Driving, etc

Brad had his first outdoor game on Thursday, Donovan was excited to get back outside to watch some soccer.
Unfortunately, I had him in the wrong color. The other team was wearing orange...oops. He made some new friends and got to go pee in a "yucky potty" aka a porta-potty.
Brad and I went out on Friday night and Donovan spent the night with his cousin Mason. He had a lot of fun and made an awesome mess for Lenna. I'll let her post about it if she wants to. Anyway, it was nice to have a night to ourselves, we really appreciate Lenna's willingness to have him stay the night! Both boys stayed up so they could see Granny, Papa, and Scotty when they got into town.

On Saturday, the Easter Bunny decided to put out the kid's baskets since we would be in Missouri on Sunday. Donovan was pretty excited and had to open each egg. He didn't really care about his ball, bubbles, clothes, or books that he got. It was all about the candy.
Can you see the pink shirt? I, I mean the Easter Bunny, got him a hot pink shirt because Brad says pink is hot, and Donovan looks good in anything! Orange really brings out the blue in his eyes, so I'm hoping pink does too.
Oh how I love to ride in a car, especially on my birthday...it actually wasn't all bad. We rode in the van with the Hiatt's so Donovan was entertained by movies and it was fun to play with Addi in the car, she did really well!
When we got there, Grandpa Charles got the old tricycle out and let the boys ride it for a while, they took turns and had a lot of fun.



I caught Bradley, Scotty, and Scott either playing on their phones or napping in the front room. Poor Scott was running on VERY little sleep. He didn't realize we were teasing him while he was asleep.
Addi loves her Granny, but I'm still the favorite besides her mommy! HA! I think I deserve to be the favorite though, I do watch her during the day, so get over it Hannah and Granny!!!
Donovan loves having Scotty around! I think he's going to be really sad when they leave on Saturday.
I swear he was on this swing over 50% of the time we were there. He sat with just about everyone in that swing.
Does anyone remember Skip-Its? These were cheap-o versions, but it still took me back. I used to love those things. I can still do it too!

We had some pizza while the Easter Bunny hid some eggs for the boys and their cousins (Brad's cousin's kids). They were all really excited.

I'm glad they had fun! They all came out with way too much candy. We picked through most of it after they went to bed :)
Happy Birthday to ME!!!! ...and Joe (Brad's uncle) and Scotty. I'm the only excited one, maybe it's because it was my real birthday, Joe's was on Thursday, and Scotty's is today. I'm not really an ice cream cake fan, but it was pretty good, and I had fun.I love Aunt Gina, she's so thoughtful. She knows I like to run, so she bought me a new water bottle. It's the recycled stainless steel kind. I'm excited to use it, thanks Gina! Don't mind my messy hair and tired eyes, we were in the car most of the day.On Easter Sunday, Tia, Lenna, Addi, and I went to an Easter play at the Nazerene Church with Tia's parents. It was interesting. It was very different from what I'm used to. I'm grateful for the Gospel and for the knowledge I have of our Savior. I'm grateful that our focus is on his life and the atonement and not so much on the crucifixion.

There was an endless supply of sticks for Donovan to play with. He loved being able to play outside and run around like a little boy should!
Donovan was the professional kite flyer. He runs around like a crazy person anyway, so he was able to fly it better than the other kids.


When he was tired, Scotty helped him.Mason did a pretty good job too, but he liked to let go of his. This is when his kite ended up on the roof of a shed, but it also shows Donovan's skills too.

Mason stayed in Kirksville with Granny and Papa and Scotty came back to CB with us. Donovan and Addi slept the first little while and then we made about 4 potty stops for Donovan. He must have been drinking a lot of water all weekend, I thought they were false alarms, but he definitely went every time!We watched Alvin and the Chipmunks this morning. Donovan has been singing this song since. I will give you a cookie if you can guess the song.


We had a great Easter weekend and I had a really good birthday! Now we get to be home and sleep in our own beds...mmmmm...