Seriously...

this post is just because I'm on a roll and it's not like it's one in the morning or anything...mostly I just love my kids and had to post these cute pictures.

In full bloom

When we pulled in the driveway after our long drive home from St. George I couldn't believe how our yard had changed while we were gone! Spring had come! Our tulips had bloomed, there were leaves on our bushes and our tree had popcorn on it! (Sorry, John, yes, all of those sentences have exlamation marks at the end.)

St. George

Tyler holding his baby cousin!

Me and Kayleigh in front of the tabernacle.

Playing in the water.

On the temple stairs.

Aren't those flowers gorgeous?

Arby's sauce all over!

Snow Canyon

Classic burrying of the legs

Little turtle

Dinner at Poncho and Lefty's

The Pasta Factory

Cute little birds at the Pasta Factory

Daddy asleep feeding the baby!

Kayleigh and Brooke at the game.

The only reason I posted this is to show the awesome wind we had that day!

Michael's sister and her family live in Santa Clara. They are always welcoming visitors so we thought we'd head down for a few days. We left on Saturday after I finished work and got there around 7. We enjoyed Cafe Rio that night, yummy! It was a great welcoming gift! Kayleigh was in heaven to be with her cousins. She was especially excited to see Tyler, his trumpet and his guitar. (What a silly girl!) Poor little Brooke fractured her leg the day we got there (just hours before) on their new trampoline. So, it was really sad to watch her hobble around and try to by in on all the action. She did get to enjoy being held and jumping on the tramp with the kdis though.

On Sunday we went to church in the morning, had a great dinner after, and then we headed to see the St. George Tabernacle and Temple. I think Kayleigh mostly had fun playing in the water fountains by the tabernacle, but it was nice to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather down there.

Monday we decided to go into Snow Canyon and play in the sand dunes. It was another great day weather wise and I even got some sun on my arms, yahoo! I thoroughly enjoyed watching Kayleigh play at the sand dunes! It took me back to all the years I went when I was a kid. Snow Canyon is very pretty and the drive through the canyon was amazing! The drive back to Staci's was a little rough because Landon was hungry and Kayleigh woke up from her little nap still tired, but we survived!

On Tuesday we drove to see the Jacob Hamblin home, enjoyed some lunch at The Pasta Factory, and then took Kayleigh to a park to play. Lunch really was nice because Kayleigh actually sat and ate her food all by herself! We ate out on a little patio where we could feel the nice breeze. Landon slept through it and so Michael and I really enjoyed being there with our little family.

That afternoon we headed to Tyler's baseball game. It was fun to watch him, but oh my heck was it windy!! Tuesday after the game, after kids were in bed, we watched The Blindside. I really liked it!

On Wednesday we drove home and it took like 6 hours to get home. Really! We stopped to feed Landon and have lunch at Subway in Fillmore. He pooped out of his clothes while eating and guess what? Their bathroom doesn't have a changing table, so, I got to take care of a blowout on the Subway chair, so fun! (Not!!) Anyway, we enjoyed our little getaway and doing the drive in our new car. Thanks, Staci, Bill, Tyler and Brooke for letting us stay with you guys.

All the grandkids

Kayleigh, Grandpa, Miriam, Landon, Nana, Phoebe, Grace and Anna.

Grandpa with his only grandson (not for long)

Because my brother lives in Alaska, we aren't often all together. So, we tried to get a good picture of all the grandkids with Nana and Grandpa. Nana also wanted a picture of all the girls in their skirts/jumpers she made them. She did a great job!

Easter Sunday

Happy Easter morning!
Anna and Kayleigh waiting for dinner.
Daddy feeding Landon.
Cutie! (that bib says it all)

Ene (my great aunt) holding Landon.

Omi (my grandma) holding Landon.

Okay, we are finally to the actual day of Easter 2010! When Kayleigh got up she wanted to see what the Easter Bunny had left her. She loved looking around the house and she found things pretty quickly!

In the afternoon we headed to my parent's house for my absolute FAVORITE dinner, Sukiyaki-it's Japanese. My dad served his mission in Japan and sure learned how to cook some yummy things! My grandma and great aunt joined us for dinner as well.

It was nice having Easter and General Conference on the same day I thought. I also enjoyed being able to spend it with family.

Throughout the month we have talked with Kayleigh about why we actually celebrate Easter. We talked about why and how Christ died for us, and then of course the wonderful miracle of the resurrection. It was interesting to see how sad Kayleigh got when we explained that Jesus died. "I don't want Jesus to die" said Kayleigh, in a sad voice. Despite how many times we try to explain that He lives again, it still makes her sad to know that Jesus died. It's fun to watch her learn and grow in the Gospel.