Twinns

This past Christmas my Aunt Linda gave all the girls My Twinn dolls. In case you don't know.... these are the dolls where you get to pick the hair style and color, the color of eyes, skin tones and even match freckles and moles to your child. I created Mikayla's doll without her knowing and it was so much fun to see her open it on Christmas morning. She was so excited! I took a short video of her and her Twinn because on this particular morning Mikayla insisted that they have the same hair style. I must say I did a pretty good job too! Thanks so much Aunt Linda for the wonderful gift. You always do such an amazing job! We love you!

Echo

I love these pictures of Mikayla and our cat Echo. I actually have quite a few pictures of them sleeping together, but I liked these the best. Echo loves to lay right next to Mikayla during the night and Mikayla likes to lay right next to me. Needless to say it makes sleeping very uncomfortable sometimes. We inherited this cat from Nana when one night she told Mikayla we could take him home. Nice work Nana! Honestly though Mikayla and I both enjoy our sweet, gentle boy. Don't be fooled by his size he is the most mellow cat around. Once he even had a closet door shut on him and he still didn't move. The was an expensive trip to the Vet for my mom between x-rays, surgery and an artificial hip.

Nana's Easter Egg Hunt!!!!

Zeke and Evie hunting for their eggs!

We had our big Easter Egg hunt today at Nana and Papa's house. They do such a wonderful job every year. The kids have so much fun and get some awesome prizes and money. It was a beautiful today for an Easter egg hunt too. Mikayla was hunting for purple eggs and Papa found the perfect hiding spot for one of hers. There is a flowering pear tree in front of my parents house that Mikayla loves to climb, hang, hide treasures in and do tricks on a particular branch. She was more then eager to climb that tree in her dress to get her egg. I couldn't resist I had to take a picture of it. That's my girl..... she is super girly but can still climb a tree better than most boys I know!

Baby Kingston

My new nephew Kingston is such a little sweetheart! He has the littlest head with alot of black hair so I decided to style it today while he was sleeping of course. Doesn't he look handsome with his mohawk! When Heather was pregnant with Kingston I made a deal with Ayana that I would get her the Harry Potter wands she had been asking for in trade for her new baby brother that would be born soon. She originally agreed to it but then backed out. We still like to tease her about it. Kingston is so sweet.....I might have to order those wands!

Saturday Hunt

Adri and I wanted to take our girls on Saturday to one of the many Easter egg hunts going on in the valley. We haven't ever done this before so we thought the kids might enjoy it..... which they did. Mikayla on the way there asked me if the eggs were going to be hard to find? She was so excited when we arrived and she saw all the eggs and prizes just laying in the grass! Our girls where split up into different age groups which kind of sucked. But of course I can understand why they do it that way. Mikayla's strategy was to get a hackie sack first and then go for the eggs. She did a pretty good job!

Mikayla's Birthday

It was Mikayla's 8th birthday over the weekend and we had so much fun. These are just a few pictures of the exciting weekend. Mikayla and I thought of a few different things she could do for her birthday, after a some serious thinking she finally decided that she wanted just she and I to spend a night in a hotel with a pool. At first I wasn't too sure about her decision but it was so amazing. We swam for hours, stayed up late, had snacks at midnight and slept in. What a great time for some Mom and Daughter bonding. Mikayla says she wants to do this every year for her birthday. We can't wait to do it all again.




Mikayla of course picked a build a bear which she loves. Later we had a party with my family. She got lots of wonderful things. Thanks everyone for making it such a great day.