Easter Sunday

I saw these adorable Easter dresses at Sam's Club a month ago and couldn't resist getting them for Abbie and Leah.  I didn't even think about getting a newborn one at the time in case we had a girl so after Olivia was born, I went back to the store and they were all gone.  I then searched high and low online trying to find a matching one for Olivia but they are nowhere to be found.  Bummer!  Luckily, I did have a pink newborn dress that was close enough in color so I put her in that and Porter in an adorable blue vest and got these cute pictures of the kids before church last week.   Didn't they turn out perfect?

What are the chances of getting them all to smile and look at the camera and not have their hands in their faces all at the same time?  Amazing!

Olivia raising her hand as if to say "Don't forget about me!"

Porter is so happy to hold baby Olivia, anytime, any day

Um, I'm not so sure about all this pink, though!

My handsome boy is growing up!

Trampolines, Easter, and Women's Conference

In mid-April I visited a trampoline place for my sister's birthday and it was so much fun. Here we are after jumping for a while, all hot and sweaty!

I had a great time doing flips and tricks, I was surprised how much I was able to do after not being on a trampoline in years. See the video above of me doing a front flip into the foam pit!

We had a Easter egg hunt out at my dad's house before Easter Sunday and the cousins all had a great time looking for eggs together. This was the first year that my kids got to be a part of this tradition so it was nice to not have to miss out on the fun this year.

Abbie with her eggs

Leah with her basket

Feasting on all the candy

The girls getting their Easter baskets. Leah saw this yellow chick at the store a few weeks before Easter and took turns hugging each and every one in the store before they left. I just had to go back and get one for her for her basket. She loved it!

Abbie was excited to get a chocolate bunny!

Both of them with their chickies

Leah and Porter and their cute diapered bums before bed one night. Porter started crawling away from me before I could get him dressed and Leah started chasing him. So cute!

My mom and a few sisters and I attended BYU Women's Conference this year and it was awesome! We had a great time going to the classes all day and then having dinner and spending the night in Midway before returning to our families and every day responsibilities. It was great to have a break from everything and enjoy a little weekend with just the girls.

Easter outfits

I forgot to get pictures of the kids wearing their Easter outfits a few weeks ago so we got all dressed up again to get some pictures in front of our pretty tree (and to go to church). Here's the best one, Leah was cold so she has a scowl on her face and Abbie's eyes are closed but aren't their matching dresses so cute? I love Porter's little matching vest and khakis too.

Here's a much better one of them inside on the couch, aren't they the cutest things ever? I love this picture so much I've printed a couple copies and sent them to relatives, framed some 8x10's, put it on my blog header (see above), and made it my new desktop background. I just can't get enough of my sweet babies!

A few more of Porter in his first church outfit. He's so handsome and such a smiley boy!

Trying to get some laughs out of him

Don't you just want to squeeze him? I do!

Easter fun...

We had a pretty good Easter weekend. On Saturday we did an Easter egg hunt with some friends in our ward and even though it was cold, Abbie and Leah had a great time finding eggs and eating all their candy. I had to ration it out, though, so they wouldn't eat it all in the first 10 minutes after getting home. Crazy kids!

Here's Abbie showing me her loot! She was the oldest kid there so she found her ration of 12 eggs pretty quickly and then went to help Leah and the other kids.

Here's Leah spotting another pretty egg...

And going in for the kill!

Here we are on Easter morning with our pretty new dresses. Leah wasn't happy about having to smile for the camera one bit!

Attempting again after church to get a better picture of Leah with no such luck! She was just being a little stinker but at least her dress was cute!

Finally getting their Easter baskets after church (I know, I'm mean, I made them wait so they wouldn't be all hopped up on sugar at church). Leah got a new quacky (stuffed animal duck) with bunny ears, of course.

She loved all the jellybeans and chocolate m&m's...

And Abbie was pretty excited about the Smarties she got!

Dressing up in the jewelry they got...

And fancy earrings! I don't have pierced ears and really don't care to so the girls have never seen me with earrings. They thought this was great fun, I'll have to let them dress me up again!

Well, I hope you all had a wonderful Easter and were able to be with family or friends to celebrate this day!