Steph is 8 months prego.

Grammie hid the kids eggs so we let them go first and we watched as they hunted the eggs. Some of them were not hard to find as they were as big as the girls are! The girls scored bigtime though with stuffed animals, candy and makeup! Grammie sure knows the way to their hearts!

Then the adults were off! It was a tough fight and there were lots of good hiding places. We all got our fair share.

But in the end...

The champion was...

Justin!

Yes, Josh and I lost this year (we actually lost bigtime!) and Justin and Steph stole the championship from us. They barely beat Hayley and Caleb by about a dollar, but we were dead last. We figured we had to give someone else a chance to win once in a while!

We had fun even though we did lose!

Hanging out with Aunt Hayley

Aunt Hayley watched Liev and took some cute pics of him and his sweetness.

Oh how I love this darling boy!

Easter festivities

Aunt Hayley was nice enough to watch our kids one night while we went out. While we were gone, they had a lot of Easter fun. She made rice-krispie eggs with the girls and, as you can see, they had a blast and made a mess while they were at it!

The finished product. They sent these lovely treats with Uncle Garrett for his soccer trip to Puerto Rico. I'm sure they are as delicious as they are pretty!

Thanks to Aunt Hayley, these girls had some Easter fun!

Rease's babies

Rease is going to be a good mom someday. She is already such a good little mommy to all her toys and babies. I found all her "babies" asleep in their "beds" one day when I walked upstairs. They were such good babies - not one peep out of them while they were asleep!

And what nice blankets and pillows the huggies wipes make!
Love that girl!

Fun with the Wagner kids

We've been hanging out with the Wagner kids a lot lately. First of all, it's been nice enough outside to actually be out of the house. Second, Kilee and I have both had to pick up some extra days at the office. So when she has to work and extra day, I watch her kids and vice versa. So here are some pics of our adventures together.

This is the day I picked Beckem and Taylee up and squeezed all five kids (and five carseats, which was even harder) into the van. It was a tight ride home, but we all made it.

When Kilee had my kids at her house, she took these cute pics of the kids having fun together.

She even had time to do super cute hair for the girls.

Rease and Beckem play so good together - it makes it easier to watch all 5 kids when they have fun playing together.

Then one day when the weather was actually nice enough to take the kids outside, we spent the afternoon at Wheeler Farm. The kids had fun running around, chasing the ducks, seeing the baby sheep, playing on the haystacks and just hanging out together. It was such a fun and nice day for everyone!

I love this picture of the older kids. It was a good ending to a fun day!

Thanks to Kilee for watching my kids when I need it and thanks to Beckem and Taylee for playing so good with us!

Springtime

Spring is here and it's starting to show. I walked outside today and, for the first time this year, I really felt that spring had sprung. These are some of my favorite things to see (because that means warm weather is almost here to stay)

Our tree out front is starting to sprout some new branches...

And the buds will soon be leaves.

I love this tree in our front yard. It's beautiful and full of leaves during the summer.

The flowers are blooming...

And the kids can play outside! That's a good thing for everyone! We have been cooped up for a long winter and are so happy to have these nice days to play outside!

Welcome spring! We have been waiting for you!

Two extremes

This is a picture at dinnertime last night. I just wanted you to see the two extremes that my girls are right now. Yes, we have the princess and the streaker in our house.

And they are not afraid to be who they are.

2 months old

Hi everyone! I'm two months old now. I just went to see Dr. Erickson and he says I am "Fantastic." Here are my stats:

Weight: 11.79 lbs - 49%

Height: 23.35 inches - 63%

Head: 16.1 inches - 72%

My mom and dad love me and take good care of me. So do my sisters. They are always kissing me and hugging me and most of the time just won't leave me alone. That's okay. I am happy to smile for them when they want to play with me. I smile a lot now. I am also a very good sleeper. I sleep from 10:30 at night until 7:00 the next morning. My mom seems to be much more alert and happy now that I sleep so long at night. I am happy to have a family that loves me so much. I will keep you posted on what other new things I start doing. For now, I guess that's it. Happy 2 months old to me!

Baby Liev

I took this picture the day that Liev had his 2 month shots (notice the band-aids.) Rease was so concerned about him and if his legs hurt that she decided that holding this squishy toy would help him out. She wrapped his arm around it and surprisingly he didn't let go. I guess it did help!

Yogurt

Rhen came to me after eating (or not eating as these pictures show) yogurt one morning and said, "mom look at my pretty makeup." Nice Rhen. Yogurt's not for eating anyway, right?