Happy Easter!

We had a jam packed, super fun Easter weekend! We kicked off the weekend Friday night by dying Easter Eggs with whipped cream. Sounds crazy, but it was fun, and tasty and made for some really pretty eggs! I think Finn loved it the most.














Saturday morning we went to the Egg hunt at the Yerington ward building. The kids had so much fun and Finn loved earning the art of egg hunting! The kids were so thrilled to see Corie too!












Saturday evening Nana and Papa did their annual egg hunt with the cousins! The kids had a BLAST this year. It was fun because we were able to hide the bigger kids' eggs harder this year.  They all helped eachother out and found some pretty awesome treats!





















Finn discovered Peeps. He loves them almost as much as Nana.





We then dyed some MORE eggs and took a really crazy bath!





Sunday morning the kids searched and searched and searched for their baskets. They finally found them. Addy's was hidden behind "that big guy" as she calls by giant bunny, although she wasn't too fond of having to search for her basket. Liam's was hiding behind his new towel on the coat rack. And Finn found his in his high chair.  We then went to a lovely Easter program at the Yerington ward.
 




















And our annual egg hunt was a little sad this year because Liam was too old to participate and wanted to stay home and work on his new legos and Finn was cranky and needed a nap. So Addy and the cousins were the only hunters this year.  BUT they had a blast seeing the Easter bunny and the firetruck and hunting for eggs of course. It was fun to see my high school friend Mallory and her sweet little girl, George!








 
We had such a lovely weekend celebrating with family. We couldn't ask for more.

Nursery!

The day we had been waiting for finally came- Finn was 18 months old and ready to start nursery! As previously mentioned he is a very BUSY boy. And 1pm church with a busy boy  is, umm, difficult. I, of course, had to take his official nursery photo. ;)  And Addy wanted in on the action and wanted a photo taken with her puppy Gogo (of the non-allergic variety). Liam was gone to San Fransisco with my mom and sister for the weekend.




 
And no surprise to us, but he did AWESOME in nursery. He barely waved goodbye. The nursery is so busy in our ward right now- we have three nursery leaders and 15 kids! But they are so organized and awesome. I love knowing he'll be well taken care of and loved in the nursery. Happy day for all!

Liam's First Pinewood Derby

Wes was called into cub scouts earlier this year. He's had so much fun doing the activities with the boys and I think he was just as excited for the upcoming pinewood derby as the scouts! Because Wes is in scouts and Liam will be 8 this year, they allowed Liam to participate in our pinewood derby this year.  Wes and Liam had a BLAST cutting out his car and decorating it together. Wes was so good about letting Liam do everything and design it just how he wanted.  We all attended the derby and had so much fun watching Liam race his car. I must admit that I had no idea how serious this all was. They had brackets and rules and check in, etc, etc. And it lasted for HOURS. lol. That being said, it was fun.  Liam's car got second place in his division which was really cool! It was fun watching the suspense in his eyes as he raced his car. So cute.  I love that kid's enthusiasm. He also got the award for best details on his car.  He's already planning his car for next year.

Sweet As Honey

My lovely friend Natalie and I threw a bee themed baby shower for our friend Debbie, who we visit teach. We had SOO much fun planning the decorations and food. Debbie had her sixth baby and each of her children have had their photos taken in the same bumblebee costume, which served as the inspiration for the party. We displayed all of their photos and had everyone guess which baby was which. Natalie did a killer job on the food- almost everything was yellow or honey themed and was delicious! I had to take some photos of our party just because I thought it came together so well. Unfortunately I didn't actually take any photos during the party- guess we were having too much fun!

Valentine's Day

We made Valentines for our friends and family with these "I LOVE YOU" series of photos of our little lovebugs. Everyone loved them.

For Valentines day we had fun making valentines and decorating sugar cookies.






Unfortunately I had to work on Valentine's Day and with the crazy work schedule I've had, we didn't do a ton to celebrate. However, even just these little activities we did with the kids were fun.

The Rascal Baby

When Finn was 9 or so months old he earned the title of "The Rascal Baby" from Addy and Finn. He'd sneak up and steal their toys, food, water, etc and then sneak away laughing. Now, at 16 months old (when these photos were taken) he continues to live up to his nickname! He is a busy, busy boy but he thinks he's pretty hysterical all the time. And the good news is, even when he's getting into everything, we think he's pretty hysterical and darn adorable as well.  His big baby blue eyes and blonde curls get this boy pretty much whatever he wants. He was so thrilled when we finally decided he was safe enough to go up and down the stairs on his own and we took the baby gate down.  He watched TV and just stood on the stairs to play for days. It was the cutest. One of my other favorite things that he does lately is say "CHEEEEESE" whenever I go to take his picture. It's hysterical.  He loves to climb and get into whatever he possibly can. He also really loves to sit in boxes or put them on his head. His very favorite toys right now are cars. He screams "CARRRRR" every time he sees a car. He is saying so many words every day. Some of my favorite are car, Thank You (he even uses it in the right context- so stinking cute), mommy, Bubba, Sissy, Elsa (from Frozen- he looooves Frozen), Sven, show, Daddy and so so many more. His baby sitter has been impressed with how much he talks. The minute he gets to her house when he goes there he yells "CARTER" so clearly because that is his little buddy's name that goes there too. Finn is pretty much a nightmare at church though. He hates sitting still and 1pm church is killing us. We are all looking forward to when he finally gets to go to nursery.  He loves his Grandpa-Great and GG.  He runs up to Grandpa the minute we go there.

So anyway, those are a few tiny tidbits about Finn these days. I know it's a jumble of random information, but they are all things I just want to remember about our awesome boy.