Easter Fun

This year I wanted to make Easter a little different. I wanted the boys to not think of Easter as eggs and bunnies and candy. So we decided to do the egg hiding fun on Saturday and have Easter Sunday be a bit more reverent and special. We colored eggs Saturday afternoon and then while the boys were downstairs the Easter bunny came and hid all the eggs outside. They had a great time finding all the eggs everywhere and it was a perfect day to be outside.


Easter Sunday was nice. Our daddy got to be home till 9am on a Sunday morning - what a treat. So we had a great breakfast and then the boys wanted to watch the movie about the resurrection. So they watched that and then we got ready and headed to church. Sacrament meeting was great - the talks were well given and the music was awesome. The boys were having a hard time sitting still but we made it through.
After church we got to go to Grandpa and Grandma's house and enjoy being with our family. It was a wonderful day!


Here is the picture where I shocked JD when I put Marissa in the tree with the boys! JD said "this is so out of character for you!" I guess I was feeling a little crazy! She was only in the tree long enough for Dawson to wobble a bit and then I couldn't handle it anymore!

The Joys of My Life!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! It was funny because when Dawson asked me why we celebrate this holiday - I wasn't even sure. Then Josh proceeds to tell us that we (United States) celebrate it more than the Irish do. Interesting - still don't know why we really dress in green and all that Jazz but I am Irish so I go along with it. Dawson would infact not wear green on Monday. He wanted to see if a leprechaun would pinch him. I told him that he would be pinched alot at school if he didn't wear any green but he insisted. So even after much coaxing from me to at least take a green shirt he headed off to school and got pinched like 20 times. Funny - he probably got pinched more at home than at school that day.


I thought how old Josh is looking these days. He just keeps growing up so fast.

Tanner learned to ride his two wheeler last summer and had a great time as long as he didn't have to stop. Finally towards the end of the summer he was getting the brakes down a little better. This year since it's been nice he's tried his bike out but alas it has been too small for him. So he has taken over riding Dawson's bike now. It is so fun to watch him and he is able to stop good too. The only thing left for him to perfect is getting on and starting by himself. Dawson's bike is just a tad to tall so he can't quite reach the ground. But I am sure that problem will be fixed soon.

Marissa is growing like a weed. I can't believe she is 4 months old. She is such a good baby - I know I've said that before but it is so nice. And her smile just melts my heart.


JD and Marissa playing the guitar. It actually looks like she is trying to play. I love it. Marissa loves to hear daddy play and sing the song he wrote for her. The boys have caught on and love to sing it to her too. It is precious. Life is good. I feel very blessed!

The Sabbath - a day of rest.

Daylight savings started today and boy was it hard to get up. Two nights in a row our ipod home in the living room has gone off at midnight. Last night I think I had just fallen asleep when blasting Rascal Flatts makes my heart stop. As I race out there to turn it off before it wakes all the kids, I wonder how JD sleeps through everything. I still have no idea how it is turning on and why it is playing a song we don't even usually listen to. Kind of freaky actually!
It seems like morning came way to quick - because JD was up and in the shower and it was dark and nothing seemed right. When I asked him if he had breakfast he said no because he was gonna be late for bishopric meeting at 7am. He described this morning as getting up at the buttcrack of dawn - I would agree.
Church is at 11am - seems reasonable that I could get everyone ready by 10:30, I mean I did it when church was at 9am so why is 11am so hard? I was about to pull my hair out this morning. The kids were relatively well behaved but slow. And I was soooo nervous for them because the three boys sang in sacrament meeting today and I had a sharing time to do for primary that I had to put together last minute because our president was sick.
WOW - run on! So we make it to church and Tanner (who must have been nervous for the song) was very wiggly and extra needy at church. Good thing my parents were there to help with Marissa because Tanner needed attention. Marissa did have two almost out of the diaper poops during the one hour of sacrament meeting. The best part of the day comes here when the boys sang their song "A Young Man Prepared." They did so great. Josh sang the first time through alone and then the three of them sang together. It was so sweet. Josh sings right on key and smiles. Dawson was really quiet but the microphone was aimed at him so we could hear him too. Tanner was so cute because he sings all on the same note but he knew all the words. Precious moment!
Sharing time was an event. It seemed that I had too much time in Junior and not enough time in Senior. Interesting how that works. I am sure I bored Junior primary to tears but I tried my best on short notice.
I was wasted by the time we got home. But then Marissa was awake and wanted attention and everyone is hungry. Little snacks - but we have to wait for dinner time. Finally Daddy gets home and we eat at 5pm. Then dishes. Then a walk because its nice outside (can't let a nice day be wasted by not being out in it).
Make milkshakes, read scriptures and books, try to get everyone in bed. Monsters are living in Josh's room so he is still on the couch as I write this. Too scared to be in his room. Can't wait to crawl in the covers and sleep for a couple hours till Marissa wakes up to eat! Love you all!

Not much to say sooo.....

I can't think of much to say so I thought I'd post a few pictures of the recent days. Here is Marissa finally liking tummy-time! And doing well with it too! Sweet Tanner and little sweetie (as he calls her). When he gives her his ten thousand kisses and I say "Okay Tanner that's enough." He replies "But I LOVE her!" What can I say to that. And then I had to get a eye shot of Marissa. She has beautiful, big blue eyes! It is so fun - I just think she is so pretty! But hey I am a little bit biased! Spring is coming finally - YIPEE! We have spent several days outside when the weather was nice! My sister in Hawaii would die if she knew my kids were playing outside in shorts and t-shirts in 50 degree weather! But hey it's warm to us!