Easter Baskets

Our Easter bunny came on Saturday.  It provides us a great way to remember the real meaning of Easter on Sunday.  Lydia loved the idea of the basket, but Brooke didn't quite understand.  Lydia found Brooke's basket first, then Justin's, then mine, and then finally she found her basket too!  She was pretty excited.  It was really cute though because when she found Brooke's she took Brooke over to see it and helped her go through it making sure Brooke noticed everything in it.  She can be such a good big sister.  Lydia's basket was on top of the cupboards in the kitchen.  I didn't get a picture of Brooke by hers hidden, but it was in a bookshelf at eye level for her.

 The girls both had a lot of fun going through their baskets.  Brooke was excited for the peeps and Lydia was excited for the plastic bunny eggs.

 

 They were able to find their baskets before I did their hair.  They are still pretty cute though!

 

 I love Lydia's big smile in this picture!

 Brooke was excited for her ball.  I also like how Daisy is right there in the action with them trying to figure out if any of those treats are for her.

 

 

The holidays and their traditions are definitely so much more fun with kids!

Easter Picnic

We had our annual Easter picnic and Easter egg hunt at my aunt Randee's house this  year.  Since she lives so close to us we decided to take Ivy and let all of the kids have a cart ride.  It was a lot of fun and the kids were excited for it.

 GGma was helping Brooke ride a bike.  Brooke thinks she is just as big as all of the other kids.

 After the pony rides we did an Easter egg hunt for the kids.  We also do a hunt for the adults.  It is a fun tradition.

 

 After the hunt we ate dinner.  We had so much food.  It was delicious!

 Brooke was really enjoying herself.  I think she might have out eaten me.

 

 My mom made the girls Easter baskets and gave them to them before the party.  She found these cute little masks.  I think the girls look adorable!

I am glad that all of my cousins and such still get together as often as we do.  It has been a lot of fun through out the years and now all of our kids and starting to get to know each other and become friends too.

Trip to Leeds

We went to Leeds for the weekend the week before Easter.  We tried to pack in as many fun things as we could while we were there.  We got there later on Thursday evening and Michelle and Clayton came over so we were able to visit with them.  Friday morning we met up with Michelle and her family and headed out to Snow Canyon to let the kids play in the sand dunes.  This was the highlight of the trip for the girls.

 

 Justin also enjoyed being able to play and get dirty in the sand. 

 Lydia would have stayed and played in the sand all day long if we would have let  her.

 

 Lydia thought it was fun to bury her feet in the sand.

 Brooke thought it was fun to put on Justin's shoes and socks.

 She thought it was even more fun to stick her head in the sand.  I had sprayed sunscreen on her part in the hair so the sand was sticking to her hair tons!  It was hilarious.  She was so dirty.

 The girls soon realized how fun it was to crawl up and down the hill.

 

 We had a picnic lunch at the sand dunes and then went on the "Pioneer Names" hike.  There are pioneer names written on top of the rocks.

 

 

 The girls liked being able to just climb all over the place.

 Justin decided to go up the furthest.  The picture doesn't show how high up he climbed.

 Here the girls are with Grandpa Ron and Grandma Carol.

 After the sand dunes we colored Easter eggs with Arianna.

 

 On Saturday we spent some time at Michelle's house and then Justin, the girls and I went to the Red Hill above St. George to climb on more rocks.  Lydia found a "cave" and thought it was the best thing ever.

 

 

 

 Brooke was climbing all over the place.  She was in heaven.  We had to keep a close eye on her because she would be gone up the rocks so fast.

 

 

 

It was a fun trip to Leeds.  We were able to get a lot of fun things in and we definitely wore the girls out.

Just Because

Just because they are so cute...

 

 

 Lydia is three years old and one month and Brooke is twenty months old in these pictures.  I know there are a lot of very similar pictures in this post, but I love how their personalities somewhat show through.  Brooke loves baby dolls right now and always seems to have one with her.  Lydia is starting to want to pose for the camera and will actually smile!

 

 

 

Popcorn

My parents were nice enough to teach the girls about hot air popcorn poppers.  They loved it!

They would try to see which one could get the first popped popcorn and then they'd keep eating the popcorn as fast as it was popping.

 

 

Such silly girls.