Easter and more

I didn't get any pictures of the actual process...but here is the end result of our egg dying this year.  I think we could dye a dozen eggs each and they would still want to do more.

 A little easter craft the boys made one afternoon...the weather is still keeping us inside more than I like.

 I had some leftover contact paper from a primary project and this is what Peter made.  Any guess as to what it is?

 If you guessed hammerhead shark, you are right.

Here they are in there Easter clothes after church.

The girls

Our attempt at a family photo for Easter...at least everyone is facing the camera!

The boys have been wanting umbrellas forever so I got them one for Easter.  They were so excited, Peter's umbrella is still functional but Isaac's was broken in two days...not surprised, but I was hoping that he would actually get to use it once.

Naomi with her basket...and her petty new dress...this is about is frilly as mommy gets!  I was surprised at how hard it was to shop for an Easter dress.

Breakfast bunnies were a new addition this year, the boys thought they were so fun!

My handsome boys!  Daddy had a matching tie too.  If you are ever looking for inexpensive ties for daddy and sons this site is great.

And my silly boys!

My little tomboy!  If Naomi turns out to be a girly girl I will be shocked, because she loves to play with her brother's toys and to wrestle with them. :)

Naomi on the move!

So Naomi still is not fond of the grass, but she loves to be outside, so this is how she sits the whole time with her legs up in the air.  Talk about some strong core muscles!

I started a sourdough starter in December to make our Pannettone and have been successful in keeping it alive this year!  We have been making allot of sourdough pancakes (which are my new all time favorite) and pizza crust but I decided to try and tackle actual sourdough bread because I love it so much!  For my first try it turned out pretty good I think!  I think Alan and I consumed the whole loaf in two days :)

Spring (Beginning of April)

With the super cold winter, our daffodils were beautiful this year.  We were all excited to see them bloom and hoped that winter was finally over!

 Sleeping Angel, 8 months old

 Naomi loved the flowers as well, although she was not a fan of the prickly grass...we had to sit a blanket down for her!

 I love that my boys love to read!

 Family outing to the bowling alley.  The boys love to go "bowling ball" as Isaac calls it!  They are so cute even though they don't get the whole concept of it

Issac would watch the ball go down the with his hands on his hips and then lift them high like this every time they knocked a pin over...too cute!

Peter would jump up and down every time and say "I won" The joy of being a kid, everything is exciting!

We have reached a developmental or social status in our house that I am so happy for.  Playing together!  It is so wonderful to hear them playing together instead of fighting all the time.  It is heavenly!  They still do fight, I don't think that will ever go away, but there is more peaceful cooperation and talking. Yeah!!

Isaac sporting his favorite jammies, he is such a little ham right now.  And I love his body language, it just cracks me up!

I finally got some new family pictures, it had only been what...2 years?  I think they turned out cute and the kiddos had a lot of fun.

Issac calls this one the "train"

Naomi is started to imitate us, here she is clapping with Peter.  She gets so happy when she can do something that we do!

March

Do you ever have those days at church where you think... I should have stayed in bed today?  I did the first Sunday of March.  After a particularly rowdy sacrament meeting I move on to Primary for the next two hours to do singing time.  As I am setting up for the jr singing time I realize that Naomi has pooped all up the back of herself.  It is everywhere!  She never does that so I don't carry a change of clothes for her.  So bless the sister who took her to dress to the bathroom and tried to clean it off for me so she wouldn't have to sit in just a diaper the next two hours!  After singing time I go into nursery for theirs and Isaac is hiding in the corner by himself.  A little unusual for him so I went to talk to him and to take him potty.  Well, once in the bathroom i discovered why he was hiding.  He had peed all over himself.  The only thing not covered in pee was his socks, which were questionable.  I haven't carried a change of clothes for Isaac in a while so I was totally caught off guard.  I went to the van and all I could find was one of Naomi's diapers.  Good think she is a big girl because that is what Isaac wore the rest of church.  Someone said I should have just gone home, which would have been nice but really they seemed fine as you can see! But man, what a day! I am sure I got many weird looks as we were leaving church! lol

 Some super exciting news for March is that we found and decided to buy a house!  We were kinda caught by surprise when the opportunity presented itself because that was a year away in our plans...but it is amazing how the Lord works in our life!  We are super excited.  I will post more pictures when we move.  But here is my awesome new kitchen!

 Imagine a black paper Long John Silver's pirate hat on her head and you will know what I looked like at this age!

Our musicians, they crack me up with their creativity and total confidence in themselves!

 So one morning Peter was asking for some tape and this is what he created...Super Bear!

 Naomi and Isaac playing.  She loves to pull EVERYTHING out of the shelves and drawers.  But I let her because in my mind they are happy and playing together!

 Isaac with his Captain Hook hat and hook (the hanger) and Jake sword.  What a character!

 Naomi chewing on one of the swords...quite the princess don't you think!?

 Peter's village he made for his stripling warriors that we made for him to play with during general conference.

February

Some pictures from the rest of the month....

The boys reading to Naomi.  Every morning as soon as she makes a peep, Peter is in her room (even if I don't want him too, because maybe she just has gas and will go back to sleep) saying "good morning sweetie pie" I try to remind myself to be happy he loves her so much, but sometimes tired mommy wins out.  Here they are reading to her.  Such good brothers!

 Valentines Day was fun for the kiddos this year because I think they understand it a little more.  Alan of course was gone before they woke p, so on the table he left their presents.  He got the boys super hero cups and shirts and some suckers (valentines day is hard to shop for boys I have decided) And Naomi got a pink teething ring. And was totally content to chew on one of our suckers!

 Her shirt says "sorry boys, dad says I can't date"...I couldn't resist buying it.

 Issac eating his birthday cupcake at grandma and grandpa mckinneys.  We went for a quick visit and grandma had a pirate theme going for him...he was in heaven!  You can never go wrong with Isaac with chocolate either!

 Trying to see how close they can get to the goose without it hissing at them while at the zoo.