Easter at Beutke's

We had great weather this year for all of the Easter Hunts!! Yes..I said ALL of the hunts. Great Mama Betty always has her hunt in her yard the week before the holiday so the kids are hunting with Maryn, Kai and Seth their cousins.

Oohh... lala....sweet glasses claire! She liked the blue tint
Dalon is getting one of his 16 eggs! They are all marked all over the yard for the five great grandkids with their names so you have to go around and get only yours.
Maryn and Kai running after Mama Betty. She knows where the Easter Bunny hides them!

The Popcorn Shop

Then...we picked up Robin, Maryn, Nana, Mikey and Tai and headed downtown Wheaton to the famous Popcorn Shop on the train!

For a lot of years, this shop is a trademark of the city of Wheaton. Since going to grade school at St. John Lutheran in Wheaton this shop was a huge treat. It is probably the smallest shop I've ever been in, but it is so fun to look at the stacks of shelves with all the different penny candies. As a kid I remember filling my little white bag FULL and it is so fun to now watch my kids do it. It is a "favorite day" and so this year we decided to go during spring break and will try to go again while on summer break.

So fun to enjoy these kids and watch them grow together! Just love having them all together and spending time ~ it's the good stuff!

The Balloon Box

So Dalon wasn't expecting any more presents for his birthday when this

HUGE box came from the Fed Ex guy while Dalon was out riding his

bike. I don't think Dalon has ever gotten a package (while he was home

to receive it). He was quite excited!

The neighbor kids all came in to see what he got and loved the idea of having

to pop 10 balloons (one for each year Dalon has been alive) with the little pin in

the card...they could hardly watch they wanted to help so bad.

This is our neighbor Ian and Dalon and Claire all trying to count the money that was in

each balloon ~ 2 dollar bill in each of the 10 balloons!!!!

YIPPEEE.....I'm Rich -- Thank you Uncle Chris, Aunt DeeAnn, Baylie, Ben and Nolan!!!

Spring Break .... WaHoOO

packed a bunch of fun stuff into Spring Break 2010......we went with the Chock's to the Lakehouse but since we couldn't be in the lake, Eric took us to the Holiday Inn indoor waterpark he used to visit as a kid in Stevenspoint Wisconsin. We had a great day in the pool

Then it was off to Belts...A Chock favorite and an awesome ice cream place we now take our friends and family!

The cones are just huge.....you will have to come with us to see

Dalon is the big 1....0....!!!

It is amazing to me how fast my kids grow!!!

It is unbelievable that Dalon is now 10. We love to

watch him and are so proud of the young man that he

is. Happy Birthday Buddy!!!

Dalon wanted to have some buddies to a new video game

place called Play and Trade. They all sat and played any

game they wanted for a couple of hours. They were so

occupied I had to stop them for pizza and ice cream

sandwiches!