The Besmer Family

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Between Church & Easter Celebrations

We had just a little over an hour between church and meeting up with the family! As I ran in to prepare my share of the pot luck, the kids played outside. Violet wore her "Jackie-O" outfit which I love but was quickly spotted with chocolate. It was such a beautiful day!

Violet hanging out in her "Jackie-O" dress & jacket. Ugh! Too bad chocolate got the best of it!

Tim not so sure of the swing!

Swinging!

Too much chocolate and not enough real food. Let the meltdowns begin!

Mommy & Violet!

Indoor Easter Egg Hunt

Our Easter egg hunt was inside this year. It wasn't terribly cold but it was a little wet from the sprinklers and a bit chilly. Matt hid all the eggs in the kid's room so it was easy. He also hid the baskets this year... a Besmer tradition!

Ashton quickly snagged a collection of eggs

Super excited!

Violet quickly caught onto what to do. You can see Ashton's green basket hidden under the fabric bin.

I found some!

Check out that bed hair!

Some more!

After a quick hunt, we were off for Easter church service! The day moved by quickly with lots of family and fun!

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Just Some of Easter

For my parents who are likely dying to get some updated pictures of the kids, here are a few of my favorites at quick glance!

Well, 2 out of 3 kids smiling isn't so bad! Kids ready in their Easter outfits for church!

Mommy gets a picture!

Super cute picture of Tim!

Our Family Picture!

The Garden is Growing plus a Compost!

I started some tomatoes, basil, and eggplant inside from seeds. The rest of the seeds I bought can be directly sowed into the ground. So we are waiting to fill in the dirt and the weather to warm up for the rest of the planting to begin!

Our tomatoes, basil, and eggplants all growing from seeds!

Ashton helping with our make shift compost! We used Parker's old food bin and just drilled holes into it!

Our first dump! Ashton is ready to top it off with some dirt.

Gathering more dirt from my side of the garden!

Our 2nd dump!

The pepper plants transplanted!

Helmets at the Table?

I'm not sure why... but yes, the kids are wearing helmets at the table. I think Ashton was excited to go on a bike ride with his Papa Tom so was extra prepared in case he arrived early. Or maybe they needed some head protection for breakfast?? Just another day in the life of a SAHM.

Why the kids have helmets on... I don't know? Violet's is on backwards!

A "cheese" so I can get a proper picture.

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Kite Flying

The MOMs group had a kite flying date for the babies. Well, the babies just cried because it was so cold and windy but made for the perfect day to fly a kite! Thankfully, a big boy teamed up with Ashton to help! Violet kept letting go of her kite and this Mommy realized that she bit off more than she could chew!

The helper!

And it's up!

They had so much fun while I was trying to help Violet and/or chasing her kite down!

Poor Tim! His eyes were teary and his nose was dripping!

But still his happy self!

Especially since he got food!

Yummy Nutrigrain bar!

The story of my life right there!

Poor Violet wasn't really happy to be out there. She even tucked her legs under the blanket!

Laundry Room Semi-Tranformed!

I was really just too embarrassed to take a "before" picture but imagine the tops of the washer and dryer filled to the rim with stuff! Junk, junk, junk! Well, it has all been moved and I feel a little better about doing laundry. Well, I relate laundry to gremlins. I know. Weird analogy right?! But I swear the stuff multiplies when it gets wet! Then I would just take the clothes out of the dryer and throw them onto the living room floor! Ugh! So, the laundry is taking over the entire house!

So, goal #1! Once the dryer dings, go in there and fold it! Now that I have a place to fold it, sort of, I do that and then put it away! So, I am a week into it and I'm not doing too bad! But I have bigger plans for the laundry room that I hope I can convince the Hubby to do!