The Worst Easter Egg Hunt Ever

You are probably looking at this picture asking. "Where are the Easter Eggs?"
We didn't get any. Well actually Quin got 2 but he had to give them back. Lets begin our story:
Setting: OIT college campus, 0-3 year old age division of soccer feild
Time: Day before Easter
Event: Easter Egg hunt
Players: Dallin, Quin and about 100 of the most competitive parents I have ever seen.

The command is given "On your mark, get set, go"
Off shoot about 100 crazy parents leaving their newborn children behind. As toddlers slowly reach out to pick up an egg these crazed adults steal the eggs before the children can even finish reaching them. I saw dozens of crying children sitting in the grass with empty baskets, screaming as these parents reached for their 20th egg.

Quin, being the fighter that he is, managed to get 2 eggs. After which he realized "this is madness" and he stopped in his tracks to eat his jelly beans and bunny shaped chocolates. As we were leaving we gave our precious two plastic eggs (which were now empty) back for next years hunt and said good-bye to the Klamath Easter Egg Hunt.

Next year I am throwing my own.

Birthday Season

The end of March and beginning of April is birthday season in our house. Within a week and a half we have 4 birthdays (mine, Dallin, Grammie and Grandpas) as well as Easter. Poor Dallin had a fever for his first birthday. He is teething and caught some sort of a bug so he wasn't feeling too well on his big day. I was only able to get one smiling picture (above) .

Because Dilly wasn't feeling too well we kept things pretty low key. Grandma, Papa, and Ree came to visit and we opened presents.

Dallin's had a spaghetti dinner (which he cried through and didn't eat) and his own banana cake...

...he did manage to eat some of that :)

12 Thoughts about the Birthday Boy

This past year has gone by so fast! Our family is so blessed to have this little guy as a part of it. Here are a few thoughts about Dallin's first year:

1. I learned that Heavenly Father guides me in raising and helping my children! I know that Heavenly Father and the Spirit guided me in getting Dallin the help he needed the first month of his life, when we found he had a cleft palate.

2. Dallin was a smiler from the get-go. This little guy was so good-natured despite the fact that eating was one heck of a challenge. Here he is demonstrating the turtle-smile. Love it.
2. In Dallin's third month he became the connoisseur of bottles. We tried dozens of different bottles and nipples to find the right fit for him. Thank you Dr. Browns for making the right bottle and thank you Japan for shipping us some pigeon pieces to put inside!
4. Dallin was really quick to sit up on his own. This kid had one heck of a strong neck. He always wanted to be propped up so he could see what was going on. If he wasn't propped up, then by golly he would sit up himself!
5. Dallin's tummy issues finally settled down when we discovered how to help his acid-reflux. We are grateful for the many doctor's who have treated this little man and for his bouncer which he slept in the first 11 months of his life!
6. Dallin got chubby. Notice the beginnings of the double chin? Man. I love that double chin. Who knew a double chin could be loveable?
7. The drool really started to get out of control in the seventh month. Notice the wet ring around his neck. Yep, Dallin basically always has one of those. The kid has a lot of saliva flow!
8. Dallin perfected the tough guy face. In the above picture he is wearing his adorable, little reindeer hat. If I were to write a funny caption to this pick I would say:

Yeah I'm Ruldoph

Yeah my nose is red

And I don't need you other reindeers or your reindeer games!

9. Around nine months these pictures started to get really hard to take because Dallin fell in love with these blocks!
10. This was the second most stressful month because Dallin had his palate repaired. Heavenly Father answered our prayers and everything went smoothly. What a blessing!
11. Dallin loves patty-cake. It is his favorite thing to play. We always "mark the cake with a 'd' and through it in the air for Dallin in me." It sounds better!

12. Dilly-Dallin is one sweet little boy. We love him so much and are so grateful for the past year!

Happy Birthday Dilly!

For my birthday, I ate.

My day began with a serenade of "Happy Birthday" from this cutie-pie. I also was brought breakfast in bed from cutie-pie's father.

Foodies #1: Chocolate filled croissant and omelet

Around noon I received:

Foodies #2: Double Chocolate Chip Frappaccino

and this lovely poem

On your birthday today

Although you've turned an year older

Your radiant beauty shines like a diamond

Making you look younger than ever

From Bryce

For dinner we dined at the antithesis of fine dining....a stir-fry buffet. This is my absolute favorite place in Klamath to eat. However I do not tell many people this because they think I am gross for liking it.

Foodies #3: 3 Plates of Kari approved stir fry

The day ended in the most spectacular of manners:

Foodies #4: Almond Poppyseed cake with fresh strawberry filling

and

5 more pounds on my waistline.

What can I say. You only turn 27 once.