Egg Hunt

Lily surprised Erin and I when I got home from work a few weeks back with an Easter egg hunt.  We were both allowed to find two eggs each and we sat down at the kitchen table to open them.  The first egg I opened had two paper clips in it.  The thought "Where's the candy" entered my mind, but I smiled and continued opening up the eggs.  Next egg had a dried out wet wipe that was folded, I secretly hoped it wasn't used.  Next  egg had a dirty rock in it....I started to get with what was going on in front of me, but I kept silent and opened the last egg that was empty.  Thinking that Erin put her up to it, I asked Lily what did all this mean.  She must have been waiting for that question because she excitedly started to tell the story.

She put the two paper clips together and explained that they were like the cross that Jesus died on.

The next egg with the not-so-wet wipe represented the cloth that Jesus' body was wrapped in.

The purple egg had a rock in it for the stone that was put in front Jesus' tomb.

Finally, she explained that the tomb was empty because Jesus had been resurrected.

Erin gave me the look that she had nothing to do with this.  I was amazed of how good a memory Lily has to remember it and to put this special Easter egg hunt together for us as a reminder that Jesus lives!

Fishing

We went with the Cub Scouts to Bro. Lindley's farm to fish.  We had families join in to roast some dogs and do some fishing.  Our girls loved it and the Bluegill kept biting.

Farm Visit

Looking Cool at the Dentist

Bananas!

T-Shirts

We had a fun time making shirts together today with freezer paper, and acrylic paint and sparkles.  It took so long to cut out Lily's picture out that I convinced Kena to use the other negative part of Lily's so I wouldn't have to cut another one out.  They love them.

Ambidextrocity

RA WHANAU TAMAITI!

Lily had a party

 Lils had her 5th birtday this month.

Still small voice FHE

We hid the FHE treat and had the still small voice lead the girls to it.  Kena needs to be in more in tune!

Happy Birthday Kena!

Our baby girl is 3!!  We love our Kena..she always wants to be outside, is always singing a song, and can entertain herself for hours (but unfortunately not without making a mess)!  For her birthday, we celebrated on Sunday and she invited some friends over and wanted a heart cake to celebrate.  We decorated the house with balloons and dangly swirly things and she felt like a princess!  Her nursery teacher made her a darling crown out of felt and ribbon.  Her friends brought her some fancy fake nails, a strawberry shortcake dvd, and princess balloons.

On her actual birthday, we gave Kena a play doh set, took her to burger king for lunch so the kids could play on the play ground, and later that night we attended Lily's school Christmas performance.  I included a video of Lily doing her part.  She practiced to memorize it and we were so proud of her (she is still too shy to go up on stage for Primary, so we were impressed).

Christmas 2011

This is Erin hijacking the blog.

We enjoyed a wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas this year nice and cozy with our little family.  We spent the day making treats for Santa (we made home made oreos with crushed peppermint sticks rolled around the edges), cleaning the house (since Santa doesn't come to messy houses), and indulging in a traditional candle light feast (consisting of crab legs, gourmet aged steaks, salad, and mormon bubbly).  Later we smashed a pinata (which kena and lily made out of a fruit snack box), sprinkled reindeer dust/oatmeal on the lawn, and tried to enact the nativity with some ward members (...unsuccessfully because the next day we found out that we went to a house that looked similar to theirs a few houses down..we wondered why nobody answered and the house was dark).  The good news is that their neighbors were fortunate enough to receive a bag of homemade english toffee "from the Graybills" on their front porch on Christmas morning.

The girls were thrilled to get a Dora kitchen (especially Kena) from Grandma and Grandpa on Christmas morning (Kena calls it a "dora pie baker").  Other gifts that they enjoyed were books and colored pencils from Nana and Papa, princess barbies, snow globes, and hello kitty watches.  Riki got a rifle and I got running gear and a gps watch.  We are very blessed.

I played my violin with a quartet on Christmas in church and also had a choir performance with a flute.  It was really nice.  We are so grateful for the birth of our Savior and the gift of the atonement.

At the Park

Halloween