Well Easter brought a big crowd for the Teel family. My parents, both brothers, and both sisters as well as all their kids came to Pocatello. I have five bedrooms so everyone but poor Ronnie had a space for all their things. Ronnie does have less stuff since he is single and has no kids yet. Anyway it was wonderful to have everyone together since it has been a long time since we all have been. It was loud but what do you expect when there are 13 kids and 11 adults all in one house? The kids had a great time and so did the adults. And something crazy for my family happened....not one blow-up!!! It was great.
Above is my parents with all the grandkids (except Jake and Michelle who couldn't make it.)
Here are all the grandkids.
Here are my beauties.
And the egg hunt with that many kids is crazy but they still all had fun. Here is Aly and she actually has a clue what to do this year.
Last but not least above is Emma and below is Lacey. At least I have a big enough yard for all the kids.
Well the girls got a new toy today. We got a new puppy and Emma named him Tramp (after the Disney movie for those of you with minds like my husband). He is a yellow lab and has beautiful blue eyes. They love him! Well except for Aly who screams every time he sniffs her.
She loves him to death but he can't get too close or she freaks.
Emma loves him like crazy.
And Lacey can't get enough. Ruby, our other dog seems to like him too. WIN WIN!
Above is my parents with all the grandkids (except Jake and Michelle who couldn't make it.)
Here are all the grandkids.
Here are my beauties.
And the egg hunt with that many kids is crazy but they still all had fun. Here is Aly and she actually has a clue what to do this year.
Last but not least above is Emma and below is Lacey. At least I have a big enough yard for all the kids.
Lacey, Emma, and Aly are painters now. Lacey and Emma helped Jerame paint their helmets yesterday. Unfortunately I wasn't there to take pictures so I got a couple today of Emma and Aly (although Aly didn't really paint but thought she was!)! I'll post finished pictures when all the paper and tape is off.
And Lacey is castless! She got her cast off two days ago. She was still writing with her left hand for a while but I think she has finally adapted back to her right hand!
Emma has learned to write her name. We had practiced a couple times on the chalk board in "her" office but not too much yet. Today when we were at the shop she got out a paper and said, "Look mom I wrote my name!" Thinking it would be just scribbles I looked over and sure enough she had written her name all by herself! I believe the exact words out of my mouth were, "Holy crap you did!" It needs a little work but it was quite a shock because we had litterally practiced it only about 4 times before Aly started erasing as we wrote. Yeah Emma!
