Lily's 1st Easter Egg Hunt

A family in our ward invited us to an Easter Egg Hunt at their house. There were about 30 kids from 1 years to 8 years old. She kept the bunny ears on the entire time. Before we left they fell off and of course I lost them on the way to the car.

They had 2 bouncey houses, a swing set, and lots of food.

Two trails leading back to a fire pit is where the eggs were hidden. One trail for the 5 and under and the other for the older kids.

Lily picked up 2 eggs and she was done, after all she only has 2 hands!I tried to put them in her basket and she threw the basket and kept her eggs. She found a Reese's cup on the ground and quickly found a way to eat it. It was her only piece of candy today.

We have another egg hunt on Saturday at church. And the Hyde cousins will be here tomorrow! Happy Easter!

Do blondes really have more fun? I guess I'll find out.

Ta da! I did it, with the help of my friend Amber. She is a professional stylist and I asked her to do her magic and make me beautiful. I think she did a wonderful job and I'm excited to see everyone's reaction to my change. She said it will probably lighten a little but for now I'm a brunette. I haven't been a brunette since I was an infant. Lily wasn't upset about it. She came right to me and touched my hair, made a funny face and then hugged me. True love! David smiled and said "It looks good!" (good answer hubby!) Let me know what you think.

Be sure to vote whether blondes have more fun or not. (See the side bar.)

Snapshots into our life, say cheese!

Lily is ready for the beach this summer!

She loves sitting inside stuff, especially laundry baskets.

She has a cranky face. If she doesn't like something, trust me you'll know.





This is the only way we were ever going to eat dinner tonight.

Is Lily a vampire?

Tonight after Lily's bath she started getting silly and decided to bite my clothes. She proceeded to take that a step further and bite me. We've joked before that its a result of my reading Twilight and she is Renesme. Well, now I have proof she's after blood.

There are 2 bite marks. The first is higher, towards the freckles. The second is the brighter more noticeable mark. The first was through my shirt the second was not. She literally had to be pulled off of me and it broke the skin but did not bleed. Of course I was upset and once off I squeezed her cheeks telling her "NO! DO NOT BITE!" And then she laughed. I left the room which was the rest of her punishment. David dressed her and calmed her down.

What color would you call this?

Well, I was bored and depressed so what do I decide? I want to change my hair. I trimmed it, that was alright. So I colored it. I used a temporary mousse, Spicy Shimmer! It was supposed to be brown with the slightest auburn glow. Well I put it on and watched. As my hair turned more and more like Lucille Ball I decided to rinse. The back is a pale strawberry blonde but the front is a bit bolder. I always said I wanted pink hair =) No worries, it will wash out in 8-12 shampoos. (The color blind men in my life, Dave and my Dad can't even see it.) I'm considering going brunette soon. Let me know what you think!

"Hula"va good time!

We received our package from Grandma and Grandpa yesterday. They went to Hawaii and we get presents! David got a t-shirt, I got chocolate covered macadamia nuts and Lilia is now a hula dancer.David tried to say the t-shirt was for me and chocolates for him, but I'm willing to share. Lilia was so cute when we dressed her up. She kept pulling the coconuts and looking inside them, and then grab the grass skirt and lift it up. She was very confused. But she did a little dancing which we caught on video. Enjoy our hula baby!

Sewing, Plumbing and we don't even have our own home yet.

We live in NJ with my parents and we have our own bathroom. Dave woke me Sunday morning by telling me the floor was soaking wet after he shaved. He's not that messy, the sink had a major leak. It required a new drain and if you know us we're the type who call for help. But my Dad made this our "first lesson in home repair". Dave did it by himself. (I held the flashlight.) WHOA! It seems to be leak free. Let's hope we can keep learning.

My next homemaking skill is sewing. Lisa, a new member at church, gives me sewing lessons. I have made multiple attempts at sewing before now and they all turned out alright. But this was the first clothing attempt, a wrap around blouse for me. I'm pretty pleased with it. My next project is a cap and gown for Lily to match Dave for graduation.