Enough of my bragging. I just wanted to share my joy with all. I am attempting to download a ton of pictures of our past weekend of busy. We have had a fabulously busy weekend and just reminds me of how LUCKY I am. I am SO looking forward to the rest of this week (the kids are on spring break) and we even planned a family day this coming Wednesday and a nice quiet family weekend this coming weekend to get some much needed housework and yard work done.
So I will let the pictures tell the story of what we have been up too.
Girls Night Out. Our fake cousin Sarah invited us to come and stay at her apartment in Milwaukee. It was GREAT and I was so ready for a good night out. We had WAY TO MUCH FUN.
Thanks Sarah for having us.
Me, Maggie, Wendy, Sarah & Donna
Me and Sarah. Out on the town!
Me and my sister on our night out with the Wolf Ladies.
Calvin and Clayton had an Easter party at school and had to bring cupcakes so I thought they would like to help make them. They frosted them and then had to try them! I think they ate more frosting then got put on the cupcakes. I just can not get over how big they are getting and how much they can help with things.
So I was not a big fan of the snow coming back but it was fun to get out in the 40 degree weather to play in the quickly melting snow. The kids still love snow.
I look over and this is what I see.
Clayton riding a four wheeler!
I got to take all the kids to Cameron's class for their Wisconsin Lumber Jack breakfast. It was really cute. They made pancakes and homemade butter from Cream.
This is Cameron being a lumberjack at school with his lumberjack friend that he made.
The kids and I went to Betty Brinn Children's Museum on Good Friday with my sister, her husband, and Xavier & Isiah. It was a blast. The kids loved it.
The kids and I went to Betty Brinn Children's Museum on Good Friday with my sister, her husband, and Xavier & Isiah. It was a blast. The kids loved it.
Kenzie loving Betty Brinn!
Calvin driving the bus at Betty Brinn. So funny. All the kids loved driving the bus. They discussed the places they would be driving us to and they fought over who would be driving.
Clayton driving the bus.
Calvin fixing the tires on the car.
Calvin driving the bus at Betty Brinn. So funny. All the kids loved driving the bus. They discussed the places they would be driving us to and they fought over who would be driving.
Clayton driving the bus.
Calvin fixing the tires on the car.
Xavier, Kenzie, Calvin, & Clayton waiting at Betty Brinn.
Cameron driving the Bus.
Cameron and Xavier's puppet show.
From the egg hunt we headed over to Gigi and Papa's to celebrate EASTER.
Kenzie - Maybe an IT career is in her future.
Calvin and Clayton 'going fishing'.
So as if Betty Brinn did not keep us busy enough Friday we also decided to take all four the kids to the Brewers game on Friday Night. Lucky for us Grandma Jane and Grandpa Gerald also came along and although I have no pictures to show of this (I forgot my Camera in the van) we had a SUPER SUPER SUPER time. We got down to the game early and when we were going to walk to the stadium a security guard driving a golf cart came up and offered us all a ride. Yep all of us. 4 Adults and 4 kids along with the driver. The kids loved it and so did we. It was the highlight of their day! What a great way to start the GREAT game. We were there early and other then my minor issue of leaving the diaper bag (yep, no diapers along for Kenzie) in the van, along with the camera (Too excited about the golf cart ride and forgot it) things were perfect. We had time to kill before the game and they have lots for kids to do at the game such as a sausage race, slide, and even a batting cage for the Cameron age kids that is all FREE. The game itself was great. High level of action. The kids did great. They stayed in their seats, other then trips to the bathroom, through the whole game. They expecially liked when the Brewers got home runs and Bernie came down the slide and set off fireworks. Calvin yelled for anyone Grandpa did and Clayton really liked keeping count on the number of K's on the board for strike outs. Kenzie even did fantastic. Her highlight for the game was the amount of soda she could drink. She just kept finding our soda bottles and asking for some and some and SOME. Good thing most of it did not have caffine. Cameron of course loved every minute of it. The game was very long. The final score 14 to 7 Brewers WIN. This included 3 home runs. So fun! And we stayed for the whole game and all four of the kids made it through but they were sleeping before we got on the highway. Man was it fun and they were SO good.
Calvin and Clayton 'going fishing'.
Clayton, Calvin, Isiah, Cameron, Kenzie, & Xavier
I just keep trying to take pictures of all of them together.
Someday I will get a really good one with everyone looking at the same time.
It will most likely be at one of their weddings.
So as if Betty Brinn did not keep us busy enough Friday we also decided to take all four the kids to the Brewers game on Friday Night. Lucky for us Grandma Jane and Grandpa Gerald also came along and although I have no pictures to show of this (I forgot my Camera in the van) we had a SUPER SUPER SUPER time. We got down to the game early and when we were going to walk to the stadium a security guard driving a golf cart came up and offered us all a ride. Yep all of us. 4 Adults and 4 kids along with the driver. The kids loved it and so did we. It was the highlight of their day! What a great way to start the GREAT game. We were there early and other then my minor issue of leaving the diaper bag (yep, no diapers along for Kenzie) in the van, along with the camera (Too excited about the golf cart ride and forgot it) things were perfect. We had time to kill before the game and they have lots for kids to do at the game such as a sausage race, slide, and even a batting cage for the Cameron age kids that is all FREE. The game itself was great. High level of action. The kids did great. They stayed in their seats, other then trips to the bathroom, through the whole game. They expecially liked when the Brewers got home runs and Bernie came down the slide and set off fireworks. Calvin yelled for anyone Grandpa did and Clayton really liked keeping count on the number of K's on the board for strike outs. Kenzie even did fantastic. Her highlight for the game was the amount of soda she could drink. She just kept finding our soda bottles and asking for some and some and SOME. Good thing most of it did not have caffine. Cameron of course loved every minute of it. The game was very long. The final score 14 to 7 Brewers WIN. This included 3 home runs. So fun! And we stayed for the whole game and all four of the kids made it through but they were sleeping before we got on the highway. Man was it fun and they were SO good.
Saturday morning was the Egg hunt at the park. As Ben describes it "Quick and Dirty". All 2 minutes of the egg hunt. Kenzie did well in her age group. Calvin also did o.k. he was not intimidated by the crowd. Clayton was very shy and needed his mommy right by him. The kids each got a few eggs and after it was over they were checking out their baskets a very generous mother asked her young daughter to share her eggs with the boys and then proceeded to put a couple of her eggs back on the ground and let the boys get them. The sheer thoughtfulness of others amazes me. Cameron was also with an older group and only got 2 eggs so one of his friends shared some of his. I love to see kids and adults understanding the meaning of community!!!!
Calvin, Kenzie, Clayton, Cameron with the Easter Bunny.
From the egg hunt we headed over to Gigi and Papa's to celebrate EASTER.
Gigi and Papa's was a BLAST. The kids had to find their Easter baskets then we ate and then an another Easter egg hunt. Gigi (according to Ben) had about 2 million eggs filled and Ben, Wes, Grandpa Dick and even Cameron hid them all over the yard and then the kids got to go and find them. Everyone except Clayton had an entire bucket full. Clayton was being a bit picky and only wanted the BIG eggs and they had to be a solid color. He would run and pick up an egg look at it and then put it back if it was not one he wanted or if it was not big enough. At one point he even dumped out his bucket and started over with just the 2 big eggs. He really did not seem to care that the rest of the kids had a ton and he had only picked about 8 eggs.
Cameron found his basket first!!!
Clayton, Isiah, Calvin, Cameron, Xavier, & Kenzie Easter at Gigi and Papa's.
Before finding their baskets!
As if a community egg hunt and Gigi and Papa's was not enough for one day we packed in some more. We had not dyed the 3 dozen eggs I hard boiled so we came home, had the neighbor boys over and dyed some eggs. It was also a great time! Just plain NON-STOP for this family!!
Cameron and his friend Auggie dying Easter eggs.
Clayton eggs!
He is really good at dying eggs because he has a great deal of pacence and just sits and waits for the eggs to get very bright, pretty colors.
Kenzie! She did well also. Other then dumping 2 whole containers of egg dye when she was ready for her eggs to be done.
Calvin dying eggs. He liked dying them but each egg he dyed he cracked right after dying them. He said he wanted to eat them but I think he just liked the cracking part.
Clayton eggs!
He is really good at dying eggs because he has a great deal of pacence and just sits and waits for the eggs to get very bright, pretty colors.
Kenzie! She did well also. Other then dumping 2 whole containers of egg dye when she was ready for her eggs to be done.
Sunday morning! EASTER MORNING! Cameron was the first one up and ready to go on the search for his Easter Basket. He helped wake the other kids up and then explained to them that the Easter Bunny had come and that they had to find their baskets. The twins got into this and searched for theirs. Kenzie could have cared less about looking for a basket but as usual these days she will follow the boys around and do what ever they are doing.
Kenzie!
Calvin found his basket!
Clayton found his too.
Then it was off to Church. Home for some ham and donuts. Caught a quick nap for Ben and the kids and then off to the next adventure. Grandma Jane and Grandpa Gerald's for another EASTER celebration. It was beautiful outside and the kids loved playing with their cousins there too. And guess what else? Another easter egg hunt. Jane and Gerald have a great big backyard with a ton of huge pine trees so there were eggs hidden everywhere. All of the kids did GREAT. It was so fun to watch. They shared with each other. They helped each other and it was fun to see how much things have changed since last year.
Calvin loved hunting for Eggs!
Cameron is a great egg hunter!
Kenzie - The poser! She had a blast at the Easter egg hunt!
After the egg hunt the kids decided to take hikes through the big trees. They made up stories and even pretended they were in a tree fort. They also went on a Bear hunt. So stinking cute!
Best Cousins - Elsa & Kenzie. Just too cute. Kenzie needed to hold Elsa's hand as they walked through the forest of trees at Grandma and Grandpa's house looking for the bear. They wanted to hang with the big kids!
Kenzie dragging Elsa through the 'Forest'.
Look closely - It is a bear (or a Cameron) in the tree.
Clayton found his too.
Cameron's basket was in the OVEN. Almost got cooked before he found it.
Kenzie, Calvin, Cameron & Clayton enjoy their juice from the Easter Bunny.
I think this was their favoriate thing in their baskets!
Then it was off to Church. Home for some ham and donuts. Caught a quick nap for Ben and the kids and then off to the next adventure. Grandma Jane and Grandpa Gerald's for another EASTER celebration. It was beautiful outside and the kids loved playing with their cousins there too. And guess what else? Another easter egg hunt. Jane and Gerald have a great big backyard with a ton of huge pine trees so there were eggs hidden everywhere. All of the kids did GREAT. It was so fun to watch. They shared with each other. They helped each other and it was fun to see how much things have changed since last year. Clayton finally getting the Easter egg hunt thing and picked up more then just the BIG ONES.
Calvin loved hunting for Eggs!
Cameron is a great egg hunter!
Kenzie - The poser! She had a blast at the Easter egg hunt!
After the egg hunt the kids decided to take hikes through the big trees. They made up stories and even pretended they were in a tree fort. They also went on a Bear hunt. So stinking cute!
Best Cousins - Elsa & Kenzie. Just too cute. Kenzie needed to hold Elsa's hand as they walked through the forest of trees at Grandma and Grandpa's house looking for the bear. They wanted to hang with the big kids!
Kenzie dragging Elsa through the 'Forest'.
Look closely - It is a bear (or a Cameron) in the tree.
The Rettler Grandkids. Calvin, Kenzie, Kaylee, Clayton, Cameron with Abby, Lauren & Elsa.
