Happy Easter!

What a miraculous day Easter is. I am so thankful to our Savior for all that He has done for us and to be able to celebrate it with my family is such a blessing. We began rejoicing a few weeks ago teaching McKenna what it was all about through “Resurrection Eggs.” It's a cool little game that connects the true meaning of Easter and the commercialized meaning with plastic eggs filled with small representations of "things" that help a child understand the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. What is really amazing by the end of the two weeks McKenna really seemed to understand who Jesus is and kind of understood what he went through. They are so capable of learning and understanding so much. And then of course we like to enjoy the other part of Easter with dying eggs, baskets, egg hunts, candy and of course food lots of food. Todd and I have his family and my family over for the day. And once again my mom brought the most amazing cupcakes. I hope you all had a great Easter and I can’t wait to check out the happenings on your blogs.

The Life of a Baby

McKenna's First Official Haircut

As most of you know I usually cut McKenna’s hair. However the last time I cut it it took me so long I had to give her three baggies of M&M’s just to get her to sit still. I told myself I would never do that again. You all know McKenna tends to be a little sensitive at times so I wanted to find a place that would make it fun for her. So that is how we ended up at Buzz, Bang, Zoom.

Wildflowers

Todd and I were driving home one day and could not stop looking at the beautiful orange and purple flowers on the hills by our house. So we decided to take the girls. We told McKenna that we were going on an adventure and she got really excited. We were pleasantly surprised to find out that the orange flowers were millions of Poppies. McKenna was all about walking through the flowers as Todd is telling her not to trample or pick on them. She did good about he picking but the trampling not so well. Todd and McKenna decided to hike up a little hill and find a rock to sit on. Anyway Addie for some reason as soon as she saw the flowers gripped onto Todd and started to cry. I am not really sure what it was but we knew we weren't getting any good pictures of her so we just made it about McKenna. Well during the adventure McKenna got a scratch on her foot and decided right then and there that she didn't like adventures anymore and that we were to go home. In the car she was crying and I asked her why she was crying and she said "sometimes little girls just have to cry." I love doing things like this that doesn't cost any money and shows us how blessed we are to have family and live in gorgeous and colorful world. Happy adventures to you.

Todd's Race

Look for the yellow dot and there you will find Todd.

Well he did it! Todd finally competed in his first official bike race. He rode for 30 minutes around and around (according to McKenna) in sort of a square pattern reaching speeds of about 30mph for 16 laps. I was so nervous around those crazy corners that he was going to fall or wreck his bike that we can't afford to replace. But he did really well he kept up with the pack and didn't eat asphalt. He will have to continue to race to move up to the really fast races. Which I am not sure I will be to happy about because we went back to watch the pros race who can reach speeds up to 45mph and witnessed are ally bad crash where a guy somehow got a bloody head even with his helmet on and was hauled off by ambulance. Thank God it takes a professional who rides at least 500 miles a week to get to that stage which Todd doesn't really have time for. Thanks for reading and happy riding.

Family Trip To Disneyland

Boys will be boys! So we went on this Buzz Lightyear ride at Disneyland. McKenna was trying to shoot her laser and I was trying to keep Addie calm. And as you can tell by the points Todd was taking the laser shooting very seriously. I died laughing when I saw this photo. Disneyland e-mailed the picture to us rather than making us buy it. We had a great time going on all the "kiddy" rides. You might not think so but seeing the park through their eyes is an amazing thing. McKenna wasn't to sure about the indoor rides like "Mr Toad's Wild Ride" and "Peter Pan" so we just went on the rides she could watch before we got on. I was so glad to have the carrier we had Addie in because she was able to bury her face if she didn't like something.

McKenna didn't want to get close to any of the characters but she sure loved seeing and meeting all of the princesses. Which was sort of strange to me because she doesn't even know who they are. I guess little girls are just drawn to foofy dresses and pretty ladies who are nice to them and tell them how cute they are.

Addie had fun too!

I know this post is getting really long but the fam likes to see it all. We also visited California Adventure where yes High Musical performed. We saw it twice and McKenna even went up to dance with them at every chance she got. She also stood next to Minnie and wasn't afraid.

Some Family Shots at California Adventure.

Mommy and Daddy got to ride some big "kiddy" rides too!