Spring Break 2012

We had a great Spring Break this year.  Josh, Chloe, and Bridget came out from Missouri and these two girls had so much fun together.  Even though they're 11 mos. apart, they are the same size and loved swinging and jumping on the trampoline and running around the backyard together.

We dyed eggs for Easter and Kendra only made yellow eggs, about 6 yellow eggs!

Megan, of course, made a lot of pink eggs.

Here's two of her favorites

Mikayla had the most patience and dyed the most eggs.  She liked the deep, rich colors and drew designs and names with a white crayon.

The Easter bunny came and brought these girls jumpropes, a dvd, clothes, CTR necklaces, candy, and fun spring colored socks.

Kendra got some Dora pajamas that she was in love with.

Here's Bridget, ready for church in her new Easter dress--sooo cute!

The dress just makes her blue eyes pop!

Family of 3 1/2

While we were at church, the Easter Bunny hid the eggs and the girls couldn't wait to get home and start finding them.

Kendra opened each egg and would shout, "Money!" or "Chocolate!"  So I got a pretty good laugh when she found this real egg, broke it in half, took one look at the yolk and threw it on the ground.  That obviously was NOT what she wanted.

 The next day I taught my 5:30am Body Pump class and then the adults headed up to Feather Falls for a big hike.  Yet again, we forgot to take a picture of the falls and only got one after our super sweaty 10 miles.

Uncle Josh gave Mikayla the start to a great rock collection that she's pretty excited about.

Took Bridget in the hot tub and she loved it!

These two may look cute, but they are trouble!

Case in point!

It looks worse than it is, Bridget's squealing while Kendra pretends she's falling over the back, she never flipped all the over though, she's just that crazy!

Cute hot tubbin' girl and her dad

We had dinner at our house in Gridley one night and Chloe made some fabulous enhiladas for us that I now am adding to my recipe book.  The girls love having their own little dinner table.  Thanks for coming to visit, we had a great time!!

Another Use For Swim Diapers

 The girls were supposed to be brushing their teeth.... I was quite surprised when I came out of the kitchen and found them standing perfectly still in the living room.  "What on earth are you doing with swim diapers on your heads??"  I asked.

Through barely open lips, Mikayla replied, "We're garden gnomes."  Oh right, of course, why couldn't I tell.  "Hold it right there, I'm getting my camera.  This will be great blackmail!"  Mikayla asked, "What's blackmail?"  I chuckled, "You'll find out when I use these when you're a teenager!"

Time For Some New Kicks

 Mikayla obviously runs hard and plays hard at school.  I had no idea it was possible to rip huge holes in your shoes during recess, but when she came home with shoes looking like this, we convinced her it was time for the garbage for those suckers.  She was okay with it when she found out that meant it was time for a trip to the shoe store!

Easter Dresses

I love these lavender dresses and they are so pretty on the girls!  I made matching flowers for their hair and we even got Trent to wear a lavender tie to church!

What Happens When You Eat Bubblegum Ice Cream?

An electric blue tongue!