"Easter Time"

Our ward hosts a neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt every year at the park down the street. It kind of reminds me of what it would have been like living in Mayberry - you know, everyone knows each other and is friends! Anyways, they hid around 3,000 eggs and the kids has a blast. It only took German a few seconds to figure out the goal to get as many eggs as possible. (He kept throwing the candy out on the lawn!)

Eli pretty much slept through the whole event! Maybe next year he'll get into it!

If you want to get a picture of the boys with their baskets before they take them apart you should really hide them better than we did! We heard German open his bedroom door and I checked on him seconds later to find this in the living room. So here is our Easter Basket picture!

Eli's Easter Photo!

German's Easter Photo!

(Joshua wanted to make sure I got lots of credit for the coordinating Easter clothes!)

Nur-sy

German says the sweetest things sometimes! The other day we were in the car and Eli started crying. German said, "Don't be sad, don't be sad - Jesus loves you." We're proud of our boy and the testimony of Jesus that he's developing. We asked him where he learned that and he said, "Nur-sy". He has made such a turn-around in his love for nursery. He asks all week if it's time to go to nursery and he can barely make it through sacrament meeting because he's too excited to ditch us! There is one sister in particular that German is especially attached to - he comes home each week with her scent on his clothes! How grateful we are for the love and patience of those sisters who have been so kind to our boy.

Our 48-Hour Trip to Utah

After much deliberation we decided that we wanted to make the insanely long drive to Utah (Nibley, Utah to be exact) in order to attend the funeral services for Joshua's Aunt Virginia. It was good to meet a lot of Josh's extended family and spend time with his parents and siblings. We also got to see Joel & Ang and the kids and got the official tour of Utah State from Annie. By the way, Annie works in the coolest old building ever. I think I may have seen it on one of those 'What's hidden in the cellar' shows on the Discovery Channel.

We traveled by way the Hoover Dam - that is a pretty amazing structure! I thought I'd spare you all the pictures of a lot of cement, so I'll just post a photo of me and the boys, to prove we were there. By the way, the boys traveled great - dispelling many of our fears of the trek!

More of German's Crazy Sleeping Ideas

So I think German is sleep deprived - the first photo was taken last Sunday about 20 minutes before we had to leave for church. I guess German got bored watching us get ready for church, or maybe he was tired since he had woken up at 5:30am. Either way it was a little blessing for the 20 minute break since Joshua and I were asked to speak in church that day and we needed the time to prepare our talks. The second photo was taken after German spent nearly 2 hours playing extremely quietly in his room during nap time. I brought him out to rock and he fell asleep in my arms. I moved him to the couch so I could get up and answer the phone. Just for the record: when German was asked about a nap, he responded, "I'm happy, I'm not tired."

Go, Dog. Go!

German loves this book by P.D. Eastman. I suggest getting yourself a copy of the book and reading along with German. Unfortunately, I didn't get the camera out until the story was half way through.

German's Nap

German figured out that you don't have to stay on your bed during naptime! After a few minutes of noise there was silence in his bedroom. I went to go check on him and started to get a little worried when there was no German in his bed or in the chair. But I got a really good chuckle when I found him asleep in the closet!

Such a Laugher!

I finally got a good video of Eli's little personality. Hope you enjoy, please ignore my efforts at getting him to cooperate!

The Zoo!

My makeshift double stroller!

Eli really enjoyed the zoo!

Six ladies, all these kids plus two babies - we were a sight!

We purchased year-passes to the Phoenix Zoo last fall and thus we visit the zoo frequently, but last week was our first trip back since Eli was born. The boys and I went with a bunch of girlfriends and their kids. We got to see the giraffes, lions, elephants, and a bunch of other animals. German was just glad that the animals were awake - he kept telling me that the animals were asleep, I think because the last time we were there it was night time and we couldn't go see many of the animals.

I also posted a picture of a cool fire that we saw on the way there - okay, not cool for the truck driver or the people stuck in traffic, but way cool for a couple of two year olds (and their moms) to see such a big fire so close.