Church Easter Egg Hunt

                                          Ethan and Alexa

                                          Pictures from the hunt.

 Before we started the hunt we had fun gluing popcorn, candy walks, face painting, and easter egg roller derby.

 

We enjoyed the yearly Easter egg hunt at our church today. The kids love it and I love it too because all of the kids are so sweet, cute, and so excited about everything.

Sweet Valentine

Here is our sweet Valentine Alexa.  We had a great day with Ethan's school party, playing at the park, and our double date tonight (Ethan was mommy's date and Alexa was daddy's).  We enjoyed a yummy dinner by candlelight and watched the movie Annie together.  I am so grateful to have such fun and sweet Valentines!

Alexa's First Birthday Party

Today we celebrated our little Princess Alexa's first birthday. She had 6 of her one year old friends over for some princess fun. Tutus and all.Take home goodies.
Play time.

Licking her candle clean.
Cupcake time.
Ethan had fun with the princesses too and his pal Zorin.
Singing time with the girls.
Auntie Tutu.

Nana Snyder.
Alexa kept giving Grandpa Snyder kisses. Over and over again. Too cute. We all got a giggle out of this.
Auntie Coley and Kay.
Grandpa Snyder.
Auntie Mariane.

Present time.


Here are the gorgeous cupcakes.
And here's the cake. Nana tried to rescue it but it was a lost cause. However, it tasted very yummy and moist.

We have had such a wonderful year loving our baby girl and creating some fun family memories. It has also been so fun to see how much Ethan loves and adores his little sister. As I thought about how quickly this first year with Alexa has gone by I felt a little teary and mentioned to my mom how I just can't believe she's one already. My mom put things in perspective for me and said, "How do you think I feel? I have a 36 year old daughter." Happy Birthday Alexa. We love you sweet baby girl!

Snow!

After waiting all winter for some good snow it never really came so we headed up to Big Bear with our friends and hoped for the best. The kids had a blast and it was so fun to see Ethan and Alexa in the snow for the first time. Here are the kids Zorin, Ethan, Crew, and Alexa (minus Preslee) decked out in their snow gear and ready to hit the slopes with some inner tubes. Alexa and I were the cheerleaders from the sidelines along with preggers Cambria. Later that afternoon I took Ethan back to go inner tubing for some mommy time and more fun.
Here is everyone coming down for the fist time all hooked together. McGuires, Facers, and Hutchings.
The two snow bunnies.

We all went for a little walk around the area and stopped to see the zoo.


What a great weekend getaway. I can't wait till we come again.

Sunday Dress

Here are my Q.T. Pies after church one Sunday.
Alexa's dress was a gift from Tiffany that she bought in Vietnam. Love it!

Bath Time and Pig Tails

Ohh my...those cheeks. I am seriously the luckiest mommy in the world to get to munch on those daily. Tonight was an exciting night in the bath because it was the first time I have been able to put her hair in pig tails. Do you see the tiny little ones to the side there? Ok, I know it's a stretch but when you've always dreamed of having a little girl and you finally get one you do things like this.

Happy Valentines Day

Ethan made this bag at school to collect all of his valentines. So fun!