Cozy kids and more flowers

What we have been up to:

Playing with the down comforter that we took off Justus' bed.

Enjoying fresh picked flowers from my yard.

New Moon party

Last night I got to go to a New Moon party with my friend Rhianna. Ive known Rhianna since I first moved back to Fresno and she was such a huge influence on me regarding dating and relationships. She led the KSA (Knight in Shinning Armor) bible study that I was apart of. She is such an amazing woman!

Well, I havent really seen her in years but when I started posting on fb all my Twilight craze, she was quick to be supportive. So no surprise when I saw on her status that she was attending a New Moon party. I was quick to see if I could come and of course she welcomed me with open arms.

The lady that hosted the party is a school teacher (as were at least half of those who attended) so no surprise that every detail was perfect.

We had dinner and drinks (dinner was mushroom raviolis which is what Bella orders when Edward takes her to the restaurant), then did our Twilight version of Taboo. Those of us with greater knowledge were paired with those who hadnt read the books or just were not as knowledgeable. Of course I know lots so I was paired with Megan, who did very well and we even won one round.

Then we ate the recreation of Bellas birthday cake which was artfully done by one of the girls who came that works in a bakery. She did fabulous and the cake was sooooo tasty.

Then movie time. Edward even joined us for the viewing.

It was sooooo much fun and we even got favors for coming!!

Flowers from my garden

Ok, so I dont really have a garden, but I do have a few rose bushes in my front yard. I love that I can have beautiful flowers in my house for free!!

Easter Day

The kids loved opening their Easter bags (please see post Behind the scenes). The toys and chocolate were a hit. I even let Justus eat his chocolate egg with the white chocolate chick inside. (Haven wasnt up yet).

Then, after church, Neils parents came over for Easter Lunch. We had quite a yummy spread. And of course they brought more Easter presents for the kids. They loved it! It was a very happy Easter!!

Decorating the Easter Eggs

We died the eggs the Wednesday night before Easter, but we didnt put the stickers on until Easter night. Better late than never ;) Haven and Justus did a good job and really enjoyed it!

Behind the scenes

We truly had a great Easter weekend. But here are some things that were going on along side everything traditional that I thought were funny or just wanted to help me remember for next year:

- at the Easter Egg hunt, Haven would not wear her matching sweater (that cost more than her dress) even tho it was totally freezing cold. She wanted her dress to show.

- when I bought her dress I intended for it to be her Easter dress but I didnt realize at the time that the Hunt would be the day before. Also, I made her hair bows as we were walking out the door. The totally cute head band I bought to match the dress wasnt going to work with her bending down and hunting.

- Night before Easter - when all thru the house not a creature was stirring not even... me. I was at my friends house watching the Twilight series via totally cool movie room. Both movies back to back blue ray version and dinner and dessert also. I didnt get home til after midnight. Needless to say Easter baskets were not done quite the way I wouldve liked.

- When I was getting ready to leave for said movie night Neil inquired as to what was going to be in the kids Easter baskets. When I replied Chocolate, he thought they really needed some toys. So about 3:30 afternoon before Easter I was at Target trying desperately to find cool toys in the totally picked over Easter toy dept. Ugh! Will remember for next year!!

-Did not take any pictures of my kids in their Easter day clothes. Well, Justus wore basically the same thing as the hunt, but Haven (thanks to my gammet of fancy dresses from my sis) wore something different.

- I had (got) to work with the kids on Easter Sunday so I didnt even wear a dress to church.

Easter Egg Hunt

We had a great time today hunting eggs. Well, really, it was more of a gather. There wasnt really any hunting involved. But Haven and Justus sure had a good time.

Then after the hunting it was bounce house time. Haven isnt really to into bounce houses so she hung out with Dad and ate some of her candy. Justus on the other hand was all over it. He was especially excited cause the bounce house had a monster truck on it. So cool!!

Then he got to pet the bunny. So cute!!