Easter 2009

Easter brought many fun activities for our kiddos this year. The morning started with church ~ Selah is learning more than I can believe sometimes! Then we had the "Austin" clan over to our house for a wild egg hunt for the little kids and an intense scavenger hunt for the older Petrie kids. Uncle Derek went all out this year with clues like "On the inside sometimes I glow, but in the winter I just collect snow" (answer: our grill), "Monday through Saturday in one place do I stay, but on Sunday to the street I make my way" (answer: garbage can)! Anyhoo ~ you get the gist, we had fun with it!

Stumped anyone????The fun didn't end there ~ we headed over to Mom and Dad DuRoss's for a night with Gammy, Uncle Steve & Aunt Pat. Selah got quite the treat as Nana surprised her with her own intense scavenger egg hunt. She had Selah running all through the house with her clues finding the next egg and as usual ~ Judah just followed right after her. They were spoiled at the end with yummy easter egg baskets in the "hidden closet" at Nana's ~ for those that don't know where it is, you will have to ask Selah! To sum it all up ~ we had a great family day!!! Thanks everyone for making such special memories for our babes!

The Difference A Day Can Make!!

Here's the scoop ~ the picture above was taken today and the shots below were taken yesterday. Yup, we live in OHIO!!! Thankfully we took full advantage of the amazing weather yesterday with the Petrie clan and headed out for a bike riding adventure at Bear Town Lakes, dinner at Yours Truly, play-time at Chagrin Falls park and last but certainly not least, ice cream at the Popcorn Shop! We were astonished at how steady Selah was on her bike this year and braking quite well down the hills. Not long before we try no training wheels! Judah thought he was on his own "ride" (just the stroller really), but he kept shouting with thrill "ride-ride"!!! It was a great day and even though the winter storm has crept back in today ~ it was a great reminder that spring/summer is so very close!!!

Kayla kept Selah busy reading while she wrote chalk messages all down the bike trails!

Logan checking out what fish were in the pond ~ he's becoming quite the man!