Easter

What a great day to celebrate our risen Lord and Savior!

We started the night before with curlers and nail polish:

 We left eggs out for the Easter bunny to fill and hide.  Emma and Ella had fun finding them this morning.

 While counting eggs, Emma realized she had found more eggs than Ella.  So, she voluntarily gathered enough eggs to make it even and gave them to Ella.

 The Easter Bunny also gave them each a feather boa.

 Our table set for my family to join us for lunch:

 A brief photo shoot before worship with my brother and his fiancé, Jennifer, and their church family.  Jennifer was baptized at this morning's service.  Such a special time!

Emma

Ella

 A Couple of Silly Pics:

 Princesses:

 After a nice lunch, Grandy took the girls out for some more Easter Egg hunting:

March Madness

 Unfotrunately, Emma and Ella both got a stomach bug.

 Ella was very proud of the domino tower she built (and her outfit).

 Emma wearing a flower girl dress that I wore when I was 5 years old in my cousin, Cherie's wedding.

 Entertaining themselves with the iPad while we did some cooking at the church building.  They were hiding from Noah in the pulpit, but he found them.

 My prison guards:

Church Easter Egg Hunt

Our church had it's annual Easter Egg Hunt today after morning worship.  It was cold and windy outside, so the planner moved the hunt inside.  This is our girls last year to hunt with the little kids.  Our church family is so generous, as you can see in the pictures.  This is just a few of the eggs for the little kids to find, not including the eggs in the big auditorium the elementary age children found.

Ella and Emma collected so many eggs, it became a lesson in stacking.  We ended up getting a bag to help us get all the eggs to the car.

BLIZZARD!!

We received about 19" of snow yesterday with strong winds blowing all day as well.  That's a lot of snow!  It blew into my dryer vent, which I had to clean out before I could do the laundry.  It will take a lot of work to finish shoveling us out.  It sure was beautiful, though.  Ella and Emma thought it was fun to play in today, but a little deep.  They kept sinking into the snow.  But then they found a drift to roll down.  That was the best!

February Fun

This is the girls new favorite way to "sit" on the couch:

Daddy and His Girls enjoying free pancakes at IHOP:

Apparently they really like being upside down:

Learning to play bells:

And of course, a cute sleeping picture:

Snow Much Fun!

15 Year College Reunion

I can hardly believe it has been 15 years since I graduated from LCU.  We decided to go to my reunion this year and watch Master Follies.

We drove down yesterday and had some extra time before the reunion began, so we went to a nearby park to play.  This park is amazing, and we all had fun playing.

The all school part of the reunion was well attended, but unfortunately, my class only had about 4 people (and their spouses) show up (and it wasn't anyone I really spent time with in college).  Oh well, at least the food was good.

This morning, we went to the LOA/ Kyodai breakfast.  Many of my friends were there, and we had a nice visit.  We then walked around campus, briefly visited the Education Department Reunion, and ate lunch in the cafeteria before heading over to watch Master Follies.  It was a great show, with LOA having the best show I've seen them do in a while, although they didn't win.  After the show, we headed home.  All in all, it was a good weekend!