Friday, April 25, 2014

Easter at Grammy and Poppy's

We loaded up the troops and headed down to celebrate Easter with the Dunbar clan this last weekend!  We left as soon as Scott got home from work on Friday, so were able to have all day Saturday for fun and games!

Tyson loves his little cousin/buddy....Barrett


The three amigos
 It didn't take long at all for the 2 boys to head out Saturday morning to cruise on the lawn mower!

Aiden has never drove it by himself before, so you can imagine my surprise (and a little bit of terror:) when Poppy told me to come look out the window...and this is what I saw!

Looks like he's having a blast!

Driving like a pro
 I'm surprised they didn't wear the road out from the hundreds of laps they had to have taken while we were down there!  Aiden did pretty good, considering he has never done it by himself.  He couldn't reach the pedals, however, so when it came time to stop Tyson had to jump out of the wagon and run up and push the break in...no big deal really:)  We only had one minor incident, which included a flower pot of Grammy's that will not longer be of much use (apparently Tyson didn't make it up to the pedals in time to stop before they went crashing into Poppy's garbage can, and Grammy's flower pot)!  Aiden came right in to tell us what happened with big Crocodile tears.  He felt so bad for breaking Grammy's flower pot...but Grammy was awesome and gave Aiden a big hug... letting him know she wasn't mad...wiping away his tears!  Thanks Grammy....and we really are sorry about your flower pot!
Uncle Scott hangin with Barrett

Tyson and Barrett going for a 4 wheeler ride
 We also went across to the baseball fields Saturday afternoon for a couple of hours and had a rousing game of baseball.  I was busy playing, so unfortunately have no pictures to show for it.:(  The boys had a blast, though, and were complete dirt from head to toe by the time Saturday night came.

We also squeezed in coloring Easter eggs Saturday afternoon...after all....Grammy had 4 dozen of the little buggers to color, so it was serious business! :)
Aiden went shirtless.. we figured that was safest:)


Barrett giving it a try

Poppy even got in on the action


the finished product...we may have eaten a few in the process :)
 Luckily, the Easter Bunny found his way to Grammy and Poppy's to hide eggs and leave Tyson and Aiden their goodies!
Aiden's basket was the soccer ball, and Tyson had the basketball

Tyson gathering up his things


trying out his balloon making kit
 Aiden was wiped out from the crazy time on Saturday and slept in late.  When he woke up he still wasn't that excited about the whole thing, but humored me in at least getting his basket....still in his "pajamas":)
 It was beautiful Sunday morning, and we all went straight outside after our delicious bisquits and gravy to soak up some sun before heading back home.

Tyson giving the little guy a ride in the wagon

takin a little break

shooting some hoops

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they even tried their skills at some golf

Poppy showing Aiden how it's done:)
Poppy even dug a little hole in the ground and found a flag so the boys came up with a game to see how many strokes it took to get the ball in the hole (which is called golf, I guess:) We spent about 2 hours playing outside before we had to load up for the trip back home!  It was an awesome weekend, and we all had sooooo much fun!  Thanks again, Grammy and Poppy for the great time.  We love you guys!

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Mite Banquet

 
The boys' hockey season officially wrapped up with the annual Mite Banquet.  They recognize all of the kids and present them with a medal to commemorate the season.  The kids have a blast, and really think it's cool to get a "cool medal" to hang in their room.
Aaron Broten (the head coach for the Mites) handing Aiden his medal
 
Sooooo cool!

Soooo proud!
 
Aaron Broten and Scott Wray (captain for the Rush, who also helped coached Tyson's level) handing Tyson his medal

playin it cool:)

way to go buddy!

The L3 players.  Tyson is in the back row in front of  coach Aaron
 It's sad to see another season over, especially knowing that it was the last Mite season for Tyson.  He will be moving up to Squirts for next season, and we can't wait to see both boys continue to grow in not only skill, but love for the game!  Go  Thunder!!


Monday, April 14, 2014

Weekend at Grandma Brenda's

Both Aiden and Mason had soccer games Saturday morning in Sturgis.  Grandma Brenda came up so she could watch them play, and as soon as they were done we all headed down to Wall to spend the rest of the weekend at Grandma Brenda's house.  It has become a bit of a tradition to have a HUGE Easter egg hunt at Grandma's, and since it was only a week from Easter we took advantage and went crazy!:)
The pictures don't do justice....trust me when I say there were A LOT of eggs all over her front yard!

Tyson went for all of the "hidden" ones

these 2 just went for whatever they could gather up the fastest! :)

Cooper hung right in there with the big boys
 
Looks like Grandma got some bunny poop on her car:)
 
 
 
After the hunt came the task of opening them all up to see what they had inside.  (this year we actually filled them right before tossing them outside to find...the boys even helped:)  It didn't damper the excitement, though, of seeing what their eggs held inside.

 
 After the egg hunt it was on to presents from Grandma for Aiden's birthday.  As usual, she did not disappoint with having several for him to tear open:) Thanks Grandma for all the great gifts!


 
After supper we celebrated a certain special someone with an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen (that the birthday boy picked out himself)
 

My handsome 6 year old!

Check out those good lookin boys!


singing Happy Birthday

Silly boys!
We all had a great time, and before we knew it Sunday afternoon came, and we had to head back home to get ready for another week!