Easter 2014

To kickoff Easter this year we went to the Egg Hunt at the YMCA.

Scott was busy working so I thought it'd be something nice to keep us busy on a Saturday.

I was surprised by how cute it was!

The kids made crafts, then had a giant easter egg hunt.

A few of the millions of eggs had slips of paper in them for you to redeem and extra special prize.

Bennett was the luckiest kid there because he found two of them!  Thankfully he was nice and shared his loot with Addie.  He won the cutest sock monkey with bunny ears.

Speaking of bunny ears... he is the cutest!

Bennett wouldn't touch the Easter Bunny with a 9 foot pole.

The day before Easter, we had a fun Easter BBQ with friends.

Love this little trio.

Bennett and his best buddy lounging.

My friend Jessica put together an awesome egg hunt and my kids scored big time!

I was thankful for the millions of Reeses' that my kids brought home.

Easter morning Bennett ran right into the living room and found his basket without a single problem.  We thought the bunny hid it better than that.  The Easter Bunny also left him a real basketball.  I think Bennett has a radar for balls.

He was beyond excited when he found his new ball!

*Notice that the ball is in almost every pic!*

Addie's big ticket item from the bunny was a water bottle like mine that is just for her.

It sounds weird, but she is sooooo excited about it.  She tells pretty much every grocery store cashier and YMCA worker about her new water bottle 'that's purple with bunnies and kitties on it and has a purple straw.'

Then it was time to hustle to 9:00 am church!

Notice how tight Bennett's pants are!  I made him the skinniest of skinny pants.  I was nervous he would bend over and they would split.  Thankfully we made it through all 3 hours of church without a wardrobe malfunction.

 I do love how cute his little hiney looks in those pants.

March Wrap Up

Here's some random happiness from March:

Scott was working on a Monday night, so the kids and I did our own family home evening.  We watch a movie in the tent and made cookies.

Addie's getting better and better at dance!

She's really loving it.

We love lego time with Dad.

Addie's constantly asking for play dates.

She has such cute friends that I love her play dates too.

The kids are becoming best friends.

They love each other so much.

In my group of friends there are a ton of March birthdays, so we went out to celebrate!

We decided we couldn't live without Costco and got our membership back.

Hurray!

We celebrated by having dinner there.

Love Bennett's chocolate face.  They had some good samples that day!

This boy seriously can't get enough of basketball.

We had a birthday cake with some friends.

Too bad I forget to get a picture of it before we demolished it.

Scott decorated it so pretty:)

On our actual birthday we went out to Fogo de Chao.

Delicious!!!

Seriously.  Best food I've ever had.

 We got desserts for our birthdays.

I think people think we're lying about having the same birthday when it results in free food.

Oh well.  At least we know we're telling the truth.

March was good to us, although much too cold.

We're ready for winter to go away and spring to officially come!

Stephen and Allison's Big Day!

There are a TON of pictures here.  I documented more than I normally would have for the 2 missionaries, Martha and Jamie, so they could see all that happened!

It was finally time for the wedding!

All day long Addie was asking, is it 5:00 yet?  Because I told her she couldn't wear her flower girl dress until 5:00.  This girl was excited for the wedding!

Stephen with his Groomsmen

Addie was eating up all the attention she was getting.

She was posing all night long!

I loved that she would pick up her dress like Cinderella to walk anywhere.

Since Scott was the only married Groomsman, he was solicited for married advice.

I'm a little worried what that advice was... :)

I was terrified about keeping Bennett quiet for the entire ceremony.  It's not like church when there are a million crying kids and his cries just blend into the background.  Luckily, Grandpa went to the store and bough fruit snacks and squeezing applesauces... my kids' favorite treats!

We loved seeing Aunt Lori and Aunt Linda!

 The ceremony was beautiful.  It's so nice seeing how much Stephen and Allison love each other.  

They are such a good match!

All I wanted was a nice family pic of the 4 of us, but Scott was difficult to find and the kids certainly weren't cooperating!

There were amazingly delicious cake pops with your name on them to tell you which table you were seated at.

Stephen's groom's cake was appropriately topped with skateboards.

This is one of my all time fave pics.  Grandpa is so sweet with Bennett!  Bennett kept showing Grandpa his fork and loudly declaring what it was and Grandpa would emphatically repeat after him.  

It was adorable!

It started getting dark outside and the lights from the dance floor starting coming on, so from here on out the pics aren't very good, but they're still great for memory purposes.

Like I said, Addie was constantly talking Nate's ear off.

Scott and his Bridesmaid making their entrance into the reception.

Addie kept asking me (with a disgusted look on her face), "Why is he walking with that different girl?!"  I'm glad to know she's got my back.

Mother-Son Dance

Bennett was quite the ladies man.

I couldn't find him for a minute.  After looking for a bit, I discovered he was dancing with a bridesmaid!

 Then he was on to Aunt Lori.

Addie was a riot on the dance floor.  She was loving all the attention she was getting and was quite the dancing queen.  She wouldn't hang out with us at all.  She found some 'friends', aka bridesmaids that she had never met before.  She was following these older girls on and off the dance floor.  I couldn't get her away from them.  She'd come over to the table to drink some water, then straight back to the dance floor she'd go!  One time we couldn't find her anywhere.  We discovered her out in the hall with a woman she didn't know, convincing her to get dressed up like a princess and take pictures in the photo booth together.  This girl.  Once 10:00 hit we decided to get the kids back to the hotel for bed.  I told Addie it was time to go.  She was so disappointed.  As one last stand she said, "I can do what I want!" Heaven help us. 

She did go willingly, but had to get a little sass out first.

It was such a beautiful wedding.  We were very glad that we could be there to support Stephen and Allison on their big day.  We're excited to have Allison join the Ellsworth clan.  Congratulations guys!

(Martha and Jamie, we missed you guys soooooo much!)