Easter Fun!!!

So this is a really really really long post. But on the plus side, there are tons of very cute pictures of the most adorable boy ever. So hope you enjoy. The pictures are way out of order. I always forget that they upload backwards, but I will be good about explaining what each of them are about.

Eli loving his Easter eggs that he is finding. I love how he has a hot pink basket. His basket had his Easter toys in it, so his Aunt Heather so graciously offered to let him use hers. I thought it was kind of cute actually.


Lara and Taylor hunting for Easter Eggs. Lara looking super cute in her new Easter outfit. I think that Lara had a tons of fun. Way better then her experience at the park. ( I will explain this later)


Isn't he the cutest boy every. He always looks so handsome. His cute little Easter outfit is actually shorts, but you can hardly tell because he is so stinking short. We are buying his clothes a little bigger so he has grow room, but they are so long on him at the moment.

Eli just looking for some more eggs. He thought this was so much fun. Last year he pretty much just sat there. This year was way more fun because he was able to run around and find the eggs.

I love this face. He just isn't sure what to think about what he is doing.

I just can't get over how handsome he looks. And how grown up he looks in his new Easter church outfit. Thanks again Grandma Gaye. You have the best taste ever and you always get him such cute clothes.

I love this little boy so much. I can't believe how fast he is growing up.

Eli and his daddy.
Lovely Lara checking out her Easter basket.

Eli Checking out his Easter basket. Did the Easter bunny bring him anything fun? I think he did.

Eli got this new basketball hoop. Not necessarily for Easter. We just happen to get it on the same weekend. But Justin was being so helpful and teaching him how to play. You think Eli figured out where the ball is suppose to go?

Whats wrong with this picture?

My little Bat Bat Boy!!!
Eli loves his Grandpa Randy a lot. They were having so much fun together, and Eli was busting up laughing. It was the funniest thing I have ever seen.

This picture has very little to do with anything. I just think this is such a stinking cute picture.
Same with this picture. We had corn with our Easter dinner and he was loving it. So I had to get a picture of him.

This is Charlee. The daughter of some of our really good friends. Lara was lovin it up holding a new baby. Eli is kind of past that stage of the cute, cuddly, just wants to be held stage. He only lets his mommy cuddle him and usually only when he is tired or hungry.

Just another hot shot of our cute little boy.

So Eli and Charlee are almost exactly a year apart. I just have to tell you, where doomed for ever having another child. Eli was not having it. When Matt or I was holding Charlee, Eli was so jealous and he was trying so hard to get up in our arms as well. He just didn't like that the attentions was not all on him.

This is Eli and Grandma coloring eggs. I do believe that more of the stickers got put on Eli then on the eggs. I think by the end of the expierence he was actually more colorful then the eggs to.

Eli and Grandma.


Here are a couple of pictures of Lara decorating her eggs. She was having so much fun. We had about 6 different choices of ways that she could decorate her eggs and she was having fun trying them all. She is so creative and loves the artistic cide of things.


This is John. He is one of Eli's best friends and he came out to color eggs with us.



This is just a few pictures of Eli coloring eggs with different people. He had so much fun and he was so cute to watch.

So, I know that this pictue is little bit crazy, but I have to elplain the maddness behing this picture. I just want everyone to know, I am pretty sure that I will never do a neighborhood Easter Egg hunt ever again. People are jerks and they forget why they are there in the first place. We went over to the American Fork Neighborhood hunt and I was floored by how ridiculous, imature and stupid so many of the parents were. It was so bad. Eli got on thing and that was only because his Aunt grbbed him up something and he was in the three and under section. Three and under people. And Lara, my kid sister, I decided to let her go with the 7 to 10 year olds. She walked in and walked right back out and said that she didn't get anything and she didn't want to either because the kids were so mean. But it wasn't even the kids folks. The guy that I was standing next to would purposly keep breaking the caution tape because he felt that it was only fair if the kids on the other side got to step up a few feet because their tape had accidently broken, well then his kid should get to go up a few steps too. Even though the representives were tying them back up just as fast as they could, and he would just break it again. This is the dad people, not the little 8 year old.... the dad. What is the world coming to?

All in all we had a great Easter and the weekend was so much fun. Thanks again Grandma and Grandpa for letting us come crash at your house and have such a fun weekend. Love you guys.

Fun Photo Shoot up the Canyon

My little Ninja

What else can I really say about these pictures? My little boy is crazy, and well his daddy... right there with him. Matt was playing with Eli and he comes running into the room looking like this. Pretty cute if you ask me.

Look what we had for dinner...

Some of the family thought it would be pretty funny to see if Eli would fit in the pan... guess what.... He did. So then this turned into a pretty funny photo shoot of him being silly. They did turn out pretty cute though. He is just so funny and such a cutie!!!!

Today is our 3 year anniversary and I just wanted to tell Matt how much I love and appreciate everything that he does for me and our family. I saw this on another blog and thought that is was really cute, so I thought I would do the same on ours. Matt is 26 years old, so I thought I would list 26 reasons why I love him so much.

1- I love how much he loves Eli and I

2- I love how patient he is with Lara

3- I love that he can always find something positive in any situation

4- I love that he loves his family and especially how much he loves his mom

5- I love that he has the priesthood and also that he honors it

6- I love that he is a kid at heart

7- I love that he works really hard at his job and that he takes such good care of his family

8- I love that he totally understands me

9- I love that he is patient with me

10- I love the way that he plays with Eli and strongly encourages Eli to use his imagination

11- I love that he loves to learn about new things and that he enjoys reading

12- I love that he enjoys being outside just as much as I

13- I love that we can be doing anything or nothing at all and still be really ourselves

14- I love that we can both sleep in until 10 and not feel the least bit guilty about it

15- I love that he looks out for us, how he always makes sure the doors are locked at night, even
if I have already fallen asleep and forgot to check. Or the way he always locks the door when he leaves the house if Eli and I are home alone.
16- I love how good of a dad he is to Eli

17- I love how he looks out for his little sister and is an awesome big brother to Justin

18- I love how he makes me laugh

19- I love that he enjoys eating new things and is not afraid to try something new


20- I love that he has a strong passion for music and that we both really, really enjoy music and this has been one of our favorite past times

21- I love that he is not afraid to just be silly sometimes and can just have fun and not worry about what other people think

22- I love that he is mild tempered and can keep his cool when talking to people (even if they are stupid people)

23- I love that he can always come up with something fun to do, no matter what the situation or what we are doing.... he can make it more fun

24- I love him

25- I love how excited he gets about new things

26- I love how much he loves me and how he is always looking out for me and putting me first, and how I know that he would do anything for Eli and I

I love you Batman!!!

You gotta try this!!!

So the other day Matt signed us up for something that I didn't even know existed and I gotta tell you, it was so much fun. And although Eli is.. well... a little young, he had so much fun, as you will soon see in the video. We went Lowes, the hardware store and every other week they have these classes that are free... yep, that's what I said, free. They are little wood shop classes for kids. Well Eli was stoked, they gave him this little hammer and this apron and safety goggles, and then a little wood kit that he can make. This week was a time capsule and he loved hitting it with the hammer. Of course he had to have lots of help from his daddy, but the experience was great all the same. Any of you have little boys, I would highly recommend going and trying this out. This week they are making Table Top Basketball hoops.

Bob That Head!!!

So who has the best husband in the world? I do, I do. It is our 3 year anniversary this Tuesday, but Matt surprised me last week with tickets to Rascal Flatts. I was so exited. Every year they come and every year I say that I am going to go see them, but then something always comes up and I never get to go. So now I can cross it off my "things to do before I die" list.

The pictures are not the greatest, but if any of you have ever been to a concert then you will know that the lighting and stuff make it very hard to get a really good picture. But I got a few that were not to bad.


We went with Matt's family. Randy, Gaye, Heather, and Justin. Never thought that I would be going to a concert with my in-laws, but I am sure glad that I had that opportunity to. We had so much fun and they were such a fun group to see perform.


Jessica Simpson opened for them and can I just say... What were they thinking? They were amazing and she is just....well...not. I;m not going to lie, there are actually a few of her songs that I really enjoy, but watching her sing is so painful. Her facial expressions are enough to make you sick. She is so hard to watch.



So all in all, this was such a fun night and a great way to celebrate our anniversary. Thanks again husband, I sure do love you.

Spring Fever Has Hit!!!

The other day we decided to go out and clean the yard up a little bit while the weather was so beautiful. As you can see, Eli was eating that all up. We had so much fun kicking the ball around. He loves balls and that is his new favorite word to say. When we let the dogs outside Eli is so fast to get to the door. He just always wants to go outside. I just wish it would get just a little bit warmer. Last week I thought there was hope, it was so nice outside most days, but then this week just went really cold. So here are a few pictures of Eli being oh so cute outside playing with one of his balls.


These are my two favorite pictures of him and even though he is not playing with the ball he just looks so dang cute in both pictures. Just being a lazy lounger out on the grass.