Easter 2011

This year we had a great Easter! We colored eggs on Friday, then on Sunday we woke up to find the Easter bunny had been there! Conor got a lawnmower, a couple of outfits, and lots of candy. When he first woke up, all he saw was the lawnmower. We had to let him play with it for awhile before he had any interest in hunting easter eggs. Once we showed him how to do it, he became a pro Easter egg hunter. Then we took advantage of the perfect weather and played outside for a couple of hours before we had to get ready for brunch. Justin, Granny and Gramps joined us at the country club for brunch, which was fantastic! We had a great day!


Coloring Easter eggs!

Eating Peeps while waiting for the dye to set on the eggs

Easter morning

Just saw his stuff from the Easter bunny!

All he saw was the lawnmower at first... :)

Hunting Easter eggs

Finally looking at the rest of his stuff from the Easter bunny

Mowing the lawn... :)

Meeting the Easter bunny at the Country Club Easter brunch - he wasn't too sure about him...

Easter egg hunt at the country club

Looking so handsome in one of his Easter outfits

Granny and Gramps joined us for Easter brunch

They had a petting zoo at the club - Conor loved chasing the animals around.

Hope everyone else had a great Easter too!

Conor's 1st birthday

Can you believe he's ONE??

We had a big Rockstar-themed birthday party for Conor on March 26. We had alot of friends and family show up for the festivities. Chris barbequed and I made cupcakes while Grammy Sherry made my favorite salad and Grandma Phillips made a delicious grape salad. We set up Boce ball and cornhole and the kids played on Conor's new swing and ran around like crazy. We also setup the Xbox Kinect and had fun with that once it got darker outside. It was a great party and it was awesome to have everyone here to celebrate our little man's 1st birthday!


The birthday boy eating pizza rolls for lunch
Conor's birthday present from mom and dad - a swingset built by daddy!

Swinging with Ruthie

Eating his cake with Grammy Sherry


Grinning up at daddy


With Grandma Phillips


Mwah!





He figured out how to eat his cake with the decorations














Guests playing Boce ball








We had the cutest pinata - you pull on the strings and one of the strings is what opens the pinata - The pinata worked, but didn't really open up very well, so I had James beat it on the swingset to really get the candy out. :)

Evelyn with her pinata candy - I love her little stance!




Our little rock star!


Hanging with Uncle Jarrod and cousin Gage


Little Matthew Alger - how cute is he?


Uncle Moose playing "Dance Central" on the Xbox Kinect - it took alot of peer pressure to make this happen... :)



With Grandma Phillips


Sitting in his chair that Grandma Phillips gave him.


Riding his new 4-wheeler that uncle Pun bought him.


All of Conor's presents - he definately scored!




Opening presents