On a Clear Day...

 Right next to our house there is a little hill "mound of dirt" that the girls love climbing to to pick the endless dandelions that grow up there.

 Lilli taking Carmi for a little ride.

Jared loves to dip his face in the bath water and make himself a little Santa beard.

Adventures in..Childrearing!

 Me: Hello cute girl
Response: "I'm Carmi"

 Jared discovered the bottom drawer a few weeks ago...

 Then he found the one above it...

 And now all three are emptied onto the floor every day!

 He's so cute I can't be upset about it

 Of course Lilli asks for her picture to be taken when she sees the camera...

Not the best picture, but I had to show how Jared sticks out his tongue all the time. Especially when he's particularly happy or being tickled.

"Springish"

We have been enjoying some beautiful weather recently. Last weekend the sun came out for three straight days! We went to the park, and the girls played outside almost all day saturday. This week hasn't been quite as nice, but the rain still stopped for either a morning or afternoon so the girls could go outside. I was watching them out the window the other day as they sat in the bushes and blew bubbles.They also picked about thirty dandelions for me.

Here are the girls with their little friend Morgan

These three little girls are super silly when they get together!

Jared still hasn't gotten around to walking, which is fine with me! He has discovered my drawer with the storage containers and manages to spread them everywhere.

Lilli found this little ribbon when we were packing and has been wearing it everyday. Lilli was really excited to be able to wear the ribbon the same way as Matilda Wormwood (the girls have always loved that movie).

I have always wondered how this happens! I have pictures of all the kids with this expression, probably at the same age too.

Poor Carmi seems to have inherited my allergy problem. She has a never ending runny nose. We have the pine trees in bloom this year, they only bloom every two years in Washington so it is a whopper of a pollen count when it happens. We have layers of yellow on everything outside, the car, the garbage can...yeah.

Lilli the lemon bag burglar...haha!

The Empty Tomb

How grateful I am for the empty tomb. A constant reminder of the love of our Savior and Father in Heaven. A reminder that we can all live with him again and can live again after we die. The biggest victory this world has ever seen is the victory over death.

Gypsies

Eric and I figured out that in the seven years we've been married we are averaging about 1,000 miles a year in moving!
And that includes our upcoming move to Kansas City, MO. We have loved it here in Washington, and we hope to return someday. But we feel strongly that we need to take this opportunity in Missouri.

A new temple is being dedicated in Kansas City on May 6th!

Easter 2012

We decided to make it an extra long easter weekend. We left for Spokane on Thursday the 5th of April and stayed until Monday the 9th. The first thing I noticed after going over Snoqualmie pass was the sun, it was SO bright! In fact, it took me several days to be able to go outside and even see anything without my sunglasses. I guess I have gotten used to the gray overcast skies...somewhat!

Just a fun shot of Jared

We stopped at the "Wild Horse Monument" so I could feed Jared. Lilli was asleep so Carmi and Eric got out and had some fun.

They picked a few flowers and took a little walk up toward the monument. They didn't go all the way since it's a pretty big hike and we were just there for a few minutes.

Several weeks ago we switched Jared's seat into the middle. It has been great! Lilli and Carmi can't squabble, and they both do a great job of keeping Jared happy.

Yup, Burger King crowns

After a little adjusting Carmi's crown was no longer around her neck.

We had an easter egg hunt at Grandma and Grandpa's with all ten grandchildren. Even Jared got a basket!

Lilli was a remarkable egg hunter!

Jared and I found some good ones.

Carmi found the coveted silver egg, lots of extra goodies in that one!

They divided up the kids by age to different sides of the house so the little ones would all have a chance. Our eggs were pretty easy to find. The older kids took a lot longer!

Carmi and her vampire chocolate!

They had hidden some of the eggs before lunch in the rock bed and we had quite the challenge keeping the kids from gathering them. The funniest part was that once the hunt was underway Lilli was the only one that remembered them!

Jared and Grandma Turnidge

Lawnmower rides with Grandpa!

Lilli could hardly wait for her turn.

On Monday as we were getting ready to leave the girls went out to enjoy the beautiful day! They went "fishing" in a bucket of water with their sticks.

And Jared just soaked up the sun and probably had a little nibble of his stick!