March and Easter things

What a fun month March was! It got warm enough to go on a walk. We got to swing in the back yard. Both of the girls love being outside. Sometimes it just makes us all feel better to go out and take a deep breath! Reese started climbing on things. She now loves the little princess chairs and thinks she's "all that" when she gets on it:) Emi learned how to do a back arch up after watching her cousin Ruby show off her new skills. Her attempt was slightly different-instead of using her hands/arms to push herself up she uses her head. I tried it that way and it is REALLY hard.

We went to St. George with Koby's family because the nieces were in a competition down there. Sadly I didn't get any pictures of them really, at least not in their costumes. Watching them dance is SO much fun! I think I hold my breath the whole time and then when they are done I'm so happy for them and so proud that I just want to cry! I seriously get teary-eyed every time I watch them dance. They are such beautiful dancers. I can't wait to have Emi dancing too! I probably don't want to go on another driving vacation until Reese is forward facing.

 

As usual we got together and colored eggs with the Bawden cousins. It was so fun to watch Emi this year! She basically colored them all by herself with a little help from Brookie. Emi's pants pull her panties down, but it is probably the cutest little crack I've seen;) Reese hung out with Nixon because they are both too little to actually color eggs. They shared their treats with each other and had fun too!

 

The Saturday before Easter we had our Annual Egg-lympics with my family. We played games and then had an egg hunt for the kids. Reese and Emi both enjoyed getting eggs. Reese does not like the feel of grass yet so I had to carry her around to find her eggs. Once she saw what was inside-yogurt melts and puffs-she loved opening her eggs too:)

 

 

Easter Sunday we had Resurrection Rolls and the girls looked for their baskets. After Reese found 3 eggs she was done and just wanted to eat what was inside. Emi loved looking for her eggs and then "helping" Reese find the rest of hers. After church the girls and I headed out to Bluffdale to see my grandparents and family. Koby rode out with his sister because he had to stay and count the tithing. We met him at his grandparents and then watched Emi participate in the annual egg hunt. Grandpa Hensley always hides an egg worth a dollar. Emi was the lucky one to find it this year! She had so much fun hunting that Koby would re-hide some of hers. Reese had fun sitting on the blanket with her little buddy Nixon. He is such a cutie!!

I tried to teach Emi and show her pictures about the Crucifixion so that she would know that Easter is more than egg hunts and candy. I don't think she really understood, but it helped me to remind myself that Christ lived, died, and was resurrected for me. He loves me that much. I am so eternally grateful for the gift of life that He has given to me.

 

Catching up for January and February!

January first we went to Koby's parent's house to watch football and hang-out. We had fun visiting and watching the kids play. We got to have Emi's friend Jane come play a few days because Jane's mom is pregnant and had to stay in bed. Emi had tons of fun having her little friend over and was sad when she had to go home. Emi decided that she wants to dance on the stage after watching Emi's cousins dance on the stage at their Christmas recital. In order to start dance she has to be potty trained. So January we jumped into that. She has done surprisingly well. We had tried a little before December but it wasn't a happening thing. Now that she had something to motivate her, she started doing really well. We've had our share of accidents, but in all she has done so good. She is even going number 2 on the potty.













After Christmas Emi had a really hard time sleeping. We had lots of sleepless nights so we got her a night light and had to put a child proof lock on her bedroom door. She has been sleeping much better since we did that. I turned 25 the end of January! It was kind of a hard birthday for me. I know 25 is not old, but when I was younger 25 was a long way away and all of the sudden-BAM!- it's here!! I am very happy with all that Heavenly Father has blessed my life with. We went bowling for my birthday and my family came with. We had to wait for forever to get a lane, but we had tons of fun!

















In February we went to a Utah basketball game. We had fun but it was hard with Reese wanting to crawl. We mostly just hung around home. The girls love to play the piano. Emi is even starting to "sing" while she plays. Reese is loving that she can get around by herself and that she can eat some of the food that everyone else is eating. Reese's new favorite thing is to crawl up the stairs. Most of the time she waits on the bottom step until she hears me coming. Then she crawls as fast as she can up the stairs, giggling the whole time.

 

Koby had meetings in Logan that went over two days, so the girls and I joined him. We watched Koby play volleyball before we headed up to Logan. We had lots of fun with my grandparents and M'liss and Kate. Emi filled one of her potty charts so she got to go out for ice cream. It was super fun to let Kate and Emi play especailly since they are moving soon.