My little chimney sweep

The fireplace is now bolted shut. :)

Easter!

Here are the highlights of our Easter weekend this year. Caroline and the boys colored a few eggs on Friday.

Saturday evening we had a lovely Easter dinner at Grandma Shirley's house preceded by an awesome Easter egg hunt in her back yard.

The Easter bunny delivered a basket full of bunnies (thanks Aunt Debbie)! Tyler went for the dark chocolate...good boy!

Finally, we celebrated the resurrection of our Saviour Jesus Christ by attending the Easter service at church on Sunday.

As you can tell, we had a wonderful Easter.

game face

You gotta get serious about putting on your headband.

Look at those muscles.

Such concentration.

Almost there...

Success!

And, repeat!

missing idaho

Whenever I return from a trip to the farm to visit my family it takes me a while to adjust back to my life in California (even though its a very good one!) I just miss them all so much. This trip was special because everybody was home. I found myself wanting to freeze time. Next time I go, we will be saying goodbye to another favorite brother. Oh, why does life have to keep moving so fast? Its a good thing I'm not in charge, I suppose. I would still be 13-years old, driving the watering truck around the feed lot with my little sister, jumping on cows and carving our initials in the old white shed. But then, I'd still want to be the momma of my two boys and the wife of my husband and I'd still want to look forward to all the adventures and changes life would bring. I guess I just can't win. So for now, I'll just look at these pictures and be thankful that I have this family that I love and so many happy memories to look back upon.

Reading Books with Mom

the aquarium

I forgot about these cute pictures from a fun trip we took to the Aquarium last month-ish with our friends Heather and Ella. No matter how many times we go to the Aquarium of the Pacific, we have a fabulous time. There is so much to see and do for the little ones. It was especially fun this time watching the kids have fun being together.