Happy Easter everyone!! We had a fun time with all sorts of Easter hunts and also a reverent celebration of the resurrection of our Savior.

But to start with, here is Faith last Thursday doing her best horsey (or as Christian calls it, a "neigh") impersonation. She tried to give him a piggyback ride, but tipped over backwards when she tried to stand up!

On Saturday morning, we went to the Kaysville City Easter scramble, but there were so many kids under three that there was nothing left on the field for Christian's age group by the time we got onto the field.

Faith fared better and got a few eggs and some candy. Luckily, they had a stuffed animal for each child as they were leaving the field, so Christian didn't end up completely empty handed.

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Later that day, we went to Tony's parents' for their annual egg hunt and dinner. The kids had a blast hunting for the eggs, especially in all the scrub oak.
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Some of the eggs had candy in them, some money, and some little slips of paper that coresponded to a gift that either Tammy or grandma had for them. Here is Faith holding up one of the outfits that she got.
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For dinner we had had ham, strawberry/cottage cheese/jello salad, baked beans, corn and, our favorite, potato salad!! Tony & I always look forward to Easter dinner and Fourth of July barbeque because of that delicious stuff!
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After dinner, Tony convinced Faith to let him "wiggle" her extremely loose top tooth.

With a quick yank and a squeal from Faith, it was out! Right afterward Faith said, "Wow, that didn't even hurt a bit!" I bet very few children have had the Tooth Fairy and the Easter bunny visit their home the very same night, but that is what happened to Faith!
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Saturday night we colored eggs and my darling little buddy made that a challenging event. He loved plopping the eggs into the cup of dye and then grabbing it out and dumping it into another color. He kept saying "boo" which meant "blue," the only color he knows the name of. He also liked to clutch them so tightly that his little fingers would poke through the shell!

On Easter morning we had an egg hunt and then the kids played with the goodies from their baskets. Faith was so excited that she got a chick that "peeps" when you hold it.

Christian looks very excited over his first Hot Wheels car in this picture.
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We had a nice program for Sacrament meeting and I especially liked the choir numbers and a musical number that featured what I think was an oboe. Christian went into nursery, but apparently bawled the whole time. I so hope he will start to like it soon!

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Right after church we went to my parents'. They have a jelly bean and gift hunt and then Easter dinner. .


Here is Faith just after finding her gift bag. She got lots of fun things including some Littlest Pet Shop pets, a tiny bunny stuffed animal, earrings & a shirt.
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Check out her gorgeous Easter dress! I even found that the hot pink color started to grow on me, it looks so pretty with her coloring.
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Here is Christian playing with a velcro baseball & fuzzy mitt set that he got in his gift bag. He also got a pop-up book and an outfit.
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Being a boy, his Easter outfit was a bit of an afterthought (sorry, Buddy!) and luckily Old Navy still had some cute stuff left Saturday evening. Doesn't he look snazzy?

On Monday, we went with Tammy, Lana & Zach to Discovery Gateway in Salt Lake. Tammy had won some tickets from a radio quiz and wanted to check it out. What a fun place!! Christian loved the water play exhibit which had a waterfall, pump, this mini bathtub that you see in the picture, and loads of other features.
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We also went to the "Sesame Street presents: The Body" exhibit there.

This picture shows a part demonstrating some of the functions of the digestive system in a silly way. You can "chomp" the mouth up and down, turn the wheel (like Faith) to churn the "stomach acid," and (like Zach) push the "poop" button to hear some interesting sounds and see the plastic poop come down. At the top right corner of the photo, you can see the giant nose that "sneezed" complete with wind and water mist.


On the roof there was an AirMed helicopter that the kids could climb in and check out.
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Some other fun things at Discovery was the farm exhibit where you could get up on a big fiberglass horse, a grocery store where you could "shop" or stock shelves, and a creativity station. There was also an exhibit with plastic balls that you put into holes or have them sucked up bank drive-up type tubes and then you could watch were they traveled through transparent tubing.
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After the Discovery, we made a stop at The Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory for some caramel apples. What a fun day!
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On Tuesday afternoon, we went with Joy, Sierra & Lily to the Layton park to play and feed the ducks. Faith is such a great helper, here she is doling out bread to the little ones.



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Christian loved throwing sand, the slides and the swings,






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And Faith pushed Sierra on the swings, played in the sand, and then held Lily while Joy pushed Sierra on the swings.

It was such a beautiful day and then BAM--waking up to snow this morning. I can't wait to have spring back!!!