Easter

The kids looked super cute for church in their matching dress and tie made by Stacy.

When we were trying to get a family pic at Mom and Dad’s, the kids weren’t cooperating.  Even candy bribes weren’t working, so David told them that if they cooperated they could hold Isaac.  Worked like a charm and made for some adorable pics!

At the farm, we hunted eggs and had a nice dinner with lots of family.  Aunt Caroline made the beautiful spring centerpieces.

Easter morning baskets

We were hunting eggs and doing Easter activities all month long including egg dying and resurrection rolls. 

These are pics from their school and playgroup egg hunts.  All the kids in Eli’s class had to make an Easter basket out of a milk jug.  I suggested this and he was happy to be a missionary and share the real meaning of the season.  One side says, “He is Risen,”  and the other side has the Savior stepping out of the tomb.

Science, Soccer etc.

Eli got first place in his very first science fair.  I looked through some books and gave him a choice of several different experiments.  He chose to do a simple egg cooking experiment, so we named it Eli’s Endothermic Egg Experiment.  He made a hypothesis and wrote all the headings on the poster.  He was very excited to win!

Eli is playing soccer this year and I’m coaching his team.  It is fun.  He really likes defending the goal and he has had several saves.

The league was a bit disorganized and frustrating, but after the last game he got a trophy and had a pizza party, so he was happy.

I took the kids to see Brooke’s big bunny.  Quite a while back, we signed Eli up for the Lego club free magazine.  He has been checking the mail every day.  One day he said, “My magazine is taking so long to get here.  It has been years and years.”  When it finally came, he was very excited.

On our trip to the zoo the lady in the rainforest took the kids to see all the snakes : ) and we had a picnic in the bamboo forest.

On Good Friday, Derek took Cori on a Daddy daughter date to the zoo.  She loved it!  There is a new grizzly bear.

One day, while Eli was at school, Cori made her name with macaroni and one day at Mom & Dads she had a tea party with turkey hunter Joey.

Nick, Kira, and Keegan were visiting from Guam.  We had Keegan for a few hours one day and we had fun doing some of her favorite things; jumping in puddles and looking at a fire hydrant.

Spring Break Trip to OKC

We went to the Natural History museum with Madison and the Gustin’s.  I tried to take some pics of Cori, but she wouldn’t have it.

We stayed with Joey and Madison, which was lots of fun.

Then we go to go see their newest cousin Isaac.  He is adorable!  We read Oh the Places You’ll Go together.

Cori’s 3rd Birthday

She got a pink sprinkle donut in bed and a princess umbrella.  We did a rainbow theme for her parties.

We had a family party at the farm the Sunday before her birthday.  Is that the sweetest face you’ve ever seen?

It was a girly extravaganza with hats, tiaras, purses, jewelry, and dresses galore.  Even Derek got into the action.

Grandma & Papa got Cori a princess scooter.  Monday morning at 7:30, I was awakened by both kids in the kitchen with the scooter box open and parts all over the floor.  Needless to say, I put it together for her.  There was no time to put on clothes, she just wanted to ride.

Beautiful girl!!

We had a rainbow party with friends on her birthday.

We were supposed to sort the colors of the rainbow with water beads, but, come to find out, if you hydrate multicolored water beads in the same bowl, they all turn the same color.  Oh well, the kids had fun with them anyway.  It was nice, so we had fun playing outside too.

A few things about Cori at age 3.  She is my sweet girl.  She loves to be by my side and she gives world famous  hugs.  You can often find her carrying around a purse and talking on a play phone.  She talks a mile a minute and speaks very well, but she likes to talk baby talk, which kind of drives us crazy.   She loves to flip through books, play pretend, fill bags & containers with little things, cut paper, climb, and cuddle soft things.  When she gets excited, she bounces.  Her favorite colors are pink and purple.  If I give her a plate of food, she will eat the fruits and veggies first, but she also loves sweets.  She is growing slowly but surely, about 22 lbs now.  She still sucks her thumb and twists her hair, but not as bad as she used to, so her hair is growing, but she still won’t let me fix it most of the time.  She knows her shapes and the letters in her name and she can kind of write it.  She can count to 10 (at least) and recognize 1-5 and some letters.  Her favorite show is Team UmiZumi.  She loves nursery and her favorite primary song is Smile That Frown Away.  She has been known to lock me out, but I love her tons!