Happy Easter!!

With 9:00 church, we had to get up early to search for Easter Eggs...Shordy isn't quite awake yet.  :)

But Tiny found her Peeps!!

The rule is blue and green eggs are Shordy's...

Pink and orange eggs are Tiny's...the perk with only having two kids.  :)

Still a tired little face

Uh-oh...sugar high is already starting to drop, and we aren't even to church yet.  :(

My cuties in their Easter clothes...

Happy Easter!

What a wonderful day to remember our Savior...

What a wonderful day to show our gratitude for His atoning sacrifice...

What a wonderful day to celebrate His resurrection...

What a wonderful day to recognize the amazing blessings He has blessed our family with...

What a wonderful day!

Easter Cookies and Easter Eggs

My Shordy decorating Easter cookies

Mom's Easter Bunny

Hey Dad!  Would you like some cookie to go with your frosting and decorations?  Love, Shordy

Coloring Easter Eggs...sans Tiny who was sleeping.  No way was I doing this while she was awake!

Tiny's dress and homemade hairbows.

The basket I made for her last year, but she didn't get to use because she was sick with Roseola.

Shordy's basket...I'm still pretty proud of them, even a year later.  

I love Easter!

I love it b/c it's the sign that winter is ending and spring is beginning...at least in Alaska.  In other parts of the country spring has arrived and winter is long gone.  Not here.  But I digress...

I love it b/c of the religious implications...I love celebrating the resurrection of our Savior and being able to focus and think and teach my children about Jesus and what He did for them.

I love all the fun activities you get to do with your kids...namely decorating Easter cookies and eggs.

Last year wasn't so fun b/c our little Tiny girl was sick with a very high fever, which turned out to be Roseola and was pretty miserable for about 3-4 days before Easter.  He fever finally broke on Easter Sunday while Dad and Shordy were at church, and she broke out in the traditional rash shorty after it broke.  Anyway...

This year was fun b/c Tiny was healthy and Shordy remembered doing it last year and was so excited to do it again.  He did a great job coloring eggs.

His decorating cookies job was hilarious.  I neglected to realize I was short on powdered sugar so the frosting was a little more runny that would be ideal for decorating cookies, but who cares when you're four?!  I totally just let him do his deal, and the results were pretty impressive.  He's still definitely in the mindset that "More is Better".

The cookie he made for his Dad was hilarious!  But, Dad was a good sport and ate it...despite the PILES of M&M's, Jelly Beans, and other candy atop it.

The Easter Bunny came and hid eggs that night and set out their new Easter outfits and fun little toys.

But, even though I love all the fun things Easter brings...

I truly am so grateful for this holiday to celebrate my Savior.  To remember what He did for me in Gethsemane and on the Cross...and for His Resurrection which all means I can live again with my Heavenly Father with my family for eternity.

What could be better than that?

Lunchtime Messes...feeding Tipz

Hanging out on the table waiting for lunch...not sure why they couldn't do this on the floor or couch.  The table is so much more fun.

My sweet Shordy

My ever entertaining Tiny

Let's squeeze out the yogurt

And feed it to the dog...

Make sure she gets it all...

Then squish the dog saliva and what's left of the yogurt all over your hands...

and finish eating your gogurt.  Oh what fun.

I love Gogurt.

I love frozen Gogurts better.  They make less mess with kids.

I do not love frozen Gogurts melting and being squeezed out by my 22 month old daughter and being fed to the dog via licking it off her hands while she eats the rest.

She however thought it was the best lunch date...EVER!  If there's a mess to be made...this kid can make them.

The question I'm asking myself as I look at these pics, is why did I just let it happen as I pushed the shutter button over and over and over and over again?  :)

Man...I'm glad I'm not overly anal about germs...especially those coming from a dogs mouth, b/c then I wouldn't have these great pics to torture my teenage daughter with later.

Bwahahaha!!

Fannon Day

Maggie on the left, Copper on the right...I identify them by their parts in their hair.  :)

All of the girls in pig-tails.  Thought I would help Anderson out.  :)

Our good friends, Kim & Anderson Fannon had a family emergency come up, Kim's Grandma died, so I watched their kids one day while Anderson worked.

What a fun day!  I had 5 kids 4 and under, and no one was seriously injured.  :)

It actually is fun for my kids.  Agent and Shordy are a year apart, but they play so well together...best friends.  Copper & Maggie (identical twins) are 3 months older than Tiny (though she is much taller) don't necessarily play together, yet, but they get along pretty well.

The best part was the fact I got all three of the girls down for a nap at the same time!  Yeah for me!!  And the two boys play so well together I don't even have to worry about them.  I may or may not have played movies for everyone all day...Hey!  With 5 kids 4 and under you do what you need to do.  :)

The biggest thing is cleaning up the mess at the end of the day...but Shayne was home by that time and helped clean it up.

Glad I could help Kim out...and so fun my kids have friends their age to play with.

Good Times!!