Our Easter!

This post has a lot of pictures, so I will try and keep the wording short.

We had a fabulous Easter!

It all started on Friday, when we went to Kurt's, parent's house for an Easter egg/candy hunt.

The kids had a great time!

Ayla happy to find an egg!

Morganne and Ayla!

Brooke was helping Ayla fill her basket. What a good cousin!

Love this picture of Kurt!

Kurt and Kurt on the swing together!

Morganne with her basket after the hunt was over!

Morganne and Ayla.

It was hard to get a picture of them both looking at the camera at the same time. This one Ayla is looking...

and this one Morganne is looking!

Brooke with her basket.

Later that day, I was at the mall with Ayla and decided to take her to see the Easter Bunny.

Here she is waiting patiently.

Here is the picture that I got with my camera.
They only let you take pictures if you bought one of theirs, so of course I bought one.

The Easter Bunny gave her an egg and a coloring book.

I ended up framing the picture I bought from them. It became part of our decor.

Saturday night, Ayla and I died eggs. Ayla loved it!

She died almost all the eggs herself. I was so proud of her! She even didn't spill the green die until we were almost finished! She now always asks to die eggs.

That night Ayla put out our baskets so the Easter Bunny could come. Don't you love her mismatched PJ's?!! I adore her!

In the morning we saw this!

Ayla loved her "Bambi" movie!

She got some dress up shoes and jewelry.
She loves to put them on and say she is her aunt, Marion. I guess it is because Marion has been putting jewelry on a lot because we are doing things for her wedding.

She got a grown too!

Then we got ready for church!

Here is Ayla in her Easter dress that I got her from JC Penny's that was half off!


The headband she is wearing, was made by my best friend, Leah. Leah started her own little business with sewing. You can see her creations on her blog Southern Blossom. Ayla is also holding a little yellow chick and bunny in this picture that she got in her Easter basket.


We let her eat some of her chocolate bunny after she had lunch.


She loves riding the bouncy ball that she got!



That night we had my side of the family over for some enchilada's and an Easter egg hunt.

Here is my daddy!


Lane Brain!


Uncle Ernie!


Some more of the family!

My bro, Robert!


I even had my friend, Melissa and her boyfriend, Aaron come!

After dinner it was time for the hunt!

Here is Ayla waiting to go out the door to start the hunt!


Love this picture!




Running for an egg!



Finding her Peeps!


Ayla showing her Peeps!


Here is Ayla with all her eggs!


And here is Lane with his!

At last but not least, I did a project for Ayla as an Easter present from her Dad and Mom. I decided to put up a picture of the temple in her room. President Monson had mentioned this past conference, how each child should have a picture of the temple in their room. Ayla didn't have one so I decided to follow the prophet.

I didn't want to spend hundreds of dollars on the picture because we don't have that kind of money, so I bought a frame at the D.I. and painted it and put a picture inside.

Here is the before picture of the frame I bought for $3.


I painted it white and put a white matt inside the frame.

Then I ordered a picture online but it didn't work out. So I asked my friend, Keely if I could print out one of her amazing pictures she took of the Salt Lake Temple while she was here on a trip. She said yes and this made me very happy, not only was Ayla getting a picture of the temple but it was a picture taken from one of my friends.

This is the amazing picture she took! Isn't the sunlight coming through the trees amazing?!


And this is how it turned out!
It cost a total of $20 but if you count the $20 I spent on the picture I ordered online (that didn't work out) then it cost $40.


I hung it where you can see it the minute you walk into Ayla's room!


I tried to get a close up. It was kind of hard but I love it!!

We had a wonderful Easter!!! How was yours?

A special thanks to Keely!

Sea World at Kurt's work again!

Three weeks ago, Sea World came to Kurt's work again. It had been a long time since the last time they came.

Sea World brings animals that they have saved and shows them to everyone at Kurt's work and their families.

Here is Ayla waiting for the show to start.

Back in 1998 Sea World saved a grey whale who they named J.J. They brought a inflatable replica of the size J.J. was when they released her back into the wild. Cool thing is I saw this whale back in 1998. It was my first time at Sea World. I just remember how big she was and thought she looked like a giant fish in a small tank. I guess that is why they only had her for a short time. She grew at a rapid rate.

They brought the armadillo again. Recognize this guy from the last time?

Sorry the pictures are so dark. We were a lot further back this time.

They brought out a toucan.

Did you know this bird's beak practically weighs nothing? They said if you closed your eyes and held your hand out and they put just the beak in your hand, you wouldn't even be able to tell you were holding it. Amazing huh? Their beaks are so big. They said scientists have been trying to figure how it is possible to be so light but it can crush things. It just goes to show, it is just another amazing creation that Heavenly Father created.

Here is a spider monkey. I think they said she was 18 years old.

I liked how they walked around with each animal for us to get a closer look!

I love baby crocodiles and alligators!

I think they are so cute!

I think this is the same one we saw last time.

The last animal they brought out was an African penguin.

I didn't know there were African penguins, did you? I thought they all lived in cold climates. I always felt bad for the penguin at the zoo here because I felt they should be in a colder climate but come to find out those penguins were the same kind as this penguin. I don't feel bad any more.

They let people come up and get their pictures with the penguin.

They told us not to touch the penguin but sure enough when I sat Ayla down next to it, she petted it's wing. I was a little mortified but I think it is cool that Ayla touched a penguin!

It is a lot of fun when Sea World comes to visit!