Free Ben and Jerry's Cone Day is TODAY!!!

If I were closer to a B & J, I would get myself a chubby hubby cone--YUMMY!!

Rocky Mountain High--COLORADO!!

The beautiful Rocky Mountains

The capital building in Denver

My sister and her husband were so wonderful to let me and the girls crash at their place for 10 days! Mark had business in Utah, and since my sister has lived in CO for nearly five years and we had never been to visit, I thought it was way overdue to finally grace them with our presence (haha!). We had such a great time--and our other two sisters, niece and their friend got to come hang out with us for one of the weekends we were there.

We were able to take in many of the wonderful sites of Colorado--we spent a couple of days playing in Denver, toured the U.S. mint and a candy factory, visited the famous Denver zoo, enjoyed a Butterfly pavilion/Children's museum (where Ellie and Ryker bravely held "Rosie" the tarantula--ewww!!), went on prairie dog hunts, went swimming, did some shopping, visited our cousins, stayed up way too late EVERY night, played in the snow and built a cute snowman (much to Ellie's delight--at least for the first 20 minutes anyway until she was "frozen to death"!!), flew kites, jumped on the trampoline for hours, pigged out on junk food, and most importantly we just relaxed and enjoyed each others company. And in the mist of all that craziness, we were even able to squeeze in some organizing time (Angie is due with boy #2 in July, and I wanted to come out and help her get ready for his arrival). Ellie, Maddy and cousin Ryker were joined at the hip the entire time--they had such a blast together! Thanks guys!!

My sisters and all 4 of the cousins at the Denver zoo

BANG BANG CHOO-CHOO TRAIN!!

Come on Leasha do your thang!!

Ok... So, I got my haircut/trim tonight--do we like the bangs or not--it's been 13 years since I've had them!!

Maddy's 1st haircut

Over the weekend, we took Maddy to get her first real haircut. She was anything but thrilled about the whole experience. As soon as we arrived at the salon, she started crying, so I had to hop up on the little carousel horse chair with her as she got her haircut. I think it turned out really cute! At this age, she has more hair than Ellie did at 2--her first haircut was at 2 1/2 yrs!

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Easter Sunday

Here are the girls in their beautiful Easter dresses. I thought that they looked so adorable--just like little princesses! (Thanks Leanne)

Today, Ellie made her singing debut in the ward primary choir in sacrament meeting. I must admit that I even got a little teary-eyed seeing my little girl up on stage with all the other primary kids. I was so proud of Ellie--she even sang the majority of the words. She is growing up too quickly!

We had a really nice Easter dinner with some friends. Here are the kids doing the traditional egg crack. Mark was champion, but there were a few of us who questioned his victory...

A fabulous Easter day!

Dyeing Easter eggs

The Easter bunny visited our house early this morning. Along with baskets full of fun surprises, he also left a HUGE mess! Easter grass was strewn all over the girls room with a trail leading down the stairs, along with a jelly bean trail leading to the first clue for a fun Easter egg treasure hunt. It was such a busy morning, that after baths, we finally got around to dyeing our Easter eggs which made us a wee bit late for church. The girls thought it was one of the funnest things ever!

Ellie--getting the eggs ready to color

Maddy even got in on the decorating--she loved it!

La Jolla Cove

Today was so gorgeous (80+), that Ellie and I talked Mark into taking us to the beach. In between running around, I was able to snap some cute pictures of the girls.

Ellie

Maddy

Sweet sisters

La Jolla Cove

These were some of my favs!

Easter Egg Hunt

HAPPY EASTER!!!

The Family--after the "egg"citing egg hunt

Ellie and the Easter Bunny

The girls after egg hunting

Daddy and his darlings

The girls had a fun morning hunting for Easter eggs, playing with friends and visiting the Easter bunny. The weather was so perfect today that daddy and Ellie even went back to swim at the pool!