Eckler Easter

Easter at Grandma Barb & Grandpa Tom's had a huge egg hunt {like always} and this year Kale was a little more into it.  The hid over 150 eggs...I can't remember how many for sure, but I think grandma might be finding them all summer long since not all of them were found :)

a picture of the "little" grandkids & great grandkids

Kale was impressed by something

Cooper & Kale taking a break from hunting eggs to swing

After hanging out with everyone in Middletown we headed back to mom & dad's for supper and another egg hunt

the big kids getting ready to hunt some eggs

Kale found one

even Lexi & Buster were looking

and we ended the night with some mutton busting

TJ taking a ride

Andi's turn

Easter

The Easter bunny found us in Missouri this year without any problems and left Kale & Lane a basket full of goodies.  After waking all 3 boys up we checked out their candy, Kale ate some, got dressed and headed to Middletown for church.  We went to Grandma Barb's church and even got to hear Grandma play the piano! 

trying the peeps

 showing Lane his candy

 Kale was not excited about taking pictures, but we tried anyway.  He didn't want to sit with just Lane so we added Jason and that was okay...

 but my turn was not so good...so we didn't even try to set the timer and get a family photo.

Pollard Easter

Kale was a little more excited about Easter this year...he still needed some help finding the eggs, but not to find or eat the candy :)  The weekend before Easter we had the Pollard family egg hunt. 

Allison, Kale, & Rhett...almost ready

 Ready, Set, Go!!

 or keep posing

 Kale helping Lane find his egg

 Allison showing me "they aren't all eggs!"

 Rhett pausing long enough to show me his bucket...but I couldn't stop him from looking for more eggs :)



Cowboy?

I found this one afternoon a while back...when Kale disappears I usually find him in my room looking out one of the windows and he typically carries his stool around wherever he needs it, but this was this first time he had ever found my boots. Anyway, I needed a break from packing and decided I should try to get caught up with the blog before we move and thought this was a good picture to start with!

April....already?!?

Wow, this year has been flying by!  I can't believe March is already over.  I'm sure April will fly by just as fast as we try to figure out living arrangements, moving plans, and celebrate some birthdays & Easter during this month. 

 Since the boys were all dressed up (with fresh haircuts) we took some pictures after church.  I wanted to take some before church, but of course we didn't have time and Lane was crabby! 

 So, here are the best of my attempt to get the boys to look & smile at me at 12:30 (before lunch)...not good timing, for Kale especially, but he did pretty good :). 

 The weather was great today, windy, but otherwise awesome.  Jason got home right after naps & we spent the rest of the afternoon outside.

Hopefully we don't get the storms the weatherman has been talking about and it stays nice for awhile!

Spring Has Arrived!

Yesterday morning when we were outside we found something in the front flower bed.  When Jason got home and heard what we had found he had to go see for himself...

and put it in a bucket for closer inspection...

 and then let Kale pet them...

 baby rabbits :)

 this is the second time we have had a nest of rabbits in this flower bed, last time Jason tried to save them, but one of the neighborhood cats got them :(

  The mama rabbit was with them last night and we checked on them this afternoon and they were doing good...they should be safe from cats (Jason took care of that problem)

We're Moving!!

We are super excited that Jason took a new position with CPS and we are moving to Missouri!  We have a contract on our house and the closing date is May 12 so we have less than 6 weeks left in this house.  We will finally be residents of Missouri again!  Yay for moving closer to family (most anyway, sorry Kyle), new drivers license (no more MN!) and of course, cheaper hunting tags :)  We are planning on living in Shelby County and will be moving there after we close on our house.  Jason will be working in Illinois for a while longer (July) so it may be tricky at first, but we are happy we are finally moving "home".