Easter!

Things have been going pretty well around here lately.  Spring is here and the weather is getting nicer every day.  We all love spending time outside so we're looking forward to a fun summer.

The most exciting event in the past few weeks has definitely been Easter.  We had a visit from the Easter Bunny and we went hunting for some Easter Eggs here at the house and at the park downtown.  We also had a great church service.  I thought I would include some fun pictures from the recent festivities.  Happy Easter and Happy Spring!

After church with the boys wearing their new outfits for Easter

Waiting for the city's Easter Egg hunt.  It rained for a little bit before the event started.  Thankfully it quit raining just in time.

K-man planning his strategy to get lots of eggs!

Bear was a little more laid back before as he waited for the Easter Egg hunt to start

K-man with all the eggs he got

Here's Bear after the hunt.  He was cold and ready to head home.

The Easter Bunny left a trail of candy at our house when he came.  Bear was sooo excited.

The Easter Bunny also left some kites, some play dough, and some bubble making toys. 

We did a little Easter Egg hunt in our house.  Here Bear is showing off the candy he found.  As you can see, he was thrilled.

K-man found a lot of the Andes mints, which he was excited about

Here the boys are trying out their new bubble toys.

2 Years Old!

Earlier this week Bear turned two years old!  It's hard to believe that it's been two years since this incredible little guy entered our lives.  He was born in Indiana and I clearly remember how exciting it was while we were waiting in the town until he was born.  He came about a week later than we had expected, but we were very grateful for the delay because it gave us the chance to get to know his wonderful birth parents.

As a part of his birthday, Amy created a great book that we had printed and delivered to us.  It's his story of how he came into our family.  If you'd like to take a look at it you can use this link:

Jaron's Adoption Storybook

Amy used the same format that she used for K-man's book.  If you'd like to see that one you can use this link:

Kable's Adoption Storybook

For his birthday, Bear also got some fun cars and trucks (he LOVES cars and trucks), some awesome legos, a fun wagon and bubbles, and a great little mat with roads.  He really seems to be enjoying all of it, and K-man is loving the fact that his brother was having a birthday.  We had some friends over on Friday night to help us celebrate and Bear really had a blast.  It was so much fun to be able to celebrate with him and below I'll include some photos from the celebrations.

We are so very blessed to have this little angel in our lives.  We love him so much and we are grateful every day for him and his birthparents.

Sleeping with the truck K-Man picked out especially for him... he won't go to bed without it.

Birthday breakfast of Cap'n Crunch: Oops All Berries!

Fun presents from Abuelo and Abuelita

Lego cars (the best of both worlds) from Mima and Papa

Opening gifts with his friends (his best buddy is to the far left)

Had to include a picture of him in his birthday crown!

To wrap up, here's one last picture.  Since he is now two years old, we decided it was high time he started pitching in a little bit more here at home.  His new chore?  Mowing the lawn:

Happy birthday, Bear!  We love you.