Easter 2011

Here are a few of the highlights from our Happy Easter.

Everyone had fun dying and designing eggs.

The Easter Bunny visited our house Saturday morning. He knew we would at Papa's the next day so we were happy he could come a little early.

Some eggs, some candy, some loot

After our egg hunt we headed to Oakley for the annual egg hunt put on by Papa and Dee. They always do a great job and the kids look forward to it every year.

Papa and Laney Girl

The kiddos after they found their baskets, golden eggs, new jackets, and plenty of candy.

They were very spoiled as usual.

EASTER DAY

We spent the night at Julie's and were able to have Easter dinner with everyone and just enjoy being together. The kids love playing with their cousins.

Loggy Boy

(he fell asleep on the way home from church and wasn't too excited for picture time)

Laney Girl
She does NOT like grass

3 Cute Girls

Ellie Girl

She is always so photogenic

Bailey Girl
She is getting so grown up

I love mommy she loves me, we love daddy yes siree,

he loves us and so you see, we are a happy family.

(Logan learned this song in nursery and sings it all of the time)

All of the cute Payne cousins.

The Month of April

We had fun in the month of April with Spring Break and Easter. We had some Easter celebrations at home and then headed down to St. George with my parents & sisters and their kids. It was a nice Warm break, when we came home we had a few more Easter celebrations.

This was our friends/neighbors annual Easter egg hunt. It is always a great way to start off spring.

The kids had fun dying eggs in their new PJ's

We told the kid about the new baby on a dyed Easter egg. I didn't realize how blurry it was. The egg says "New Baby September 2010"

Bailey kept trying to peak at it while I was dying it, she knew I was up to something.

Ellie said mom is pregnant over and over

Logan just kept saying Egg

Our Easter morning.

Lots of eggs and lots of candy. Logan just kept shoving jelly beans in his mouth, as many as would fit.

New socks and new glasses.

I love this picture!

After our Easter morning we drove down to Utah so we could head down to St. George for some warmth. The spring was not warm enough for my liking..........

When we got to St. George we had lunch outside in the sun at

In N Out Burger, my favorite. It was amazing as usual

Even picky Bailey ate all of her burger

Logan loved the swing, he never got tired of it. I am sure grandma got tired of pushing him.

The kids loved being able to swim

Logan loved swimming so much, he was always ready

These kids are like me, we like warmer weather better!!

We wore these little guys out!

Ryan came back down to meet us so we could drive to Burley for some more Easter celebrations, but we had to make a stop at Tai Pan. While we were there we found these. Ryan made the kids put them on. Bailey was with my mom at another store so she missed out, but here are some photo of Ellie and Logan in Aggie gear.

Ryan is really thinking Aggie football is steppin it up this year. We shall see.

We spent Easter Sunday with Ryan's family. It is always a good time. Serious egg hunt, good food, and plenty of fun for the kids with their cousins.

Since Easter was on Conference Sunday the kids only wore part of their Easter outfits, they have cute tulle skirts that match these sweaters but aren't the best for egg hunting, especially in the freezing cold!

Jaeli, Ellie, and Allie with their matching jackets.

Other things in April worth noting.....

Bailey had a recognition night for Activity Days. They have these cute charm bracelets and at each recognition night they get to add more charms for the things they have passed off.

She also had a piano recital. She played two songs and did a great job. My parents came up to watch her, she had a soccer game that day too so it was a great weekend to visit.

EASTER

We had a nice Easter weekend. It went by sort of quickly because there were plenty of activities to keep us busy. We started by dying eggs on Friday night. Logan just sat at our feet and cried most of the time because he wanted to sit in the middle of the table and splash in the dye. The Easter bunny paid our house a little visit on Saturday morning, leaving plenty of filled eggs to find, plus new buckets with treasures in them. Logan loved his first taste of jelly beans. Later that morning Ryan took the girls to an egg hunt at one of our friends house. They loved looking for eggs with their friends and were excited to get stickers in some of the eggs. I stayed home and backed up to leave for the weekend. We were heading to Oakley for and Easter egg hunt too, but first we had to squeeze in soccer pictures and half of Bailey's soccer game. It was a good half she played well and the team ended up tying. We were the last to arrive at the final egg hunt of the day, hopefully people didn't have to wait too long for us. We spent the rest of the weekend just hanging out at Julie and John's the kids love being there and spending so much time with their cousins. It was a Happy Easter !Dying Eggs

spring jammies and new spring shoes



yum yum jelly beans


Very happy to use their new HSM 3 buckets for the neighborhood hunt

Bailey with her 5 dollar golden egg
"I'm a lucky duck" she said
I agree


Logan's 1st Easter was a hit! I think he will be loving the egg finding
and serious candy consumption for many years to come.

These 3 little girls are the best of friends. Cousins are the best!

The boy cousins have taken over the girls
7 boys (soon to be 8) & 5 girls

Papa and Dee always put forth an amazing effort for these occasions. They always get the kids new jackets which is awesome, plus a great Easter egg hunt, good food and plenty of fun.


New Easter outfits are of course a must, here are a few of the pictures of the kids in their new duds. I couldn't get a very good one of all 3 of them. That is just the way it is right now I guess. We got a few decent family ones, but I am bummed you can't see Ryan's orange tie that matches Logan that I spent several days trying to find, oh well :) The great news for my family is that we can all wear these outfits again this week and try again for a photo. Moaning and groaning not necessary, we are doing it anyway :)