E a s t e r

We kicked off Easter weekend with dinner and an egg hunt in Hailey's backyard. Emmett and Brielle loooove going over there and never want to leave. They have such a fun house and a perfect yard for an egg hunt! Brielle kept things color coordinated and only picked up the pink and purple eggs haha. She's an aesthetic girly.

Her pouty face kills me haha.

On Easter Sunday we went to church, snapped some pictures of the kids, did an egg hunt in our backyard while the Easter bunny hid baskets inside, ate too much candy, had the yummiest dinner at Gigi's house, did another egg hunt in my parents backyard, took more pictures, and played some corn hole. It was a perfect day.

I love my sweet family. I love living close to family. I love the gospel and I love my Savior. I'm so grateful for this holiday to reflect on Jesus Christ and everything he went through for us.

“On Easter Sunday we celebrate the most long-awaited and glorious event in the history of the world. It is the day that changed everything. On that day, my life changed. Your life changed. The destiny of all God’s children changed. When I think of what the Savior did for us leading up to that first Easter Sunday, I want to lift up my voice and shout praises to the Most High God and His Son, Jesus Christ! The gates of heaven are unlocked! The windows of heaven are opened! Today and forevermore, God’s grace is available to all.” - Dieter F. Uchtdorf 

Next up: A pregnancy and baby boy!!!!

Emmett Turns FIVE

I HAVE A FIVE YEAR OLD. That went way too fast. Emmett starts kindergarten this month (yup still about five months behind on here) and I'm just not ready for it! Emmett requested a party at the trampoline park for his fifth birthday, so that's exactly what we did. We went on a weekday in hopes it wouldn't be too busy and turns out that's the way to do it. It felt as if we rented out the entire place! We let the kids play, ordered pizza, ate cupcakes, opened gifts, and called it good. Everyone had a blast and I didn't need to deep clean or decorate my house. Calling that a WIN.

Love. This. Boy.

Shoutout to Gigi for making the yummiest cupcakes!

Emmett loooves books. Both Gigi and Britta got him encyclopedia books about animals and sea creatures and he has looked at them basically everyday since. He falls asleep reading them in bed at night and it's my favorite thing ever.

^^ The struggle to get a group picture is real. Love this crew!

It was such a fun party!!

We spent Emmett's birthday doing all of his favorite things.

Ate chocolate donuts for breakfast.

Drew alllll the creatures from his new books.

Partied with his preschool buddies.

Went to the dinosaur museum.

Picked a toy from the gift shop using his dog sitting money from gigi.

It was a perfect day doing all things Emmett! A few things I want to remember about my sweet five year old. This boy is SMART. He has a memory I could only dream of having. It wouldn't surprise me if it's photographic because he remembers the smallest of details - like a page number in his book or how to spell axolotl and komodo dragon. He knows basically every creature to ever exist and can tell you allll about them. He asks so many questions. The most common being, "How many more minutes?" or "How many mornings until.." He is a homebody. He can sit at the table and draw for hours and hours everyday. His favorite shows to watch are size comparison videos on youtube. Godzilla is his fav. He is friendly, creative, imaginative, cuddly, sweet, loud, loving, expressive, aaand still the pickiest eater ever haha.

WE LOVE OUR EMMETT JAMES.