Easter 2011

The day before Easter this year, we wanted to take the girls to some of the fun activities they have at Thanksgiving Point. It's super close and we have a membership, so we either get in free or get a discount. They had an Easter egg hunt the day before Easter, so Kim and Dan and Matt and I decided to take the little girls to it. Little did we know that the line was a mile long(at least I thought so) and the wait to get in was forever. Plus, we heard people saying there weren't any eggs left to find. So plan b, we took them to the animal farm, walked around, bought a bunch of candy and hid it ourselves.........not as good, but do kids really care where they get there candy from?!?! No way!!!

After that we went for a quick lunch, and then to my mom's to decorate eggs for the family egg hunt the next day. I love these little traditions we have to get together and do these things! I know that Addy and Emerie will have these memories forever! My mom is always so thoughtful and generous and gave everyone an Easter basket filled with goodies and gifts! She always makes us all feel special! Hopefully one day, I will be able to do the same for my grand kids and kids!

Matt and I tried to explain to the girls about the true meaning of easter and why we actually celebrate it. Saying that it's a day to celebrate Jesus and His love and sacrifice for us. And it was the same as Christmas.....maybe next year:)

Disney on Ice

hey are still talking about it

my babies, really aren't babies anymore!!!

Sporting their new shades!

Sporting their new bikes!(and yes, they chose matching ones)

My handsome hubby and I

showing off his skills

The ladies

Life has been really crazy for us this whole year so far, so I only have a few pics of what we've been up to.

Christmas and New Years

I LOVE this pic!!!

Playing in the snow

Sledding with Carter, he was so sweet, he carried them up the little hill and took them sledding

The giant and the midget......

bundled up

Happy New Year's

For some reason, Alec decided at midnight he was going to do a face plant in the snow, he looked very cold!

This is the "cabin diet" not healthy at all........

Looking through the book we got them. It had the pictures from their anniversary party

This is my dad's wrapping job:) There were a bunch of scraps and he didn't want to waste any so he used them all!

My parents got Matt the stationary bike he needs to train for the triathlon he is doing this summer

The 3 little girls got strollers and babies and we had a few traffic jams because they wanted to play with them immediately

My bruddah. Love this man!

The girls loved opening everything and were so excited over everything! Santa and Carter and Alec got them dress ups and there hasn't been a day that they haven't been in them!

This sums Addy up! She LOVES, LOVES, LOVES to dress up and is rarely in normal clothes anymore

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! It's been so fun now that the girls are older and making our own traditions as well as enjoying the ones with our families! We bought a book about Christmas really being the celebration of Christ's birth and it was so cute and followed the donkey that carried Mary into Bethlehem and afterward we were talking to the girls about it and really the only thing they got out of it was, "that donkey was really happy mom!" I love our girls!!! We celebrated a week earlier with Justin, Ashlee and Owen and had them over for a turkey dinner. I can't find my little camera that has the pics from that. And I forgot my camera Christmas eve so I don't have any from that night, but I love the memories we made this year with both families and will make in the future!

For New Year's we went to the cabin and it was quite the ordeal getting up there. Let's just say that a usual 20-25 minute snowmobile ride up the mountain took us 2 1/2 hours......in freezing negative degree weather! Thanks Heavens for my strong dad and Matt and answered prayers!!! It was a good teaching moment for the girls that you can pray anytime and anywhere and Heavenly Father hears and answers!!! We learned our lesson and won't be going up so late in the day in the winter! But then we had a fun New Year's filled with way too much food and tons more fabulous memories!

We are grateful for the last year and all that we learned and received and are excited for what this next year will bring our family!!!

Happy New Year everyone!!!

Christmas activities

We played in the snow.

They don't look that appetizing, but they were good:)

Making cupcakes for friends

Played in the snow some more

Here's some more dance pics from their last Christmas recital

The girls in green are the Grinch's that brought so much misery to Emerie's life.....

Love them!

My babies

We had a fantastic and super busy holiday season with lot's of family, friends, food, and presents! The girls last recital started pretty much the same as the other two, with Emerie in tears. She cried all of her makeup off before going to Savvy, who once again calmed her down and helped take her mind off the upcoming dance with the evil Grinch's. Matt and I were convinced that they were just going to stand there again and look cute, but they actually danced and even added a second dance to the program. Both Matt and I teared up at watching our babies up there doing such a good job, and seeing how they are growing up!