Happy Easter!

We are back from Cali and had a GREAT time!!! Hard to come back to the snow though :) Pictures of the trip coming soon!

Soooo...Hope you all had a GREAT Easter! It was LOADS of good times for us. Here is the breakdown... WARNING lots of pictures :)

Our Little Easter Bunny!

The kids got matching Easter outfits this year....LOVE how they turned out! So hard getting a picture of them together though, Ky and her little fake smile :)

We went to my parents house to dye eggs this year and of course all the cousins and my Brother and sisters were there. It was LOUD and lots of fun! Mckay still LOVES green and was surprised when his egg came out so bright.

Love dying eggs, but it is such a mess...at least my mom gave them old shirts to use.

Sooo pretty :) I am surprised they weren't ALL pink and green. hehe.

Easter morning the kids found their baskets. They LOVED the movie "How to Train Your Dragon" So when the Easter bunny saw these cute hooded towels at Walmart, he had to get them for them! The kids also got a book, bubbles and of course CANDY!

My little Dragons...Toothless and Zippleback :) If you haven't taken your kids to see that show yet, I TOTALLY recommend it....SO CUTE!

Piper was just a happy smiley baby all day.

When we did the Easter egg hunt at my Parents house, we let Piper find some too. She was super excited to hold and chew on them.

I just LOVE LOVE this picture of Craig and Pip...She is such a snuggly lovey baby...and so is her daddy. haha.

The "Egg hunt" at the Howe's...a blurry picture but still cute :)

The kiddos really got into it and had full baskets of chocolate and hard boiled eggs.

This was during general conference (which was AMAZING this year). I took tons of pictures of this and they are HILARIOUS. Piper wanted a push pop so bad so....

We gave her a tasty bottle instead :) Hope you all had a WONDERFUL conference Easter Sunday!!!

Christmas, New Years, and 7 Years...

Wow! It has been a awesome and very busy couple of weeks :) Christmas was WONDERFUL! On Christmas Eve we went to my parents house and had a party and exchanged presents. I wish that I had pictures from it, but I was busy trying to take care of Piper. It was lots of fun though and so great being with my Parents and brothers and sisters. After the party we came home and did our little Christmas Eve traditions....

Every year we get new jammies...we decided to do an animal theme this year :)

I am not sure what this hug was for...but it is such a sweet picture. Craig is such a good daddy.

I love that both the kids believe and understand what Santa is this year. It makes it so much fun. They were so excited to leave him a donut and eggnog. Kylin had to test the donut first of course and make sure it was good.

After the kiddos went to bed Piper laid in her favorite spot while we wrapped presents...she could lay there forever and stare at the lights!

Look at the bottom of the tree :)

We had so much fun opening presents. We made it take as long as possible cause we were having so much fun. The kids each gave presents to each member of the family so that they could learn about giving and not just getting...I think they were pretty excited to give their presents.

Piper was asleep for most of it, but woke up to play in the wrapping paper.

My favorite part...lots of sweet hugs!

If any of you know Mckay, then you know this was his favorite present. Hard for me to find, but worth it! He loves all kinds of weird and gagety stuff like his grandpa and daddy. He would have been happy with just this present.

Kylin got her potty doll that she wanted (I hate the stupid thing cause it pees everywhere because she keeps taking the diaper off) and she got a baby doll crib and stroller.

Both the kids got Zhu Zhu pets and their playhouse. About 5-minutes after opening them, THIS is what happened....

It cracks me up! I feel bad that he cried. But it was soooo funny. I had to end up cutting it out of his hair. He didnt think it was funny at the time, but he LOVES to watch this movie over and over again and laughs so hard at it every time!

See the sticker? Hehe.

We went to the Howe's and hung out. We did fireworks, played dominos, and just hung out. LOTS of fun!

Gosh I love them!

Mckay has so much fun with his Uncle Mike!

We set off some AWESOME fireworks in the snow.

They got lots of cheers and smiles from the kids. Mckay and his aunt Sharl...I mean Sharlie. hehe. They adore her too!

The kids stayed till midnight and did the traditional toast with us!

Then they went down to bed on the Hideabed. They LOVE that bed even though it is so uncomfortable and couldn't wait to have a sleep over and Grandma and grandpa's!

Ok- So I realize I am REALLY SHORT! I didn't think 5'4 was too bad until you marry someone who is 6'1. Hehe. I got Craig a new camera for Christmas...just a little point and shoot, so that is why some of these Christmas and New Years pictures are so blurry because I am not quite sure how to use it yet.

We have been married for 7 YEARS today! Wowzers! I am not gonna say it has been totally easy...We are fatter, Onerier, and busier than ever. hehe.

We have had 3 beautiful wonderful kids together, moved about 10 times, and gone through lots of trials. BUT, I am glad it was with Craig and that he has been here by my side through it all. After all these years I still love him SOOO much and I am glad I have forever with HIM. He is such a wonderful, kind and amazing person to put up with me this long. I am excited for all the years to come...and eternity :) I Love you babe!!!

Have a Merry Christmas....

Here is our family's Christmas card for this year- I am sorry if I didnt have your address to send you one. I hope you all have a MERRY MERRY Christmas!!!

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We decided to have a "Christmas Campout" this year! We had pizza and slept out in the living room in a fort and watched the old "Grinch" and "Polar Express". the kiddos loved it and had a blast :) Thanks for the fun idea kimbo.

I watched this show when I was a kid...brings back memories. I also love the old school Rudolph, Christmas Story, Home Alone, and Miracle on 34th street.

Even little Piper got in on the fun. She is a very loved baby in this house. It is getting them to leave her alone that is the problem :)

I still can't believe that I have 3 kids!

Last of the festivities...

I know I am a little late in posting these, but I want to remember this stuff and plus I think some of the pictures are pretty funny. Like I said before...I LOVE HALLOWEEN :)

Halloween day we carved Pumpkins...My kids LOVE LOVE doing it. Except the gutting part...and we made Mckay gut some of his pumpkin...while we laughed at him! And man HE DIDNT LIKE IT! What nice parents we are huh? :)

Ky didn't much like it either, but she was more ok with it that Mckay.

His favorite part was actually carving the pumpkin with his daddy. After Craig finished gutting it of course :) He told him exactly how he wanted it to look and made Craig draw it first.

Look how cute they all are :) My kids were so proud of their pumpkins.

Ok- funny story...or NOT so funny story about this picture. We went in the garage so it would be dark to see what our pumpkins looked like all lit up. Weelllll I told Craig to come out and look and he pulled the garage door closed after himself, and we have a door that you can open from the inside but is actaully locked from the outside. so, WE WERE LOCKED OUT OF OUR HOUSE! And, of course I am half naked from feeding Piper with no Bra on and PIPER IS LOCKED IN THE HOUSE.

We had made a spare key about 2 weeks earlier which we found out didn't work. After about 2-minutes of being out there Piper starts crying. Craig goes over to the neighbor to borrow their phone so he can call a locksmith and I am hiding in the garage cause I have barely any clothes on. The neighbors try to come and pop or sliding back door off with no luck, while I am trying to help (they probably think I am white trash now becuase of how I looked). Well, the locksmith says he is going to be an hour. I am crying and freaking out cause Piper is now in there SCREAMING! So the locksmith trys to tell Craig how to break in with e credit card...which NEVER works. But, we both said a prayer and it ACTUALLY WORKED! Poor little Piper's lip was quivering she had been crying so hard for about 20 minutes. But, I am so grateful that it worked and we were able to get in there to her...plus not have to pay the locksmith $80. But, at least we got to see out pumpkins all lit up right? hehe.

This was Halloween night. We went to a Truck-r-treat with my brothers and sisters and their kids. Then we went door to door trick-r-treating too. My kiddos LOVE their cousins :) They all got way too much candy! Hope you all had a fun day too...