Neeley Family Blog

Easter has become a tradition of us going to church, going out for brunch, doing an egg hunt (after that sneaky bunny comes around) and then another egg hunt at Grammy and Grandpa's house with the cousins. This year, we had great weather for our day! The Easter Bunny was very good to these kiddos, candy in their eggs and baskets full of goodies.   A look at our egg hunt:    

We made it through a crazy winter with snow, rain and coldness and the signs of Spring are amongst us now! We all love this time because it means longer nights, more playing outside, baseball season is coming and I love to see the flowers blooming. We did a little work this weekend and took advantage of the nice weather. We can't wait for more Spring-like activities!

We planned a little trip East recently. We wanted a little family get-a-way.  We booked a house in Sunriver, OR for an extended weekend.  It worked out to be right before Brad's birthday.  He loves Sunriver and we have actually been there before on his birthday. We had a nice drive over the mountain and were blessed with some really great weather! It is one of our favorite places.  We get to relax as a family.  We ate out for dinners, enjoyed the hot tub, went for bike rides and made a little adventure to Mt. Bachelor.  Other than a minor set back of me taking Brock and Brylee to urgent care for a check up of what I thought to be croup (it wasn't just a virus they said), we had an amazing time. Here is our slideshow of pictures from our trip:

We hung out at home or local places during Spring Break.    Checking out some things at Toys R Us.  Brayden won some Blazers gear!  Bowling with some friends for their birthday.  A trip to the zoo! It was packed on such a nice day!!  This is what happens when you play so hard!  Spring Break wouldn't be complete without JJ Jump.  Building forts in the living room!  A little visit to see Daddy's new office! Someone thinks they are in charge! ;) The week flew by and we went back into school feeling good after our little adventures.  It gave us all a little taste of what Summer will be and boy, are we looking forward to these last few months going by quickly!!!

Here is one of the projects Brock made at school recently.  He does all the work on his ipod at school. So cute! Kindergarten is harder than you think! ;)  

  Just caught this adorableness on our walk into school this morning. Brylee decided to share her umbrella. :)  

Here is just a quick post about our dear little girl. She was invited to her first birthday party recently. This was her friend Layla (who you can see in Brylee's birthday post).  Her mom had the party at Michael's Craft store...which I thought was so clever!! They brought in food for the girls. It was a Minnie Mouse theme, so sandwiches were shaped like Minnie, some fruit (also shaped like Minnie) and juice boxes.    After a quick bite the girls all got a little wooden bird house to paint.  They put on aprons and picked out some colors.  It was really fun to see each of them put their own personality into the painting.  Once the bird houses were painted, cupcakes were served! They had adorable Minnie mouse chocolate covered Oreos on top! So cute!   Layla then spent some time opening her gifts.     It was an adorable party that definitely gave me some ideas for future parties! Brylee loves crafts too, so this could be a...