Easter and "backwards"....

I posted all of these pictures backwards... you can either
go to the end and work up, or just figure it out on your own. :)



Olivia's haul from the jelly bean easter egg hunt.


Jeff got his share! The jelly bean hunt is a favorite family
tradition. We don't hunt for big eggs... just tiny ones!


Victoria loved the hunt. She really got into it! Each of the
kids got a bucket, garden shovel and rake, garden gloves and
crocks. Did you notice the garden theme?


Uncle Steve hid all the jelly beans in high places... that ment
he had to lift everyone up to get them when they were spotted!


I think he had a good time "playing" the gave with us!


Most of the jellies are in simple places to find, but we do get
creative... Sometimes we find them days later!


Jett loved it! He would see one and skip over others
just to get it. It was funny.


A good time was had by all!


The traditional bunny cake... handed down from Grandma Hammond.

The black jelly beans at the back are a tradition, too! I think Russell (and

probably Helen) were the ones that started that!


I had to use toothpicks for the whiskers. I forgot to get

candy for that!


Miss Ella is starting to smile and even laugh out loud. Brent

is the one that can get her laughing. She will smile for the rest

of us, but most of her belly laughs are brought on by Daddy!


This is a big smile!!!


Ella loves to "suck her lips" into her mouth. On this day we

couldn't get a good smile because she was having so much fun

looking goofy!


Poor Jett.... Three sisters! He is bound to have some pictures

that he will want to distroy as he gets older!


He is so proud to be the girls practice "dummy"!


Everyone on our street has commented on how much they are enjoying

having little kids on the street again. I have to say that Jett riding up the

street on his bike is absolutely adorable!


Victoria has learned to climb trees this Spring. This is great

fun to her, but it may mean another broken arm before she

is through with Summer!


Her nose looks huge in this picture, but I think that it is just

scrunched up as she is making a face.


Poor Laura was so tired. She came to Utah for 4 weeks and during

that time she had sick kids... too many places to go and too many

people to see. She didn't get much rest. Austin was the only one

holding out from taking a nap!


Ethan was so tired he couldn't even eat his cookie. It was

so sad! He goes so hard most of the time, that it seemed strange

to have him "stopped". Ethan promptly went home from this Utah,

trip and jumped off of a chair and broke his clavicle! He is miserable!

He kept telling his mother to "Free the Bees" like on the Bee Movie but she didn't

know what he was taking about. After a bath while putting him back

into his brace for his clavicle he told her that the brace was his bee

wings. He doesn't like the brace so he wanted to "Free the Bees"!! How

funny is that!


Grandpa and Austin reading together! They both seemed to love

the time together! Austin (and now Ella) are getting so big that

Grandpa needs to sit down with them.... they are just too heavy!


This adorable hat was made my my friend, Cindi Wendler. Isn't

it darling! I have since made a few myself... they are really quite

fun to make... and so cute to see!

We have a lot of things going on at our house... I haven't posted a

blog for a while... We'll see if I get any more organized. I used to be,

but something happened!!! We hope you like the pictures!

We love you all and hope that everything is going well for you. Hope to

see you soon! Doug and Delores