The Rest of Easter Weekend

Good Friday Joslyn got to see the Kenedy family sealed in the Raleigh Temple.  The dad got baptized 2 years ago after decades of going to church and taking the discussions with the missionaries. This is such an incredible family and we are honored to know them.

On Saturday evening, we went to our neighbor's birthday party for their kids, Blake and Chase. It was a ton of fun, but we didn't get many pictures because there some many people to meet and chat with. It was great.

This picture is classic. Cambry asking if she can dip her tortilla chip in pink lemonade and Vienna desperately asking (with tears) to have a cup of lemonade too, like her sister. These type of occurrences are both common .

The party favors had these bubbles on steroids in them. They were thick and sticky, but would last forever.

Gotta love Vienna's technique

Surprisingly, it actually worked (if you look closely you can see a bubble).

 Leanne made these sweet alien cupcakes. Cambry found a home for one in a cup holder of a camping chair

On Sunday, Joslyn made a delicious dinner with ham, Au Gratin potatoes, rolls jello and all sorts of deliciousness. It was just us and our friend, Gregory Lyon. Unfortunately, we didn't get any photos.

On Monday, we had an FHE lesson on Christ's resurrection. We did the glove analogy where our gloves are our body and our hands are our spirits. Put together, they make our soul and give the glove movement and "life." Cambry got one of her little mitts for the lesson. Vienna just wanted her hat.

Cambry then taught us how Christ made the Resurrection possible using her little model she made in nursery.

After the lesson, the girls found their Easter baskets.

We also got a package from G'ma Ber. Thank you G'ma Ber for the love and the package. The girls loved the package and the chocolate. Cambry placed the packing paper on the picnic table and place two chocolates on the table for her and Vienna for dinner.

After finding out that they couldn't have chocolate for dinner. We distracted them from their disappointment by giving them crayons to color the paper. Yay, it worked!

Every Day Life

Here's an outing at Lake Crab Tree on a windy day.

Cambry helping me make "Snicky-noodles". As she was rolling the dough in the cinnamon sugar, she says to me, "Mommy am I helping you?" to which I replied in the affirmative. She thinks for a moment then says, "You're welcome." It was a shame that all those cute little finger prints cooked out of the dough.

 "I'm being an airplane. Daddy, take a picture!"

Breakfast time. We pulled this table into the kitchen for the Easter hunt, but the girls love it so much, it stays in the dining room. The girls eat almost every meal here.

We tended my friend's 2 month old. Vienna kept trying to pick her up

Now she's doing twinkle twinkle little star for her. You know, babies just need a little entertainment now and then.

Little mama Cambry gave baby Liza plenty of kisses

Vienna trying to snuggle her, but is blocked

Vienna's morning routine: eat breakfast, get coat, hat and shoes on, and try to escape.

Cambers and Veena opened this package from Grandma Rappleye and love their new loot. they love to carry their egg tin around with them.

Cambry while watching home videos of herself, saw herself wearing her apron and chef hat that she had forgot about. She went and found it, put it on and proceeded to finish watching the home video.

Dyeing Easter Eggs

Friday night before Easter we dyed our Easter Eggs. Cambry loved putting the little coloring tablets into the vinegar. (See my baby pooch?)

Cambers was a good sister and let Vienna drop one tablet in a cup.

Let the dying begin! 

We had a hard time grasping the fragility concept, and had 3 out of 12 eggs that WEREN'T broken.

Vienna was positive that these eggs were edible, and kept biting them, shell and all

Once the shell was off, she wasn't too impressed.

Cambers on the other hand, couldn't get enough of them. (Slight tangent- all of a sudden this girl EATS!! And not just grains and dairy! She pulls a chair up to the counter every afternoon when I'm slicing up veggies and eats about 1/3 of them.  Her favorites are bell peppers, cucumbers, and snap peas. I love this appetite she finally has!). As a whole, this was a fun family event.

Easter Egg Hunt

The Saturday before Easter, we had lots of friends over for an Easter egg hunt.  While all the men hid the eggs around our yard, the moms supervised the kids decorating their bunny sugar cookie.

Here are as many of the kids as we could get to stand over here pre-hunt. The really serious seekers slithered out the front door during this pic to start hunting.

Cambers really got in to it this time around and was so excited there were SOO many eggs to find.

At first Vienna was satisfied to find one egg, but when she ate all that candy...

...she hurried to find more

After every egg discovery, she cheered for herself. What a dear.

More hunters

With so many kids around, you had to be quick or else someone would grab the egg before you.

Uncle John helping the girls glean the front yard for eggs

Afterwards we had a delicious lunch and the weather was absolutely perfect 72 degrees.

The party was an absolute success and we'll do it again next year!

Sick Heads

This winter seemed to never end. The fact the we had a few sicknesses go around the house in March only made it seem longer. One Sunday in March, the kids and I were so sick that we had to stay home.

Cambry just snuggled up in this box to watch Lion King. Of course, Vienna wanted to be in a box too.

I added this picture because it shows V carrying her little tin around. The girls love these things. They'll stick their little treasures in them and carry them around.

Vienna kept busy shopping while mom was at church.

Cambry built a tower and was so proud of it. So, she had to take a picture.

The whole morning, these girls carted around their blankets. Anytime one of them laid down, the other would join them.

The whole time they were sick they would play "sleep" or "nap." Here they are playing "sleep" in the tent. They made beds out of pillows and all.

You know, it's never awesome to be sick, but these little sickies make it better.