Easter 2011

Uncle Shawn, Aunt Regina, Jack and Emma came to visit for their spring break the week before Easter. We had lots of fun at the beach and pool. The kids always love time with their cousins.





We also had plenty of egg hunts at school and church. Noah's class had a little tea party after their egg hunt. It was so much fun!

Easter 2010

This year we went up to Norfolk for Easter and celebrated at Shawn and Regina's house. Noushin flew up with us and the boys were great on the flight. Alexander came down from DC for the weekend so that we all could participate in the annual birdfeeder contest.
Here were the entries this year:

Uncle Mike

Aunt Shelley

Mom

Dad

Uncle Alex- he had to catch his train before we got a picture of him with his birdfeeder

Taylor

Caitlin

And the 2010 Winner- Uncle Shawn!

An "Egg"cellent Day!

Jude and I joined Noah's class for their egg hunt and party today. Jude was more than ready to leave the house this morning when I told him that we would be hiding eggs for Noah and his friends to hunt. He was a really great helper and I think Noah's friends appreciated his ability to "hide" eggs (he mostly just scattered them around in plain sight).



I was so impressed with Noah and his classmates. The teachers told them they could each find 11 eggs and each child continued to count their eggs until they reached 11. I even saw a couple of kids realize they had more and then give some to their friends!


After each child found their eggs, they all sat down together and looked at each egg.



It was a perfect opportunity for a class photo!


We all came inside and enjoyed some Easter treats. Jude even got to pull up a chair and sit at the table with Noah and his friends. Noah was so sweet to him and introduced his little brother "Judi" to everyone at the table.

2009 Annual Bird Feeder Contest

We hosted our Annual Bird Feeder Contest this year and we all think it was the best one yet! There were numerous contenders for the "Best in Show" award and we are proud to say that BEN won!! His modern design and supreme use of the power tools secured him the winning trophy- well there is not really a trophy, but he does get bragging rights! As you can see, he is very proud!



Shawn put up quite a fight, he even lobbied that Ben's feeder was really a squirrel feeder. His design was great, but in the end, he did not win.



Here is what the rest of us could come up with in 2 hours and shared materials from the garage!

Alex went with the minimalist approach:



Sherry went with the cute approach:



Shelley went with the holiday inspired approach:



Mike went with a basic approach:



But in the end, it was the kids who had all of the fun! They got to get naked and paint!




Wonder who will take the prize next year?!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

We’ve been lucky to have lots of family in town all week! Sarah and Heidi were here all week from Pennsylvania and Leigh was here from Alaska. We enjoyed a couple beautiful days with them at the beach before they went down to the river house for a few days. They are all headed home and we can’t wait until our next visit. Jude and Noah are really blessed to have such loving and fun aunts!
Shawn, Regina, Jack and Emma came down from Virginia on Friday. Shelley, Mike, Taylor, and Caitlin drove down from Virginia on Saturday. Everyone got here just in time for Sherry’s 30th birthday celebration! Ben planned a great evening overlooking the St. John’s River with lots of family and friends.
Sunday we had everyone over for lunch and the annual Tureman Birdfeeder Contest. Everyone took their time creating some of the best entries to date. Of course Dad (the judge) won the contest, but there were some outstanding (and unique) birdfeeders created. They are all hanging in our backyard, ready to attract all of the birds in Jacksonville!