Cousins...Cousins..there were never such devoted cousins...

Pearl and Brooklyn in their Easter dresses.

Pearl just tolerates pictures but Brooklyn eats it up!

Easter Morning

Well the Easter Bunny learned something very important this year:
take note of where all the eggs are hidden!
Grandma's house had a wealth of hiding places and it took a good 30 minutes of searching until we found almost everything?!

Silly Pictures

Now before you see all these pictures, I have a few disclaimers that I would like to make.!

1.Ryan took all of these photos.

2. Some were so funny I couldn't help myself and I have to include in our book.

3.That said everyone has a silly picture, so it's fair. I didn't play favorites with anyone.

"I heard there were eggs, where's the party?"

"New Rule"

"OK everyone, this is how we are going to do this."

"I can't see you if you can't see me"

Grandma hearing bad new and Ryan being right there to capture it all.

Chad and Brooklyn chillin.

Lilly made a "little Chick" to find

Grandpa with his following...

I'm not sure what that was or is? Grandpa doing a dance?

More coloring Easter eggs

Coloring Easter Eggs

This Easter weekend was spent in Mesa with Grandma and Grandpa Nelson and family.

We had a great time coloring Easter eggs on Saturday night so that the Easter Bunny could hide them for us and boy did he do a go job!

Dads are so helpful after chuch!

We (me) are so excited to have Ryan home in the morning before Church and in the afternoon after church. He was released from his calling as ward financial clerk and now only teaches Gospel doctrine. I on the other hand have been released from my primary position as pianist and called to be the second counselor in young womens. Which has taken me away from home many times just this first week! Any way back to my story. With all this new found help my life is so much easier, well maybe. As I look around today at the aftermath of Sundays with a daddy home and a mommy gone I might change my mind...no on second thought, I'll take every bit of it.

Patricia's and Riley's Senior Pictures

I took these pictures yesterday at my house and the park really quick.

My sisters are so pretty.

I am still just learning but love doing it!

Kids can fall asleep anywhere?

This is what I found after I put her down to do some work on the computer.

Captured Moments

My professional photographer took these masterpieces with his phone and they are sweet moments in time.

"The Tongue"

"Brothers can be helpful"

"No really they can"

"Love aboundeth at FHE"

Snow Day

wE FINALLY MADE IT TO mT. lEMON1

Oh sorry the caps lock was on lets try again

We Finally made it to Mt. Lemmon!

Pearl wasn't so keen on the idea...

she deployed her "I'll go to sleep and this nightmare will be over when I wake up" mechanism.

Foster was like a penguin and we had to keep catching him. He would just hop on any thing any where and Ryan had to dive a few times to stop him from doom.

Snowman watched all

Ryan's Birthday

Well the kids wanted Hawaiian party so they decorated and we surprised him with a party.


I attempted my first cheese cake and it turned out soooooo yummy and wasn't as hard as I thought it was!

I gave him a watch so we could set it to ring when it was time to come home from work!