Easter Bunny and Pals!

Easter weekend was great this year. We were able to have a ham dinner with the Asbells on Saturday evening and enjoy great conference talks from the Lord's prophets, apostles, other general authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints all weekend long. Their profound counsel and testimonies of our Savior Jesus Christ really uplifted and strenthened my testimony and gratitude in my Savior.

On Sunday morning the Easter Bunny came! The kids had so much fun! Geoffrey tip-toed from his bedroom to the front room as to not scare the Easter Bunny away, but alas he was already gone! They recieved goodies in their basket and went on a search for eggs with even more goodies inside. It was very fun.

Geoffrey insisted that there had to be two bunnies that came, or an easter bunny and his helper, Super-duper Bunny! Somebody had to bring Gwen her basket too! I guess one bunny couldn't handle both. I love it.

Gwen's hair is getting so long! When it is wet it is halfway down her back.

WE hope you all had a great Easter! We love our Savior Jesus Christ and know that He is the true source of happiness in this life. May He bless your life always!

Catching up with the SnowFlakes of Life

We haven't posted in forever, but there have been many unique and beautiful moments in our lives that have added up to make our winter beautiful so far.



To start our Holiday Season off right my brother Nicholas came home from his mission about 10 days before Christmas. We were able to go home to Missouri early to meet him at the airport. I loved the Springfield Airport for having this play structure the kids could play on while we waited since Nick's flight was a bit behind. The kids had a blast.

Welcome Home Elder Jones!!!!

We were also able to make some delicious and beautiful cookies while at Grandma's house with the kids, Aunt Debbie, Beth, Grandma and I. Thanks to Aunt Debbie and Grandma for the fun time and delicious cookie doughs. We must have had at least five different sugar cookie doughs to try! It was a lot of fun.

Who says kids need toys for Christmas!? This girl was tickled pink with a pair of shoes! She had to wear them around even though they are at least a size too big. I can't wait until Spring when she can wear these everywhere.

Thanks Beth for the thoughtful gifts on Cookie Day!

Here are Geoffrey and Gwen sharing the love of the season! How cute :).

The kids were able to spend lots of time with their fun Aunt Cheyanne too!

Gwen loves mooing like a cow!

The children were so great running errands and doing things we wanted to do that we decided to dedicate a fun night just for them. So we went to Miner Mikes! They loved it.

And we might have had a little fun too ;).

Hmm . . . I guess you can totally tell that I had the camera and was in charge of Gwen because I only had ONE clear picture of Geoffrey from Miner Mikes! Poor Guy.

And last, but not least we have had a fun time in our backyard this winter. We have two little hills in our yard that are perfect for young children to sled on! I feel really blessed to have this because you don't find such great hills in most people's backyards around here!

My snowbunny and snow angel!

My SUPER Kids and Pre-halloween Festivities

Geoffrey loves everything to be super! Super-fast, Super-jumps, Super-everything. So this year I decided I would make him a cape that he could keep for after Halloween too to be SUPER whenever he wants. I think he is the best Super Boy Ever!

Gwen wanted a cape too, of course! She loves to do what her brother does, and she even makes all the Super sounds.

Here is the daring Duo! We were preparing to attend a Halloween Carnival on Wednesday night that we were invited to.

Here they are at the carnival. It was a lot of fun, and Geoffrey was able to enjoy "Halloween."

Previous to this he just kept asking me, "Is it Halloween yet!?"

Here is Geoffrey wearing the monster teeth he won at the carnival and the beard he received from the Hot Chocolate! ;). Fearsome.

Just a Mommy and Gwen shot after the festivities.

Gwen wouldn't try her teeth out so I just couldn't resist the opportunity!

I think I look more like a Dinosaur somehow than anything else!?

Also, Nathan's Sister had a party at her work today where all the children can walk through and go trick-or-treating. The employees decorate the whole place with different themes by department. It is always fun to see what they have done each year.

I guess Geoffrey is showing his support for peace.

The children are all bundled up because of the snow we received.

Here the children walked through the Seven Dwarf's Mine. AND you have to enjoy the spoils!

Thank you Dolores for inviting us!

YUM!

Introducing: Hello, OOooOO, & HahaHAhaHA!

This is a Halloween craft we made this year. Geoffrey is old enough this year to like Halloween a little more than just the candy. So we did a few decorations. We didn't do a ton, but these ghostly lanterns were the children's favorites. This is a bit silly, but we called them Hello, oooooo, and HahaHahaHA respective to their faces. They light up at night, and the kids loved to look at them and say their different names together.

I love this craft because the kids do, but also because we can throw it away and make new and different one's next year if we please. Good ol' milk jugs! You just draw the faces on the front, cut out the label on the back, and put in the lights! White wired lights would be better, but I didn't have any. Easy, fun and cute!

Here are the children's interpretation of the Ghost faces:

Hello!

OOoOoOo

HahaHAhaHA!

Here is another craft we made copied from a friend's idea on her blog. These would be fun to do with different faces and poses too!

Have a Happy Halloween!