enjoying the beautiful sunshine with precious grandma patti!
grandpa bought kyri a sweet bubble gun!
bubbles, bubbles everywhere!
father and son moment.
couldn't be a happeir girl!
d.j. and andrea are getting married! their wedding is this july...being too close to my due date, only kev will be able to go. so sad that kyri and i won't be able to be there on their special day. we love them both so very much!
every five minutes..."want to come play piano with me?"
kyri's bedtime at grandma and grandpa's house. grandma bought her new books that she wanted read to her every night. her favorite one is about the best easter ever!
easter sunday was so very special this year...not only were we in omaha, but we celebrated with grandpa, grandma, auntie jen, uncle d.j. and andrea, as well as patti's brother larry and his family. they came up on saturday from wisconsin and stayed through the rest of our trip. we went to church in the morning and then came home to prepare the easter feast. patti and i did a lot of prep work the day before, which was so helpful! i'm pretty sure i was in the kitchen all day on saturday. i made "easter basket" cupcakes and a cheesecake with strawberries for dessert. before we enjoyed our meal, grandpa and uncle larry hid all of the easter eggs in the backyard so the girls were able to have their easter egg hunt. thankfully it wasn't raining! kyri was so attached to larry and janet's daughter, megan. she followed her everywhere and they had so much fun playing together! it was nice for her to have a friend. kyri was sure not without attention on this trip! mom and dad were pretty much out of the picture...she wanted grandma and grandpa to do everything. i can't complain, but we did miss our daughter while we were there. how can you not miss that cute face?
all ready to go to church on easter sunday!
kyri looking too cute with her easter basket.
hunting for eggs in grandpa's backyard.
look! i found a pretty pink one!
the "easter basket" cupcakes mommy made.
the candy and the frosting...the best part.
one precious little girl.
kyri was able to dye her very first easter eggs at grandpa and grandmas house...and auntie jen came over too! she just liked coloring on the eggs with crayon and then seeing them come out of the dye, all bright and colorful. after the easter eggs were beautified, grandpa took kyri out in their back yard to play. it was a gorgeous day! he had this globe beach ball that they kicked around for hours. it was so nice for her to have a big yard to play in. every minute spend with her grandpa and grandma is so very precious. she just loves them to pieces.
kyri calls her, "my friend, auntie jen"
being creative with crayons and easter eggs.
family traditions are my favorite.
silly girl.
look! i'm ready, grandpa!
you can't catch me now!
i just love that face.
grandpa and his little love. 
now that we have been back from our wonderful trip to omaha for over a week now, i guess its time for me to post some pictures already! i'll start with our trip to the omaha zoo because that was kyri's most favorite part. i have so many pictures to choose from, but these are my faves. grandma, grandpa, uncle d.j. and auntie jen were all there to join in on the fun! the omaha zoo really is the coolest zoo and has so much to see. kyri was in heaven...being able to get so close to so many animals and enjoying every minute of it with the whole family. it was a beautiful day outside, a little chilly, and we were able to see almost all of the animals that we wanted to see. kyri was most excited about seeing the lions and tigers. she also loved watching the monkeys being oh so silly and staring at all of the sharks and fish in the underwater tunnel. she was such a good girl all day and fell asleep instantly on our drive home. long day, filled with too much fun!
i love my little family.
we were so facinated by these gorillas...such neat animals.
3 feet tall and standing next to king julian!
riding the carousel with grandpa. couldn't be more content.
just checkin' out the fish in one of the giant fish tanks.
kyri's favorite animal in the whole zoo...the great, big LION!
lovin' on my little girl.
kyri being her cute self in the dessert dome.
so thankful to have these two beautiful women in my life!
what a bunch of monkeys!
the hornacek family together on a beautiful day.
what a beautiful day for an easter egg hunt! last thursday, we had an easter egg hunt with our playgroup. the weather was absolutely gorgeous. i love the spring. the kids had such a joyous time! they were so excited to put the eggs in their baskets and of course...opening the eggs to discover their delicious treasures. chocolate and jelly beans! i love our little group of friends. the kids play so well together and it is such a joy to celebrate holidays with each other. happy easter!
