Girls and their Dresses...

Easter at Last!

Easter baskets what fun.  The Easter Bunny suprised us again with such fun things - and it kept the girls occupied for hours while watching General Conferance.  What a great day!

Even a real bunny rabbit. What a surprise!

Our Jerusalem Feast!

During the week of Easter, each day Dave told us about the last week of Christ's life.  Then he had the idea of doing a dinner representing a traditional Jerusalem passover meal.  So Chelsey and I had fun planning unique things to eat.  Dates, Nuts, Unleavened bread w/ honey, Lentil soup, yogurt,  Grapes, and pork (we didn't have the lamb).  We even sat on the floor.  The kids thought this was way fun! 

Easter Egg hunt at Grandma Bevells

I can still remember when I was a little girl having the annual Easter egg hunt at Grandma Bevells.  I am glad my girls have got to be a part of this tradition.  It is always good to get to visit with extended family and enjoy grandmas beautiful yard.

I am so glad we all got to visit with Grandpa Bevell. He is sick with cancer and this was probably the last time we will get to see him.  We sure do love him.  Since we had been talking about Christ and the resurrection during Easter, the girls kept asking lots of questions about what would happen to Grandpa after he passes away.

Lydia turns 2 !

Itty bitty Lydia just turned 2.  She was so excited for her birthday especially since she saw mom making the cake.  What a cutie pie she is with such personality.  She continually makes us laugh with her facial expressions and has become quite the conversationalist having to compete with her 2 older sisters.  She just mimics every move they make.  She is also our gadget girl and has figured out how to run the DVD player, digital camera, and cell phone.  She is also pals with the dog and cat, and would be content spending most of her time playing outside.  She loves shoes and her 5 "silkys", but absolutely can't stand getting dressed or having her diaper changed.   

Hooray cake!

Her new wagon and sand toys.

Lydia did an egg hunt on her birthday with the cousins.  She discovered carrying her basket on the plasma car was much more fun.

Baylee lost her 2nd  tooth on Lydia's birthday.  Uncle Troy helped her pull it out.

Sabino Canyon

Sabino Canyon in Tucson was another one of our Spring Break destinations.  I remembered how much I love the desert.  We enjoyed exploring as a family and seeing the cactus in bloom.  I showed the girls how to search for sand ruby's in the creek. Dave even discovered a rattle snake.  I am glad I am not the one that found it. 

Baylee looking for sand ruby's

We found holes in the rocks where Indians once ground their corn.

Here we are riding the tram.

More of Spring Break...

So Amy found us a good deal on a hotel in Tucson.  The best part is it had a heated pool.  So great to be in a pool again.

That night we ate at Pinnacle Peak, a fun cowboy restaurant with western town around it.  A place I remember well as a kid.  We watched a fun western show and Dave took the kids on the short train ride.  Baylee was thrilled to be able to spend her $1 that she brought.

Oh no! There stuck in jail.

It was fun getting to be with my sisters and see more places from our childhood. A trip down memory lane.

So, this is the house I grew up in from 4th grade to 9th grade.  Here on Siesta Dr.

We should the kids the private park and creek that was just down the road from our house.  We spent many days playing here as kids.

SPRING BREAK

I truly enjoyed our spring break as a family, mainly because Dave was with me and did so much to ease the burden of my very pregnant body.  I especially enjoyed warmer weather and the very lush green desert.  Apparently there so much rain that the desert was carpeted with green grass and wild flowers.  We stopped in Mesa to visit family and then spent 2 days in Tucson (my childhood stomping ground).

Our first stop was Grandma Bevell's house where the girls immediatly went to playing outside.  They visited the milk cow Lulabell and fed her weeds, while Dave mowed the lawn for Grandma. 

Next we enjoyed the desert outdoor park with cousins

Then the next day we headed down to Reid Park Zoo in Tucson.  It was a great zoo for kids because it was smaller and they had the time to see all of it before getting tired.

Kami was our navigator with the map.  She loved telling us where to go.

They all were fascinated by how large the turtles were, and they actually were walking around.

What a cute turtle!

Baylee like the flamingos standing on one leg.  Wait! thats not a flamingo, thats my big belly.

The Scouts!

Dave (our scoutmaster) gets to have all the fun camping trips.  We girls are very jealous and keep telling Dad "why don't you take us backpacking and camping".  He has since promised an outing.  Kami, who lacks the patience to wait for that day, has resorted to setting up a tent in her room. 

Well we finally had pictures of one of these scout trips so I figure I better post it, as proof that this is one of the many scout camp outs Dave has endured for the last 5 years.  I keep telling him its so he can be an expert scouter by the time he gets a son in scouts. 

Hmmm! Typical scouts.  I think that is a lizard biting Logan's ear.