Easter Day!

We took a few minutes after church to take our annual Easter photos. I just love the girls dresses! Pink is such a springy color - and we definitely need spring to come here in Utah!

I kind of dropped the ball on Jake this year - no tie. Whoops. Glad he didn't notice (or if he did, he certianly didn't say anything!)
She's such a poser, isn't she?
We kind of have to work with this one! This one's good...
This one, not so much!! HA! What is that face??
Don't you just want to eat those cheeks up?? I totally do.


The Easter Bunny came to our house! Although, I had two very scared little girls. They wouldn't go to sleep (even though it was past 11!) and they cried because they didn't want him to be hopping through their bedrooms. Makes sense - it IS kind of creepy! So I did what every responsible parent does: call the Easter Bunny Hotline. I arranged with the customer service rep to have the Easter Bunny drop the goods at the front door then text Jeff when they have arrived. Once we received the goods, we would personally hide the baskets for the bunny this year. Problem solved! I'm sure the Bunny was relieved - one less house to worry about!

Jake left this basket for the Bunny to fill. I'm not sure what he expected to find in it, but he was disappointed that the basket wasn't filled to the rim with candy. I'm not though! Made it tough to find a good hiding place! Look at the size of that thing!

It is our tradition that the Easter Bunny comes to my parents house for the adults. That Easter Bunny! He's a wise guy! He is getting trickier and trickier. Jeff ALWAYS finds his basket without help. And his is ALWAYS in the hardest places too!

Well, this year tops it off! After hours of searching, the Easter Bunny hid it in this location...
(It's the crawl space above the garage!) Notice anything? Nor did Jeff until he moved the orange tent that was propping this piece of wood up!
And viola! There it is! That crazy bunny! I'm pretty sure he spends all year thinking of good hiding spots. Then he sits there laughing as we spend the day searching the house! (I LOVE this tradition!!!)
(The Easter Bunny knows not to hide mine too hard. I get mad easily when I can't find things!)

And it was Daren's Birthday too - Happy Birthday Brother!! Love this guy!
Daren's girlfriend Katie and I got new slippers in our baskets! Plus we get to go for a pedicure! Love that Easter Bunny!!

Easter Weekend

What a fun weekend!! We started the weekend off the annual Wright family Easter Egg Hunt, a very fun tradition hosted by Lyn. The party started while Jake was at baseball practice. The kids dyed eggs. Once Jake arrived it was time for the hunt! She does three different hunts: one for the little kids, the bigger kids and the adults (the biggest kids!)
Instead of just candy in the eggs, she hides real money and "Bunny Money" - paper money they can hand in for treats and toys. Jake came away with $5 dollars! He claimed it was "well worth his time!" HA!



After the kids counted up their money, exchanged it for the fun things they wanted, we ate some lunch together. It was a nice, relaxing afternoon with the family.

Grandpa even rented a bounce house for the kids - it got a little crazy, but they had a blast!

Then we headed off to another hunt with the Craguns and other friends in our old ward. SO. MUCH. FUN! I always forget how fun our friends are until we are together! There were tons of kids, tons of candy and tons of hidden eggs! We are supposed to bring a dozen eggs and 1/2 a bag of candy for each child - they obviously come away with more than they need!

We had two different hunts - one for those that prefer light and another for the hunters that want to hunt in the dark! Jen Cragun even found some glow in the dark eggs! The older kids had an absolute blast!! And all three came away with more candy than they needed! (I'll cover the overage, thank you!)


Addy counting up her loot!
This was only a portion of the crowd - most people had gone home by this point or were still visiting.
We stayed way too late, but had such a fun time!!

Grandparents Day!

I've heard of other schools hosting a Grandparents Day, but we were never lucky to attend a school that did until this year. Juliana and Jake were thrilled to have their grandparents visit!

When I asked Juliana what Grandparents Day was all about, she responded, "it's when your grandparents come to visit your school and I show them all my cute stuff." Yep, pretty much sums that up!

The day started off a little rocky with a phone call from my Dad:

Dad: Jen! Where's Ya Ya?

Me: What do you mean, she is in class. I dropped her off.

Dad: She's not here. Her (substitute) teacher can't find her! (He's sounding panicked here!)

Me: Well, she's wearing a blue shirt, brown pants and her hair is in a braided bun

Dad: (annoyed voice) I KNOW what she looks like!!! (In my defense, I was trying to tell what she was wearing so the teacher could remember her!)

So my father starts walking to school to find her, checking in all the assemblies only to go back to class and find here where she was THE ENTIRE TIME!!! Phew. Close call - that would have been the first ever lost Kindergarten-er in her own classroom!

But once he found her, he was ecstatic and the fun began!



They got to color projects together and see the classroom



Then they moved onto Jake's classroom and the art show:They all had a blast! We are so blessed to have such awesome grandparents!

Zoom!!!!!! ZOOOM!

Did any of you know when you signed up to live in the world at this particular time that time would go so stinkin FAST??? Seriously. I feel like I can't even catch my breath! How in the WORLD did we go from this:

To THIS in just a matter of a few short weeks? This baby is changing and growing far faster than the others. (No, she isn't sitting - she's just propped!)

I mean, just look that that chubbers!! That is one fat and very happy little girl!! (She IS in the 90th percentile for her weight!)

She is such a sweet addition to our home. Always full of laughter and smiles. She adores her siblings (when they aren't smashing her with "love"!) I wish I took more time to hold her. The good thing is that I still can!! I'm learning to put the laundry down for a few minutes and cherish these sweet moments with my baby. Cause we all know that fat like this can't last forever!

I am so in love with this little girl!!!

Happy Birthday Juliana!

I really can't believe this baby girl is SIX! She is so full of love, compassion and inner beauty. I am thankful for this sweet girl.

She requested donuts for breakfast. I'm a donut snob. I am pretty particular about where I get my donuts. But since I didn't hear the alarm, Jeff went to the nearest place: Walmart. You just shouldn't be allowed to buy a donut from Walmart! But, since I didn't get up, I don't get to complain! (Ha! Doesn't stop me!) And this little birthday princess could care less! The more icing, sugar and preservatives, the better! (Juliana's hair is her little signature. This is one of those things that I will always remember about her. She wakes up with rats nesting in the back, I swear!)
We quickly got ready because she wanted to go to Nickle City for her special outing. Of course, I didn't check the opening time and we arrived to a closed Nickle City. Sweet girl settled for Chucky Cheese instead with no complaints!


It just so happened that Kindergarten Dad's and Donut day was the same day as her birthday! As an added bonus, dad's got to take the children to eat lunch at the cafiteria. She was giddy with excitement!

We were much more low key about this birthday party. We had pasta, salad and homemade bread sticks for dinner. Then it was onto the presents!

And boy was she spoiled! She got a cake decorating kit. (Which, surprisingly JAKE has played with every single day! He has made many masterpieces. Could we have the next Cake Boss??) LOTS and LOTS of Barbie things: a house, car and swimming pool. Clothes and an exciting gift card to go shopping (Thanks Uncle Zach!!)



She wanted fairy cupcakes. Which was perfect - cause I already had the kit! :) We had chocolate cupcakes with Strawberry

Happy Birthday sweet Juliana! WE LOVE YOU!!!