Amber's 1st birthday

 Amber's birthday started off with opening a present from Grandma Donna in our bed.

 It was a little dolly and she loved it!

 It was also Easter Sunday so it seemed appropriate to make a bunny cake.

 Bridger searching for his Easter basket

 He found it!

 Look at all the candy the Easter bunny brought him!

 Amber loved the peeps, just like her mommy.

 Graham was excited to find his basket too!

 Ready for church. Amber's looked so darling in her Easter dress!

 After church we had family over for dinner, ate cake and ice cream, and opened presents.

I think she liked it!

 

Amber is the most wonderful little girl in the world! She is perfect in every way and we couldn't have asked for a better baby. We love you so much, Amber! And we're so grateful you belong to our family.

Heber Creeper Easter Train

Graham has really been loving train rides lately so the day before Easter we went on the Heber Creeper with Grandma Donna and Barry. It was a lot of fun!

 The Easter Bunny was there

 They played fun music on the ride and the Easter Bunny came around and passed out eggs to everyone.

They even had a little petting zoo of baby animals. The kids loved it!

Grandma Donna's Easter Egg Hunt

Grandma Donna has an Easter Egg hunt at her house each year (starting last year) where she invites all the great grandkids over for a party. She is the coolest Grandma ever and the kids had such a blast!

 Zoe, Mindi, and Jenny

 Makenzie, Eliza, and Amber

 The hunt is about to start. The kids can hardly wait!

 Graham finding some eggs

 Cookie was there to help Amber

 Bridger hunting for his eggs

 Digging in to their candy

 Look at all the eggs Bridger found!

 All the great-grandkids that were able to come with Grandma Hart

And here's the whole group together. What a fun time! Thanks Grandma!

St. Patrick's Day

On St. Patrick's Day we woke up to find a Leprachaun had used our potty! The boys thought it was hilarious.

 Daddy made a green breakfast for us.

 Then we found some leprachaun footprints and followed them on a scavenger hunt.

 They found the treasure and got rainbow candies, gold coins, and toys. Lucky boys!

 St. Patrick's Day was on a Sunday this year so we all wore green to church and had a green dinner. It was so fun!

Madie's Mission Call

My cute cousin, Madie, got her mission call to the Alaska Anchorage mission. She is going to be the best missionary and I'm so excited for her! In fact, I'm quite jealous that I don't get to go back out and serve with her. She is lucky to be at this time of her life to dedicate a year and a half to full time missionary service. All these young missionaries are so inspiring to me. She's going to do great!

My cousin, Jessie's husband Jason guessed the right place! That's his marker on Alaska. I was hoping I would win with my guess to Australia but I was way off.

I used to babysit Madie when she was as little as Amber is in this picture. Now she is all grown up and I don't know where those 19 years went. Wow! I am getting old! I have to say of all the missionaries from our family to serve I'm pretty sure I'm going to miss Madie the most. We love you so much, Madie!

Bridger's 4th Birthday

For Bridger's birthday this year he wanted a Cars party. Since his birthday was on a Sunday this year we had his party on Feb. 2nd. It was a blast! Here are a few pictures of the fun day:

Jake and I stayed up late the night before the party making these Lightning McQueen cars for each of the guests. We had to make 10 of them in all. They turned out so cute! Jake is the best husband for helping me out with my crazy ideas.

My brother, Barry, helped me make these cute Utah license plates for the kids to decorate with their names to put on the back of their car.

 

 I loved looking out into the garage and seeing all these cars staring at me.

 Bridger helped me make his Lightning McQueen cake.

 For the party I first had the kids decorate their own license plates and then I gave them their cars to put it on. The cars were a big hit!

After that we had a drive-in movie in the family room. All the kids backed their cars in and we passed out popcorn and treats while they watched Mater Tales.

 Graham with a mouthful of treats

 All the kids watching the show

 After the movie we sang happy birthday and Bridger blew out his 4 candles.

 Then he opened all his presents. He was sure spoiled. Thanks everyone!

My cousin Zachy came to the party with my aunt, Cookie. I used to babysit him when he was little and he loved orange juice in a sippy cup so that's what I gave him. He looks a little too big for the car but he made it work!! Silly Zach.

The next morning on Bridger's actual birthday the first thing he wanted to do was take a bath with his new bubble bath and put on his new jammies he got from his friend, Ethan.

 Amber got in on the fun too!

When he was done with his bath I let him open his presents. He got a few more fun toys that he asked for. These little Cars are for the iPad and they have an app where the cars drive around on the screen. It's really cool and Bridger loves 'em!

I know I say this every year but I can't believe Bridger is another year older! How can my baby be 4 already? It's crazy. He is the most fun-loving, creative, silly, friendly, artistic, smart little 4-year-old around. We love him so much and we're SO happy he's part of our family.