Kayla's Lasagna Dinner

First of all I have to say that Kayla is the sweetest little baby I know!  Last night I had a dentist appointment at 5pm and when I got home they were all in the middle of dinner.  Kayla immediately greeted me by pointing to me and then signing more!  She wanted more of her Mommy :) 

Kayla had her first lasagna dinner last night and LOVED it.  Daniel said she ate more than he did.  Along with her cherry tomatoes and avocado she had two full square servings of lasagna.  Daniel told me she was mowing through it so fast that he couldn't sit down and enjoy the meal with them because he was constantly getting up to get her more.  Joshua even asked, "Daddy, are you are going to eat with us?" 

This girl sure does like her food!

I didn't get a picture of the final damage but let's

just say she went straight into the bathtub!

Easter 2014 Part 2

We started Easter morning off by giving Joshua clues as to where he could find his and Kayla's Easter Baskets.  We both grew up doing scavenger hunts which we both absolutely loved so of course we want to do them with our kids as well. 

 

 

This squeeze pouch was a big hit with Kayla.  This was the first time she has ever had one and she loved it.  She set it on the floor and ended up sitting on it causing what was left to squirt all over the place.  HA-HA!

Of course Kayla had a blast with her Easter Basket grass more

than the goodies in her basket. 

 

After Kayla's morning nap we went to Omah and Papa's house for Easter dinner and more memory making. 

 

Daddy and Kayla chatting with Great Grandpa Lutze.

Of course the balloons were a big hit with both kids.

Joshua loved having balloons fights and playing the game where you keep hitting the balloon in the air and don't let it touch the ground. 

 

 

 

 

Grandpa even got in on the action by hitting the balloon up in the air with his cane.  He also used his cane to pick up Joshua's Easter Basket.  

 

Waiting for Omah to start devotion time.

We also celebrated Papa's birthday.  

Our best attempt at getting a picture of 4 generations.

 

My sweet Easter babies. 

 

Just for fun here is a picture of Kayla from last Easter and this year...

Easter 2013 at Omah and Papa's house.  Only 3 days old!  This is how she spent her whole Easter. 

Easter 2014 at Omah and Papa's house. 
She sure is prettier and sweeter than we could have ever imagined!   

 

Right before we were about leave to go home Joshua disappeared.  We were yelling his name, searching high and low (including a cliff out in the canyon, yikes!) and there was no sign of him. When I went to check in the basement this is what I saw....Joshua sitting with G.G. on the couch, sucking his thumb, watching one of her old movies.  So sweet...but please don't ever do that again without tell me where you are going.



Easter 2014 Part 1

The week before Easter we went to our neighborhood's annual Eggstravaganza which is always so much fun. 

Waiting for the hunt to begin. 

 

Joshua's favorite part was riding the train.  He would wave to people as he rode by.  During the ride we saw him mouthing something.  When we asked him what he was saying he said, "I think I can, I think I can" (from the Little Engine That could).

Kayla's favorite part was probably the animals. 

 

As we were waiting for the hunt to begin the lady manning the eggs asked Joshua how many eggs he was going to get and he said, "A LOT!"

 

He was so funny during this hunt.  He just started throwing eggs in his basket one right after the other.  Once he was satisfied with the amount of eggs he got he sat right in the middle of the hunt to open them up. 

Checking out his loot. 

Lucky for him all the eggs had stickers in him (one of his favorite things), not so lucky for Mom and Dad since we like candy. 

Joshua opened all his eggs and put the sticers on his arm. 

 

The decorated end result.

Showing Kayla his goods.

Happy as can be with an empty Easter egg.

 

The week leading up to Easter we did a couple Easter themed snacks.  One was a fruit and grape cross kabob which Joshua thought was an airplane and started flying it around in the air.  LOL! 

 

Next up was our resurrection rolls.  He loved cutting the "tomb" open by himself with his own knife and seeing that the marshmallow was gone.  It was empty just like the tomb of Jesus. 

 

Reviewing the Easter Story.  The cutest part during all of this was when Joshua asked, "Does He (Jesus) love me when I do bad things?"  More than you could ever imagine my sweet boy!  I love sharing these truths with him!

 

The day before Easter we went over to Omah and Papa's house for a big Easter egg coloring party with all the Colorado cousins.  As we were headed out to leave for Omah and Papa's Joshua kept saying, "The funnest Easter Party."  We hadn't even arrived yet and it was already the most fun Easter party in his book.  He also told me, "I am going to hug Willem and River."  He loves his cousins. 

 

Omah and Papa's house was jammed packed with kids running around being loud and it was oh so much fun!  Childhood memories in the making. 

Waiting for the egg coloring to start.

The babies watching the big kids color Easter eggs.

 

  

 

 

So focused.  

 

After we colored eggs Uncle Andrew and Aunt Anna hid the eggs for the kids to find.

Off to find the eggs.

River and her treasure. 

 

 

Digging into his goods. 

 

MMM, hard boiled egg.

The funniest part of this day for me was during dinner when Joshua would sing his favorite song, God's Not Dead, and change the ending which had all his cousins cracking up.  He was eating up all the attention his big cousins were giving him. 

 

 All the cousins went out for a hike and got rained on.  Joshua thought that was soooo neat.  When I asked him what his favorite part of the day was he said hiking and getting wet.  The next morning when we told him we were going back to Omah and Papa's house one of the first things he said was that he wanted to go hiking again.  When we told him we could definitely do that he asked in hopefully expectation, "is it raining?" 

 

We are so thankful to be able to have our kids grow up with family and make lots of fun memories!