Hangin Out With My Dad

I am not sure if Kelton will appreciate this picture, but I LOVE it. He is such an amazing Dad and leads our family in love and a lot of fun. The thing that Kelton does the best is make everything fun even work. He has taught me so much about parenting and compassion. He always watches early Saturday morning cartoons with the kids and they love it! They just love their Dad so much it makes my heart melt when I think about their relationship.

The Storm

One evening as we were eating the kids noticed out the window there was a storm coming so we decided to watch it out of our window and then eventually went out to the back porch to get a better look. The sky looked so dark and you could tell it was a big Texas storm. As we would run out in the rain and the very small hail we noticed the hail was getting bigger and the clouds were looking a little scary. Just as we were noticing all this the phones started ringing. First my brother in-law called to tell us to turn on the T.V., then friends who lived near by who were saying the same. To make a long story short we did get our bathroom ready with 72 hour kits, radios and the crib mattress to put over the bathtub as we prepared for the funnel clouds above us to form a tornado. It was scary for about 2 min. but the tornado never formed and all was well. Those two minutes made us realize just how quickly things can go wrong and how we need to heed to the counsel that the leaders of our church have given us, to be prepared for any emergency that may arise. Autumn and Keston still talk about tornados all the time and always asks if we can see one.

The Hunt

It is tradition that we have Easter dinner, egg hunting and eating of candy at Uncle Garth's and Aunt Brooke's house. This year was a lot of fun and the kiddos enjoyed the egg hunt. Ther were so many kids this year that it made it so fun to watch. Of course I wanted to get our family Easter picture and we did...not what I was thinking for Pierce's clothes but I think it is one of my favorites. I know when I look back at this photo I will remember the crazy fun we had as a young family. Or I will think why is everyone wearing jackets and sweaters and my kids have no shoes on and poor Pierce doesn't even have a shirt on. Kelton is so sweet I know he put the ties on the boys really quick for this picture because he knew how hard I had worked on them, thank you honey!

Easter Buddies

This is Autumn and her friend Rachel whose mother is the master seamstress that helped me make all of my Easter attire. The girls have become great friends especially because they live a couple of houses from each other. The girls looked so cute that day, Becca did a fantastic job on Rachel's dress. And yes the boy in the background hitting things with a rather large stick is our very own Keston.

Easter Dress and Ties

We live down the street from some really great people in our ward who are very talented in many ways. Becca is an amazing seamstress. I mean amazing she can design and make wedding dresses! So...it was suggested that I sew something and I decided to make Autumn a Easter dress and the boys ties. It took awhile but I learned so much about sewing and a bonus was I was able hang out with Becca and our friend Melissa who is also a very crafty person. While making these dresses I had fantasies of taking the perfect family picture before church with everyone smiling and thanking me for the hard work I had done. Well the morning started off with one son who refused to where the tie, a white shirt with unknowing holes and then the topper on the cake was the situation above. Let's just say we will not be blowing this up and putting it on the mantle. These pictures did provide a comic relief that was much needed that morning so we could attend church and think of the reason why I wanted this day to be so special, the Resurrection of the Savior and our Heavenly Father's plan for us. However I think that even He Himself got a kick out of this family's Easter!

Easter Bunny Cake

It is so funny how you forget things until you see them again. I wanted to do something fun for Easter, start a tradition. My friend told me about this bunny cake her and her family make every year I thought it was such a good idea and then I saw the cake and realized as a kid we used to make that same cake. How I forgot I am not quite sure but it was perfect I am so glad she mentioned it to me. So kiddos please don't forget all the traditions your mother had started or tried to start...OK at least remember the bunny cake at Easter time. I had such a good time with the kids making this and I think they really liked it as well, until they had a piece and realized they all hated the coconut(bunny fur).