Easter 2014

Saturday morning before Easter I took the girls to our city Easter candy pick-up.  It wasn't an Easter egg hunt because they didn't have eggs, just candy, spread out over the high school football field and the kids just went from one end of the field to the other picking up as much candy as they could, as fast as they could, until it was gone.  It was fun, but I think we'll try out a different location next year that we heard is better :)  Daddy couldn't go with us because he had to go to a training for being on our HOA board.  We missed him, but still had fun anyways.

The girls patiently waiting on the track for GO!-time :)

I didn't get any pictures of the action because I was trying to keep Aurora from getting trampled and keep Savannah from crying--she was a little overwhelmed.
Rori showing me her basket with some of the loot

Some of the group we met up with--I just took a shot of the kids we know :)

Cuties!

Later that afternoon our Aussies came over to dye Easter eggs with us.  We're so glad they came!!




Good daddy's helping out :)


Of course the adults got in on the fun too.  No worries ;)

Silly Daddy



Our Aussies had to leave, but Daddy and Rori weren't quite done with the fun and dyed eggs for a little while longer after they left.

Savannah couldn't do much with dyeing eggs, so she had fun watching while enjoying her spaghetti dinner :)

Once upon a time Aurora was allergic to eggs, but we're pretty sure she's over that now.  She decided she wanted to try one, and I felt really bad when she bit right into the shell, not know she needed to peel the shell off first.  I helped her clean her mouth out and then taught her how to peel her egg.  Sweet girl.  I was proud of her for wanting to try a boiled egg.  She usually refuses eggs when we ask her if she wants some.

Sunday morning we woke up and found that the Easter bunny had come and brought us WAY too much candy!!


Let the Easter egg hunt begin!

The girls both got really cool light up balls in their baskets

Spoiling her appetite on delicious Easter candy!

Our awesome Daddy making our awesome breakfast!

Those cute bunny butt banana pancakes tasted just as good as they look!  Good job, Dar!  You're the best!!! (And thanks to Nanny for the suggestion!)

The girls definitely enjoyed their pancakes, and we loved ours just as much as they did ;)



Cute girl.  Love that chocolate face!

Later the same day, for lunch before church, Savannah got to try her first pickle!

Haha!  She seriously gives the best crusty faces!

Mmm!  Maybe it's not so bad.

She loves to fold her arms for prayers now.  Sometimes she thinks we need to pray 3-4 times during a meal.  I think it's cute :)

Daddy and Rori had fun making faces with their strawberry tongues

Like daddy--Like daughter

I'm glad we decided to take pictures of the girls before church :)  We didn't get any pictures of all 4 of us, but I'm glad we at least got some of the girls.  The dress I had planned to put on Savannah ended up being too small, so we had to go with plan B for the Easter dress, but she still looked super cute!
Our beautiful girls in their Easter dresses


Aurora liked that I was tickling them to get them to smile while Daddy took pictures.  She had to get in on the fun and help make Savannah laugh :)



Love these little girls so much!!



After church we went to dinner at Grandma and Grandpa's house.  This is by far one of the most favorite places in the house for Aurora to be.  Especially when Grandma is cooking dinner :)


After a delicious dinner and even more delicious dessert we  spent some time outside in the cool evening air.  I love when the weather warms up and we can spend more time outside.  Summer evenings are one of my most favorite things!


The girls kicked Daddy out :)

It's always hard to peel the girls away from Grandma and Grandpa's house.  Savannah definitely didn't want to leave the hammock that night.

Easter is one of my most favorite holidays.  I love the feeling of newness and renewal that I get at Easter time.  I love that I think about Nastassia so much when Easter comes around, and I know that it's because of the Atoning sacrifice of our Savior and his Resurrection that we will someday be reunited with our angel baby.

Happy Easter!!

Museum of Natural Curiosity

If you saw my post from yesterday, the pictures of the girls were taken at Thanksgiving Point.  We love Thanksgiving Point for so many reasons!  Over Darwin's spring break we got to check out their new kids museum, The Museum of Natural Curiosity, for free!  It was lots of fun for all of us---and I love the name of the museum :)

Before we left the house to head up though, Darwin snapped a couple pictures of me getting the girls ready.

Savy munching on some fruit snacks

I thought they were kind of cute, and I love that you can get an idea of how long Aurora's hair is!  Usually you can't tell because it's so curly!  We're so proud of that hair!


Inside the museum is really cool!  In one part of it they have a whole bunch of different rooms where the kids can explore lots of different things.  We got to spend a couple hours there and we didn't even get to explore the water section because it was still under construction.  We'll definitely be going back another time to check out that part.
The first room we checked out was a theater room with a stage and a bunch of props to play with.  You could change the curtains and the theater lighting.  It was pretty cool.  Rori came out from behind the curtain wearing a lion mask!

Trying out a giraffe mask

Playing with a "hula-loop", which is what Rori calls them.

Savy wearing some cool shades


The next room was a puppet theater

Rori putting on a puppet show

They had a dance room, and this one was a laundry room


Rori playing in the sand in the art room



Savy like the markers the best


I'm not sure what all the rooms/sections were called--this one was kind of like a magic shop
Behold!  Savannah's floating head! :)

Behold!  Aurora's floating head! [Plus some ;)]

Checking out some optical illusions


In the veterinarian room Rori got to pretend she was a Vet
Giving a kitty a check up


Cool X-Ray machine, huh?

Giving the kitty a shot

 I guess you could say this was a building room.  They had GIANT legos and a whole bunch of other fun things for the kids to build with.  Rori built a tower out of foam puzzle piece things.

Oh! Who's that cute couple? ;)

In this room the kids got to crank this machine that makes the trains up near the ceiling go around their track.  There's a little screen that lets them see what the train can see as it goes around.  It was pretty neat--a popular area too!

Aurora turning the crank while watching the screen to see what the train could see

Savannah really wanted to sit with Aurora :)

Checking out the mail room

 There were several of these box things near the floor that had little things in them for the kids to look at.  This one had a cricket playing a fiddle--Savy really liked it.


The music room was really cool!  You could control the instruments on the wall by pressing different buttons on the computer.  Aurora has a hard time with really loud noises lately though, so this wasn't her favorite room.

Dar, on the other hand, loved it! ;)

The harp was really cool too.  The "strings" were lasers and you played music by moving your hand across the laser beams.  You could also press a button to change the sound of the harp.

My cute family

Another big section of the museum is jungle themed.  There are little shops where the kids can "buy" pretend fruits and things that you'd find in a jungle.  There's a section for tiny tots that Savy got to spend a lot of time playing in while she and I waited for Daddy and Rori to go through an obstacle course thing.  Rori played in the tiny tot area for a little while too though :)


Rori didn't really do this one, but you could hang on the rope like a sloth

On this one you could see how high you could jump if you were a frog

Pretending to be some kind of bird

Savy playing in the tiny tot area while she and I waited for Daddy and Rori

Checking out some creepy crawlies

This girl loves balls!


Watching some ants




Working on her ballet stretches ;)

Daddy and Rori were going to try out the rope bridge--which was up really high--but Rori was a bit too scared.  Luckily I snatched one picture, pretty zoomed in.

More of Savy waiting and playing

She especially loved to just throw the balls over the edge of the play area.  Nice people kept chasing them down and putting them back in the tiny tot section :)

Rori safe and happy to be back down on the ground, watching some creepy crawlies

Back in the car after a fun afternoon at the museum and a picnic lunch in the grass afterwards.

Our sleepy baby, completely wiped out from having so much fun!