Easter Egg Hunt

We attended the nearby church that hosted a community Easter Egg Hunt for kids 1-10years old.

This is our second year attending the hunt, the church is so gracious they have donut holes and coffee, face painting,  balloons & clowns entertaining the kids before the hunt.

Best of all the kids enjoy their prizes when they get a golden ticket in their egg.

The hunt begins....

The girls actually teamed up in each of their age group, one would hold the bag and the other

would pick up the egg.

there were 12,000 eggs in all

The girls had such a great time, we will mostly attend again next year.

Happy 8th Birthday, Malia

My little girl is turning "8". She has grown so much within the year.

She chose to IHOP as her birthday dinner with Auntie & Sera.

She has grown up to a be a beautiful little girl.

She loves movies and loves to impersonate Jim Carey.

She has a bottomless pit.

Pancakes & sausage are her favorite either for breakfast or dinner.

The girls of the "O" clan.

Favorite Friday Photo ~ I {Heart} ribs

I didn't realize how much my girls love ribs until tonight.

We ordered from a little hole in the wall "true Texan" restuarant, We didn't realize how good it was, they had really good reviews on YELP and our local restuarnat reviewers.

They had everything from ribs to rib tips and briskets and texan chili, it sure was YUMMO!

The licked their 10 little fingers and smacking their lips until their was no BBQ sauce left!

Ava who barely eats had 3 huge ribs and tips.

We will definately be back for more yummy ribs and tips!

To see more more beautiful photos check out Lisa's blog. 

Malia loved her cornbread and rolls

handstands and birthday

The weather in midwest has been pretty mild, but we just havent been able to get out and get some pictures.

we have had a lot of indoor activities, the girls have wanting to do gymnastics and the basement is a great place to practice.

Malia achieving the handstand

It has been so long that I had the opportunity to get a good picture of Malia and today she was willing to participate:)

She looks so grown up in this pic and I love how the light has given this a hazy effect.

Then we were off to the east side of the state for Ethan's birthday, he was so excited for another day of birthday gifts.

The littlest hams

always willing try out a game from the Xbox kinect

Gamers were gaming it up

renovations - basement

after 5 years of living in this house, we decided to finally finish the basement.  When we brought the house it was already plumbed for the bathroom and there were several walls that were sectioned for bedrooms etc.

we had a hard time planning on what to do with the floors, we have don't have a walkout so the sump pump was our biggest issue if we have heavy rain or extreme melting in the spring.

We contemplated on carpet vs. carpet tile, then it was hardwood floors. overall, we decided to do tile and carpet.  It turned out beautifully!

Built in cabinets that we replicated from the upstairs.

With the help of Alan mom, it turned out awesome. We know have plenty of storage.

we also put in radiant heating in the tiles.....sooooo nice on our feet in the winter months.

we will soon have built in cabinets for the bathroom to put towels and other things.

and now the complete look coming down the basement

The girls secret little room under the stairs

and a place for all the musical equipment

of course this is where the TV will be mounted and once we have furniture in place it will be very nice.

Happy Valentines Day!