Easter Cookies

My mom wanted to do Easter cookies with the kids so we decided to decorate them outside. It was such a nice day. Ella and Kash liked frosting them almost as much as eating them.

You know he's concentrating when his tongue is out.

Ella is such the perfectionist.

Evie would circle the table and if anything was close enough to the edge, she would snatch it. Ella and Kash were constantly on the look out for her.

Love these girls!

This was supposed to be just of Kash and Nikki but Evie sneaked in there at the last second!

I have memories of decorating holiday cookies with my grandma so I'm glad my kids will have memories like that too.

Bounce House

The kids knew they had an "Easter Surprise" coming but they were shocked when my mom walked through the door! She came for Easter weekend and we were so excited. Ella and Kash had been complaining about wanting to see Nana and Papa because they hadn't seen them since Christmas, so it was really fun. We always get a bounce house for Easter and this year we had it for 3 days, so we took full advantage.

Here is Nana going down the slide with Ella and Evie.

And then they added Kash!

Nikki, Evie, Kash, Nana

Of course Kash wanted to wrestle Nana.

Evie wasn't so sure about it at first but she quickly got over it and had so much fun!

The slide was her favorite part for sure.

The best part was when Dobo got in! These kids are so lucky to have such a fun grandma and great grandma.

She even went down the slide!

Ella loves to be sneaky and turn the bounce house off so it starts to collapse.

Evie got out head first every time and would slide all the way down to the ground, landing on her face.

Tonoquint Easter Egg Hunt

This Easter Egg Hunt was crazy! There were SO many kids there. I figured Ella and Kash wouldn't have much luck, but they proved me wrong. When it comes to candy these two don't mess around. They stayed close to the ground, picking up eggs as they ran, they were pros!

Kash is in the middle with the tan jacket.

Kash ended up with a ton of eggs and he was nice enough to share with Adam.

These two Alton kids are pretty cute! Even with their freezing cold red noses!

Picture with Aunt Nikki.

Oh the scowl face from Evie...it's very common!

Baby Got Back!

Evie in all her glory! She isn't exactly what you would call petite, she is definitely a chunk, and we love it. The kids were playing in the backyard all day and when it was time to come inside I literally had to strip Evie down. It didn't help that somehow she had found an old pudding cup so she had that all over her! Gross, I know. Once I got her undressed she took off on a wiggle car before I could stop her. I couldn't resist getting a few pictures.

Becky's Wedding

My dear friend Becky got married in March! It was such a special day and so fun to see her so happy. I didn't get very many pictures but here are the few that I took.

The day started with brunch and a very entertaining program! For those of you that know the Glausers, you would expect nothing less. She just looked gorgeous.

Krista, Corinne, Ashley, Lindsay, Leah

Then we went to the temple and had pictures taken afterwards. I didn't take any pictures while we were there, she was much too busy! The reception that night was perfect! It was beautiful with yummy food and dancing. This is the only picture I have of the beautiful bride in her dress!

Evie and Amelia were so funny together.

Evie kept trying to hug Amelia, which is weird because she doesn't easily show affection!

And poor Amelia kept pushing her away!

These two were happy eating chocolate covered strawberries and marshmallows...obviously.

Bridesmaids Leah, Corinne, Lindsay, and Ashley (among others) and Baby Jet was soaking up all the attention.

I had to go early to the reception to help set up and when Matt brought the kids later, Evie had a band aid on her forehead. She had hit the corner of the coffee table and split her eyebrow open. It was pretty deep and might even leave a scar. It didn't stop her from enjoying the party though!

Congratulations Becky and Brandon!

Shoes Shoes Shoes

Evie loves shoes. If there are shoes lying around the house, she will put them on. One of the few words she will say is, "shoes." So here she is attempting to wear my Uggs, which are as big as she is!


And yes, this is what her hair really looks like. Nikki calls her Loyd from Dumb and Dumber. Poor thing! Her mom should really do something about that...

Pirates

This year Adam had a pirate birthday party. You were supposed to dress up so we scavenged around for costumes. They ended up looking pretty cute! Sadly, this is the only picture I ended up taking. Happy Birthday Adam!

Babysitting Fun

I had my cute neighbor Lacey watch the kids for a little while and when I got back I found them painting rocks in the backyard. So fun!

They got really into it and Ella wanted all of hers to be watermelon rocks.

Later they set up a "rock stand" and sold rocks and random candy that they found around the house. They had a sign up sheet where you signed your name and wrote what you liked/disliked about their product and service. That must have been Lacey's idea:)

Bless his heart!

It's true that Ella has quite a few friends. She is very social and loves to play. There are also a few girls in our neighborhood that just show up at the front door to play, where as with Kash we have to make "play date" arrangements.

Ella was at school and Kash was begging to play a game. When he asks to play a game that is code for: I want to play on the computer, your phone, or the DS. (We have recently put tight restrictions on these things; only learning games on the computer and phone, and we took the DS away altogether...but that is another story). I told him no, he could ride his bike, jump on the tramp, etc etc. When that didn't go over well I suggested having a friend come over.

He really has only 2 friends in the neighborhood that he plays with. When the first one couldn't play, it wasn't looking good. As I was trying to get a hold of the 2nd friend, this is what Kash said:


"Mom, Jesus made more friends for Ella then he did for me."

Bless his little heart! I can see why he would think that was the case. I talked to him about it for a minute and then I immediately tracked that 2nd friend down and within 5 minutes we were having a much needed play date!

Liddy's Birthday

Nikki and I took off for a weekend (with no kids!) and headed to California. We were able to be there for Liddy's first birthday! It was so cute and so much fun but I was having camera trouble so I only got a few pictures. Here she is as we sang Happy Birthday.

She wanted NOTHING to do with her cake! She was so funny, she wouldn't even touch it. Of course Papa was there to rescue her.

She was much happier once she got some presents! What girl wouldn't be?

Love this sweet girl! She is such a doll.