Monday, March 17, 2008

Kaori's Family Baby Shower and Early Easter Pictures....(2nd post of the day)

We had a very busy, but very fun weekend!! We threw a family baby shower for Samantha and Dave Saturday night at my house. As I mentioned in my last post, Aunt Ryan and Mary Paul had come down on Thursday night, so we had fun preparing and hanging out. They got some great gifts and are slowly getting everything they need for their new addition. It was so much fun to be together (we missed Uncle Bryan though)!

Sunday morning, G-Mama went to church with us and then came to our church's Easter Egg hunt. I tried to get some pictures of the kids in their Easter clothes before church. G-Mama always buys the kids their Easter outfits and they are so nice this year. We went ahead and wore Easter clothes this week because the egg hunt was this week and we will actually be in Missouri at Mike's mom's house on Easter this year. The Easter bunny will have to find us there. I got pictures of everyone except for John , who we let sleep in because he got back in town so late from Savannah the night before. He and Mike joined us later at chruch. It was so much fun to watch all the kids at the Easter egg hunt. Landon and Addi had a great time and loved all the candy. Andi and John helped hide the eggs, so they were in on the action too. The weather was so nice, especially compared to last year when it was 40 degrees! Landon and Addi are still so innocent when it comes to egg hunting. The "greed" side of it has not set in yet, so when they find even one egg they are soooo happy. We actually had to push them along a little to find more eggs. So sweet!

Here are some pictures from our busy weekend!
My next post will be after our trip out west to see Mike's family over Spring Break. We are going on a Griner family adventure as we load all six of us up for a big roadtrip! It should be interesting to say the least! We leave on Good Friday and will be gone all week! See you when we return and Happy Easter!

The proud new mommy and daddy!


We made them each a tag they had to wear around their necks during the shower.



We decided to do a Spring theme for the shower, of course with pink flowers!



A cute outfit from G-Mama!


Sam trying out their new ottoman and Landon and Addi helping with gifts!


The new Daddy!


Landon peeking around the stairs...


Uncle Dave and Aunt Samantha posing with their "spread"!


Landon and Addi on Sunday morning in their Easter attire!


Addi being silly!!


Of course the pictures are out of order, so now we are back to the party. All 4 Koppe women!


All the kids had fun in the stroller box! Andi had fun playing with the little ones!


Sam's bedding and colors!


Landon giving Addi a kiss! Lovely!


What a sweet brother! Of course, mom told him too :)


I loved these pictures of Addi smiling, because she will not smile at the camera when I tell her to!



Landon, however, has no problem flashing me a big smile for the camera!


Addi holding her basket. It is almost as big as she is!


Mom helping Addi find some more eggs.


Landon finds one all by himself!


The youngest age group picture before egg hunting began.


Andi in her Easter dress Sunday morning. So pretty and grown up!


Addi smiling because she knows she can eat some candy!


Hunting eggs...


Addi running and getting into it...


Addi admiring her eggs...


Landon admiring his eggs too...


Andi giving me a quick smile.


G-Mama and Addi had fun sitting together while G-Mama helped her eat candy!


G-Mama and the Griner grandkids. Almost impossible to get a good picture of everyone! This one is really goofy though!


Addi with her mouth full!


Daddy helping Landon open candy.


Landon doing it himself this time.


Addi with her G-Mama!


Landon with a mouth full!


Antoher sweet moment...


Landon gave me a crazy face, when I asked for a smile!


Landon with a little girl at church who loves to lead him around and be his little mommy.


Walking down to the lake.


Mike and John hanging out trying to maybe steal some candy?.?.?


The entire group of egg hunting kids.


A close up of the Griner kids!! It was a fun day!!

11 comments:

Ryan said...

What great pictures!!! Your kids are beautiful!!! We had such a good time visiting!!! Have a wonderful trip!!!

David, Samantha and Kaori said...

This trip will be an adventure! They all look so pretty in their easter clothes. It looks like the egg hunt was a lot of fun. I am glad that G-Mama could be there for it. She looks so pretty in all the pictures. I like the ones from our shower too. You'll have to send them to me.

The Slatton Family said...

How fun! Landon looks so grown up!!! Love the pictures of Sam and Dave. I know that they will always remember when everyone helped them prepare for Kaori's arrival! Love the picture of your mom with the children (even if it is silly)!!!

Jodi Brinkley said...

What terrific pictures. The shower looked beautiful, the kids are gorgeous as usual, and everyone looks so happy! What a beautiful place for the egg hunt.

Mandy said...

What a great post! The shower looked perfect! The kids look precious in their Easter outfits - hope the Easter Bunny finds you this weekend - have a great trip!!!

Sandra said...

Your children are so precious and seem to love each other so much!1

Tell Sam I would love to hear more about the baby. My e-mail is Duke62@aol.com.

Sandra said...

Your children are so precious and seem to love each other so much!1

Tell Sam I would love to hear more about the baby. My e-mail is Duke62@aol.com.

Mom said...

What a lovely weekend!!!! I am so proud of our family and love each one of you so very much! The party was great fun! Love, Mom

Heather said...

Looks like a fun day. The little ones look so nice in their Easter outfits! Looks like a really pretty place for an egg hunt too!
The shower pics were great. We are so excited for them!!!!!
Have a safe trip & a Happy Easter!

Courtney said...

Great pictures!!! I know you guys had so much fun at the shower! I am SOOOO excited for Sam and Dave. I know they are over the moon! The kiddies look cute in their easter outfits too!

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