Beautiful Weather

Yesterday was absolutely beautiful outside so we decided it was time to get sand for Jyllian's sandbox. We had gotten the sand box last year but she was too little to play in it, so this weekend was the perfect opportunity to take it out and see if Jyll would like it.
At first she was not too sure of the sand. She put her hands in it and said "Icky!" We thought great! She is not a huge fan of having her hands dirty so we were not sure that she would end up playing in it. But once she saw mommy and daddy playing she got right in and played too. She thought it was pretty cool. Thats her new word, she puts up her two index fingers and thumbs and says "cool!" Its too cute. Now she is a huge fan of the sandbox. She loves to cover up her feet and your feet too and then search for them. When she finds them she says "I see you!" Isn't she just the cutest thing ever!

Dying Easter Eggs!

Jyllian had her first Easter Egg Dying Party tonight. It was so cute watching her dye the eggs. She loved it! I was surprised at how well she caught onto the concept. Its was hillarious watching her, and very messy. You had to make sure you were not too close to her as she litterally dropped them into the cups. Dye would go flying everywhere. She got some on her face and of course on her clothes, but it was still super cute. In the pictures below you will see it was a family affair with Jyllian, me, Justin and my mom. She also started to say "cheese" when getting her picture taken. In some of the pictures you can really tell that she is saying "CHEESE!" They are just adorable though. Hope you enjoy!

Easter Egg Hunt

Last year for Jyllian's first Easter we were in Minnesota and we did go to an Easter Egg hunt but it was mainly the adults getting the eggs for the little ones. This year Jyllian was able to get the eggs all on her own. Of course we had to still help her as there were prizes to be won :) Jyllian loved the hunt. It was really cold out this year, so we had to have the egg hunt indoors. As a result it was not difficult to "find" the eggs as there was no grass or bushes for them to be hidden in. Instead it was dirt! Children 0-3 went first and when the first child heard a pop of the balloon, s/he thought it was the gun so off they ran and every other 0-3 year old ran too. Needless to say we were too early and they tried hard to get us to go back but there was no stopping them. Within minutes thousands of eggs were in the little kids hands. We did get two eggs with prizes. One of the them we gave to our friends who didn't get a prize. Fun was had by all!

Me, Jyllian and my friend Missie with her daughter Brooke

Jyllian pointing to Brooke

A nice profile of my face :) but you can see all of the eggs scattered through the arena.

And we're off!

Searching for eggs!

Happy Easter!

Jyllian went and saw the Easter Bunny today. I didn't think she would like him, but was surprised when she loved him!

Our Little Shopper!

Okay so Jyllian is starting out a little early! She already loves to shop. She says "store" and if you're going shopping and ask her if she wants to go, she will beat you to the door to get to the car. So it shouldn't really surprise me that she also loved to push around the shopping cart at the Sportsmans Warehouse this weekend. We of course thought it was just the cutest thing ever and had to take a picture. You can't read the little sign on the cart because I cut it off in the pictures but it says "Customer In Training."

Congratulations Justin!

Justin graduated from the Law Enforcement Academy on Thursday March 29th. We are sooo glad that he is finally finished and our schedules can go back to normal. Not only did we have graduation events on Thursday but we also got hit with a huge spring snowstorm. The storm dumped a little over 14 inches of snow on us. All roads in and out of Douglas were closed causing a lot of people to not be able to make it to the graduation including the key note speakers. So needless to say it was short and to the point. It was sad that not a lot of family of the deputies were able to make it in either. Many of them had to stay an extra night at the academy on Thursday and leave on Friday once the roads were open. We were thankful that Justin's family was able to make it in on Wednesday so they made it to his graduation. I was not able to get a lot of pictures of Justin's graduation due to having to chase around our daughter, but here is one of them! I think Justin's dad and mom got some better ones. Maybe they will send me some and I will get them posted at a later date. Congraulations Justin! We are so proud of you!!!!

New Kitchen Color

For those of you who have been to my house you know that my kitchen was once a bright red. Not a pale red, or pastel or light.....BRIGHT RED! Like tomato red. Although we tolerated it for over 2 years we decided this weekend that it was time to get it painted. We didn't really mind the red, but it was lets just say *WOW*! We chose a light green for the kitchen, it turned out a little more olive green but still we love it! It is much calmer and more soothing than the bright red. Let us know what you think of the new color!

Fun Day At The Park

It was beautiful this past weekend so mom and I took Jyllian to the park. She had a ball playing with all of the playground equipment. She especially liked the slides. We have a small swingset in our backyard which has swings on it, so she was not too interested in playing on the swings. Instead she was much more interested with the things she had not ever played on before. Below are some pictures of her having a great time!

Birthday Party

This weekend Jyllian was invited to a birthday party at the Gymnastics's Center. The little boy is the son of some of our friends. Jyllian had an absolute ball at the party. The first 5 or so minutes she just clung to my leg and wouldn't let go, but after a bit she was running all over the place. The center was a great place for parties because they have all the equipment to use. Before we knew it Jyllian was jumping into a pool of foam blocks and jumping on the trampoline. We were literally chasing her all over the place. Needless to say we were exhausted when the party was over. We're thinking of maybe having her birthday there--although it depends on numbers, so we'll let you know what we decide. It was a fun afternoon. I think we might have a gymnast on our hands :)

Justin having a bit too much fun on the tramp!

Too Cute!

This past weekend was absolutely beautiful outside so we couldn't help but take our littlest girl outside to play. She really enjoyed it being so nice out. She is not a huge fan of the snow and cold. If its too cold out side she says "Brrrrrrrr." And if she gets snow on her shoes she pitches a fit and says "Snow, ick!" So needless to say she was quite pleased when it was so warm over the weekend. Below are some pictures I took of her outside that are too cute not to share :) Hope you have a wonderful President's Day Weekend. Three day weekend for us! Yea :)

Happy Valentine's Day

Wishing you a very Happy Valentine's Day.
Love,
Kylea, Justin and Jyllian