April Consisted Of....

Laura practicing to be a missionary and general conference.

Our Easter Bunny.

 A trip to the zoo with Landon.

 A birthday for Dad.

 Hanging out with the Elmers.

 Holding baby Tanner.

 Having fun around the house...

 And the car.

Kite flying.

And Lego building.

Easter

More from March

Lia and Laura couldn't get enough "spa" time in. This time it was with their cousin Jessica.

 Megan started a Kindermusic class and this is one of the games she got from her class. She was really cute when she talked about her class, but she wasn't ever really excited about going...

 I ripped out all the bushes in the front yard (because I didn't like them and I wanted it to feel like my own) and we started over. Nate and Lia got the new flower bed going with rose bushes.

 For St. Patrick's Day we made "Shamrock Shakes." I think they will be a new tradition at our house!

 This is Megan and her friend Shine (really it's Leah, but everyone calls her Shine) posing with their new friend at the mall. Shine used to live next door to us and since we've moved we don't see her as much, but they still get together to play almost every week.

 Megan and Katie's baby Tanner. She loves it when we there's a new baby in the family!

Amelia's 10th Birthday

We celebrated Lia's birthday over a couple of days. She had her family party the night before and her friend party the next day on her actual birthday. The family parties are my favorite, but she had a fun friend party too. My sister Kristen came over and did everyone's hair and my nieces Alyson and Samantha painted their nails. Lia is really into zebra print right now, so she had a zebra print cake, zebra print party favors, and Laura made her a zebra print sign for her chair. Lia is also into "spas" right now, so she got "spa stuff" from grandma Nelson--face masks, nail stuff, etc. The night of her birthday I was going to make her favorite dinner (red pepper pasta), but when Nate got home and I was still cleaning up from the party we decided to go out to dinner--to Lia's favorite restaurant Rodizio Grill. We had only been there once before, but Lia loved it and had been asking to go again for months...maybe years. She was thrilled and we had a really fun night!

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  We started a tradition a few years ago of reading the book "On the Night You Were Born" on the night of their birthday after (or before) I tell them about the day they were born. This picture of Lia and Nate is one of my very favorites ever. Lia is at a really fun age. She wants to participate with the adults at family parties, but she can still be silly and do "kids" stuff too. She's a huge help to me and really responsible. She started babysitting for us this year and it's so nice! Lia loves fashion and knows how to put outfits together. I'm pretty sure she dresses better than I do. More importantly though, she's a good girl. She's a great daughter, sister and friend. She knows what's right and she does it. And she just came that way. We are so grateful for her and love her very much!

Daddy Daughter Dance

The Daddy Daughter Dance at school is one of Lia and Laura's favorite nights of the year! Nate is so cute with them and makes them feel so special. They love going with him!