One Heck of a Fun Easter 2012!

Easter came and went, but the day was long and fun!  This was O's first time really getting what we were doing and she loved it.  Here she is finding her Easter basket - we didn't really hide it but it still took her a while to figure out where it was.  Hilarious!

 We dyed eggs, a lot of eggs (because Mommy and Daddy both ending up buying eggs!), so we did 32 eggs this year!  But one week later and we only have 4 left - we are egged out! Nonna was here for a visit and she helped mastermind the egg coloring party.  Fun!

We made some "bacon and eggs" - prezel sticks with white chocolate and a yellow M&M.  We added a few "green eggs and bacon" in there for fun.

Harlow met the Easter bunny for the first time...O wouldn't go near him (her actually!).



Harlow was also subjected to this kind of Easter nonsense - and she was the CUTEST little flower in the land!

Easter morning is not Easter morning without a chocolate bunny...O was pretty happy!

Olivia had a few Easter egg hunts this year...our backyard, school, the neighbors on Easter afternoon, and her cousin's house on late Easter afternoon.  While at first she was pretty surprised by all the eggs, she is pretty good at it now - can't get an egg past her.

Try as we might, we cannot get Olivia to look at the camera half the time...but she has no problem hamming it up for the camera!

O's twin cousins had their first real hunt (they can walk this year!).  Brie tried to eat her first egg - it was funny!

Family Photo Shoot!

We recently had a little family photo shoot and absolutely LOVE the pictures that we got back.  We know this is totally picture overload, but we can't help but show these off...and we want to be sure we can always look back on these and remember how much fun we had taking them.  Our baby Harlow and big sister Olivia's beautiful little souls really shine through in these shots.  We are so blessed with these little angels and their sweet smiles.  We are thankful every day for this healthy, happy family!!!

Springtime at the Zoo

The weather is great and Daddy's had some time off (surgery for a detached retina kept him homebound for over a week, followed by spring break!), so we headed to the zoo a couple times this month.  Daddy likely injured his eye last year in a surfing accident in Costa Rica and it just decided to rear it's ugly head.  But we sure did enjoy having him home for so long.  Got us all excited about the summer time and all the fun stuff we'll get to do when everyone is home!

Here we are at the bird exhibit - just the girls!

O is CRAZY for the carousel...we have to go a few times to get all the crazies out!  She loves the cougar!

Hanging Out With the Frei Girls...

Guess how many shots it took to get this picture?!?!?  Aren't these girls BEAUTIFUL!!

The twins love their GrandMa!

Aunt Jenny is having another baby - we are SO excited!  She was already pregnant in this picture, but didn't know it yet! (or at least didn't tell us yet).

Brie is going to hate this picture when she's older, but I LOVE it - hilarious!

Her she is post-storm...a real beauty.

And Elli is a little beauty two!

St. Patrick's Day 2012

We celebrated with family!  Good food, good music, great company!

Cutie-Pie Harlow!

Harlow is out cutie-pie!  Look at this adorable face.  She is a HUGE smiler!

It appears we have a thumb sucker...we'll see how this goes.  She loves to suck her thumb and it puts her right to sleep, but her mama was a thumb sucker and not sure she's ready for another!

We went to an early Easter party in our neighborhood.  Harlow did ok with the bunny, but the 3 year old wouldn't set foot close to her!

Sunny afternoons with GrandMa!

Snuggling up with Mama on a walk!

Ready for the cold weather!

Just hangin'...and flipping the bird!  Ha!