Easter Egg Hunt

We had a good Easter. I am still having issues with my camera and computer, so I can only use the pictures off my cell phone, which is highly irritating! I have the cutest pictures on my camera, and I can't post them right now, or in other words, I don't want to walk my happy bottom down stairs to the other computer to download them :)

Back on track--let's see---where were we? Yes--Easter. So on Saturday, we went to the Easter egg hunt. I ended up having to meet Jared there. He brought the kids with him. It took forever for me to find a parking spot (no I didn't come from home, so I couldn't walk), and I ran a marathon in order to get to the park by 10:00AM. Okay--so it was more like a 1/2 mile sprint, but it felt like a marathon--sympathy is what I am looking for people :)

So the fire horn goes off just as I round the corner. The kids at the hunt all start running buck wild. It took me about two minutes to find Jared and the kids. By the time I found the kids, the hunt was about over. Aspen ended up with seven smarties and Chaz got four or five. We must not have been interested in the eggs, because we ended up O for O in the egg department. Aunt Katie took pity on us, and gave Chaz an egg afterwards. Thanks Katie!! LOL--Wow, so I guess we didn't have it quite figured out. The good news is that the kids had a great time :) I snapped a couple quick pictures on my phone.

We had a great Easter. The kids got to wear their new outfits, the choir sounded awesome, we had dinner at Roger's house, the kids enjoyed an Easter egg hunt there, and then we flew kites after the hunt. It was awesome. I would love to post pictures of the kids in their outfits and the kite flying, but unfortunately I am in a fight with my computer and camera still :) They don't like each other. (Can you tell I am not bitter at all?)

Anyways--more pictures later :) Here is what I have for now, until I get the energy to go downstairs and work on that computer (and my basement is freezing--so not enticing)

Back To Earth

Alright--so I basically fell off the face of the earth around Thanksgiving time. C'mon don't lie to me--you all enjoyed the festivity of a warm colorful turkey background for the better part of five months. It has been crazy, and we have had a lot going on alright? Does that count as an excuse? I don't even know how to catch up on the last five months, so how about I start with now, and then I will fill you in on later as we go?

Last weekend we went to Utah--Tooele to be exact for a baby blessing. O yeah, backup-- my little sister Jen was pregnant, and she had a beautiful baby girl on New Year's Eve. They named her Maddy. We stayed at Liz's house the night before, stayed up late, got up early, got everyone dressed, and headed to Tooele (also known as BFE). Just as we pulled into town, we learned that the power was out in the entire town, so there was no electricity, and church was canceled. Some phone calls were made, and it was decided to have the baby blessing at Jen's house. It actually was such a neat, spiritual, and powerful experience.

Liz, Jen, and I all coordinated matching Easter outfits, so the kids were all matching that day. We had to take pictures of course. It was priceless :) Joe was missing Meranda the whole time---okay back up again---my little brother is engaged to Meranda Giles!!! Yeah!!! More on all that later w/ pictures.

Anyway---here are the pictures from that day, and I am back, so ya'll can quit pestering me about updating my blog! :) Actually, I am glad you all are, so now I can get back into it.