Easter! 2012

Our cuties...3...2...1..

We have bunnies!

Two of them

Alexa and Karli both got to pick one and name them

We are loving them

Alexa named hers Rose and

Karli named hers Scarlett ("scar-scar" for short)

The weekend of general conference,

my mom put on a Easter egg hunt at her house!

It was WINDY outside...so some of it was done inside :)

The grand kids hugging Grandma to thank her

All the grand kids that were there

(Dallas' kids are in Texas...miss you guys)

Our neighborhood Easter egg hunt and breakfast...

the girls had a brilliant idea to

sell some of their candy (since they had so much),

lemonade,

and make-overs! of course :)

With their friend Merry.

Easter Morning!

The girls gathered candy around the house and made the traditional "candy artwork"

before divvying it up between all of us!

We took a couple of pictures of our girls after church

 and with their bunnies....

We went camping for a couple of days for Spring Break...it was a blast!

We were fortunate to have such great weather for it, and we invited a my mom and some of my siblings to come celebrate her 59th birthday on her birthday!

The last night, Alexa got sick, and in the middle of the night she threw up all over in the tent.

So we ended our camping trip a bit early and packed up and went home...it was a bummer.

Rilee Mathilde is ONE!

I can't believe our little baby is one!

We had a fun day celebrating RILEE!

Alexa and Karli wanted to do a turtle or sea turtle theme for her...

(from her birth I have seen similarities in her to a cute cartoon sea turtle)

so I let them make the cake and help me make a fun poster :)

We opened a couple of presents when Tyler got home,

went to dinner, and invited Garrett and the Crumps over to "party" with us :)

Rilee has been such a joy to have in our family. 

We have nicknamed her "smiley Rilee" because the her big, instant smile.

She loves to cuddle, and loves to play and tease.

She is curious and into everything.

Rilee likes things with buttons--remote controls, phones, cars, music toys, etc!

She loves to dance and move to music and clapping.

Rilee has taken a few steps, but is in no hurry to walk.

She LOVES to climb onto our little rocking chair and rock, rock, rock!

We love our little Rilee Roo!

St. George March 2012

We stopped in St. George on our way home from California

for a two night stay!

Gotta' love sunny St. George!

and gotta' love swimming, hanging out, splash park, movie nights, more swimming,

and a nice visit to the temple and visitor's center.

It was a great end

to an AMAZING trip!

DISNEYLAND March 2012

We spent three fun-filled days at Disneyland while we visited California!

It was a blast!

First time seeing meeting the fairies and princesses...

Grandpa and Grandma Shelley and Aunt Ashley joined us one of the days!

The girls had fun going on rides with them and showing off their "bravery"

by going on some "scary" roller coasters :)

The Toon Town roller coaster...a favorite :)

Alexa's favorite ride...SPACE MOUNTAIN!

She was so proud of herself for going on it, way to go Lex!

She was able to go on it a few times, and the last time we went, she kept her hands in the air and screamed :)  ...she told me that she was yelling and making noise like I always do.

Another favorite ride was the Buzz Lightyear ride,

Grandpa's favorite as well!