Easter!

Easter is one of my favorite holidays!

We had so many fun Easter traditions growing up and it's a holiday I'm pretty selfish about,

I should work on that.

We started Saturday morning off by dying eggs! Sweet Girl was super quick about the dying process but thought it was pretty awesome!

 Since Easter was in March this year it was a little cold to do "yard work",

but some of us decided to go rock climbing at an awesome spot not far from my parent's home!

I finally saw sagebrush in bloom! I'd never seen it actually in bloom before!

 The place we went rock climbing was really awesome!

It reminded us a lot of the Subway that we did last year!

 It's fun to discover the beauty we have right in our backyard!

 Easter morning with Grandpa L!

 The Easter Bunny appropriately hid Sweet Girl's basket in the airplane!

she was so excited!

 Our family with our baskets!

 After church Sweet Girl thought she was the baby and climbed into the carriage!

 The girls got silly string in their baskets (see the ground) and thought it was pretty hilarious, but the wee baby cousin was much more interested in the dog! Lol! She LOVES the dog!

It was a wonderful Easter weekend!

It's always wonderful to celebrate our Savior and His wonderful gift of the Atonement for us all!

I am so grateful for Him!

Request Permission for flyby

As of December 30th, my Sweet Husband is officially a pilot!

We are so proud! To celebrate, we went flying! On New Year's Eve he took Sweet Girl, me, my mom, my dad, one of my sisters, and her (then) fiance on a ride!

Sweet Girl, Grandma L, and I got to fly with my Handsome Husband first! He is such a great pilot and very reassuring, which is very nice when it gets a little bumpy or he has to adjust things and it takes your stomach (like on a roller coaster). 

 

(the hum of the engine puts Sweet Girl right to sleep)

Then he took Grandpa L, Aunt S, and Uncle P. I was a little worried about my Dad because he gets motion sick, but he was completely fine... Uncle P was different story, he got a little sick. 

It was such a fun day! 

Since then we've flown a few other times as well! One night we went on a family date! We did a few touch and goes and then just flew around town before dinner. Since Sweet Girl is under two she is allowed to sit on my lap during flight, that's what she did on that particular flight since we took a little two-seater. She actually didn't fall asleep on that flight, I think she really liked looking out the window because she could actually see! She did look SUPER relaxed all flight, she probably would have fallen asleep if it was closer to bedtime when we went. But it was fun to have her awake for the whole flight, she really seemed to enjoy it!

 (her adorable little grin got cut off, so we took another picture of just her)
Also, do you see how happy flying makes this amazing man of mine!?! How could I ever say no to that face! I love him!

(also, she did have a headset on during the flight, this was before we took off, we try to wait as long as possible because she doesn't care for the headset much... until she can hear people talking then she likes it)

Then last weekend we were able to take my Sweet in-laws on a flight! It was a bit bumpier than usual, but still fun! My Sweet Husband was also able to give them a tour of the company he works for! It was really fun! 

(Please notice Sweet Girl's face.. it shows her feelings about the headset before people are talking.. lol!)

Boo!

I was so excited to make Sweet Girl's Halloween costume this year!

I looked for a while for ideas, but then my sister sent me a suggestion on pinterest.

It was too cute not to do!

So she was Boo from Monster's Inc.

It was really easy to make, actually.

And really fun. I had a lot of the fabric already, but I needed some for the arms.

We found a fun fabric with shiny polka-dots on it that was perfect for arms!

The first time I tried it on Sweet Girl, it wasn't quite finished, but she was less than thrilled... 

 Thankfully, while I was figuring out how to attach the eyes she got really excited about it and kept trying to steal it.

Then when she wore it for real for the first time, she loved it!

I think it also helped that everyone commented on how cute she looked and Sweet Girl sure loves complements!... who doesn't?!

 She wore it to music time first. A couple ladies in our town do a music time each week, it is really fun! Sweet Girl loves it! She's so social! She loves to dance and especially to play with the instruments!

 That week, Aunt S and Baby A joined us! Sweet Girl's cute little cousin was Little Mermaid, just like her mommy was when she was little!

For the actual Halloween, Sweet Girl gladly wore her costume, but she wouldn't let me do her hair in the cute pig tails... you win some you lose some.

 My Sweet Husband joked with me and said that he would wear a Sulley costume if I went as Mike. He figured I wouldn't do it, I sure showed him.. lol!

 I love this picture of Grandpa and Sweet Girl!

Silly Goose

Our Sweet Girl is just a silly goose!

She keeps me laughing everyday!

Here are a few pictures to show you!

She can "inventory" a room in no time flat!

(We call it inventory because it's like she's making sure we have everything still, she does this with many things: rooms, diaper bags, etc)

 One day I asked her to smile, this is what she gave me.. lol!

 Another day we had fun taking selfies for awhile...

 Checking her book inventory... lol!

 Sweet Girl is pretty picky about what goes in and stays in her hair,

one day she kept handing me more and more pretties to put in her hair!

 I'm working a quilt for my little brother for Christmas

(don't worry, he won't know, he's on a mission for our church),

so I had been ironing A LOT!

Sweet Girl grabbed the squirt gun and took a drink.

It must be an instinct thing because I remember doing the same thing as a kid!

 When I checked on her to make sure she was sleeping once, this is what I found!

 I decided to mow the lawn one day. My plan was to do it while Sweet Girl took a nap,

but for some reason I decided to try it before. I think because I realized that I probably wouldn't have time to mow the lawn and take a shower before Sweet Girl woke up. So I strapped her into the Baby Bjorn and got to work. After a while she felt like dead weight... lol turns out, she fell asleep!

I tried it again a few weeks later, and sure enough, she fell asleep again!

 I decided to teach Sweet Girl how to play hide and seek.

I wasn't sure she quite understood, but later that day she walked away and this is where I found her!

Pretty good hiding spot! Now she plays and hides in there all the time, I think she likes it because it's just her size, there is a shelf right above the hanger bar. 

 She pulled out her bin of plastic kitchen things and decided to climb on in...

 then later did the same thing at her aunt's house with a diaper box! Lol!

 That same day she took a candy bar behind into the kitchen and came out looking like this!

 She insisted on the hat and the sunglasses once to swing, I guess she wanted to make sure she was extra protected!

 Every Monday is laundry day at our house,

I think she thinks it's pretty boring...

 but she is really good at entertaining herself! lol!

 It's not hard to tell where Sweet Girl has been...

usually her signs of inventorying give her right away!

 On a trip to our favorite fast food restaurant, Chick-fil-A, Sweet Girl insisted on holding her juice by herself! She did really well actually! The only time we spilled was when I gave it to her and it was my fault!

 She loves to steal my glasses and try to wear them...lol!

Phwew, if you made it this far, I am very impressed! We sure love our silly Goose!