{ Easter }

We had a wonderful Easter. Usually in the morning's I have to wake Ella up, even on Christmas. But this morning she was up before the sun all on her own. She was very excited. She loved Hannah Montana so much, even though she has no idea who it is and has never seen the show. She just knows one of her songs. She was so excited to get a Hannah Montana doll that sings her favorite song! Jack got 101 Dalmatians, Ella was glad that I thought it would be ok for her to watch it too. After church we ate our ham dinner and Ella found all of the eggs. Then we all took a nap. It was a great day! We hope that you all had a great day too and remembered to think of our Savior on this anniversary of our greatest blessing. The day of Atonement!

Later that night....

Paige came over to play with us and we colored our Easter eggs. Only two broke! Even ryan got in on the action. He's such a kid!

Day Before Easter

What a day. We had a lot going on. We started by going to our wards Easter breakfast. Ella had seen a big Easter bunny at Cost-co a few weeks back and had been really afraid. This time she told me that she could be brave. He was very nice and was even handing out candy. Then we were off to karate for Ella to move up to an official Orange belt, but we got there too late! We are never late, I don't know what happened. (Now they are going to do it on Tuesday.) We then drove down to Mapleton to a super fun Easter egg hunt! We've gone with Lisa and Paige the last two years! Ella got to ride a horse, go on an Easter egg hunt, get her face painted, pet animals, play carnival games and ride on a very bumpy, fast hay ride! She and Paige went on it like 10 times! They had a blast!

Almost 4 Months old

Lamby

This week while out shopping Ella came across a little stuffed animal lamb. She carried it around for a while. When we got up to check-out I told her it was time to say goodbye. She burst into tears. Not just any tears, ones of true deep sadness. Lisa was with us and had a great idea to buy it and save it just the couple of days to Easter and then it would be a wonderful surprise. So as I went to the bathroom to change Jack (who had made a real good mess in his pants) Lisa got "Lamby" as Ella has named "Her". We went off to run some more errands and as I got Ella out of the car she still had tears streaming down her face. I asked what was wrong and through sobs she told me that she just missed Lamby soooo much. I could wait any longer. As I gave it to her, she kept crying. This time for joy. She has carried her around all the time since then. Even to karate and our church Easter breakfast. They are best friends.

Of course I had to throw in some pictures of Jack too!

Lady and the Tramp

Tonight Ella and I were dancing in her room to her Disney CD and I had to video her dancing and singing to the lady and the tramp song- It's the funniest thing I've ever seen!

Waiting for spring......

We are so ready to get outside and play. We got a couple warm days that made us think that srping was here, but then it snowed... again! So now today it is a little warmer yet again... spring, are you really here!? We are ready!

Aaron, Jamie and Lucy

My handsome brother, his beautiful wife and their adorable daughter came to see us today! It was so nice to see them. We just ate dinner, had a little desert and played with the kids. Lucy is such a sweet little lady. Ella loved her so much. She kept kissing her, hugging her and calling her "a cute little bundle". Lucy loved Jack and loved giving him kisses! She's already so grown up! We can't wait to see them again this summer when we go out to Wisconsin for a visit!

Baby Talk

Jack figured out how talk- baby talk! It's so cute!

(Mom I thought that you might like to see his expression while... working on something. Look reminiscent!?)

Brother and Sister

Circus!

Last year we went to the circus and had such a great time, that we went again! Ella had a great time dancing with her friends Avorie and Paige and watching all of the animals! Jack was tired and did not like it at all!

Lazy Sunday

After church we just hung out as a family. Here are some shots from our lazy Sunday.