Easter 2015

  April was quite an eventful month for us, so I've got some blogging to catch up on. Starting with Easter! Nick spoke at Rock Harbor central on Good Friday at four different services. There he is in front of all those people....

We went to church on Easter morning, then went to my grandma's house for an Easter egg hunt. This was Silas's first egg hunt, but the only thing he had any interest in was the cool police car Grandma has. I had to distract him and hide it to even get him to have any interest in what was going on. He was still only mildly interested, but that didn't stop us from finding as many eggs as possible. Silas and Trevor liked exploring their loot together, which included mostly yogurt bites along with some candy bars that were pretty much all eaten by the parents.

My grandma took a picture with all the great grandsons who were there. Four out of the five kids in this picture are black (or at least part). How rad is that!? Our family has got some color now, and I love it!

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Swenson Christmas...Now That It's February

Well, now that it's February, let's talk about Christmas again. Like I said, our Christmas this year was actually three Christmases, so this is the last and final post on the topic....hallelujah! This was the Christmas with my immediate side of the family. So, here's some pictures, and we'll wrap this up with a few highlights.

Highlights:

*My brother-in-law Sean's new cat shirt

*Nerf Guns

*There's a black and white picture up there with four of us busting up laughing on the couch next to my brother-in-law, Ben. That hilarious moment was courtesy of my sister Amy, who exclaimed the instant Ben opened his present, "Oh he loves it!" It was funny....but maybe you had to be there.

*There's a couple other pictures of my sister Kristina and me laughing hysterically. Sean shot Kristina in the face with the nerf gun, which was also one of those funny things you probably had to be there for.

*Pickles

*Silas and Trevor and more toys than they know what to do with

*Printed out pictures of presents, because even when we celebrate Christmas two weeks after Christmas, we still buy presents the day of, then print pictures of what is coming.

This is a really cool family we've got.

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The First Christmas of 2014

It's about time I get around to blogging about our Christmas celebrations. We had THREE different Christmases this year, so I'm going to try to bust these out and move on with our lives. Part one of this Christmas trilogy begins early Christmas morning. Are you ready for this epic three part adventure? It's so much more exciting than the Hunger Games.

I woke up earlier than the rest of my house on Christmas morning, so I snuck out to the living room to see what Santa had brought and take some pictures while it was still dark outside. Once everyone was awake, the festivities began. We opened presents and ate cinnamon rolls and played with cars and trains. Those were the only presents Silas was interested in, and he left four presents and his stocking unopen under the tree, because who needs or wants anything besides cars and trains. Our friend, Paulo spent the day with us, in case you are wondering who the strange man is in some of these pictures.

The second half of our day was spent at my grandma's house. There's tons of people, tons of food, tons of games, and tons of pictures. So, I have tried to condense this portion of images into multiple collages to make it a little easier on the eyes.

So, Trevor has this obsession with Silas, and it's kind of my favorite thing ever. The kid carries around a picture of Silas when he's not with him and stares longingly at it. I can't handle it! Silas has some pretty strong affections for his cousin too. I'm just not quite sure they are on the same level. See above pictures.

Afternoon football...

This entertained these two fooorrrever...

Obligatory family pic....

And that concludes my Grandma's house.

Buuuuuut..........we aren't quite done. Remember how Silas still had presents to open. Well, that happened like 2 weeks later, so here's that...

Belle left a present in her stocking for Silas. I kind of love that she does that, because it helps keep her memory alive for Silas :) She brought Silas an "I Love My Beagle" shirt this year.

And it's true...he does love her. ^^ He gives her hugs all the time. He loves both his dogs. Belle and Brontie are smothered with love from this kid. Now that concludes part one. Stick with me people. I promise Christmas will be over soon.

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