Egg hunt #1

In our old neighborhood, one of the best parts about living there was the annual Easter breakfast and Egg Hunt. Twenty some-odd years ago a couple of girls in the neighborhood decided we should have a neighborhood egg hunt and everyone should put eggs in their yard and let the kids walk around the circle and gather the eggs. The tradition stuck and Sasha and I were invited back this year (and hopefully every year!) to join the festivities. We have a delicious dutch oven breakfast, muffins & pastries galore, an Easter Bonnet contest and there is a drawing for a fabulous Easter basket. It's really a great chance to get out and mingle with our neighbors.

The traditional picture with all the kids 12 and under that get to gather eggs

 Sassy's helpers Katie and Serena

 A blue egg!!! (Blue seems to be the favorite color lately)

 A bucket full of treats and two happy girls!

Great to see all the neighbors again. Can't wait to go back!

Happy Birthday Andra!

My cute friend Andra had a birthday! She invited Sassy and I to join friends and family up at Farmington Pond. And of course I annoyed everyone by bringing my camera. ;) Here's a few shots from the festivities...

 What's a party without a round of Duck, Duck, Goose?

 Sadie, busting a move!

 Sadie and Andra (the birthday girl)

 Me & Sassy

 Sadie, Angel, Andra, Heather and me

 I'm not sure exactly how much sugar she ate that night, but between S'mores, Oreos, cupcakes and M&M cookies, I'm guessing it was A LOT!

And it was all fun & games until Sassy poked her eye out. :( She was playing with a stick and hit herself in the face. Brilliant. We ended up at the instacare and she has a small scratch on her eyeball. I could barely get her to let the doctor look at it, let alone get her to let me take a picture. But she's healing up great and doing just fine. All part of growing up.

Tie-dyed Eggs

Saturday during the priesthood session my mom, Des and I decided to experiment and Tie-dye (literally) eggs for Easter. My mom found a tutorial online (I'd link to it for you, but well I'm just not savvy enough to know how to do that) for dying eggs with neck ties. Mind you, they have to be 100% silk, but the end result can be pretty cool...

 You wrap the eggs in the ties then wrap them in some other type of rag so that the colors don't run too much

 Then you boil them in water and vinegar for about 20 minutes

 And voila!

 Obviously some turned out better than others, but you can see the patterns from the ties on the eggs. SO COOL!

 Oh yeah, and Des made S'Mores cookies. Y.U.M.

I'm going to get fat living in Bountiful. Between Des' cooking, her great treats, Einstein's, Parson's, Kneaders, Pace's, Robintino's and Orange Leaf all within a 2-5 minute drive. I am so screwed!

Picasa!

Okay so once I master my super nifty camera my plan is to tackle photoshop. But in the meantime I am LOVING the latest release of Picasa (type Picasa into Google and you will find it) If you don't know what it is, it is a simple and easy way to organize your pictures and it also has some editing tools as well. I'm sure it's NOTHING compared to photoshop, but for someone like me it totally works!

So remember the pics I posted last week? Well, here they are again, tweaked just a little. I love, Love, LOVE them!

 I love her attitude in this one...

Can't wait for Easter!

Fun stuff

I took a class on Saturday about using my super nifty DSLR camera. I am SO EXCITED to practice and get better at taking pictures! I have always loved photography so to finally have a REALLY good camera, and then actually KNOW how to use it...well watch out! Next step is to learn photoshop, but one thing at a time people!
So this afternoon I took my Little Miss Sassy Pants outside and messed around for a bit. I think I got a couple of pretty cute ones. Then again, I have a pretty cute subject.

Okay, I know, totally amateur, but hey I'm just learning!

Tiny Dancer...almost

So I know I promised pics of this weeks ago but things have been super crazy busy! The 29th I got a text from my agent saying that the short sale of the house was approved and could we be out by the 12. Of March.

We were able to extend until the 15th, which helped but when all was said and done we ended up moving everything on the 9th and 10th. So yeah, things have been slightly chaotic.

So now on to the important part. Sasha's Dance Debut!!!


  Getting ready at Aunt Mandi's

So unfortunately Miss Sassy Pants got a little scared and overwhelmed by the big crowd and instead of doing her dance, she just cried. I felt so bad! I should have been right down in front where she could see me and the next time I definitely will be. But she looked absolutely beautiful and I can't wait for the next one.

St. George

Sassy & I went down and spent the weekend in St. George with my Mom, Rich, Garret, Holly and Chris. It was such nice weather! We hit a few of the homes in the Parade of Homes (some totally awesome houses!), ate WAY too much and left way too early. Always wish we could have just a few more days.

 Going out for a spin...

 Playing on the red rocks...

Chillin with Grandma DeEtte at the fire pit.

Next time you're in St. George go eat at Russo's NY Pizza. My brother Chris works there (he's a poor college student that could really use the tips!) and the pizza is YUM! It's just off Bluff and Sunset. They have delicious pizza, great salads and the garlic knots- to. die. for.

In other news....the house sold! I have to be out by the 16th of March. ACK! It's kind of bittersweet. I'm not ready to leave my neighborhood. I absolutely love it here! But on the flip side, I can't take care of this house on my own and it will be a good change for us girls. We're going to move in with my oldest brother Ryan and his family for a while. Which is super exciting because my awesome SIL Deseree' is expecting a baby! YAY! I love litle newborns so I'm really excited to be there. It's just a move from Farmington to Bountiful so I know I can come back and visit often, which is good. I've made some really, really good friends around here that have been a huge support to me over the years.

I've been traveling a bunch for work. I've been to California twice this month! It's been good to be busy, but I think I may need a small break from the road, at least until I can get things situated at Ryan's. Then back at it!

Sasha's first dance recital is this Saturday. I am SO. EXCITED. I can hardly stand it. Her costume is so darling and I know she is going to rock it! Yes, there will be pictures, and hopefully video soon to come.