Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Easter 2015

We started out Easter morning with a little hunt for Easter baskets.
 I prepared 6 clues that led the kids to spots around the yard.
 Grant sounded out the words on the papers and did a great job reading them.
 Our hunt started at the front door and after they got started I ran inside and got their baskets and put them out by the front door.  I'm so sneaky!  :)
 It's as if Camille was saying, "There you are, my pink ball, I've been missing you!"
She grabbed this ball right away and loved carrying it around.
 Checking out her loot.
 We had traditional waffles in-between General Conference sessions at Keith's parent's house.  His sister and her cute family were there too.  The kids had so much fun.
 Grandpa set up an Easter egg hunt for them.


 All of the eggs had coins in them.
Afterwards, Grandpa taught the kids how to pay their tithing.  Brett came up to me after we got home and asked for an envelope so he could take the money to church and then "after we leave, Jesus will come and get it."  It was so cute!
 Cute bunny cake that Keith's mom made.

 Skypeing with one of Keith's sisters.
 Grant got really good at his hoola-hoop!
 We had my family over for dinner that night.

My cousins talented wife made these super cute deviled eggs.
 All set.
 All together.  You can almost see everyone.  We'll have to try better next time. :)
 Dessert time.

 The kids had so much fun playing.
 Another Easter egg hunt.
 Camille perched herself on one of her favorite spots.
 It's always fun to chat with my grandparents.  We're so happy that they were in town!

It was a beautiful Easter Sunday surrounded with family.  I wouldn't have it any other way.

Friday, April 3, 2015

March things

Wow, April is already here!  Here are some March things that happened around here.

It rained a couple times.
 This girl is a good eater!

 I love that he likes to push the stroller too.
 Peach blossoms!
 Little carrots from the garden.
 Chard.  Lots and lots of chard.
 I made chard bouquets and gave them to our parents.  
 I was surprised to find these giant beets in our garden too.
When we first planted our garden it didn't grow anything for a long time and we figured that we did something wrong, or birds came and ate all of our seeds, or something.  Pretty much we really thought nothing was going to grow.  The kids played in the dirt and it got mixed all up and then after a while longer things started growing.  So we weren't really sure what we had, but we were happy that it surprised us.
 Cleaning his ride.


 We started coach pitch for Grant.  Keith's his coach and got to play in a coaches game on opening day.
 Here are his biggest fans.

 Then the kids got to play a little game.

 Keith volunteered to be in the dunk tank.  This is him getting dunked.
 Camille watching my mom water her garden.
 She's such a busy little girl.  She was all over my parents yard checking out everything!
 Chill'n in her chair.
 I finally remembered the idea of putting the kids snack in a muffin tin.  They loved it so much!  We'll see how long the excitement lasts.
 Our roses bloomed.
 Barbecuing hamburgers.
We washed our front bench and picked up some pillows for it from Target.
Brett helped me place them just right.  I like how they tie in with our Easter wreath.
And I love when Brett helps me.  He is a REALLY good helper.

We're going to the Easter Pageant tonight with my family.  My grandparents are in town from Colorado and this will be their first time to see the pageant.
I'm so excited for Easter.  And I'm so excited for General Conference.  I love it when these two things fall on the same weekend.
Have a Happy Easter!

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Some Easter stuff

I made THESE COOKIES yesterday and then took them to a few friends for Easter.
We even stopped by Grant's former pre-school teacher's house and surprised her with some cookies too.
Grant was so excited!
 This morning Brett & Camille helped me spray off all of our patio furniture in anticipation of Easter dinner at our house.  We'll be having 24 people over.  I had dreamy visions of a long, beautifully decorated table set up outside for our dinner, but I'm afraid it's getting too hot out.  I can't believe that it's this hot at the beginning of April!  It's supposed to be in the 90's today!
I'm sure we'll get a little relief before summer really hits.... right?

Here's some cute kids that were playing in my backyard on Sunday evening.
I sure do love them!