Dying Easter Eggs!

Today mom decided it would be a great day to dye some Easter eggs.  It didn't work out for Emily and Adam's family to be there but we did get to see Molly and Gavin and Nate.  Gavin and Kezzie always get along well and enjoyed doing the eggs together.  Austin even got into it!  Rylan and Adah just caused problems!  I didn't even let Adah near a cup of dye.  Jamie at least let Rylan do a little!  When it was all done we ended up taking home 17 eggs between Austin and Kez.  I guess we will be having some deviled eggs and egg salad sandwiches in the near future!  Thanks Mom for heading this up and keeping the mess at your house!!  We love you!

An Alderman Visit

Today was a great day!  I had plans to come to my parents' house to bake with my mom all day for my Uncle Craig's craft/bake sale that is happening tomorrow.  It's my mom's birthday today so it was extra special that I got to spend the day with her.  BUT to make the day even more special, when I arrived this morning, my big sister Casey and her two sweet kiddos came over for a long visit to wish my mom a happy birthday!  Gavin is going to be 6 in July (I can't believe it) and Molly was born just shortly after Christmas!  Keziah and Gavin had a great time together and Adah really enjoyed giving Molly kisses and just looking at her!  She adores babies so much!  And I, of course, loved cuddling baby Molly too!  It was so great to see them!  After they left, it was time to get going on our baking!It was a lot of fun baking with my mom and hanging out with her.  She means the world to me.  Happy Birthday, mom!  I love you so much!  And you will hear more on the bake/craft sale in a later post!

Precious Molly!

I don't think I have officially announced the arrival of my newest niece.  This is precious Molly Maxine Alderman.  My oldest sister Casey and her husband Nate are the proud parents and Gavin is the proud big brother.  She was born on December 29th at 8:32am and weighed 7lbs 7.8oz and was 20" long.  She is so sweet, of course!  I was so excited when they all showed up at the family get together today! I already can't wait to hold her again!

Happy Halloween and More!!

This last weekend we stayed with my parents all weekend because it was also the weekend of a wonderful Rise and Shine Women's Retreat at our church (guest speaker was Lysa TerKeurst, I will post more on that later).  So that's why you see Adah in her jammies!  She found the pantry and had fun 'hiding' in there.  Sunday we went to church and everybody got together at mom and dad's for lunch.  We got a nice photo of all the grandkids (except Gavin) and their Grandma and Papa!  Alanna is so cute in her bones outfit!  The boys had some kind of Halloween attire on too!  When the girls got up from their nap we headed for home.  Trick-or-treating in New Hampton was from 4-7.  We got home a little before 5 and ate supper and then headed out for about an hour and a half.  The girls had a lot of fun and got a ton of candy (not Adah).  Austin met up with some friends as soon as we got home and didn't come home until almost 7.  He somehow didn't have as much candy as Kezzie...goofing off maybe!!  He said he had fun too!  When it was all over I managed to get somewhat of a shot of the girls in a picture together with their costumes on. Today Adah found a sucker I attached to some balloons from Henry's first birthday. Mat and Steph forgot to take them home with them (thanks Steph!) and somebody needed to enjoy them so they landed at our house.  Adah wouldn't let the sucker go.  She apparently was getting some flavor even with the wrapper on and loved it!

And I think I forgot to mention in any previous posts...Jamie (my youngest sister) is expecting baby #2 May 25th, 2011!  I am so excited to be an Aunt AGAIN!!!
And on that same note...my oldest sister Casey is going to be having her C-section on December 28th!  That is coming so fast!  They are having a girl and naming her Molly Maxine!  I can't wait!  I will officially be an Aunt to five AWESOME kids before the year is over!  What an amazing Holiday gift!