matt scorsese, sharpies, flipping out, easter & lesley the buzzkill

this is out first foray into imovie, matt did most of the work while i did what i enjoy - being a critic here and there. with his creative genius and my discerning eye we have the final product. i LOVE it, it made me cry to be honest but what can i say - i love my family!

directed by matt scorsese

this past weekend the apples came down for Easter. the kids got along very well most of the time but sometimes notsomuch. the first night they decided to draw on themselves and each other with sharpies. becce and i went out to get a pedicure and came home to this...

matt and mike were babysitting, btw

here's a close-up of lottie...

matt went in to the study and found her drawing on her arms, body art

when we came home and saw them my first thought was how this was blog GOLD. it's hard to get upset when something is funny. i was truly happy they didn't draw on my precious chair, now that was honestly the first thought that ran in my head. full disclosure and all...

ever since my trip to the gymnastics place with the hussars i have been wanting more trampoline time. it is so much fun. so we took the kids on friday morning and of course had a great time. the adults played as hard as the kids, we were all pretty gross when we left. i had to take rowdy to his 6 month appointment and had to apologize for my appearance. BUT i am totally awesome, i did a front flip on the trampoline. i cannot tell you how great it felt, it has been YEARS upon YEARS since i did one. matt and mike tried to do one as well. they were very close, but no cigar. see for yourself!

flipping out

here are a few more photos from that morning...

matt digs lottie sue out of the foam pit

where's mike (a la "where's waldo")

matt got some major air on floor exercise, check out harlan running after him

mike doing a herkey on the trampoline

we have video of harland and lottie at the gym (and having a dance session at home to beyonce's "single ladies" - it's harlan's favorite song) that we'll put up for you soon. we are all about movies now. we're so hollywood.

we were lucky enough to have a visit from the gilmore family - little cj was in the house and looking as cute as a baby can. geez. seriously, he needs to modeling contract. stat.

becce with little man gilmore (and with a little BOY in her belly)

cj sleeps. a lot.

again...sleeping

after church on sunday we met family over at the crown plaza for lunch. we don't have many photos because we were managing kids but i have a this ONE of granray and rowdy.

both are super cute

lottie was eating and saw harlan in the floor so she then wants DOWN RIGHT NOW to roll around just like her cousin.

i am sure the floor was relatively clean

after lunch matt took a family portrait of the apples since everyone was dressed up and respectable looking.

matt showing mike a few shots as becce goofs off

the winning shot, i think it's so GOOD - it's going on our mantle

this is one shot of lottie sue in her dress, we didn't get a family shot due to rowdy going straight to napland once we got home. oh well, one day we will get a family shot.

little miss lottie sue picking me a bouquet of weeds

becce and mike drove harlan around campus to show him a few places from their past. mike took a shot of the rock, it's HILARIOUS.

geez, lesley - don't be such a buzzkill

i leave you with this, lottie sue participated in several easter egg hunts and had a ton of eggs filled with candy. i kept them hidden and out of reach (or so i thought) for two weeks but then i saw this...

she denied eating chocolates even when caught red-handed

i was in the kitchen and heard candy wrapper crinkling, when i went in the dining room she was under the chair on her belly with her feet kicked up about to eat her third chocolate.