Easter

 Easter was a lot of fun this year. Cookie and her family were in town and we celebrated Saturday and Sunday together. Saturday we dyed eggs together. This year Lyla really got into it and did fairly well at dropping the eggs in and then digging them back out.

Sunday morning we drove back up to my parents house and first thing did the egg hunt.

 The eggs were hidden all over the half-acre of property and kept the kids busy for quite awhile. Even found one in the golf cart!

 Mac loved pulling the grass out of his basket and spreading it all over the yard and eventually just poured everything out, eggs and all.

 

It also happened to land on Mom's birthday so I made her a spring/easter cake and we sang to her and opened presents after the delicious ham dinner.

 She sure loves her papa, and looking adorable in her Easter dress

Spring is coming...maybe

The weather is teasing us with some spring warmth between cold days. We are seeing flowers pop up and the birds are singing. So Lyla and I decided to make some homemade bird feeders. 

First we gathered pine cones from our very own front yard and then put peanut butter all over them, with a few finger licks if the peanut butter happened to get on them. 

We rolled them in bird seed next and made sure it was all covered

 Then we tied ribbon on and hung it on the tree in the front yard, right in front of our front window, perfect for daily window watching for the birds

 We also checked out the few daffodils that have begun to come up in our yard! We didn't plant these so we were so surprised when they started coming up everywhere and love watching them bloom.

 As a side picture, Josh and Lyla dancing for a minute before he had to go to work the other day. She loves dancing and its always the best if Dad dances with her.

Girls Weekend 2

  I miss my law school girls too much and couldn't let any more time pass by without seeing them! So we used the excuse of Brittney's birthday and met last weekend in Seattle.  We knew it was going to be a good one when about 2 weeks before the trip Heather got this fortune:

 I flew in to Portland and stayed the night at her in-laws so we could drive together to Seattle the next day. We stayed up way too late chatting away with Daren and got up the next morning with migraines, took some drugs and were on our way to get Brittney!

 Britt flew in on Thursday and we were so excited to see her and be together. After we picked her up we went to a nearby mall and ate lunch then went to the hotel to check in.

 We hung out and rested a little at the hotel and that night met up with the Borders for dinner who recently moved to Seattle. They both make us laugh a lot and it was fun to catch up and also meet their newest addition, Lindy.

Heather tried sushi for the first time and liked it, but only ate one, haha

The next day we shopped a little at the downtown shops, bought Brittney a new maternity shirt, and walked down the Pike Street shops.

 Seriously, Brittney is 8 months pregnant with her 4th, you can't even tell in this picture! And she can still fit in her jacket. Amazing. She looks so adorable as usual and just couldn't believe how great she looked with only a month to go.

We were pooped after walking most of the day. We went to lunch at Red Robin and then found ourselves back at the hotel for most of the evening as we rested up and chatted the night away.  Heather spoiled us too and gave me and Brittney scarves that she made and some turbie twists (towels that go on your head after a shower).

 Saturday we slept in and decided to take it easy after the long day before. We looked all over the internet to find a cheap but available place for a foot massage and finally found one just outside the city. We were thinking a 1-hr semi-nice foot massage and instead got the full-on body massage that was the best one any of us have ever had. And get this...it was only $25!!!!! Half way through we thought they misunderstood us and were giving us something else and that it was going to be super expensive but really ended up still being the $25. None of us still understand how a foot massage turned into body massage, but we were all grateful for it and loved it.

 Heather getting her chill-ax on right after we were done

 After massages and a lunch at a little mongolian place around the corner we drove out to the other side of the city to Alki Beach.

 We sat and enjoyed the beautiful weather and the awesome view of the city. It was such a clear day which everyone there had told us hasn't happened in months. 

Even the little baby ducks came out to play. Aren't they precious?

That night we went out to the Cheesecake Factory, which we also went there on our first girls weekend so it was fun to go back together. We stayed up late chatting since it was the last night together. 

Heather took Britt and I to the Seattle airport the next day and we said our goodbyes. We all had a great time and enjoyed a relaxing weekend together. I just love getting together with these girls. They are so much fun to talk to and we can talk about anything, and everything, and we do. Somehow I will convince all of them to move to Utah :) Until next time...

Tubing at Soldier Hollow

 I bought a coupon for tubing at Soldier Hollow a few months ago and we finally got time to go. We had a lot of fun despite the cold. Mac couldn't go down because he is too little but we pulled him around in the tubes while we switched off going with Lyla.

 The best part is that you get pulled up the hill instead of walking back up. Here is Lyla going up for the first time. She didn't seem nervous at all to be by herself and kept waving to me. She looked so small and adorable in the tube

 Mac enjoyed just chillin in the tubes being pulled around