9th Anniversary

 Oh how I wish I had pictures for each anniversary. I just did some digging and found these... Brian and I went out to eat at a Japanese restaurant. Happy 9 years to us!

Easter 2013

 The Saturday day before Easter we did an egg hunt with some friends and it was Bree's first official egg hunt. I love that she could actually hold her basket and look like she knows what's going on. This smart baby learned how to crack the eggs open and find the goodies inside.

The girls ate a lot of candy and burned it off on the trampoline.

 We switched Bree to a new carseat so she is facing forward in the car now and I love looking back to see all of them together. It is so much easier getting her in and out of the car now.

 That afternoon we went to Cal Ranch because Brian had seen all of these vintage bottles of soda there and we were planning to do a photoshoot that night with the girls and thought it would look cool in pictures. Emmy did a little modeling for us.

The girls helped me boil the eggs to get ready to decorate. 

 Brian tried something new he saw online where you spin the egg, and it is suppose to break the yolk without breaking the egg and then you have a scrambled egg inside when you peal it. The best part was Brian's first try where the egg crack and slimed him! It was a great idea, but didn't end up working. Maybe we'll try again next year.

 Each girl got a dozen eggs this year so it's a good thing they like to peal and eat hard boiled eggs because we had a lot!

 

The next morning Sadie and Emmy woke up just in time to find their baskets before 8:30am church.

Bree got to see her's after church. My Mom bought the girls their fun poofy Easter dresses. It's a shame I never got a picture of Sadie and Emmy together in their matching blue butterfly dresses. 

Bree threw a HUGE fit when I took this candy bracelet away to clean her up. Gotta love some sticky blue baby drool.

The girls did some crafting to pass the afternoon until our dinner guests arrived.

Brian made amazing ribs and Grandma brought delicious potato salad and we sampled a bunch of drinks we had bought from Cal Ranch.

We had another egg hunt for the girls in the backyard and Sadie filled up her basket so fast she had to steal Bree's to get more eggs. Poor Emmy had a spill and had to pick up her eggs again.

 

Then we played what is becoming our favorite family game.  I don't even know what to call it and Brian made it up so he will have to be the one to officially name it. We pat clap and then take turns saying an animal, color, state, whatever has been decided and you have to say it on the clap or you are out. Bree just claps along. It's perfect for little kids. 

Auntie Kitty & the Crew

My sister, Katie, and her boys came up for a visit, and Emmy called her Aunt Kitty the entire time. Or at least it sounded like that and I really hope it sticks. I love it!!!

 

At the time, my girls had just discovered "Spiderman and his Amazing Friends" on Netflix and the boys were happy to find out that they weren't going to be subjected to girl shows their entire stay. 

  

Emmy did a lot of snuggling with Auntie Kitty. 

 

The first day they were here we went swimming and then to Great Harvest.

That night Brian treated us all to Leo's and I was so glad he was there. I can't handle that place on my own. 

Day two we took pictures, played at the park, and picked out treats for a movie night. On day three I was impressed that Katie had her boys up and ready and made it to our 8:30am sacrament and stayed all three hours of church. Now that is dedication! After church we came home and the kids made collages with church magazines and presented them before they drove back to Utah. We absolutely loved our time with the brothers. So nice to know that if we never have a boy in the family that we can always call on "the brothers" for some boy time and cousin bonding!

August 2011

 I have been going through old photoshoots and deleting A LOT of files to clean up our computer a bit and I had accidentally saved these pictures in the wrong place and they were so closed to being deleted. Glad I caught them. Summer of 2011 s'mores and camping in the backyard.

Just a few more pictures of things from almost two years ago. Emmy and her scratched up nose.

 Books I was browsing.

 A craft we made at the libarary

I love these summer memories.