Keeping Up With the Mullenauxs: Easter Weekend

I have been working on this post for a long time. Warning there are a lot of pictures!!! The Saturday before Easter a friend of ours set up a zip line at a park. We were there for probably 30 minutes and Cody had to rush away to go to work. I gave our friend and my brother in law full permission to get Jackson to ride the zipline. Which meant they had to make him. I grew up in a family where you were made to do everything!!! The first thing that comes to mind is waterskiing in Florida in a lake with gators while your siblings are making the noise to call gators (it works I have seen it). I was crying and scared but I waterskied, I wonder why I still have nightmares about gators in water. Anyway, the zipline was safe and they didn't pull Jackson very fast at all.

Not to happy about putting the harness on - 4/7/12

He was clinging on

He is not to thrilled for his ride

My sister in law started to feel bad for Jackson

He was a lot happier when he got to ride with his cousins

He did have fun and enjoyed it even though it didn't look like it and he forgave his Uncle!!

Jackson walking along the train tracks with Shayne

Nikki and Kinnedy were having fun climbing this tree

Tyson was also there!!

After the park I invited myself over to my sister in law Cari's house to dye easter eggs since Cody wasn't going to be home and I didn't want to try and do it with Jackson by myself and try to manage Tyson. As luck would have it Cody ended up getting done pretty quick and was able to show up after a while. Jackson was really excited to dye easter eggs and still talks about going to Cari's house and holding eggs and making them blue.

Jackson wasn't to happy that I made him take his clothes off so he wouldn't stain them but he quickly got over it

He was very excited to watch the eggs change colors

Checking to see if the egg is done

He was having a great time and was very careful

He really likes blue and he says blue really cute

Daddy made it back and was able to join in on the fun

Running around being silly

Striking a nice pose!!

Again Tyson was there too!!

Here are some nice tripod/self timer family pictures - I think they turned out pretty good considering - On Easter Sunday 4/8/12

Some of Jackson's facial expressions are pretty funny

Our 2 boys!!!

Here is proof that the Easter bunny found our house

Tyson with his basket at 3 weeks old

Jackson with his basket at 27 months old - 2+

It looks like he is smirking

These pictures are an attempt to get a picture of me with my boys - it wasn't happening!!

An easter gift from Grandma and Grandpa Castle

Jackson showing me the card

Tyson showing off some of his gift

They must have been really good!!

Jackson being silly

Tyson taking an Easter Sunday nap

Not only did we invite ourselves to dye eggs at Cari's house we also in a way invited ourselves to spend Easter with them as well. We didn't have any Easter plans and they were kind enough to invite us over with them to Cari's in laws house. Also there were other kids so that Jackson could have an Easter egg hunt with other people besides just himself!! I filled up several eggs and put some dollars in some of them and in one I put a five dollar bill. It was fun seeing the kids get excited about them. I think that Nikki got the egg with the $5 in it. Kinnedy probably found the most eggs.

All the kids lined up ready to find those Easter eggs

Jackson really liked the Easter egg hunt - I did have to guide him to the eggs

All the kids after the Easter egg hunt

Tyson showing off all the candy that Jackson got in his eggs

This bunny hopped up and down and sang here comes Peter Cottontail - Jackson loved this bunny and carried it around, made it sing, and danced along with it