Easter!

Andy and I finished off our trip and came home on Wednesday. We had such a lovely time! But we definitely missed our kids.

 We did lots of FaceTime calls. :)

 The kids had fun at the park!

 Haha

 They love to climb.

So cute.

 We stopped at Multnomah Falls on our drive home. It was crazy how close that gorge fire came to destroying the lodge in 2017. There were burned trees right up the hill from it, and the trail up to the top of the falls is closed long term. But it was still beautiful!

 When we got home Andy and dad put together our new bed! We love it so much. Our old one was cheap and breaking.

 We also got some cute new art and frames for our dining room.

 Reid wrote a letter to Jesus. ❤️

 My parents gave Miles a birthday present because they won't be here on his actual birthday.

 Goodbyes are hard! The kids had so much fun with Grandma and Grandpa. They are gems!

 I went with Ruby to her parent/teacher conference on Thursday. She's doing great in school! Here are two of her projects.

 She's a good writer and an excellent speller.

 Baby boy snuggles. This guy is SO sweet.

 And so cute!

 Reid loves to go out to my desk and "teach."

 Ruby and Aylah

 A bunch of the neighborhood girls came over and I printed them all coloring pages which occupied them until it started raining.

 Ruby had no school on Thursday and Friday. So she, Miles, and I went to the store. They loved the car cart! Ruby barely fit though, she's seriously getting big.

 She loves reading so much. :)

 And drawing! Haha

 Rebecca from down the street came over to help us color eggs.

 Then we smashed the confetti eggs on each other's heads.

All ready for t-ball! Too bad it was cancelled again.

 We went to Reid's preschool church for their Easter egg hunt on Saturday. Miles just kept getting the red candy bars and nothing else. Hah!

 Ruby got these pretty flowers painted.

 Reid got TONS of fruit snacks!

 They love to help me cook. Miles calls my mixer the "mixeler." We made carrot cake, monkey bread from scratch, and butternut squash risotto for dinner.

 On Easter morning the kids got up early to find their baskets. Miles's was right next to him, but he was too busy playing his harmonica. Haha! He finally found it.

Then Ruby found hers in their laundry hamper.

 And Reid's was on the dryer.

 Miles wore Uncle Randall's old blazer, which was adorable!

 Our monkey bread was so yummy! We had it with hardboiled eggs, of course.

 Then we went to church, then to Del and Patty's for brunch. Little Frances was SO cute in Ruby's old dress. They really love each other. Haha!

 Miles got to sit in a big chair and did quite well.

 Then we went home and frosted our carrot cake. Ruby wanted to decorate it with a carrot. Ha!

 Then we headed over to my cousin Joel and Dana's! The kids had so much fun in their huge yard.

 And we did a big egg hunt.

 Easter dinner was SO delicious!

 Ruby was all tuckered out from the day she fell asleep reading. ❤️

 Then on Monday evening we saw our caterpillars turn into their chrysalides! It was SO cool. I've never seen them do that before. We should have butterflies in a few days now!

Ruby arranged a reading nook for her Ramona books. She is so cute.