On the Saturday morning before Easter the park in our subdivision has an egg hunt for all of the kids in the neighborhood. Here is J.D., ready to hunt!

Annie at the park egg hunt

The Saturday before Easter we were actually able to get our whole family together (no small task).

From left to right, back row:

My brother-in-law Chris and my sister Mandy, holding their newest edition, Oliver, myself holding J.D., John, my brother Derek and his wife JoAnne holding their daughter, Elizabeth

Left to right, front row:

Annie, my mom holding my sisters daughter Gracie, my dad holding my brothers son Drew and daugher Abby

Annie and J.D. coloring eggs for the Bunny to hide

Early Easter morning the kids had an egg hunt in our backyard. Here is J.D. finding an egg.

More egg hunting

This is such a perfect example of J.D. and Annie. She is always so cheerful and happy, and he is always mad at her for something! In this picture he's upset because she found one more egg than he did!

J.D. and his cousin Katie at the Losee farm

J.D. at Grandma and Grandpa Losee's farm. This poor tree is the only one all of the kids climb on!

J.D. was so tired after getting all of his reports in...you know how it is

John, J.D., and Annie flying a gigantic kite they got from Grandma and Grandpa Losee for Easter

John, J.D., and Annie

Here is what's in our backyard. Isn't it awesome?!? Mountains, water, what more can you ask for?

Here we are at Utah Lake. This is the lake that is within walking distance of our house. Our house is actually on the opposite side of where this picture was taken. It's just as pretty on the other side.

Annie and J.D. on a boat dock

John is holding the 'bubble rod' and to get the idea of how big these bubbles are, look at the kids in the bottom right of the picture

Another one of the HUGE bubbles we've made

We decided to make cookies. The next few pics are of that disaster! Here Mikayla, J.D. and Annie are working on the dough. We made quite the mess as you'll see. For the record, the kids aren't to blame for it all...I was much worse than they were!
April 2009

Here is Mikayla, sort of stirring the cookie dough, mostly eating it!

J.D. and Annie

More of our cookie disaster...

J.D. is determined to do a good job! Notice the flour is not only all over his clothes but also his face...how does that happen?!? April 2009

Well, here are the final results. Luckily, we had lots of milk. April 2009

Ahh, they grow up so fast! (J.D.) April 2009

Our new family goal...trying to make the biggest bubble...this one was about 10ft long before it burst! late March, 2009

Annas, Brandon, Mikayla, and J.D. eating Brandon's birthday cake. March 7, 2009

Brandon on his 10th birthday. March 7, 2009

Annas and J.D. on our sidewalk, eating popcorn and waiting for something (we're still not sure what they were waiting to see).

I couldn't get the picture to come out clear, but this is the view off our back deck. The moon was full and reflecting off of the lake.

John and J.D., goofing around