Dear Laundry,

I hate your stinkin' guts.
You make me vomit.
You are the scum between my toes.

Love... Shanel

Let's go fly a {KiTe}

With most of the family in town for Spring Break we thought we would try out the Kite Festival. We were surprised to see how many people were there.

One of Lucy's dreams came true...

She got to ride a school bus!

It was a great day, but we wish there was just a little more wind. I sent Eric to Wal Mart to pick out a kite for Lucy. He came home with Barbie! Lucy loved it.

For whatever reason...there were people running up and down, throwing their kites in the air only for them to crash to the ground. Lucy was so oblivious to all of it. She stood there and watched her Barbie soar. Eric defiantly picked a winner!

This will be a yearly event for our little family. We had a lot of fun.

{EaSTeR}

I am pretty sure Eric was more excited for {Easter} morning then a young child. He was up at 7:00am just waiting for Lucy to wake up. He woke me up in the rustle of things. Finally around 7:30 we decided to wake Lucy up. She was so excited and could not believe the {Easter Bunny} could jump so high to put {Jelly Beans} and {eggs} on top of the TV. Lucy got the biggest kick out of it.

Lucy was very particulair in collecting all the candy and eggs. The plastic eggs were cracked and dumped into a ZipLoc bag, jelly beans and other candy also got added to the bag and the Dyed Eggs were to go back into the egg carton.

We then got ready, with rollers and all...

and headed to Grandma Hansen's...

for an Easter breakfast with the family.

Back home to get ready for church. Lucy was so excited to wear her

"Easter Polka Dot Dress"...but......

she would not let me take a decent picture of her. I had to beg her with her own candy and still didn't get a good one.

After Sacrament Eric and Lucy headed up to Grandpa & Nana Hansen's house. We haven't sent Lucy to Nursery for a couple months because she comes home sick every week. I had to stay for Young Women's. She loves to go to their house. Eric forgot to snap some photos...typical guy!

Finally, we meet up at Grandma Shirley's for Easter Dinner. With Lucy hanging on for dear life... we got somewhat of a smile out of her for a family picture.

And with a couple more jelly beans in hand we were able to snap the final photo of the day. Lucy is not dumb...she knows how to get things!

We had a beautiful day and it was good to be with our families. We were soooo tired and glad to be back home after another long holiday.

This was the scene the day before Easter!

Last minute I called my Mom and Dad to see if they wanted to join Lucy and I for Breakfast and an Egg Hunt at Bloomington Park. Eric had to work and was sad he missed the event. Once we arrived at the park it started to rain. We had no umbrellas, and we really weren't dressed for the weather. I headed through the food line with two plates in my hands...one for me and one for Lucy! As I opened my mouth to tell my Mom to be careful the sidewalk was extremely slippery...eggs went flying, legs went separate ways and the eggs landed on my head. I managed not to hit the ground. It was just a slip...not a fall! A few good laughs later the hunt began.

Success!

I was a bit worried that Lucy would end up with nothing in her basket like the night before at the DSC Egg Hunt. She ran soooo fast, and stopped at every egg, but forgot to pick them up. I think she learned her lesson. Lucy made out like a bandit...her basket was full!

That evening we were invited over to Mom & Dad's for dinner & Egg Dying! We walked in the door and found their house covered in a string maze. Lucy was to follow each string to find the egg at the end of it. She had so much fun and walked away with more candy, some coins and even some dollar bills!

There was no stopping Lucy once she started dying eggs. We had 3 dozen eggs and she probably did 2 dozen.

Most of her eggs turned brown due to over coloring, but Lucy did an awesome job.

We sure hope the Easter Bunny still comes tomorrow...he might not once he finds out how much candy Lucy already has!