Dos!

Happy birthday, Harper!

Because this girl hates crowds, we decided not to have  a party with lots of people.  But we did have a scrumptious cake, and she did enjoy the company of Aunt Cami, Brookes and Jesse.  And why do I not have pictures of them?  Sheesh.  But the hoodie Harper is wearing is from Aunt Cami!

And her BFF, Ruby Rose.

Happy birthday, little munchkin.  What will the next 2 years bring???  We love you so much!

Cache Stake Women's Conference

This project took a chunk of time! But it turned out so pretty... Totally worth it.  Our theme was "Strengthening Ties That Bind," and we tried to turn the gym into an old-fashioned quilting bee.  I had the most amazing committee.  2 girls were event planners, and had access to lots of great props.  Hello, gazillion blue Mason jars!

We photocopied family photos from women in the stake to hang on the walls.  It was such a fun idea to tie the whole stake together through the decor.

Each ward created a quilt to donate, and each quilt was given a blue ribbon.

Beautiful antiques from Grandma Bessie graced our entry-ways...

Cheetah boy.

You cannot catch him.  He is fast like lightning.  

Weekend with the High-Lambs

We were so excited to get to stay at the Lamberts' to celebrate Elizabeth's baptism!  Gramma Linda was also there, and we had a wonderful time together!

I spent a lot of time in the foyer with noisy, sleep-deprived Harper...

Alex and Gramma at Sweet Tomatoes for lunch afterwards.

Tia, Elizabeth, Gabrielle, and Bennett.

We spent the afternoon at Thanksgiving Point.  Our first stop was the tulip gardens.  Beautiful!

It was rainy, rainy, rainy!  We loved it!

Gramma and Finn!

Checking out the jumbo Koi... Yikes!

Secret garden!  So pretty.

Finn and Owen.

Soaked!

We finished with a tour of the Thanksgiving Point Natural History Museum with the cousins.  So fun!

Owen's first recital!

Warming up on the Steinway... 

Duet with Miss Ashley.

Owen and his awesome teacher, Ashley Miles.

Owen was pretty nervous for this recital.  Especially because we were told it would be a very small group of students, and it ended up being 1 1/2 hours long, and had some very advanced students!  But Owen was 100% happy with his performance, and I was very proud of him.  Yay, Owen!

Easter!

Ahhh, the dying of the eggs.

Harper!  She prefers to go shirtless and to accessorize her hair herself.

Easter morning fun times.

Easter puppy.

Yum!  Candy!

Easter portrait, minus Harper, who refused to participate.

Harper loved playing in the dirt and Jaime and Tyler's.  LOVED it.  This was the perfect place for the great Easter egg hunt of 2012...

Waiting for the big Easter egg hunt to begin!  So exciting!

The egg hunt for the little ones begins!

Yay!  It didn't take Harper long to get the hang of this.  BUT, she didn't figure out that there was stuff IN the eggs until much later.

Maybe the most precious photo of Harper ever?

Getting ready for the big kids' egg hunt...  Everyone was after the big money!

And here, Harper discovers what is inside the eggs!

Porter and Finn.

Jake made me this teeny boquet.  Awwwwww!

Hogle Zoo and other spring break fun...

Finn and a tiger.

Gracie and Owen

Finn, Zac, Jake, and Nic

Bennett

Jake

We took this picture to send to Grandma and Grandpa of the cousins.  Just missing Jesse and Brookes!

Here is Finn, rocking some complete strangers!  Go, Finn!

An afternoon at the park with the Kirby girls!  

Nerding out on Gameboys...

Jack, Olivia and Owen

Bennett and Jason at a chilly morning soccer practice for Jake.