Denver Zoo

It was such a beautiful day that we decided to put on the shorts and visit the zoo! We had a fun time with Shauna, Chloe, Emily, Erin, Ellie, and Benson.
Here is the group stopping to enjoy a snack at the zoo. Emily, Olivia, Chloe, Ellie, Carley, and Benson. No trip to the zoo would be complete with out an ice cream cone!

Tagged (continued)

Favorite Song: Wave on Wave by Pat Green, he is not my favorite artist, but I love this song!
My Job: Mommy Favorite Author: I don't really have a favorite author, but I love to read western history and apparently this guy is a western history writer.

Favorite Dessert: Chocolate Eclair Cake Picture of Me: This is me after a long day of traveling, holding my new niece Amy.

Tagged

I have been tagged! Shannon tagged me with this fun get to know you with pictures. but because I am computer illiterate I have to post this in 2 posts because I dont know how to make it let me put more than 5 pictures. So if you know how help me please!

Any way, here it goes!

Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Animal: Well if you know me you know that I like animals, I just don't love them touching me or licking me or climbing on me. But I do think that all puppies are cute and will even hold one! Bad Habit: Procrastination

Favorite Food: Tamale, although I would not eat this one!
Favorite Hobby: Anything Crafty

More Easter fun!

I was a super slacker with the camera this weekend...I missed so many opportunities for a cute picture.
Erics parents and little sister Lindsay came out for the weekend. Although I didn't take a single picture to prove it, we had a fun time! We started by going out to dinner at Beau Joes pizza on Friday night and then attending a Eater Egg hunt (we missed the hunt part which caused a ton of tears on Olivias part) on Saturday morning. We did our own things for most of the afternoon, which included a super long nap for the girls while Eric and I worked on the new house remodel. The family gathered together at the new house for dinner and relaxing later that evening. It was a nice visit. Olivia and Carley always look forward to a visit from their "Grandma Chicken", Grandpa Twinkie, and Auntie Lou Lou.
Easter dinner was held at our house. Even though it was freezing we had a great Easter Egg hunt. Carley, Emily and Benson aren't in this picture because they just can't stand still for that long!

Easter

I can't believe that I didn't get any pictures of my girls in their Easter dresses. They were so cute!
Easter morning started with the hunt for the baskets. It was so cute to see how excited they were as they came down the stairs!
Olivia was the first to reach her basket. She got a new pair of "puddle boots" or at our house they are MUD boots. She absolutely loves them and even had to wear them with her Easter dress to church! It was too cute! Carley loved that she got an entire basket of candy. She would put a piece in her mouth and say "mmm mmm Yummy!"
Olivia is modeling her new boots.
I asked Eric to watch the girls and make sure they didn't eat too much candy while I fixed a nice breakfast. Eric dozed in his chair while Carley ate almost her entire chocolate bunny! Needless to say, she was a bit wild at church!

Easter Eggs (or balls if you are Carley)

We decided that tonight would be a great time to color our Easter Eggs. Olivia and Carley loved it! Olivia loved to experiment with double dipping the colors and Carley loved to watch us take them out of the color and she loved to THROW them into the color. It was a little bit messy, but so much fun!

Utah

My twin sister and I had the opportunity to go visit our little sisters, and new niece in Utah over the weekend. It was a nice break from the regular routine. Thanks to Eric for stepping up and watching the girls over the weekend, he did a great job!
Our new niece, Amy, is way too cute! She was 2 1/2 weeks old and is an amazing baby! She already follows your voice or face around the room, holds her head up, and intentionally smiles!

Stacy and Amy
We could not resist having a little "photo shoot" with Amy. This one is cute!
One of the many attempts to get the smile on camera...it's blurry, but there is a smile!

No more Mud!

Well at least on the walk from the car to the door! As the weather is getting warmer, the ground here is getting muddier and there was a good size mud pit right in the path to get to the house. So, on a nicer day, I decided to make a new path. I started with a shovel, removing about 4 inches of dirt, 2 feet wide, but was quickly reduced to using an old spade that I had found because the ground was still pretty frozen. It was a work out! In my work I discovered an old path that had been covered and there were some nice rocks that I could use for my new walk way, so I didn't have to use the pavers I had bought from Home Depot. I am not completly done yet, but I like the results so far!