Easter - the pre game warm up

Some of the fine ladies from the Serene Ward got together this super stinkin' windy Tuesday for an Easter Egg Hunt and it was a hit. We loved every minute of it. Forget the fact that it was so windy i missed seeing most of it because of my huge hair blowing in my huge face. arghhhh.

So, we started off the festivities with a little swing you know, to warm up the muscles - oh wait, those are fat rolls. Either way the chunk went for a swing.

he loved it.

As we were cueing up for the hunt i gave Sarah a pep talk and it went a little something like this...

Me: ok, Sar, your mission is to fill your basket with eggs.
Push, shove, maim if you have to but get those eggs.
Ok Sar, you got it?

Sarah: Dot it Mamma

Other Mom's watching: thinking ummm, is this chick serious?
Turning their children in the direction opposite mine.

Me: I'm totally kidding - ha ha ha. Turning back to Sarah, not kidding - Get The Eggs!

This is OK parenting right because Jimbo sure thought it was funny.

This is the face of a little girl who i think took my pep-talk a
little too serious - would you mess with her?

Innocent little angel face - unless you take her eggs of course!

Half way through the hunt things got a little exciting and Sarah tripped
over her own big feet. Oh, it was funny and adorable watching her gather her
eggs midst the gale force winds that hit the park that day.

A goofy Easter Bunny-esque grin

Inspecting the collection - we got some good treats!

Dapf and D.J. getting into the festivities

This is the dude before church Sunday.* I am feeling a little ripped off about Easter being on Conference weekend. Does this mean no beautiful Easter dress for Sarah because we certainly
won't get dressed up just to sit on our couch and can't justify buying anything for the universally unceremonious Sunday after Easter. Ripped off I tell you, ripped off.**

* Sorry I cut ur head off Jimbo - for the record, you looked cute too!
** I love General Conference and I love sitting on my couch so really I guess this is a win, win

Sarah 2.5

this little girl is officially 2 1/2

she is way into:

yip-stit (lipstick)
GG (D.J)
going to chuch & nuss-ree
coming home from church and putting on really comfy clothes

playing with Dapf
hanging out with cousin 'Bee-e" (Baylee)

eating pink ice cream
wunning willie fast
ranch dressing


watching movies on Friday night
spending time with Nanna, Papa, Grandpa & Grandma K


telling people she is two and that her name is Sar-wah Caffeine Yarsen
not getting into "trouble trouble"
making snow men and then pulling off the various
parts of his face and eating them

Happy Half Birthday Baby Girl - you are my favorite daughter!


All of us as at Great-Grandma Fern's Funeral

we miss you Grandma!

enough already

a little bit of this....

left us with 3 trips to the doctor,

2 trips to Wal-green's and
one cute little Nebulizer i have aptly named 'wheezy'.

enough already.

Achoooo

We went to Utah, had a great time, and came home...

sick

sick

sick

*Pictures of us feeling better coming soon - I hope!

The Dude

The Dude takes sweaty little boy naps and wakes up with crazy bed head and rosy cheeks.

The Dude crawls everywhere at lightning speed and always has his sights set
for Mamma or the dog food.

The Dude loves to be nakie. He is a stinkin' nightmare to change because he will not sit still for more than 2 seconds and he thinks it is hilarious the more frustrated I become!

The Dude is always happy and loves to snuggle. He is finally eating baby food but still won't touch cereal with a 39 1/2 foot pole.

Th Dude loves his big sis and the feeling is mutual!

Just the Girls

Little Baby Sarah is neither little or a baby anymore and I can't believe it. She is growing so fast and is becoming more adorable every second! She loves to play and read and dance and sing. As of yesterday she started to make up little songs about her daily activities, I love to come around the corner and hear her sweet little voice singing a silly song.

She has an adorable smile which I rarely capture on camera.

I usually get some thing like this

or this

I love you Sarah. Thanks for being such a an adorable little nut!

A quick visit

Staff and Kaye came down to Vegas to attend the funeral of a friend. While the reason they were here was not so great we sure loved having them.

Sarah wore Grandma Kaye's pretty necklaces and couldn't take her eyes off of her handsome and sweet Grandpa!

Thanks for the visit - come again soon!