Easter 2011

We had such a wonderful Easter weekend. My mom came from Washington! We went to two Easter egg hunts, one in Lindon and one in Provo. The kids found a lot of eggs, got a lot of candy, silly bands, and free crazy bread coupons to Little Ceasar's. There were also 30 grand prize eggs, but a couple hundred kids. Lydia found a grand prize egg though which got her a real pearl necklace from Goldsmith's Jeweler's. She loves it and wears it all the time.


After the hunt the kids made bunny hats...

went on the bouncy slide...

and got their faces painted!


Next we picked up Aunt Shannon, Uncle Danny, and Grandma Marsha (the girls loved having both grandma's around at the same time) and went to the tulip festival at Thanksgiving Point. It was beautiful and a lot of fun!





The kids' two favorite things there were the fountains in the secret garden, and rolling down a nice grassy hill.


We dyed eggs and went to bed so the Easter bunny could come and bring a nice basket of (more) goodies!


Easter morning the kids rushed to their baskets and found some fun toys as well as "Tangled"! We got dressed up in our Easter best and went to church. Then we had a great dinner with my aunt and uncle, my cousin and her family, my mom, Shannon, and Danny. We ate until we were stuffed and played some games. It was perfect and we created some wonderful memories. Best of all we were able to celebrate the rebirth that is spring and the resurrection of our Lord and Savior. I hope you Easter was just as wonderful!

Books!

My girls like to read books in bed. Sometimes it takes them a while to fall asleep. If you can't tell from the picture, they have AT LEAST 20 books there.

Sweet dreams, girlies.

Crazy Hair Day

Today was crazy hair day at Lydia's school.

Ruffly Wreath!

Look what I made! I'm not very crafty, but I saw this on a blog and I decided to make it. TODAY! And I did it! It took me about 2 hours and I already had all of the supplies, so it was almost free! If you would like to make one too, here is the blog I found it on.

Ali is FIVE!

Ok, my children are growing up way too fast. Ali is now 5 years old, and all registered for kindergarten. She is a wonderful dancer and she is very smart. She can read some words, knows all the letters and their sounds, knows numbers up to 20, she can add and subtract single digits, and she is a snuggle bug. She has to stop her play every 1/2 hour or so and come in for a "huggie and kissie". She loves to play with her brother and sister and is a peacemaker often giving them her toys to make them happy. Ali is also our tech girl. She loves computers, smart phones, computer games, and anything with a screen. Ali also loves animals, bugs, and all things liviing. Her big gift this year was a Fur Real puppy that walks and barks. I hope it holds her off at least another year on a real pet.

When I asked Ali what kind of party she wanted she replied, "The kind with tacos and pinatas!" So, we had a fiesta. We played hot pepper (like hot potato), danced, made tissue paper flowers, and of course had a pinata. It turned out well. We had 12 kids here and we all had a great time!

Tim is older...

March is birthday season for us. It starts off with my mother-in-law's birthday, then the next week is Tim's. We started off by going to the PG Players performance of "The Importance of Being Earnest" and it was a WONDERFUL show! It is just hilarious and the actors were perfect. If you didn't get to see the show, go and rent it. It has Colin Firth in it, so that is always a bonus. The next morning we dined on doughnuts from Beyond Glaze. Delectable. Tim had cookies and cream, blueberry torte, german chocolate, and caramel apple. I enjoyed a rasperry torte and strawberry mango. Check them out if you haven't yet. They are amazing doughnuts. Next stop was Tron: Legacy. Then grandma brought home the kiddies and we had a pizza feast, cake and ice cream, and presents. Tim got a wii, so we spent the rest of the evening playing and dancing. What fun!

I'm so grateful for this wonderful man who has been by my side through so much. I know he loves me and that I can always count on him. He is also such a great father and I fall more in love with him as I watch him with our children. Love you, babe!

Bryant Got a Hair Cut

I have been cutting Bryant's hair. I thought I was doing a decent job, and then I did something weird with his bangs a couple of days ago. I asked my friend Karen to come and fix it. Here he is before...

And here he is after...


SO CUTE! Thanks Karen. He looks like a little boy now.