Easter Morning

The girls woke up Easter morning so excited the Easter Bunny had been here. At our house the Easter Bunny hides the baskets and the eggs we color the night before. So the girls got to go on an egg hunt, and then find their baskets. It was fun to watch them.

After a delicious breakfast of biscuits and gravy, we went over to Lara and Bryan's to see what the Easter Bunny left Sara and Blake. The Bunny left them some chicks. The girls were cute and loved petting the chickies.

When we came home, it was bath time for the girls. Then they ate lunch and put on their Easter dresses.

Ready for church.

Kate was helping Andie get ready.

More pictures.

Kate was tired of taking pictures together.

But she was more than happy to pose by herself!

Andie watching Kate pose.

Hope everyone had a Happy Easter!

What a Party!

We celebrated Andie's 3rd birthday today. She had a Bunny themed birthday party.

It was fun, and I think everyone had a good time.

We decorated with balloons and a homemade birthday banner.

She had an adorable bunny cake.

One of her favorite gifts was a gift set of the original SkippyJon Jones book with a plush Skippito. These books are SO fun! Seriously, if you have young kids, go check them out from your library.

Another favorite was her Tinkerbelle umbrella. Thanks Bama and Pappa!

While Kate was opening presents, Aunt Carrie saw this photo op and snapped this picture of my sisters and me. Thanks Aunt Carrie!

It was a fun day. Thanks to all our family and friends for celebrating with us today. We just wish Bama and Pappa and Grandma Terry could have been there too! We love you all!

We Need a Little Christmas, right this very minute!

It's been fun this year decorating the new house. Trying to figure out where to put the tree, which decorations to put where. Purchasing some new things to add to the Christmas decor.

The Nativity with my Magic of Christmas board above it.

It reads, "The magic of Christmas is not in the presents, but in His presence."

The mantle and new purchases stocking hangers and stockings.

The ledge. Glass "Believe" brick, stackable hat box snowman, berry trees on candle sticks, and santas.

The banister.
It's almost done. Just imagine some red bows.

And who can forget Andie and Kate modeling their Chrismas dresses?!?

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM OUR HOUSE TO YOURS!!!

A Party Fit for a Princess

(Ignore the make-up, Kate did it herself the day after her party.

I just wanted a close up of her in her Gieselle Dress.)

My mom and little sister went in on a "Giselle" dress from the movie Enchanted for Kate's birthday. Kate as only been asking for a Gieselle dress for about 6 months now! She was thrilled to finally get it.

Lara and Crystal actually ditched Kate's birthday party to go to the New Kids on the Block concert. (Had it been ANY other night, I totally would have been there too!) So they came over early and helped Kate get ready.

Kate realized how hard it is to be beautiful! She loved her hair though!

The finished product.

Pretty little Princesses all in a row.

Sydney, Kate, Andie, Brindley, Sara, Aspen, and Sabrina.

Opening presents. Isn't she so dang cute?!?

Can you believe I have a 5 year old?!?

Man I feel old!!!

The Cake

Here is Kate's cake. This cake has been consuming my thoughts day and night for the lase week. I started this cake on Thursday night. I baked all the layers, and froze them. Then on Friday night, after Kate had fallen asleep, I was finally able to start decorating. It took a whole lot longer than I thought.

Pieced together with strawberry filling between the layers.

Frosting the sides and tops.

Actually starting to feel like I'm making some progress.

Frosting the Turrets (sugar cones).

Add a couple of princesses, and WA LA! After 5 cake mixes, freezing time, and hours upon hours of decorating, The Princess castle cake is complete!

(I still have to add flags to the turrets, but you get the idea.)

P.S. I really want to weigh this thing. I think it's probably close to 15 pounds! And Kate hasn't seen the cake yet. It's hiding in the Laundry Room.

"Mom is Great! She feeds us chocolate cake!"

Part 1:

(Either ignore the guy, just listen while you're doing something else, or pretend it's really Bill Cosby.)

Growing up, my parents had several records of Bill Cosby's. Some of my favorites were Noah, The Dentist, and the Grandparents. But my all time favorite was Chocolate Cake for Breakfast.

Part 2:

Today Kate got to celebrate her Birthday at Preschool. As part of her celebration she got to take a treat to share with her classmates.

Last night as we were discussing what treat she wanted to take to share with her classmates, she says, "Mom, I want to take pink cupcakes with pink icing and sprinkles. So that when the boys ask for like a green one or a blue one, Miss Roxi can say 'Sorry there's only pink!'"

Part 3:

This morning it wasn't chocolate cake, it was pink cupcakes with pink icing and sprinkles.

(These are the ones Kate frosted.)

Am I a bad mommy?

Wait for it...

Here is the promised, and much awaited video. It's a bit long, but if you wait for it, it will be worth it. Watch Sara (Kate and Andie's cousin) on the left of Andie.

Let Them Eat Cake!

Andie turned 2 on Sunday. I can't believe my "baby" is 2 already! Where has the time gone? Seriously. It seems like just yesterday she looked like this:

Andie soon after we brought her home from the hospital.

Or even like this:

Andie on her 1st Birthday.

Now my baby is all grown up, and looks like this:

Babies grow up too quickly. I always say Heavenly Father knew what he was doing, making babies grow up so fast. Your baby grows up, and then you want another little one. We're not quite ready to add another one to the mix just yet, but then again, you never know...


Anyways, we celebrated by having a family dinner followed by presents and thn cake and ice cream. Andie had a blast.

Sporting her Princess Bling from Sara.

Sitting in her Elmo Chair from mom and dad.

Just a cute picture of my baby who is no longer a baby!

Admiring her bling.

Andie even picked her own cake. Everytime we went to Sam's Club, Andie would point to the picture of this cake and say (read: yell), "Elmo, Elmo, Elmo."

I thought it turned out really cute, and Andie LOVED it!

She didn't really eat the cupcake, but she sure liked licking the frosting off her fingers.

And, as an added bonus, she was a whole lot cleaner after eating her cake than she was last year!

P.S. I still havent' figured out how to save my video at a lower resolution so Blogger will let me upload it. So, check back again in the next couple of days.

Trust me...YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS IT!

Our Holidays in a nutshell

We decided to travel over the mountains and through the woods to Grandma Terry's house in Denver for Christmas. The girls were excited to see all the cousins, and for Santa to come.

This is what the girls found on Christmas morning.

I think Santa did good with the wagon.

Kate loved opening presents.

So did Andie.

This is the present Kate picked out for Andie. I have a feeling I'm going to be hating all those balls in about a month!

Later Christmas day, the rest of Rob's family came over, and we did the family exchange. Andie got quite bored, and was content to curl up on her daddy's lap with her baby and cell phone.

When we got home from Denver, my parents were here from Indiana. It was fun to spend some time with them, and the girls loved having their Bama and Papa around. Andie would just walk up to my dad, and say "UP!" I don't think she's ever been held so much in her life! It was cute.

For New Years, we decided to check out Provo's First Night. It was held at the Provo Towne Center Mall this year, and thought we'd go see what it's all about. Kate loved watching the fireworks, and it was pretty fun. We didn't stay too long, because Andie was ready for bed. We came home, had some snacks, and visited with my parents. I think we were in bed and asleep before the ball even dropped.

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!