Our first Easter alone

We had our first Easter alone and it was an eventful day for us. We got to celebrate Easter a little with both sides of the family last week when we were visiting so it made Easter not feel so lonely here in Spokane.

When Kamryn woke up and went into the living room she kept saying "Wow, cool mom". Taylor was in bed still so I made her wait for him to get out of bed so that he could see her. She was really excited. The girls rounded up $20.00 last week with my family at their Easter egg hunt and I saved their money to go get them some new dresses for the summer. This is Kamryn's new dress. I love Old Navy sales, they are the best.

When Brynlee woke up and walked in the living room the first thing she did was walk as fast as she could to her Easter basket. We had two Easter egg hunts already and so she knew that there was gonna be candy in her basket.
Brynlee wouldn't hold up her new dress cause she was too excited about the candy. So here is a little glimpse of what it looks like.
Yay, candy! They were so excited for the candy.
Brynlee couldn't wait to eat her candy. She couldn't even wait long enough for us to open the candy before she put it in her mouth.

The weather here just won't make up it's mind. And of course it had to rain on Easter and so we had to have our Easter egg hunt inside of the house. The girls had fun and I don't think they cared whether we were inside or outside for the hunt. But I am sure sick of this crappy Spokane weather. As you can see Brynlee loves candy. She would put 4 to 5 peanut butter M&M's in her mouth at a time and of course she was drooling everywhere.
So we finally had to strip her down to her diaper cause she was ruining her pretty dress.
Kamryn loved the starburst candies the most and all day long she was sneaking some starburst to eat.
Here are the girls' new summer dresses. For once we got a cute picture of them with me. My girls don't like to smile for the camera and so it is a pain to take a picture.

I know Brynlee looks like she is crying, but actually she happens to be sooooo hyper. Her and Kamryn were on a major sugar high yesterday and they were driving us bonkers. They were all over the house running, screaming, dancing, and making a mess of everything. These next two pictures are of them making plenty enough noise to wake up the neighbors. They kept clapping and saying "YAY" as loud as they could.
Last but not least, we colored some eggs to end the Easter day. The girls loved it and wanted to do it all by themselves.
After we colored the eggs, we put some Disney Princess stickers on them to decorate them. Both of them LOVED this part and couldn't keep their hands to themselves. In fact Brynlee was so excited she decided to pull the eggs off of the table.
WOW, talk about overload on pictures! Hope you all had a Happy Easter!

Just a few of the perks of going to St. George

#1- Great shopping (Dillards, Christensen's, Tai Pan, Krumpet's, and much much more).

#2- Great food (Cheesecake Factory, Pasta Factory, Cafe Rio).

#3- Eating whatever we want (Grandma and Grandpa Reitano's house was Brynlee's favorite cause there was always something on the floor for her to find and eat. Her favorite was popcorn).

#4- Relaxation.

#5- A few wrestling matches with Uncle Bryce.
#6- LOTS of outdoor fun.

#7- Spending time with family and friends (especially my husband and girls).

#8- Stampin' up (I got to go to my favorite scrapbooking club that I have missed so much since we moved to Spokane).

#9- Golfing (Taylor's all time favorite thing to do when we go back to sunny St. George).

We were so excited to be able to go home! We had a blast with everyone and enjoyed all the company. I want to thank Taylor for taking me home. It meant so much to me to be back in the place that I love so much and to see everyone that we love. It felt so good to be home and to do all the things that I have missed so much. The weather was so warm and sunny and it was so nice to get a break from all the cold weather. I am sad that we had to leave but I am so LOOKING forward to being able to go home again. Thank you to everyone who made this trip worth while. We love you all and can't wait to see you again!

Nick and Jessica Hammer's wedding

We had the privelage of attending Taylor's cousin Nick Hammer's wedding. Jeffrey R. Holland sealed the two together in the Salt Lake Temple. It was such a gorgeous day and the sealing was beautiful. Jessica looked gorgeous and Nick looked so happy. In some of the pictures above it cut off some of the picture and or cut off somebody's head. But you get the idea.

Oh baby

We went to visit our good friends Jeff and Shauna and they have a new baby boy in their house and our girls were so excited to see a baby. Brynlee was excited and very interested in what the baby was doing. She couldn't figure out why this baby was so much heavier than her dolls. She wanted to pick him up all by herself, but he was to heavy.

Kamryn really loved holding the baby and I can tell that she is gonna be so excited to have a baby brother in our house. She was so cute with him.

After awhile, Brynlee was more interested in the babies toys than the baby.

We are gonna have to watch this one when our new arrival gets here.

Easter egg hunt with the North fam

Kamryn wasn't very interested in getting the eggs off of the ground. She wanted to get all the eggs that were hidden above the ground.

Brynlee always has these cute little puckered lips. She reminds me of a duck. I love her little ducky lips.

As soon as Brynlee would get an egg she would sit down and open it to see what was inside. She is so smart and I didn't think she would be able to get the eggs open.

Brynlee and Aunt Ashley.

All the cute North Grandbabies. I am surprised that I was able to catch a picture of all of them looking up and smiling. That doesn't happen very often.

Boma North gave the girls these cute wands. Both Kamryn and Brynlee loved it.
Thanks for the fun easter egg hunt. We loved it!

Easter egg hunt and Family pics with the Reitano fam

My mom had an easter egg hunt for the kids and it was so fun to watch them run around and look for the eggs. Kamryn had a ton of fun and she absolutely loves quarters and it just so happened that she got quite a few quarters in her eggs. My mom likes to do money inside of the eggs rather than candy and between the two girls they rounded up $20.00. We also tried to do family pictures that day with my family, and of course the wind decided to pick up just as we were taking pictures, so they didn't turn out the best. Plus the girls just wanted to play on the playground and not smile for pictures. Oh well. Thanks mom and dad for a fun easter egg hunt.

The long drive home

Brynlee got a little hungry on the drive back to Spokane, and decided to eat her toes for dinner. Mmmm...Yummy!

Kamryn thought that it was pretty funny that Brynlee was eating her toes and so she gave it a try. She's not quite as flexible and wasn't able to get her toes to her mouth though.

Taylor has a nasty habit of having to spit out the window when he drives, and every time he opened the window Kamryn would laugh like crazy. Every time he opened the window she said "Ooo dat's cold dad."

Daddy's hat and Plumbers crack

Brynlee loves her dad's hat. She is constantly pulling it off of his head and putting it on her head. We happened to catch her putting on Taylor's hat the other day then she stood up and started to walk around the house with it on. The funny part about it was that she covered her face so that she couldn't see where she was going. We tried to get a video of her doing it but of course by the time we were ready to tape her she was done playing with the hat. Oh well.

Brynlee unfortunately got her mothers genes. NO BUTT! My side of the family is known for having the flat butt. And sadly I think Brynlee is going to get it as well. Her little diaper won't stay on her little bum and because her diaper won't stay on, her pants fall off as well. She has got this cute little buddha belly, small bum, and chicken legs. Poor girl. It doesn't matter if she is walking, sitting, or laying down, you can always see her little plumbers crack.