Easter Fun!!!

We had a great Easter this year, not only did we have Chloe around but Grandma was still in town to help us enjoy it.

To add to that fun a friend of ours invited us to an Easter party on Saturday. The kids got to dye Easter Eggs.

And then they had a big Easter Egg Hunt in the backyard. The kids all had tons of eggs by the end of it.

We had lunch with them and watched part of conference, before heading home to watch the rest of the talks.

That night we made our Easter cookies, but somehow this year they didn't get cooked enough. Someday I will perfect those cookies. They are really good when they turn out right!! Until then I will keep working on it and hoping that through making them I can help my kids to find joy in the resurrection and come closer to Jesus Christ.

Sunday morning the kids woke to find their Easter basket filled with goodies. After breakfast and getting ready for the day they went out to the back yard to find the lawn covered in more treats from the Easter Bunny.

It was lots of fun to watch then run around and collect the eggs. I found it interesting that they would pass many eggs and just pick up one from an area and then go to another. We went around the yard many times before they found all the eggs that the Easter Bunny left and there were a lot of them. I have no idea how I collected so many in just one year.

After all of the treats were found Grandma and Grandpa Hunter show up to watch conference with us and enjoy Easter dinner. They kids had a great time playing with their grandparents and distracting them from conference. (I have a feeling that the grandparents enjoyed it just as much.) It was a great day and we were happy to have some family with us. We missed that while living in England. It is nice to be a little closer to home and family.

It was also great to be able to hear from the Prophets and other leaders of the church. Even with the distractions, I found that many great things were said that I will need to study better. There is always such a great spirit that makes me want to do better and be better in all that I do.

Easter at the Farm!

Brian and Grandma took the two older kids to a farm nearby for a Easter event that they were having there. They got to see baby animals, like pigs . . .

and bunnies.

They went on a hay ride.

There was a Easter egg hunt in a hay maze.

And they climbed a hay tower.

I was told that they got scared with most of the activities offered. There was also a Easter Bunny to get pictures with, a corn box, and pony rides. All in all I think they have a great time, even with being a little scared of things and all of the people around.

Welcome Home Chloe!!

After four days in the hospital we brought home our little Chloe May.

The kids have loved having Chloe around. Lizzie loves to hold her and see her and take care of her. It has been fun to see how much she loves this little baby.

Jamie has also taken a great interest in his sister.

All of the kids really enjoyed having Grandma Neff around.

Feeding time!!

We are so blessed to have this new little baby in our home and we have been enjoying her very much.

Happy Birthday!!!

The other day the kids decided to start singing Happy Birthday. So I decided to have them sing to their cousin who had just had a birthday. I couldn't figure out any other way to get cousin Eli to be able to see the video so I figured I had better put it up here so that he could see it, too.

Then I figured it was only far that they sing to their sibling soon to be born. So here they are singing to Chloe!!!

Baby Chloe

Well, Baby Hunter has finally arrived! While we get the word out, we wanted to share with all our friends the angel that our family has been blessed with. Debbie and I both feel we are so blessed to have this small infant join our family. She is just so perfect is every way.

We are thinking of naming her Chloe May Hunter (still to be confirmed). But, Chloe was born with a weight of 9 lbs 2 oz. She was 21 3/4 inches. She is certainly a big baby and very healthy. Both Mom and Baby are doing very well.

Below are a few of her pictures from today (isn't she just so cute!):

Here are a few action shots with the rest of the family.

I really like this first picture. Isn't this girl the cutest in the whole world? (And the baby's pretty cute too...)

One Down, Many To Go

I had a long list of projects to accomplish before the baby comes that I have been very slow in doing. Friday morning it was raining and I didn't have any place to go. The kids decided that they wanted to color so I thought that I might be able to work on one of these projects. Of course as soon as I started to work on it the kids decided that what I was doing was much more fun then coloring and they were all about helping. It was hard to let them help with the first two parts but they did a great job helping stuff the pillow once I had cut it out and sewed it up. We only got one done before nap time, but by the end of the day we had finished six pillows to go on our couches.

Or was that six pillows for the kids to play with and stack all on one couch for a nice bed. I really wanted something to put behind my back so that my knees could bend at the end of the couch. They are nice and add much to our boring beige couches.

Next to get the curtains for the upstairs, maybe I will get some work done on them before the baby comes.

Did You See Cows?

Today, I told a story that I remembered that I wanted to post on the blog and figured I had better do it before I forgot again.

My Relief Society plans a trip to the Manhattan Temple every month, and last month I was able to go with them. One of the ladies watches the kids while the others are able to go to the temple. It is great for those of us who may not get to go otherwise. So I dropped the kids off and rode with a few other sisters to the temple.

That night as we are talking about our days over dinner with dad, Lizzie starts talking about cows. I had a hard time figuring out what my going to the temple had to do with seeing cows, especially the temple in Manhattan. No cows there. Lizzie really wanted to know if I had seen cows. I finally remembered showing her a picture of a baptismal font in a temple weeks before and mentioning how it rested on the backs of the oxen, or cows. I was so amazed that she had remembered this and therefore associated the temple with cows.