This is too cute!!

Who doesn't love it when their children are being cute with eachother? This is one of those things that makes being a mother so wonderful. I absolutely love it when everyone is getting along and happy and having fun. It doesn't take much more than Gracen seeing Brynlee to get a smile out of him and he is interacting with her more and more every day.

While I was attempting to feed Gracen his rice cereal, Brynlee decided it would be fun to distract him. She got quite a laugh out of him. The funny thing is that he can't see that she is shakin her bum like she is, and she thought that was why he was laughing at her. He just loves to laugh at his big sister, and she loves to get him laughing like this.

Easter Festivities

First we dyed some eggs.

Gracen got bundled up to go for an Easter egg hunt.

Brynlee was super excited!

And she found lots of eggs!

Gracen got in on the hunting action, and was very eager to taste his egg.

Addie joined us and was quite happy about the 2 eggs she found. She and Brynlee posed to show us their eggs.

Sandusky, Ohio

Last Friday we packed up and drove out to Sandusky, Ohio to look for an apartment and visit our friends Mark and Heather. We started out thinking it would take us about 10 hours, and having no idea how well the kids would do with such a long car ride, to our surprise they both did quite well even though our total time ended up being 12 hours. On Saturday morning we drove around to see what was there. We also took a tour of the hospital. The city of Sandusky is not really very big, I think around 74,000 people or something. I was expecting it to be small and similar to Tremonton, Utah, but it actually had a lot of stores that I normally shop at, a couple of grocery store choices, and a mall. We were able to look around at 2 different apartment complexes and come to find out that is our only option. We drove by some others and they were kinda scary so we didn't even look. We are working on signing a contract to move in to the apartment we wanted, they ended up getting an opening for the time we will be moving there. It works out great. I am really excited to be moving up in the world of apartment living. Not only will our kids have seperate bedrooms, but we will also have our own washer and dryer hookups and a garage to park in. Yes, I am so excited. Those were all the things I hoped to have. No more quarter laundry! We also went to church while we were there, and I am a little nervous about this ward. I am sure it is great and that everyone is nice, but it was the smallest ward I have ever seen in my life. There were, at most, 60 people there. It was spring break and Heather said there were a few more people who are usually there. There are a lot of inactive people. It makes me sad to leave our ward, I have really loved it here. It has been so fun for our family to live near others who are going through the same thing we are, who also have the same beliefs we do. Now I have an idea of what life in Sandusky is like, I sure hope we enjoy it there. Only 3 months to go and we will make the big move.

Sandusky is right on the edge of lake erie. The amusement park Cedar Point is on an island just outside of Sandusky, you can see it in the upper right corner of the picture. It looks big and I've been told it has some good roller coasters.

Kimberli and Gracen

This is taken at a resturant we ate at on our way through Indiana. We decided to take a different route on the way home and drove through Indiana's Amish country. The place we wanted to eat at was closed so we went to this other place which turned out to be pretty good. We also went in to an Amish furniture store and looked around. If only I had the money to buy some of the nice furniture we saw. One of these days.

Our little Jumper...

We bought a jumperoo for Brynlee when she was a baby, and as it was with most things, she didn't like it much. Thinking I could sell it if Gracen didn't like it, I decided I would get it out and let Gracen try it, and he absolutely loves it. He just sits in there and jumps for up to 40 minutes until I decide it is time for him to get out. After the first try and quickly getting the idea, now he likes to jump whether he is in it or not. Just pretend like you can't hear our lovely voices in the background.

The greatest thing about it is that he gets really worn out and takes a great nap after jumping!

What mascara is really for...

I was in my bedroom cleaning up a little, the phone rang, it was my sister calling to talk for a minute. Shortly after the phone rang, Brynlee came in and this is what I saw...

I was not at all surprised and I just couldn't help but laugh at her. I usually keep my makeup in our second bathroom to avoid something like this, but the day before I had taken it into the other bathroom to do while she was taking a bath, and, of course, forgot to take it back. Needless to say, my curious little girl found it and put it to good use. It is hard to see in the picture but she actually streaked it throughout her hair. I was just happy to find that it was not all over the bathroom walls or anything else, and it cleaned off easily. As for the beautiful choice of clothing, Brynlee loves to where her slip, just not in the right place.