Late Easter Pictures

I decided that when the kids were dressed and ready for church today that I needed to take a few pictures of them in their Easter clothes. So here are a few to document the time of year and their cute little faces.

Alayna is 4 years old now and blossoming into such a pretty little thing.

Jake is 1 years old and 11 months old. He will be turning two on May 11th. So I think we could say he's nearly two years old. What a handsome little guy.

*I know the back drop is so lovely right? Well, I put them up in the lazy boy because I wanted to show the chair that I have been living in for the past two weeks. I figured it was a perfect spot since that's our current life!*

Oh, I was also able to have Alayna recite her Article of Faith for me on camera. Enjoy!

Easter Egg Hunts!

Yes, it was actually an Easter Egg hunt and not Halloween. But we only had one basket that was pink for Alayna so Jake was creative and grabbed his Halloween pumpkin. Either way it worked and he scored getting lots of candy!!

Herriman City Easter Egg hunt!

Oh, was that another candy! I think this kid consumed more candy in this one day than any other. Jared said he looked like a chipmunk all day long because his cheeks were stuffed with treats.

Now let the story begin...As Alayna and I were walking down the stairs to take our place at the Easter egg hunt, I realized that at this park Alayna has a tendency to get lost. So I decided to pick a point of reference...the fire truck! I just mentioned it casually for her to look over there to see where the fire truck was at. She glanced over. I just reminded her there are lots of people and if she can't see me any more to wait by the fire truck to find me. So time passed the Easter egg hunt started and kids took off running. I was video taping and watching where she and Jake were going. Jared and my dad were with Jake and Alayna took off. For some reason I didn't think that an adult should remain with her. She grabbed tons of treats and ran back to show me. Well she passed off her cotton candy to my mom who had requested she get one for her and she looked at me while taping and said, "Mom now I have more room in my basket I'm going for more treats!" I glanced around realizing there really wasn't much candy left, so I figured she would hang close. I started taping Jake again and not paying attention. (This was my first problem!) So the large crowds started to dissipate and we all gathered together. Realizing Alayna in a grey hoodie was no where to be seen. (This was my second problem...not a bright color! It doesn't stand out in a crowd.) So we all started scouring the field with no luck. I then in passing told my neighbor, Emily that I had told her to meet me at the fire truck if she couldn't see me any more. Well, I had told her so casually so I didn't assume she would obey. Thankfully, a few minutes later Emily came down with Alayna who had obeyed and went straight to the fire truck. Eventually I was able to ask Alayna when she felt like she was lost and she said, "When I couldn't see you anymore I walked right up to the fire truck!" WOW. I was totally impressed that one she recognized she couldn't see me and then that she obeyed and did what I said. It felt great as a parent to know that sometimes children do listen and obey. I was very grateful and many prayers were answered! We all praised her and let her know that if she continued to listen to her parents than she would always be safe and protected!! (I hope she ALWAYS remembers that.) We had to take her back to the spot of where she was waiting for us.