Sunshine

Saturday we had a great Easter Bunny Day, Sunday yummy ham and conference. Today we headed to the zoo after nap time and had a great afternoon.


I got out of bed the last 3 days at 7:27, 8:36, and 7:57. Lovely, lovely. Hannah does not wake up at 5 am like some of my children (read Matthias). The boys are finally old enough to (mostly) leave us alone in the morning.

I have so much sleep to catch up on from the last 3 years...

Close Call

During the Easter program last Sunday the primary kids sang a couple of songs. I'm the primary pianist so I played. After they were done I was playing softly in the background as the walked back down to sit again. I looked up to make sure all the kids were down before I stopped.

They were all gone but one.

Matthias was busy pushing the stool over behind the microphone. I jumped up and grabbed him just as he was stepping up on the stool. I'm glad none of us found out what he had in mind once he got up there...

Then I went to sit with the choir and they were all laughing and whispering, "that was close" since no one else in the chapel could really even see what had happened since when Matthias was bent over pushing he was completely hidden by the stand.

Entry Table by T&K

Taylor and I built this table. I did a lot of the cutting, he did a lot of the screwing. He also did all the sanding and staining. We built it all on President's Day over a month ago, but then everyone was sick for 4 weeks, so it just got sanded and stained last week. The design is similar to a Pottery Barn Table costing $499...ours was $50! It was a lot of fun to work together on a project and make something beautiful for our home!

Easter Outfits

Today we had our Easter Sunday program since this year Easter falls on General Conference Sunday. So the kids got to wear their new Easter clothes. I wanted them to match this time around, so I had to make everything so the boys' ties would be the same as Hannah's dress.

Taylor's tie was on clearance and fit in with the orange theme. I decided to make myself a dress as well since I'm improving so much at making clothes. I went to the store to find some bright, spring knit fabric. And came home with black as usual...all my Sunday clothes are black! At least this one does have orange/pink/purplish flowers, so it is a little bright.

Isn't everyone so cute?

Snow Day!

The gal on the right (Sarah) is the kids' babysitter and then her younger sister (Alex) is on the left...they live across the road. So convenient!




On Wednesday everyone got to stay home...both preschools and Taylor's office were closed! So we had a ton of fun playing in the snow and being together. (if we're being honest, Hannah and I sat in the house for all but about 10 minutes, but Taylor and the boys had fun in the snow...=]) Plus it was 45 degrees and half melted by the end of the day. That's my ideal snow day!

We made yummy homemade pizza (with whole wheat crust) for dinner and really enjoyed hanging out mid-week!

March Madness

lights, darks, score!!

Since Hannah's high chair is right next to the counter with the boys' stools she gets in on all the action. Lately she has taken to reaching over and placing her bowl, cup, spoon, etc on the counter and is so pleased with herself. The other day we were all chatting and I look down to see she is holding Matthias' bowl and eating out of it. At about the same time Matthias looked down and saw his bowl missing. He turned to Hannah and grabbed it saying "Hannah Mae!" The tone of his voice was hilarious!