I'ts good to be back!!

I just wrote a great post and then added pictures and everything was backwards and the pictures were not in order so I decided to start all over. I'll just post around the order of the pictures. First I am glad to be back among the bloggers and the blog updaters. I have been under the weather (to say the least) for almost a month....I heard I was turning 42 so I decided to give myself some attention. which included 2 trips to the emergency room. I am alive and able to talk about it but I'll do it later I have some fun pictures to share.
We had a fantastic Easter. We went to grandma and grandpa Z's for lunch and had an Easter egg hunt for the kids. Shea wanted to "hide" them this year so she did and she did a great job for all the little kids. She did such a great job you can hardly see them in the picture:)
Please remember that the pictures are not in order....We did start the day off with a fantastic morning church and some family pictures in the front yard. then we went to lunch.
This is the lute they were done in about 6 minutes. Next year they will be harder. I didn't get around to doing Easter baskets for each one of the kids but they did get new shirts and Sunday outfits. Transformers won the t-shirt contest. They love to play with cousin Jordan.

Here is our scooby snack. You can see that he wants to eat what's inside the eggs but doesn't want to hunt for them!! He has been officially with us for a month. He is heaven he is so good and happy all the time. We have a hearing on the 30th of this month for the severance... then we will move straight to adoption. We are so excited and humbled at the same time that our windows in heaven are still propped open for our little family. We Love Jaxon he is such a great fit for our family the kids love him so much. Jordan is so cute when he gets a big smile on his face and says "Baby doesn't have to go back to Jackie's house - he gets to stay here forever" I seriously get teary when he does that. Every night we have a little singing time and one of our favorite songs to sing is -I Love to See the Temple - we talk about taking Jaxon with us and they get so excited to go back there. They remember so I like to talk about it alot so they don't forget.

Grandpa has a great truck in the back that the kids love to play with so they all had a turn sitting in it to get a picture.
Jordan's favorite toy is a tape measure!! when ever he finds one he wants to play with it. Do they make one that isn't metal to cut your hand off and still look and work like a metal one??

Here are our after church pictures. I was really surprised the kids did so well we only had one break down and that was Jaxon. It was ok because he is still a tiny baby. Shea is getting to be such a beautiful young woman. she is getting so tall. She definitely has the Shreeve gene in her.

All the kids wanted to pose for a picture.... Joey set the pose and all the boys wanted to copy...do you absolutely love their outfits??? They were at Target calling me as I walked by (with no intention of buying new outfits for anyone.) Rhonda talked me into getting them - I'm glad she did.!!

I cannot get over Jordan's contagious smile I love it!! I hope it will be as cute when he has a full mouth of teeth.

Jesse is still so small. He got some new front teeth they look great.

Suzi kills me I couldn't choose which picture to use they were all so great of her. She is so stinkin beautiful I can't even take it. And she is so tender with her sweet little voice. (most of the time)
This is the best scooby could do. I am sure he would have liked to pose but he just falls over if he doesn't have help sitting up. I have to eat his cheeks every day at least 3 times...

Here we are..... There are alot of us isn't there....We should have put an orange shirt over by me.

You can see the camera remote in James hand I love that he has that. It made the pictures go alot faster. They are not professional but they work for now.

I just read James and my P blessings and I love to read them now with our lives so different and when it talks about our children and the importance of teaching them the Gospel and about the atonement and that they are children of Heavenly Father and that He loves them....It is such a different blessing as I read it now... even 3 yrs ago I still wondered about these "children that would come into our home" I am so grateful for my savior and for the atonement that gives us every blessing possible on this earth and forever. What a blessing it is to be reminded each spring as we celebrate Easter and the resurrection of the Savior. It is almost like the "new year" for me as I'm reminded to do my best to live like He did and as important...teach our little slices of heaven about Him and what he has done for them and our little family.