**HAPPY EASTER**

Here are some of our pictures from Easter. We met some friends from dental school in Hurricane, Utah, for Easter weekend. We had so much fun. Ethan had a ball playing with his friend Mia. The kids dyed Easter Eggs, we woke up and had an Easter Egg hunt out in the backyard, and then went to church in Hurricane, so the kids could dress up in their Easter clothes. It was a great weekend.

Here is Ethan and Hannah in their Easter outfits, I actually got both of them to hold still for a minute.

Hannah looked so cute in her Easter dress

Hannah is actually walking alot more, which is nice, so we got this cute picture of Ethan and Hannah holding hands and walking around.

I got this little purse to go with Hannah's dress, and she carried it everywhere, even to church, it was so cute. She wouldn't let go of it.

Here is Hannah with her Easter basket

Here are all the kids with their baskets full of eggs, after they got done with the Easter Egg hunt



Dave helping Hannah find some eggs, she had fun picking them up and putting them in her basket. She also wanted to pick up rocks and bark to put in it also.


The kids had so much fun doing the easter egg hunt, they got alot of eggs.



Dave showing Hannah what to do.


Ethan taking off to find all of the eggs.

Here is Ethan and Mia dying easter eggs

Ethan, Mia, and Kyra, showing off their finished product

Ethan and Mia watching Dave show them how to lift the eggs out

Dave was creating his own masterpiece too. They all had a fun time decorating the eggs, not to mention that they were transformer eggs.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We had a fun St. Patrick's Day at our house. A couple of weeks ago, Ethan came home from preschool, saying he wanted to make a trap to catch a leprechaun. So over the course of the last couple of weeks, that is all he has talked about and he has been trying to come up with a plan for a trap. So Dave and Ethan made a trap out of his tinker toys. Ethan set the trap out Sunday night in hopes of catching a leprechaun. He was so excited and kept saying "Mom, can I keep him, when I catch him?" He was coming up with all these ideas on what he and this leprechaun would do. So, the next morning, he was so excited, yet disappointed. He was so excited that the leprechaun had been to our house, there were tiny green footprints all around and the cage had been tipped over, and the leprechaun had left him a card, gold chocolate candy, and a magical gold coin(dave had a gold sachajawea coin-not sure how to spell that.). He just kept saying "I can't believe he was really here" over and over again. I was just cracking up. So then he decided he needed to make his trap better for next year, and he is already working on it. Later, I caught him in his room wishing on his magical gold coin. He was wishing that the autobot transformers would come to life, so he could play with them. What a nut! So then he came to me and said "Mom, that leprechaun is a CHEATER!!! This coin is not magical, because it is not working. I guess I shouldn't have put that it was magical on the card, I just thought it would make it sound better, and be more exciting, little did I know he would actually try wishing upon it. But, all in all, he was so excited that a leprechaun actually was at our house. It was fun seeing his reaction. We still have the green footprints up, because Ethan does not want me to take them down. Holidays are so much more fun when you have kids.

Here is the card, and the gold candy, I went to several different stores, trying to find the gold chocolate coins, but I couldn't find them, so I did Rolo's. He still thought that it was cool.

Here are the footprints of the leprechaun, and the cage tipped over

Here is Ethan, that morning with his card and magical coin.

*Just some random pictures*

I wanted to do a new post and just loaded a bunch of pictures off of my camera onto our computer, so I thought I would post for all to see.

"Princess Hannah"

My sister in law Lisa, scored us this cute chair for such a good deal, it was like regularly $80 or something and we got it for $12. She found at her Target in SLC, shortly after Christmas and when they came to visit this past weekend, they brought it for Hannah, and I had forgotten about it, so I was excited all over again. It looks so cute in her room. It's definitely fit for a little princess.

Hannah trying out her new princess throne. I have to say that when we first put it together, we couldn't keep Ethan away from it, he wanted to play with it, and didn't want to let Hannah sit in it. So I teased him that he must be a princess then. He didn't like that too much.

Hannah trying to play with Ethan's marble run. He doesn't like her to touch it, nor do I because it has lots of little marbles. Ethan's Grandma Cooper sent him a giftcard to Target for Valentines Day, so he could go buy himself a toy, and he picked Marble Run, which is a really fun game. You have to build different contraptions for the marbles to go down.

Having a backyard has been the best thing for Ethan, he plays out there almost everyday. He loves the sandbox and climbing his slide. I am glad that he has an area to run and play.

Mom and the kids in the truck, we hardly have any pictures of Dave and I with the kids, so we thought we would take some while we were out in the backyard.

Dad and the kids in the truck, pardon our ghetto backyard, we were sick of looking at an ugly backyard. When we moved in, it was pretty bad back there, weeds had pretty much taken over the place. So we planted some plants this past fall, so we could actually have some greenery back there, but they all died, so we are going to try again now that it is getting warmer. I hate all the bare dirt, with no plants. And I am not sure what kind of grass was planted back there but, we think it is green straw.

Hannah kicking back enjoying her new chair, she absolutely loves it, sometimes you can't get her out of it. Ethan puts his little chair next to hers, and they sit there watching cartoons and sipping their sippy cups together.

Hannah watching some baby einstein, she is actually staying put for more than two seconds. And seems to really like those movies. This little chair is so soft and she looks so darn cute in it.

Hannah sitting in the kitchen watching me make dinner and having a drink. She will pull it up to the fridge and play with the alphabet letters while sitting there.

Ever since she got this little chair, she has taken a liking to the baby einstein movies, she gets excited about some of the objects that come up on the screen.

Ethan thinks he is pretty cool that he can climb his slide. He likes to get far away and get a running start and climb it as fast as he can

Hannah sitting on her little car, it also turns into a walker, and she can cruise around the house like nobodies business with it, but take it away and she can't walk that well. She is getting better, she can take about 6 or so steps and then falls, hopefully one of these days she will get the hang of it, she loves the backyard and wants to go out there all the time, but I don't like her down on the ground.

Ethan and Hannah, enjoying their wagon. They absolutely love it! We have gone for many walks to the park, or around our neighborhood, and they love it, Hannah doesn't ever wan't to get out.

Hannah playing under her highchair, plus I had to capture her in her cute pigtails

Hannah "Bouncing It"

This is Hannah doing her favorite thing, Bouncing it. This is also so Grandpa Chief can see her walk, even though it's only a little. Enjoy!

ME-from A-Z

So I have been trying to come up with a new post, but haven't had any luck and then I saw this on my friends blog, and thought it would be fun to do this and read others. This was a tag, so I thought I would be the one to start a tag this time. So beware! Hope you enjoy, me, from A-Z!

A--Attached or Single? Attached-to Dave for 91/2 years now!

B--Best friend? Dave, of course! But I really do miss all of our dental school friends.

C--Cake or Pie? Depends on what kind of pie and what kind of cake! I like both!

D--Day of Choice? I love everyday, because I get to stay at home with my kids and do fun stuff everyday! But if I had to pick one, I would say Saturday, because then we get to do fun stuff with Dave.

E--Essential Item? That's a tough one, I have alot of them! Makeup, cell phone, DVR, water, I could go on!

F--Favorite Color? Pink

G--Gummy bears or worms? Either one, they taste the same, but I would prefer chocolate covered cinnamon bears.

H--Hometown? Salt Lake City, Utah (it will always be home to me)

I --Indulgence(s) junk food

J--January or July? That is a hard one, January is still a little too cold for me, and July here in Vegas is way too HOT! I would prefer April, or October.

K--Kids? Yes, 2 wonderful kids (1 boy, and 1 girl)

L--Life is incomplete without? Family

M--Marriage date? August 12, 1998

N--Number of siblings? 2, 1 brother and 1 sister

O--Oranges or apples? I like them both the same

P--Phobias or fears?Nothing exciting, I absolutely hate snakes and I absolutely fear death.

Q--Quotes? "We may not have it all together, but together we have it all"

R--Reason to Smile? Seeing my kids gives me a reason to smile.

S--Season? Fall

T--Tag 5 people? Lisa Houtz, Amy Hager, Amber Jardine, Laura Miller, and Amber Standage.

U--Unknown Fact? Hmmmmmm.......I once bought a fishing license on my own! Only because I was dating Dave at the time and wanted to surprise him and make him happy. Not that I don't want to make him happy now, but not with fishing!

V--Very Favorite Store? I would probably have to say Target

W--Worst Habit? Worrying about everything, especially when it comes to my health. Dave thinks I am a hypocondriac!

X--X-ray or ultrasound? Probably would have to say Ultrasound, because whenever I have had an ultrasound it was because I was pregnant and we could see the little baby! And that was pretty exciting!

Y--Your favorite food? Chinese Food

Z--Zodiac? Gemini

Thats me from A-Z!