A Happy Easter

(Both "smiling" with just their eyes.)

We had a great Easter Sunday. Parker and Autumn loved finding their Easter baskets filled with goodies in the morning. We went to Jill and Ron's house for Conference and Easter dinner with Andrew and Trena, Michael and Lisa, and Mark and Stella. We had a big Easter egg hunt for all of the kids. Since Autumn was alseep during the first egg hunt. We had a small one again later so she could participate. It was a great day to reflect on the resurrection of the Savior, listen to General Conference, be with family, and have fun.

New PJ's

While they were in town, my parents got Parker and Autumn some new pajamas. Parker and Autumn both wanted to put them on right away and wore them for the rest of the day (including a trip to lunch and the grocery store) . Since then, we have had a few tantrums over the pajamas. Parker cried (for quite a while) when he was informed that his new PJ's were dirty and he couldn't wear them. Autumn had a tantrum when I had to change her out of her new PJ's the next morning. She literally cried for at least 10 minutes standing by the dirty clothes basket (where I had put the pajamas). That night when I told her that it was time time to get jammies on, she ran straight for the washer and pointed up at the dirty clothes basket. I didn't even try to talk her into clean jammies, I just took the dirty ones out of the basket and put them on her. (I still have to hide them from her, or she wants to put them on as soon as she sees them.) Needless to say, they LOVE their new PJ's!

The past month or so...

Things are going good for us here in Provo. We are enjoying our little ones as we prepare for a new little one and continue the job search. Here is what we have been up to this past month:

• My brother, Andrew, and his wife, Trena, were in town. Parker and Jordan had a sleepover. They have a lot of fun together. Andrew and Trena are moving to Provo, but most likely we will be leaving soon. We will enjoy the time that we are here together though.

• A field trip to Krispy Kreme. Parker just had to show Dad the 'doughnut factory,' so they went again the next morning.

• Autumn figured out how to open the big cupboard and get herself some cereal. (There is constantly cereal on our floor now.) But she is just so cute!
• Parker and Autumn snacking together.
• A warm day, so we headed outside. It is soooo nice to get outside after what seemed like a long winter!
• Hanging out with Dad. Paul has done so much in the past few months. Between school and work and his calling, he is searching for a job full time. Somehow, he made time to help me with dishes and laundry and dinner and watching the kids, while I have been not feeling 100%. Luckily, I am now feeling good and can resume my normal routine.
  

• Parker and Autumn showing off their Valentine Cards from the Hae Hae's. They both loved them and carried them around for days.
• We made a quick trip to western Nevada for some interviews for Paul. It was quite a quick trip. We drove about 18 hours in a 30 hour window. Most of it was during the night, so the kids did surprisingly well in the car. It was the hotel that did us in. The kids had slept in the car for quite a while when we stopped for the night, so they were wide awake when Paul and I were both beyond tired. Somehow we survived and had a fun trip.
• My parents flew in from California. Parker had fun playing with Grandpa and showing off all of his tricks. Autumn had enough time to warm up and was giving hugs when they left. It was fun to have them here.

• We celebrated our nephew Lukas' first bitrhday with my brother, Mark, and his family.

(We took some balloons home to play with.)

• Just some cute pics of Autumn.
  

It's a...

When we got home and told Parker that the doctor told us that he was going to have a baby brother, he jumped up and down and said, "Yaaaaaaay!" And that pretty much sums up how we feel also.

Making Movies?

Paul tried to capture Parker's bow on film, so he talked him into making movies with the camera. Parker would dance, but refused to bow for the camera. Paul and Parker still had fun making random videos. These were my favorites.

Here are a couple of videos of our sweet little Autumn. Although, above she is being not so sweet and below she was going crazy playing with the Marble game. Just some of her personality that you won't normally see.

Sledding

We took the opportunity to go sledding one snowy Saturday morning at Rock Canyon Park. Parker was so excited to go and we found a little hill that was just the perfect size for him. Autumn endured it. She didn't mind the hills, but didn't like being cold. The kids lasted about 25 minutes and then we headed home to warm up.

Getting ready to go.

(Autumn's picture is really blurry, but it is the best one we had in her now pants and they look so cute!)

Parker and Autumn

Parker is almost 3 and a half. He is growing up fast and learning so much. Lately, he is constantly trying to sound out letters. He loves to use his puzzle letters to spell words. He loves to read books and has started asking what words mean that he has never heard before. He loves the idea of learning to read all by himself and has become successful in the case of small words. While riding in the car the other day, he said, "Mom, is that store called Ozz?" He read the sign and he was right. He is now in Sunbeams at church. It is fun to ask him what he learned. Some of his answers; "Jesus was a baby" and "I am going to go to the temple." His little brain is soaking everything up and it is so fun to see.

Autumn is almost 1 and a half. She will be in nursery next month, which means that Paul and I will actually get to enjoy all of church again, at least for a little while. She recently started to want to read books all day. She has a couple favorites ('Cuddly Kittens' and 'Frosty's New Friends'). She has been saying lots of new words. Some of them recognizable to all, but a lot of them just recognizable to me. She does animal sounds (dog, duck, cat, cow, elephant, lion, sometimes snake). She also loves to dance and 'sing' to music. She likes to do action songs, like Popcorn Popping and The Wheels on the Bus. As mentioned in the previous post, she climbs on everything. It is fun to watch her explore the world with her new talent. She is a really sweet girl. When Parker is crying, she will go and give him a hug (which he doesn't always want). She is a snuggler and we love it. She wants to do everything Parker is doing, like sitting the big table, as seen below. It makes her seem so big. I can't believe how fast she is growing up.

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