EASTER and HUGHES VISIT

We dyed eggs for the first time with Maddy this Easter. It was so much fun to watch her get so excited. We didn't realize we got a tricky kit (it was tye dye versus just colors) so we tried doing a tye dye egg first. But then resorted to just using the colors.

All of our finished eggs. She was so proud of them!

April 22nd was our 5 year wedding anniversary. Josh took me to the Titanic Exhibit and then to a wonderful little Italian restaraunt called Nora's. The whole evening was wonderful and I was able to keep the morning sickness to a minimum. I love this man so much!!! I am so grateful he chose me and that we were blessed to be sealed in the temple for time and all eternity. He is a wonderful husband, father and friend. I count my blessings each day I get to wake up next to him.

For Easter we spent the late morning early afternoon with the Waters Clan. It was so much fun, the aunts and uncles had games for everyone and then we had a HUGE egg hunt. The kids were definitley spoiled by the end of it. We love being close to both families so that we can be apart of all these family memories.

Maddy and cousin Sarah getting ready for the pass the life-saver from one another using a pretzel. Well before the adults could get the lifesavers handed out all the kids had eaten their pretzels so we used toothpicks instead. :)

The annual 3 legged race! Something funny always happens and this year did not fail us. In the picture below you can see a team go down....yes that is Josh and Melissa. SO FUNNY!!

Next game on the menu: How many cookies can you stack on your partners head?

I NEED MORE COOKIES!!!

Get your cookied from your forehead to your mouth without using your hands. Dallin was a total pro!

And then the long awaited EGG HUNT!

In the late afternoon we went and had dinner and egg hunt with the Mangum side. It was extra special this year because Jessica and Kevin and Kristin and Ryan were able to be here during this holiday.

Another game of get the cookie to your mouth without using your hands. Maddy even tried it this time.

And more egg hunting, definitley the highlight for Maddy.

Cousins make the BEST of friends!

HAPPY EASTER!!!!

Easter is over and now it's time to just have straight cousin time before they go back to Boston.

BIG NEWS!!

We are so excited to share that we are expecting baby #2 and it's a BOY!!! This is pretty late news but better late than never right?! :) I am due November 5th and we are so thrilled. Maddy is so excited to have a baby brother. She has been telling everyone lately and it always puts a smile on our faces. The news came as a little bit of a surprise, we thought we were having another girl but we were happily wrong. We are a little nervous, kind of feeling like new parents all over again but it definitley makes it very exciting.

2011 In Full Swing

My niece Shaunie plays the recorder in her elementary school and my mom and I went to see her in a concert she played in. She did so wonderful and it was so fun to watch her.

For Valentines we had a Valentines family party with the Mangum side. Full of heart shaped pizza, cookie decorating and valentine swaps.

My wonderful husband brought me these beautiful Lillies for Valentines. Any holidays that come up during a school semester are rarely celebrated by Josh and I. He is so busy finishing grad school that it is hard to plan much but he is so thoughtful with the small things.

My mom and I got the chance to go up to Utah and help Kristin and Ryan move into their new house and my mom invited 2 of my nieces to come along. Maddy LOVED the extra company and we just fell in LOVE with Krissy's new place.

We painted, cleaned and moved everything in. It was such a whirlwind of a trip but so wonderful!

Madelyn even helped with the painting and moving stuff in, she loved it.

It snowed most of the weekend and it was so pretty. The girls loved playing in the snow, making snow cones or for Maddy just eating the snow right off the ground. We ate at the Pizza Factory and I fell in LOVE with their breadsticks. I crave them all the time now and get so frustrated that we don't have one here. We also went and got frozen yogurt while it was snowing and it was the BEST yogurt I have ever eaten!

We LOVE you Krissy and Ryan and are so excited for your new home!!!