Easter Saturday 2010

The house was crowded. The noisy level was high. The kids were happily playing. The women were in the kitchen preparing the food. It was all good.

The Kennedy family gets together on Satuday before Easter for dinner and our annual egg roll, and the kids easter egg hunt.

We ate dinner and the men left for Priesthood session. Sesily and the girls hid the eggs for the kids hunt. The bags were darling that Sesily and Bree made to collect the eggs in.

I tried to gather all the kids for a picture before the hunt but didn't have too much luck. Here is a cute one of Cohen and Ella.

On the hunt!

Ella.

Cohen.

Amara.

Llayton.

Kennedy.

Kate Sunstrum.

Johnny and Tom Sumstrum.

Grandma Kennedy with Bree & Nicole....Kate, Llayton, Kennedy.

Grandma Kennedy & Llayton.

Sesily and Amara.

Zachary Allen.

Doug & Zach

She's going in for the kiss. Check out her eyes, closed! She's ready!

It was so windy outside that we moced the egg roll inside. Bree won this year.

I went over to Greenspun Jr High school with my parents and we put out over 100 eggs all over the grassy field area. After the priesthood session was over, our little familee had an adult night egg hunt. Everyone had a flashlight and then hunted for eggs. Inside 10 eggs were a piece of paper with a letter. If they got a letter then they were able to pick an envelope with a prize in. This year the prizes were gift cards - mainly to restuarants. Walmart gift card was the big winner - WHOA!

After conference on Sunday, our familee had easter dinner.

Lana helped the kids make resurrection rolls.

We miss Ken, Meg and Bennett especially when we have familee gatherings. Looking forward to summer when they will be here.

Out for a ride with Papa

That dune buggy has been a popular item at our house! Cute pictures of Chad with the kids!

Little Miss Mari

Look who is now 6 months old! Little Miss Mari (I call her that.) She is just precious! It was a rough start at the beginning with acid reflux and colic. She was unhappy and so were her parents. After a few different formula's, she is now on soy milk, she is a much more content baby. Oh, she is darling. It is fun when I get her all alone. Most of the babies nurse so they aren't very far from their mom's for very long. She put herself to sleep after she is fed. She is a sweet little thing. I think she looks like Cohen but most others say she looks like Ella. I just love her!

Pumpkin Patch

Close to our house is a pumpkin patch. I love taking the kids to do their pictures in their costumes. The owners of the patch are always so kind and are happy to let us do this. Some of the extended family came, the Flynn's, Kennedy's and my parents.

When Cohen and Ella came up to me, they shocked me. Cohen looked so different with his dread lock and scarf and Ella, well, she just looked beautiful with her hat on. I really do think each one of the grandbabies are just so 'pretty'! I adore their little faces!

Cohen, Ella, Amara....

Cohen, Ella, Amara, Llayton, Kennedy, Zachary....

Sesily & Ella....

Halloween treats....

Lovin' the boots!

Llayton is just learning how to walk. Don't you just love the boot and the hat!

And look what happens when they are first learning to walk.
He fell and hit his head on the leg of the kitchen chair. It swelled that big within a minute!

When he gets hurt, he cried for a bit and then is over it. He really doesn't fuss or whine much at all.

This and That

Ella let me take her picture right before Chad took her and Cohen on the new dune buggy! Chad bought a new dune buggy to 'play with the kids'. Must remind him of his youth and his dunebuggy that his Dad made.

Thank goodness for Chad who gets to be my model (since no one else is at home). I am working on a new technique with off camera lighting. This was taken just after sundown and that is the moon behind him. I really like the look it creates.

It's Kindergarten for Cohen

Well, the first week is now behind us of Cohen's kindergarten. It has been a little rough on him. He has shed a few tears every morning as they drop him off. He is quite a content child to play at home. I think he gets a bit nervous being in crowds so the playground isn't too fun yet for him. I know he will get use to it once he feels comfortable and has some friends. When someone asks hims about school, he will even tell them that he cries before school. It is much different as a grandma, than as a mother, watching these new events in their lives. You want to protect them even more than you did with your own children. I just pray extra hard for them.

I was able to pick him up the first day of school with Trent. He told us a few things and answered our questions. Then he said out of the blue, "I have a pretty girl in my class". Trent and I just started to laugh. It was just so darling. He also told us she had pretty earrings and his friend, Jolee, had pretty sparkly shoes on.

He has a spiderman backpack. His teach is Ms. Hatcher.