We had such a
fun filled Easter this year with both sides of the family! The day started off with an early morning Easter egg hunt that Aaron and I had for the girls when they woke up, and of course then
Keslin and
Bronwyn were on the hunt for their Easter baskets as soon as they popped out of bed! The Easter Bunny was good to them this year...lots of goodies for sure, I think we have enough candy to last for weeks! Then it was off to Grandma Julie's and Grandpa
Dennis' for a huge Easter feast and a ginormous Easter egg hunt with all of the Stoddard cousins! The kids had a blast playing together and jumping
on the trampoline! They are so lucky to have each other as cousins...especially since they are all relatively close in age. With the combined energy of the 9 cousins, there is never a dull moment:0)
After visiting with the Stoddard
Fam, we were off to celebrate Easter with my side of the family! My Aunt Rhonda hosted Easter this year, therefore we didn't have to travel very...just on the other side of
Scappoose:0) We then proceeded to eat MORE food and have another fun Easter egg hunt for all of the kiddo's, just in time before it started to down pour! We also celebrated my Aunt Rosie's 72
nd birthday! She recently was diagnosed with lung cancer, so this was a very special birthday, I'm so glad our entire family was able to be there to celebrate with her. She has been a trooper through her chemotherapy treatments and is holding strong, please keep her in your prayers for our family:0)
All in all we had a wonderful day filled with so much fun and love! Hope you had a happy Easter everyone!
Aaron and the girls scoping out the goodies.
The three princesses Easter baskets.
Two fancy looking girls!
All of the Stoddard/Kangas cousins minus Raelyn and Darius.
Bronwyn looking tired out...her 3rd Easter egg hunt of the day.
Makena and Kelin comparing who has more eggs:0)
Morgan holding Raelyn.
Some fun and delicious cupcakes my mom made for the kiddos!
Keslin and Bronwyn painting Easter eggs earlier in the week.
Yesterday was my Sisters 23rd Birthday and we celebrated by taking the whole family to a Thai cooking class at Hipcooks! Aaron was solo and had to stay home with the girls so I could join in on the family fun(thanks babe!) It was Katie's idea and we had so much fun learning to cook together, and my oh my was the food delicious! Our Thai Cuisine consisted of an Eight course meal which included: Veggie spring rolls with tamarind dipping sauce, Chicken saute with peanut sauce, Coconut rice with shrimp and cilantro, Pad Thai, Papaya salad, Green curry with eggplant, mushrooms and peas, Red curry with chicken and peanuts, and Black rice with cocunut cream for dessert! Our stomachs were bursting at the seams when it was all said and done! There were Fourteen students all together, we had a great time getting to know some new people and had some great quality family time together. The class was well worth the money and it was a fabulous four hours of entertainment! Better yet, they sent us home with all of the recipes...so if any of them sound appealing to you let me know and I will pass them along to you:0)!
The Fam minus Aaron.
Our veggie spring rolls.
Coconut rice with shrimp and cilantro.
Chicken Saute with peanut sauce.
Mom and Katie.
Dad and Ben.
Me and my Sis.
Some fellow hip cook classmates.
Our very cool teacher Tristan.
More pictures of the gang.
