our eggcellent easter weekend

       our easter weekend was really nice and just even more fun with little nolie around! we went on a hike up tibble fork canyon which was fun(ish). no, it was fun, just a little windy and we never made it to our destination, but the teal lake made up for it. i love teal. and nola loves being outside, looking around at everything! she is perfectly content when in nature. must be her dad's daughter. 

caught this cute lil guy. i wanted to put him on nola's hat and get a picture, but we didn't make it that far. he was too fast. 

       that evening we had some friends over to paint eggs. and eat cookies. have you ever tried to take a non-boiled egg and break it in your hand by squeezing it? i thought it was impossible. but turns out kyle, (who has massively large hands) can do it! i made him try it a second time just to be sure. we may have wasted a couple of perfectly good eggs that night. all for the sake of science of course. if you haven't ever tried squeezing an egg in your hand until it breaks please do and let me know how it goes. it won't break. I'm convinced.

nola helped me paint that N on her egg. she sort of resisted it though. also, zach might be a bit confused on what holiday we were celebrating with that creepy eyeball egg.

       easter morning was really quite lovely. we slept in a little and had a family cuddle puddle, made some pancakes then settled down to watch general conference. its a time i look forward to. the three of us on the couch listening to our prophet and the leaders of the church. It was uplifting and inspiring. i never leave a conference session not wanting to do better and be better. 

       I  debated on getting nola an easter basket or not. I knew she wouldn't remember it and that it could possibly just be a waste of time and money. but i realized, she may not remember, but we will. I had such fun putting her basket together with items found around the house. and I sure enjoyed watching zach hide the eggs around the living room, and then taking nola around to find them, i felt like a kid again! plus it was a great excuse to buy some easter candy!

that adorable sweater she is wearing was hand made by the one and only samantha matsukawa

just checking out her loot.

easter basket contents.

       we went up to spend the rest of the day in north ogden with family. lynne hid a bunch of chocolates throughout the house, we scouted them out all day long until it was time for the hunt!. carly made it rain chocolates during dinner, so that was fun! after dinner was the third annual easter tennis tournament. carly and kristi vs. zach and carey. the girls won again for the third year, but the guys put up a good fight. it's tough when you're playing college athletes!! the animals wanted to join in on the fun too!

i spy with my little eye....

wilson

chuck thought it was a giant game of fetch.

indie- queen of the court.

already a lover of the game

wyatt was ready to get out there and play

       spending time with our family and friends this easter weekend was really wonderful. and when they say everything is even more fun with kids, they are telling you the truth! but what i enjoyed most was celebrating the life and the death of our savior jesus christ and his sacrifice and love for each one of us!

alexa z design