Easter!

Dominicks Grocery store had an egg hunt the Saturday before Easter. We showed up right at 7:30am when it was starting, and it was already mostly over. Hayden was disappointed, but our friends, the Cottrells, were there and were kind enough to share their eggs.

They checked out their eggs. Then the store had fruit, juice, and donuts for everyone.

The next day we started out Easter with a basket hunt. This was the first year the Easter Bunny has left clues for the kids to find their hidden basket. They loved it!

 The kids checked out their baskets. Then we read "What does Easter really mean?" I love that Hayden already knew that Easter is really about Jesus.

After some wrestling with Daddy, it was time to get ready for church.

Hayden was not happy about her curly hair. When I finished it, she was bawling and said "It looks silly! I can't go to church with silly hair." Thankfully the tears didn't last too long!

I'm sad this picture of Cole turned out so fuzzy because he looks so handsome!

I'm so thankful for these two adorable kids!

After church, we had dinner at the Deja's house with them and the Cottrells. The kids enjoyed a fun egg hunt in their huge yard and the food was delicious!

It was a wonderful day and a great reminder of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Definitely a reason to rejoice and celebrate!

Pinkalicious!

Hayden has the book Pinkalicious (I actually bought it for her when I was pregnant with her) and loves it. So, when I heard about the musical I was excited to find out about it. We got tickets with a few of our friends and made a mommy daughter date out of it.

We all rode the train downtown together. The girls were excited for the adventure. Once we got downtown, we walked over a mile to the theater and the girls did such a great job with very little complaining.

The play itself was so fun. Hayden was dancing, singing, clapping, laughing, the whole time. I knew she would love it and she did! As I was sitting there next to her, watching how happy she was, it made me happy. I realized things like that are what life's about.

After the play, we made a stop at Garretts popcorn. So so good! Then we headed back to Union Station and caught our train. Hayden didn't have a nap and had a major meltdown while on the train, but we survived.

Ryan and Cole were waiting for us at the station. Hayden was anxious to tell Daddy all about our wonderful day.
While we were downtown, Ryan took Cole to the pet store to see the animals, which he loved! Ryan had also scrubbed my house for me. What an awesome husband!
A great day was had by all :)