easter x4

easter overload... its what you get when you throw easter, spring break, cousin siblings, and 4 families together.

easter, it happens.

big belly momma brookie had us up for an early easter dinner and some dying of eggs. 

she's real nice, that brooke.

all parties are better when nannie is there, she is a fan favorite.

my dad, so weird, but i adore him. this evening he decided to "engage" (which is not normal for him) and participated in the egg dying. one perfect orange egg.

it puts the dye on the egg...

(cousin siblings do things in the nude)

weirdo.

nubby cubbie!

my babies are late walkers... 

jude = 14 mo.

greta = 27 mo. (extenuating circumstances)

ez = yet to be determined

 2 days later we hit up nannie's for her annual easter egg hunt. this year she color coded the eggs, so everyone got the same things (i.e. no fighting) but she's going to have to come up with a different plan yet again, because our numbers just keep on growing and i doubt they make eggs in 17 different shades.

its a love affair.

look at jude! he's 14 or something.

all the williams cousins in attendance

cousin siblings dress the same too.

that dress, tears... sometimes naartjie does me right.

i am this close to disowning brooke as my sister, who looks like this 2 weeks before giving birth? not me.

m'boys.

nannie love.

AND then easter happened at our little house.

family.

the kids got legos, books, toys, and this little play set. one day later this year i hope to buy a real swing set... putting that out there and hoping it will come true. 

 

 trevan's outfit... who is this guy?!?!

 

off to church.

and then on to yaya's.

 and you were wondering where jude got that holiday decor gene?!?

and this is how jude feels about easter at yaya's.

huntin'

unkie ted and auntie mo!

ez got the whole egg hunting thing 100%, he's so damn cute.

precious greta.

the kids big presents from yaya where muppets, and they were placed in random places throughout the yard.

we LOVE the muppets here on carnation drive.

us & the lovebirds again.

jude SEARCHING for his muppet.

 animal, jude, and walter hope your easter was as fun as ours.

flashback friday + some babies.

 williams family circa 1986

 { pretty sure paige was already growing in my mothers womb at this point }

oh and guess what?

i have a new niece and nephew.

billie elizabeth jackson

4-17-2012

and

dexter william clark

4-18-2012

can't you just smell their newness?
mmm.

you can be sure i am gleaming from ear to ear about these 2 babies.
it's almost enough to make we want one of my own...
don't tell trevan.

congrats brooke and paige!

i'm pretty jealous of your birthing genes...

spring break + the bean museum

spring break was sort of lame this year but when have 3 kids, a working husband, and a budget sometimes things ARE lame. lucky for us, trevan took one day off to be with me & da kids and things were less lame. really, i wish this guy never had to work... he's my best friend and i don't like life without him, not to mention he makes my heart all a flutter. unfortunately, the day he took of proved to be the coldest, rainiest day of spring break. we were scrambling for things to do that we haven't already done and i remembered the monte l. bean museum at BYU that i hadn't been to since the 3rd grade. best idea this year....

we are big fans of bears at our household (ie. cubbie), and there were plenty of bears, albeit stuffed, to go around.

more bears.

jude... he's getting so big, and so boyish.

m'girl.

little known fact... my 3 favorite animals are as follows:

buffalo

hippos

manatees

and more bears.

LOOK AT MY BOYS! 

they are thecutest.com

the honey badger.

 that is what all of trevan's family calls ezra because...

the honey badger don't care.

babes in arms, gang flashing preschoolers, and happy boys.

 

 go to the bean museum, it's free.99 and a good time.

i also learned, i could live in provo, which is a big moment for me. i so hated it growing up, but now it seems charming. i had fun driving around provo/orem and showing trevan where my life use to be.

{ and if you find yourself in utah county, hit up JCW's as well }