Easter

We had such a busy but fun Easter this year. Our Easter Bunny has decided not to work on Sundays, so he left baskets and an egg hunt for us Saturday morning.

Evan got some goggles that may or may not be too small

 Audrey got some yellow shades to match her cute new yellow swimsuit

 Filling their new buckets (the Easter baskets are still in storage...ugh) with eggs

 Audrey got distracted while looking for eggs and played on the swing for a few minutes

Then we packed up and headed south. Reed's aunt invited us for an egg hunt and dinner. They lives just north of San Diego, so since we were making the long drive, we decided to make a day out of it.

First stop was Crystal Cove, just before Laguna Beach.

Audrey loves watching birds. She was so distracted by all the seagulls and pelicans flying around.

 There were some little tide pools to discover and lots of sand for digging.

 Putting their new buckets and sand toys to use

Next we stopped at a beach at Carlsbad and played in the sand some more.

Audrey got a little frustrated trying to walk in that deep, soft sand.

 We even got to see a bunch of dolphins!

Then it was off to see family. We had so much fun! Once everyone was there and ready, the 7 kids got to do an Easter egg hunt. They were pretty excited!

 The hunt started at the time Audrey is usually through her morning nap. Poor little thing was so tired!

 

Eating some candy!

Afterwards the kids got to hide eggs for the adults! They really liked hiding stuff from their parents! We enjoyed a wonderful meal and some yummy carrot cake before making the trip back home. Both kids (and parents!) were exhausted!

And here are the kids after church on Easter Sunday. They looked good!

 Best picture we got of them together. Man that's tough!

Happy girl!

 Happy boy!

Happy Easter!

Family Pictures

I like to do pictures of my babies when they turn 1. And they always end up turning into family pictures too. So here are some of 'Audrey's first year' pictures:

Audrey's face here more accurately describes how she felt about getting pictures done. She did NOT like it.

But it didn't stop her from walking away and then looking over her shoulder for this cute shot!

We were bribing both of them with Smarties at this point!

We're done!

Sunny Day

A lunch picnic chased down with ice cream cones from Grandma

A 90 degree day also requires some water to splash in

We're excited for many more warm, sunny days!

Valentines Fun

We had a really fun Valentine's Day this year. I made sure to have a few festive projects for Evan to do leading up to the big day. One nice sunny day we painted hearts with marbles.

The kids decorating heart shaped glasses with hearts. Audrey mostly just threw the little heart stickers all over the room.

 V Day morning I made the kids pink heart pancakes with chocolate chips. Made this guy happy...

 And it looks like Audrey enjoyed them also!

 Audrey thinks she's so funny when she has food hanging out of her mouth...yep, that's my precious little girl!

 After lunch we headed out to enjoy the nice weather and dig up Grandma's flowers.

 And it was a great day for bubbles!

Sure do love all 3 of my cute Valentines!

And here are a few non-Valentines pictures.

Evan and Cougar engaged in a friendly game of Guess Who. Don't worry-Evan won. Cougar should know by now that Evan is always Chief.

 First few attempts at ponytails on Audrey

 We haven't done it since. She doesn't like to sit still and her hair is so fine that the rubber bands don't stay in very long. And she's in that darling mullet stage.

It's Been A Long Time...

I know. It's been a really long time. But blogger told me I'd run out of storage space and I was not about to pay for it. I tried a few things to get it to work, but nothing helped. Then I tried it again today and now it works! So here's some of my favorite highlights from the last few months.

December:

Picking out a Christmas tree at Home Depot. And yes my son did wear that Rudolph nose around the whole time.

We visited the LA Temple to see all the Christmas lights

 

Grandma and Grandpa took the kids to the ward Christmas party while we were out of town for Reed's company holiday part. It was a PJ party. I don't know why they couldn't have chosen a different pair for Evan...lol

Audrey met Santa...it's so cute when that bottom lip comes out!

Before church on the Sunday before Christmas. And even though Evan's eyes are closed, this is the best one we got!

And a few from Christmas morning

  

Then it was January. And this big girl turned ONE! 

 She got some fun new toys!

 Getting ready for the birthday song

 Loving her cake!

 Being one sure is fun!

The rest of January was full of sick kids and doctor visits. And now that February is here, we're getting excited for Valentine's Day and Reed's birthday!

10 Months

 Evan and Grandma got all these pinwheels out a few weeks ago and made a little wind farm. I thought they'd be cute for Audrey's little 10 month photo shoot.

 And of course big brother doesn't like to be left out. Such a handsome boy!

And today at about 10 1/2 months, Audrey took her first steps! Hooray!