Easter

Well we made the first trip back to Northwest Iowa with two kids. Funny thing is-- we took two cars..:)! We had done some MAJOR spring cleaning and had two car loads of junk to bring up for a garage sale. Joe took Kale and the dog, and I had Ava. Ava slept most of the way up and back home. Both ways Ava rode like a champ until the last 10 miles. The last 10 miles involved violent screaming. When we got home her face was beat red from yelling and she did not even want to touched.. she only wanted to stretch out on the floor. Anywhere over three hours could be questionable for awhile.

Ava got to meet all sets of great grandparents as well as A LOT of other relatives that had not met her yet. The only downside of having both our families from the same place is that there is so many people to see and so little time!

We met Shannon halfway between Sioux Falls and my parent's house to get Jake so the boys could play while Shannon and Sheldon were at work. We took my parents car for the DVD player and we realized we could easily get used to having a bigger vehicle! There was so much room! We are a bit crammed in our car. Oh well, we will make do for now. Kale and Jake had fun but Joe and I have decided that THREE kids would put us over the top and maybe in need of some counseling. We weren't sure what to do when the the third kid had something else in mind! We were out numbered. Kale always wanted to be on the four wheeler...Jake wanted nothing to do with that but wanted to be outside pointing and talking about things..and Ava needed to be fed! ugh! The once laid back Jake (although still very easy going) is breaking though with a few glimpses of the terrible twos (which I was SO hoping would happen so Shannon could quit sailing through parenthood while I was chasing Kale around sweating :) ) In fact, while I was putting him to bed he yelled "NO!" and hit me in the stomach it actually made me feel quite warm inside just to know that ALL kids must go through this (either that or just the Goeken boys--haha). He then proceeded to attempt to knock over Papa's new TV and yelled "SHUT UP" when Drake started barking! All of this was music to my ears :)!





Kale also got his farming fix and helped Papa put on "hydrous" in the "big huge tractor." This is what he has been doing in his playroom since we got home too! He loves to farm. He wants to drive anything that has a motor and will sucker anyone into giving him a ride. In fact, just after Joe and I had him convinced that most everything was out of gas or had flat tires... Travis fired up the lawn mower AND the four wheeler to give him a ride :)

Kale has been getting spoiled with gifts basically since Christmas! So, we had hardly talked about the Easter bunny to avoid him creating a lengthy list of things he thought should be delivered to him... Joe took Kale and Jake into the Easter egg hunt in Primghar. They had fun riding the fire truck and getting eggs although Dad did not take near the amount of pictures I would have :)!



Bob and Jane gave Kale and Ava matching outfits they wore for Easter. We had Shannon pick up something for Jake too. They looked SO cute! Come to find out, once we got to church.. EVERYONE else shops and The Childrens Place too! Nikki had her kids dressed up in it and Kale and Ava matched Eli and Martina Harmon too!



Both kids we EXHAUSTED when we got home they both slept like rocks. It was great seeing great family over Easter!