Easter Activities

The boys Love dying Easter eggs and ask almost monthly if they can color eggs.  Tis the season!

The morning of Easter, we all went to church and then had our egg hunt (as stated in our previous post).  After all the fun was over; it was time to get to work!  Karsten and Mommy had some one on one time while Daddy took Kasey to Chatfield to help clean sites.  We started by cooking...

Then, it was time to play again!  Bubbles, a sandbox all by himself... life couldn't get better...

 That is until Brother came home!  Then, the real party began!

We spent a lot of time outside enjoying the sunshine until Uncle David arrived.  All it took was one comment about stealing their eggs and the game was on!  Run, boys!  Don't let him get your candy!

 Nothing like a tasty ham for our delicious holiday meal.  It turned out wonderful! Great Job, Kris!

After we ate, it was time to burn a few calories.  Baseball, anyone??

Little Bunny Foo-Foo

Kasey and Karsten's favorite song is "Little Bunny Foo-Foo; hopping down the forest; scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head!"  Well; here are my little bunny foo-foos on Easter day!  The first one is of them at "Singing Church" (as Kasey calls it) before service started.  Karsten is practicing ringing his bell to announce "He Is Risen!"

Every year I am intrigued by how the egg hunts show where the boys are developmentally. At one year; they kinda toddled around and when they see an egg they become focused on that egg. Age two need an egg in each hand, but then get kind of stuck from there! This year, Karsten at age three is totally on board...he understands the purpose and was ready to run out to get those eggs! However after a few minutes he got a little side tracked.  Kasey was another story! At age four, he had this gig down.  He remembered the egg hunt from prior years.  He was completely focused until there were no eggs left! Good thing he realized his brother got distracted.  Often I would see Kasey putting eggs in Karsten's basket.  What a great big brother!  Can't wait to see what happens next year... are you familiar with The Hunger Games?  All I have to say is these faces tell me ... the Game is On!

Karsten, Catch this green egg in your basket!

These smiles are the result of a Successful Hunt!  In fact, I have to pass on to the Easter Bunny that my kids shouted several times "This is the Best Hunt EVER!"  Nice Work, Mr Bunny!  Nice Work!

Road Trip!!!

I realize I still owe a few posts related to Easter, but this day had to be memorialized in its own Timely post.  George and Pat came up with a great idea to send the kids a packin'.  And boy, they were ready!  We have been talking up this road trip for weeks and the boys got really excited when we started packing their bags.  The Double K's are heading out to Tennessee this morning with Gma and Gpa Cannode.  They will take a few days to travel down there in the motor home and will spend the next couple of weeks enjoying time with their grandparents as well as their 2nd cousins and seeing the great USA!  We dropped the kiddos off at the motor home last night and got lots of hugs.  This pic was when I asked them if they were ready for their trip. I guess the answer was a firm 'Yes!'

Kris and I will be meeting them in Tennessee on May 16th and can't wait.  We have lots we will be doing in the next 16 days, but are already missing our boys as they hit the interstate and head south.  Thank goodness for technology - we will be skyping/face-timing them Daily!

Green & Gold Game

Football season already? No way... well... Maybe it is time!  Karsten has been asking almost weekly (if not daily recently) when we could go watch the Rams play!  Well, just our luck! We have two weekends in a row where we get to watch them play a scrimmage.   The first was at Dicks Sporting Good Park in Denver.  It was a perfect day to be outside enjoying friends and football.

After the scrimmage was over, they allowed us to all go o the field and get signatures from the players.  The boys were a little shy at first, but quickly got the hang of it.  They even got Cam the Ram to give them a signature!

After the exciting scrimmage and of course meeting all the players (and cheer leaders) we wanted to let the kids run off a little steam at the park.  What fun to watch these kiddos play together.  Everyone has so much fun when we get together with the Tiley crew!

The week after, we were spoiled to enjoy a game from the Ram Booster Suite Level in Ft Collins.  Of course, we had to have a short tailgate before heading in.

As you can see; the kids really enjoyed the view, the warmth of being out of the wind... and don't forget all the free popcorn, cookies and juice!

The adults enjoyed the free beverages as well as staying warm.  Was interesting not being able to hear the field though. Amy really missed that aspect.

After the game, they let us on the field to get autographs.  Karsten was all about the Cheerleaders and Cam the Ram.  Kasey was in awe over the big football players and their helmets.

Afterwards, we let the kids burn off a little steam.  Not sure "uncle Kyle" is used to playing with so many kids.  Love the protective stance there, bro!

Now, there is a man who can calm down children in a heartbeat.  Who else would've gotten this rambunctious group settled down for a quick pic!?!

Can't wait for a fun season this fall! 

Karsten is already asking when the next game is!

Saving the World One Day at a Time

Super Heroes are Always Awesome! Especially when they have Big Muscles and a Cape!  Last Friday was Super Hero Day at school and the boys have never gotten ready so fast in the morning.  They couldn't wait to fight crime.

Karsten put on his outfit and said "Look, Mommy! I'm So Strong!"  (as he tried to bend his spoon from breakfast).  Here is a pic that Karsten's teacher, Ms Carrie, sent to us right before he got to play in the bounce house.  Looks like fun, buddy!

Kasey enjoyed wearing his Batman Pjs again with the hat Grandma made for him and was super excited about the Bounce House.  Kasey's teacher, Ms Julie, sent the following pictures of Kasey and his crew.  I am glad he has so many strong friends to fight crime with!

Kasey and his Crew: Mikkah, The Hulk (?) and Noel