Easter 2018

We had a wonderful and special Easter this year with it being on General Conference!

But our Easter celebration started the week before. 

Our neighborhood had an Easter egg hunt up by our pool area and it was so much fun. They had face paintings, cake walks and egg hunts for all the kids ages. Just another reason to love our community. 

Kate had her egg hunt first. She wanted to grab the egg, open it, eat what was inside and then go to the next. We helped her out a bit on that one. 

Owen's age group was next. He loved it and scored big time! 

He's such a handsome little boy! I heart him dearly. 

It was then June bugs turn. She also took part in the face painting! 

June played in the cake walk and won! She was so excited. 

After the egg hunt and fun with our neighbors we decided to go the park. The day was so beautiful and we played until the sun went down. It was a lot of fun. 

Later that week we had an Easter hunt with friends which I didn't get any pictures! My bad! And then of course we dyed Easter eggs. 

We just let Kate go at it. She is just too much sometimes. 

Kate got very excited when we went to turn the TV on. She thought we were watching cartoons but we were turning on General Conference. She was not so happy about it! 

General Conference was wonderful this year. I felt so many of the talks were focused on peace and love. I loved it all. I loved that we were able to sustain our new Prophet. President Russell M. Nelson. His expression of love and gratitude was overwhelming and incredible to see. What a wonderful man to lead us. 

Easter morning the kids waited by the stairs and then were off to go find their Easter baskets

All was found! The Easter bunny loves leaving surprises for them! 

With it being Conference a lot of their basket were activities for them to do. One was painting little canvases. It kept them quiet for quite some time. 

During nap time, June came to Dan and I so quietly and told us that she is confused about the Easter bunny and that she doesn't think that he is real. My heart sank. I know. Its so dumb but she is only six and I felt so sad to have her lose a part of that magic. But we had a great conversation with her about it. She took it really well, though she said "yeah I don't think he's real. I mean I know Santa is and the tooth fairy, but the bunny just doesn't make sense!!" HAHAHA!!! I love her so much and I'm selfishly so happy she still believes in Santa! 

We played outside for the rest of the afternoon! Kate got a bubble machine in her Easter basket and she just kept having them pop in her face. She loved it! Ha 

Easter Sunday was also April Fools day. We tried to play a trick on Dan. I had June pretend that she ran into Dan's new truck and left a huge scratch on it. He obviously knew it was fake but he was a good sport and June thought it was so funny! 

That night we told the kids we would have party mix and brownies for our Sunday treat. So we literally took them "PARTY MIX" and Brown E's!! We also made Jello in glasses to look like juice! Bahahaha we thought we were so funny, but turns out the kids were not too pleased with us. We still laughed though! Ha! We of course had the real stuff too. 

So that was our Easter. It was simple and great and with how busy we have been lately it was nice to just have a weekend home all together. There is no place I would rather be than home with my family around me. It makes my soul happy. 

10 Years of Blogging

Just a quick note that on April 6, 2008 I started this blog. Which means I hit 10 years of blogging on April 6th 2018.  All our adventures and memories are on this little chunk of internet. I am so so happy I have kept it up. It has been a great way to keep our life on record and being able to print them into books has been so fun. I don't have any intentions of ever stopping. Even though blogs are so out, and I really don't even know who reads them anymore. But I guess I don't blog for others, I blog for us. I love reliving the memories, writing it all down and putting pictures with captions. It's helped keep all our pictures organized and I know I have a printed copy of them if the internet ever dissolves into thin air. Who knows. It could happen. Ha!
    I'm very grateful for this blog and I love looking back to see how much we have grown. How much our lives have changed over the years and just seeing how much I freaking love this family and this life I have. It's good, my friends. It's just all so good.


HAPPY 10 YEARS leslianddan.blogspot.com

Blue Bonnets 2018

Another year of blue bonnets in the books! It's such a fun little tradition that I love to do with my Texas babies. I pulled June out of school early, and we went and spent the day all together. It was so great and I really miss having them home all together. I really do. So it was a good day! 

 My sweet little June bug who feels she can do no wrong. Ha! 

Owen and his awesome smile these days. He's currently the favorite child. I seriously can't get over him right now. He drives me insane but he's always on my mind. 

And sweet baby Kate who has turned into devil baby! Hahaha no she's just a sassy little toddler who is understanding the power she has. She also refused to look at the camera and was obsessed with the flowers. It's all good though. It makes for good memories. 

I really love her a lot. Like a whole lot. 

March Randoms

There aren't too many randoms this month because of my parents visiting, spring break and Easter. So these pictures are just the in-betweens the fun we've been having!

I did a yoga challenge and one of the days was legs up the wall and June joined me. I love when she does yoga with me. 

Back behind our house is full of geology treasures and the kids love going out and hunting for fossils with Dan. 

Dan and I went and saw Beck in concert. It was one of the best shows I have seen! It was incredible! Besides the fact that I lost another pair of sunglasses. Hahaha 

Our Saturday mornings are spent watching Owen play soccer. It's always my favorite watching little kids try and kick the ball. They don't care what team they are on or which way the ball is going, they just want to kick the ball into a net. Regardless if they are scoring for the other team or theirs. 

Soccer is a Daddy and Owen thing. Owen needs some pep talk before each practice and games and Dan knows the tricks. It's been so cute watching these two together. 

I feel like if it isn't soccer or dance then it's some sort of school function or birthday party. We celebrated a little friends birthday. 

June and Brindley 

Kate loves the cake. Always. 

We are having the weirdest weather here in Texas. It will be 80 one day and then 30 the next. We are so beyond ready for summer and living outside and one day we just couldn't take being inside anymore. The rain was pouring but it was warm so we went and played. It truly was so much fun! 

Dan always gets mad (not really, more in a joking way) that I wear his clothes. I've always been a t-shirt and jeans kinda gal and I love big shirts. Once again it just shows how Dan and I were so meant to be together. I stole Dan's Beck shirt and took a picture to send to him. 

We spend a lot of time by the kids fishes. Kate eats majority of her meals over there and she loves to feed them. Her excitement for the fish never get old. 

I mentioned in my previous post that Dan got a new truck. It's a Ford 150 Lariat. I learned a lot about trucks through this whole process. Haha Dan loves it and I love how much he loves it. Plus there is way more space for the kids to ride in. The kids are obsessed with getting into the bed of the truck. They love driving around the neighborhood in it. (With me back there and securely holding on) ;) 

Slime, slime and more slime. At least it's getting warm enough to make it outside! 

Found these two just hanging out with a bag of Cheetos listening to music. I heart my boys! 

And that's it! March came and went in a flash! This year is already speeding by! SLOW DOWN!!