easter!

the easter bunny found us!

we went to church and came home to

easter baskets on the table

and an easter egg hunt outside!

i made the kids an easter bunny of their own!

missionary easter

we had the missionaries over for dinner tonight.

we love to have these young guys in our home.

we have such a fun time getting to know them and having the missionary spirit in our home.

since it's easter tomorrow....

we got some eggs and some candy and had an easter eggs hunt for them.

IT WAS SO FUN!

the kids hide the eggs and then the elders came out to find them!

grandmas visit!

grandma jodeene came to visit!

we had a great time.

we did all kinds of stuff.

i think she played every game and put together every puzzle we have

while she was here!

the kids LOVED it.

there was also lots of coloring and cuting and glueing and creating!

we went to see daddy's work.

at brett's work we saw this squirrel!

he was so awesome.

he could climb up the stone wall.

kale thought it was the coolest thing ever!

we also took grandma to the mall of america!

we had SO much fun.
we went on rides, went out to eat and

 saw some amazing lego creations.

olivia got her hair done by a crazy guy.

isn't she just beautiful!

these pictures are made on LEGO!

incredible!

mallory got her hair done too. 

in little tiny ringlets.

she was just adorable!

olivia, mallory, grandma and I went on the log ride.

IT WAS HILARIOUS!

mallory was sitting with me in the very front and

we, especially mallory got SOAKED!

she was a great sport and took it like a champ.

the ride was so fun and quite scary!

of course, we made grandma jodeene a welcome sign!

we were so excited she was coming!

all of the kids helped color it!

little family protrait.

since we had someone there to take it!

we had such a great time with grandma jodeene!

we are looking forward to her next visit!

heart of worship

the preschool the girls go to is luthern and the kids

get to learn LOTS of cool songs.

the preschool has a singing night for the kids

to show us parents all the stuff they have learned.

it was VERY cute.

 mallory went first. 

 she looks super nervous.  i think she was, but she did a GREAT job

 and sang and sang!

liv was next with her classmates. 

she did a great job too!

our girls love to sing!

the songs were all very catchy and had great actions.

kale loved watching his sisters up there!

he can't wait to go to preschool.

too bad he has another year to wait!

mrs sarah and mrs jenny!

these are the girls new preschool teachers!

to say they love them would be an understatement!

mrs. jenny and mrs. sarah!

they are the best.

we get to see them everyday

 since olivia goes mon/wed/fri

and mallory goes tues/thurs!

let us out!

we just want to remember there was no snow on the ground 

and the kids played outside

TODAY!! 

general conference

we wanted the girls to watch conference with us these year. 

they should be able to do atleast one session, right?

so i found some cute general conference activity books online,

sugardoodle.net and got some candy.

i can't remember where i saw this on the web, but i put the candy in some little buckets,

put some words on the buckets and then when the girls heard

that word  (general conference, prayer, scriptures) they got to

get a candy from that jar.

it worked pretty good for most of the session!