Easter Blessings

Bailey was blessed on Easter Sunday. It was such a great day! And although it doesn't look like Bailey enjoyed herself, she was actually really good all day! Well after church we had our family over for a small lunch, and in preparation for that Ryan worked really hard to get the yard done. Well of course Carson wanted to help! Maybe we have a future nursery man on our hands!

The yard turned out beautiful! Ryan did a really great job!

We had so many family members there to support us. We are so blessed to have such an amazing family! The only person missing Uncle Danny, who is serving a mission!

Bailey looked really cute that day! We feel so lucky that she is part of our family! She has such a cute personality! She makes me laugh all the time! And of course I love dressing her up with bows and lots and lots of PINK! I love being a mom to her and Carson...lets just hope they feel the same way!?!

Her dress was actually made out of my wedding dress. It turned out better then I thought it would. Ryan did a great job on her blessing. One thing he said is that she will be a calming influence on her brother...(one can hope!) A funny story though...Bailey's dress was a silky material underneath, so she was pretty slippery. I guess while they were getting ready to bless her, they almost dropped her! Moral of the story...try to get a material that isn't slippery! Luckily Ryan caught her and no one was hurt! :)

After we ate, we all got changed and headed to the Zylstra's. Before we left we took this really cute picture of Uncle Brock with Carson. Carson is wearing the "All Black" shirt Uncle Brock brought back for him from New Zealand. I guess that is a really good Rugby team over there.

Then we went to Zylstra's to dye some Easter eggs. Here is how it started...Carson was loving it. He was dipping the eggs in and then he realized...

it was dying his hands the same color. For those of you who know Carson...he does not like things on his hands! We tried to was it off, but of course it didn't come off. Luckily...

he got over it and we had a great Easter. We had an Easter egg hunt and Carson LOVED it. We had a great day with everyone!

Welcome home Elder Zylstra

While Ryan's parents were in New Zealand for 17 days (so jealous!) picking up Brock, me and Ryan stayed with Madison and Logan. We had a lot of fun with them and we were all really excited to see Brock. Below is a picture of Bailey. She is getting so big and smiles ALL the time, even though she looks really scared in this picture!

This is just another picture we took at the Zylstra's. Carson is the best big brother ever. He is so sweet with her. He always wants to give her kisses and has never intentionally hurt her. It is really fun to watch him with her.

This is the day before we picked up Brock. I was taking pictures outside and I was crouched down, so of course Carson had to do the same thing. Luckily I got a really cute picture out of it!

Everyone waiting at the airport! Whitney and I came up with some really great posters, but no one wanted to hold them! One said "New Zealand's sad, but we're Glad!" Clever Right?? Anyways...

It was really great to see Brock. He came home to a new nephew and a new neice. Carson was born three weeks after he left. Carson was a little shy at first but loves Brock now!! About a week after he came home we went to one of Uncle Logan's baseball games, and Brock and Carson were having so much fun together. He is a great Uncle and we are so excited he is back!

The L.A. Zoo

At the beginning of March Chad and Laura came to visit and my mom treated us all with a trip to the L.A. Zoo. It was really fun to see them and Carson and Lilly had a great time together. We wish they lived closer so we could see them more often. Carson loved seeing all the animals, but of course wanted to walk, or should I say run, everywhere. Below is a picture of Grandma and Bailey at the zoo.

Carson and Lilly like the petting zoo!!

So one night while Chad and Laura were here we were hanging out at my parents and we took some really cute pictures of Lilly and Carson. They were cracking us up that night! Chad and my dad were playing pop goes the weasel with them and they were laughing so hard. It was really cute to see them play together.