.Easter 2017

We had an amazing Easter weekend. Despite the snow (which was not very convenient for our outside plans) we had such a happy time with the family celebrating the resurrection of Christ. I am so glad we have a holiday set apart each year where we can remember and focus on what that really means to us and recognize just how much we need Him.

I am forever grateful to Jesus Christ for coming to Earth and giving us an example of living that is beyond any kind of life I could have had without Him. I know that true happiness comes from living a life of service and purity. I am far from perfect but because of our Savior, I can be forgiven and that is the best gift of all.

Happy Easter!

We headed up to Cold Lake and went to church with Air's family. After church Grandma fed us an amazing meal!

Then the kids got a cute Easter surprise from Grandma/pa Gusa!

We all did the black "charcoal" face masks together that night. So much fun.

The next morning the Easter Bunny had hidden baskets around the house for the children to find!

Then (because of the snow) we went to the church building in Cherry Grove for an egg hunt!

Then we went to the gym for a little badminton game/candy devouring

.April 2017

Aside from Easter, April was a pretty low-key month around here. Here are some highlights (I will do a separate post for Easter):

Our kids love hanging out in our bed… heck, we all love hanging out in our bed. ↓↓↓

↓↓↓ For General Conference weekend Air made some awesome donuts//We took a family pic after stake conference ↓↓↓

had so much fun visiting cousin Jake's house and doing some flips ↓↓↓

↓↓↓ I got this most amazing jewelry organizer for my earring collection (just my favorites, I way too many more pairs)//We got snow on Easter weekend of course ↓↓↓

These two love it when we do this on snowy days ↓↓↓

↓↓↓ The snow melted quickly and we got to play outside again! Alice loves the parks//This is how much Ames loves warm weather, I guess ↓↓↓

Ames wanted me to take a pic of his beard and Alice wanted to be in it doing this ↓↓↓

When Ames says the word "turtle" I giggle ↓↓↓

We went swimming a lot all winter long so I figured I should take some photos of these little fishies ↓↓↓

Ames and Aaron are under the water together ↓↓↓

Ames swimming with his buddy Rhys ↓↓↓

Alice is just there for the toys, she's not interested in going under water yet ↓↓↓

And of course our little Ali-girl continues to fall asleep at dinner ↓↓↓

Then she stays awake and makes up songs like this at her real bed time ↓↓↓