Our Princess

Rebecca must have had too much Easter candy, because today she was so not herself! After throwing a tantrum, I sent her upstairs to take a nap.
Brian and I then hear her screaming "I hate my room!" over and over. After a few minutes I went upstairs to see if she needed a hug, and this is what I found:

She is now napping on her bedroom floor.

Happy Easter!

For the Easter weekend, my parents were able to come to Sheridan and spend some time with us. I have really enjoyed having them here. My dad put the pedals on Eva's bike (she's been learning to glide on it without pedals), and she was able to pedal and ride it after just a few minutes! Dad also fixed our lawn mower and mowed our lawn for us. No matter how old I get, I will always love being taken care of by my parents! :)

Mom got to snuggle on the chair with all 3 dogs! I groomed Macy earlier in the day (she is the dog with the red harness), and was so happy with how cute she looked!

On Easter morning, we all got to wake up super early! Eva was up so early, she almost caught the Easter bunny!

Becca was so excited to find an egg that was "Daddy's favorite color!" Eva was the best big sister when they were hunting for Easter eggs. She would see some that were at Becca's eye level, and save them for her to find. She made sure that she and Becca both got to find lots of eggs.

Then off to church we went. I so enjoyed getting to hear the talks about Easter. It was a good reminder of the love our Savior has for us, and the great gift of His Atonement. It really hit home this year. I am so grateful for the gift of the Atonement.

My parents got matching Easter dresses for the girls. My mom and my Aunt Sandy made cute crocheted jackets to make the dresses more modest. Becca has gotten "modest" and "immodest" mixed up, so she told me she was excited her jacket would make her dress "immodest for church!" Oh dear.

Happy Family!

After church we had a delicious Easter dinner! Maple glazed spiral ham, Mom's famous rolls, salad, deviled eggs, mashed potatoes and gravy, Delicious! A few weeks ago I groomed a lady's dog in exchange for her set of china. This was the first time we ate on the china. I loved it!

It has been a great weekend, and a really good day for all of us!

Helmets, Hands-Free, and Have a Piece of Cake!

The girlies got bike helmets today. I'm pretty sure Becca couldn't do any damage "riding" her bike (she rides even slower than she walks) but I figure we ought to teach them about safety!

Eva was excited about her helmet until she put it on. Then she realized they aren't the most comfortable things. I hope she gets used to it!

I had to get a close up of Becca's unicorn head. She was so excited, she wore it all over the store before we bought it. She thinks it's awesome that she can knock on her head as hard as she wants, and it doesn't hurt! :)

Becca is really in to doing everything "with no hands" lately. Things like walking, standing up, going down the stairs, going potty...and sitting on my shoulders. Brian tried to get a picture without her making such a goofy face, but had no luck!

I tried to make a red velvet cake this week. It was destined for disaster from the moment I realized I only have 1 round cake pan. I already had my heart set on a double-decker cake with frosting in the middle, so I decided to try it with one round and one square pan...bad idea.

The square had to be cut down to a rectangle because of burning issues. When I tried to frost the sides of the rectangle that the burnt part had been cut off of, it just spread crumbs all over. So I did the only thing I could think of to save the cake...I crumble crumbs all over it to make it look like it was on purpose. It was a hot mess...but it did get rid of my red velvet craving!

After seeing my cake, Becca decided the noodles we had for dinner weren't so bad after all, and she had a second helping of noodles instead of cake.

Dr. Seuss Day

For Dr. Seuss's birthday, Rebecca was being babysat by a friend of mine. My friend has 2 little boys, and one of them always hopes Becca will wear her batman shirt. So when she found out who's house we were going to for the day, she made sure she got to wear her friend's favorite shirt! :)

While with her friends, she got to do some fun finger painting.

The kids also decided it was "wear your favorite super hero shirt" day.

They made cat's in hats. Becca was pretty proud that she drew "lots of faces!" I don't think she understood that it was supposed to be a cat's face.

Here is my happy girl with her creations! She had tons of fun!

Valentine's Day

For Valentine's Day, I was supposed to help in Eva's classroom with their party. I decided to come a little early, and Rebecca and I surprised Eva by showing up to have lunch with her. We had cafeteria pizza, and jell-o with whipped cream on top. It felt like eating hospital food! But after lunch, we got to go to recess!

Eva and her friend kept trying to teach Becca how to play tag. Becca kept getting distracted by rocks on the ground. By the end of the recess, she had a whole handful of pebbles!

The class party was so much fun!

Becca gets so excited about "going to school with Eva." I love these girls!

We are Beautiful!

The other night it was Becca's turn to say the prayer. We have been encouraging her to use her own words in the prayers. Sometimes she is willing, other times we have to help her a lot. Well, this was a night when she used her own words, and she said, "We are thankful we are all beautiful!" It was not a reverent prayer after that, but we think Heavenly Father was probably sharing in the snickers!
These pictures of my beautiful girls reminded me of the prayer:

This is Rebecca right after I took the curlers out. We were all laughing at her goofy hair-do!


Eva had to get in on the photo action.


And here is Becca after I tamed some of the curls. Don't let that innocent face fool you, she IS a redhead, after all!

I finally finished the girls' Christmas quilts!

I finished Eva's first.

And I just finished Becca's today.


Grandma Helen quilted both blankets on her quilting machine. On the outside border, she did a design based off some of my artwork.
I enjoyed creating these quilts for my girls, but I think I am done with sewing quilts for a while: it is HARD work!