Easter revisited

True to our little family tradition, we didn't just celebrate once.

Sunday morning the kids had a few goodies (no candy) in their easter basket.

I attempted (and failed, for the most part) to get some pictures. I didn't really buy specific easter outfits this year. We have family pictures and a wedding next month and they both have very cute spring-y outfits that they won't be wearing until minutes before the camera starts shooting.

After church we headed over to celebrate with Justin's mom's family. A few photo opp's with grandmas, and yet another Easter egg hunt.

Then off to the Hardcastles for a serious egg dying contest.

We had a dremel, silk ties, vinyl, and paperclips out. And, of course, a few traditional egg dying kits from the store. Here are the results...

We had a 3 way tie between 2nd place (my mom only had 2 prizes).

Justin's won 1st place

and Jenn's won second.

My right arm

I dropped my phone Friday night (Saturday morning -3am).

It broke.

And, it wasn't like a hairline fracture, the front glass was crushed!

3 days and $99 later, I have a working phone again. And, everything else. I'm like every other iPhone user, it contains most of my life and a lot of my time wasting apps!

Easter in Wales

Don't know where Wales is? Neither did I until today. Justin's grandparents (the Richmonds) live in Wales and I had never been there before.

It wasn't the best weather for an Easter Egg hunt (or a game of soccer, kite flying, or swings), but Hyrum didn't seem to mind much.

There was a great lunch and an easter egg hunt with a TON of candy and toys, and presents.

Grandpa Lafeen went a little overboard and pretty much brought out a new present for Hyrum every 30 minutes for the few hours we were there. An awesome race track with cars...

A soccer ball, "Thomas the Train" ball, Cars pajamas, Sand pail and shovel and a Kite. Not to mention all of the goodies the grandma's and aunts sprinkled around the yard.

Kate even scored a few new outfits and baby toys.

Best part of the day? Both kids slept almost the entire way home!

Tie Dye (without the messing fingers)

I found a new way to dye eggs a couple of years ago. Remember these?

Well, I saw this on ourbestbites.com this week, and knew I had to try them. Lucky for me, our Young Womens had their 2nd annual egg dying contest tonight.

I thought I'd be able to get ties at Savers for a dollar. I was not. (Seriously, $6 for a Savers tie?) So, I only made 3. Maybe I'll have to raid Justin's tie collection later and look for a few others.

This couldn't have been easier -and wasn't messy at all.

5K

It hasn't been very good weather this week. After a week of somewhat warm days and a few walks to the park, the snow came back. Not really out of the ordinary for a Utah spring to tell you the truth.

I've been running at the gym and made it up to 4 miles a few times on the treadmill, but I hadn't run outside at all. Plus, with Justin out of town all week, I hadn't run at all for 6 or 7 days.

That being said, I felt pretty good about my time. I was able to run a little over half before I stopped and walked for a bit. I hate when that happens, because it's hard to get your momentum back afterwards. So... the last mile was a lot of jogging and walking. But, I still finished in about 35 minutes, averaging a 11.25 minute mile. Not too bad for me. It w

as actually a bit warmer this year, since we started an hour later. I didn't really get that cold until after I finished and we stood around waiting for the awards ceremony.

Wade, Karen, and Paul came too this year. Jodi and Jessica would have come -but the bad weather kept them away. Plus, my mom volunteered to watch my kids so I could run.

A Farewell to Winter (We hope!)

Hyrum and Kate (Melanie) gave me a homemade snowman kit for Christmas, and we really haven't been in a good situation to try it out...until today...April 3rd! I have to say it works PERFECTLY. Hyrum loved helping dad roll the "big ball" and put the various parts of "Santas Snowman" on him.

I love Hyrum, and thanks to Melanie for making it ALL possible!