Easter Fun

Zander had a blast this Easter. It was so much fun seeing him love all his gifts and figure out what an Easter egg hunt was.

Here are a few pictures of him during the day

I don't know why this loaded side ways but I just love this picture to much not to post it. He is so stinken cute!

These are of him Easter morning. He was so excited to see what the Easter Bunny had brought him.

In his basket he got this marshmallow bunny sucker and that is pretty much what he had for breakfast.

We headed over to my parents house for dinner and an Easter egg hunt. It took a bit for Zander to figure out what to do with the eggs. He just wanted to carry them around and not put them in his basket

I think his favorite treats were the fruit snackes

Then after visiting with my side of the family we went over to Abes family were Zander got to have another Easter egg hunt. This time he had a better idea what to do with the eggs and was sooo excited!

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I had no idea Abes family did this, but they will roll the hard boiled eggs they make down a hill until they crack. Zander and his cousin Briggs thought it was a blast throwing the eggs and watching them roll down the hill. Zander figured out that he could crush the eggs in his hand after they were cracked so he got a little messy

We had a great day with family and remembering what Easter is all about.

Easter Decor and Treats

This Easter I made my own fudge

I remember when I was little and would wake up Easter morning and have my very own fudge egg with my name written on it. I loved it and it would make me feel so special. 

So I decided to try and make my own fudge eggs. I had never made fudge before and was happy with how well it turned out.

I really wanted to make an egg shaped fudge so I saw those trays you put deviled eggs in and thought they would make a great mold.

Just remember to spray the pan. I did on the pink tray but forgot on the blue. I got them out but it wsa not easy were the pink ones just fell right out. I also decided to put some coconut on the bottom but it didn't stick very well. Next time I will have to press it into the fudge more.

To finish them off I melted some white chocolate in a zip lock bag in the microwave, colored it yellow, sniped the corner and drizzled it over the top.

For my Easter decor I took some branches and glued some tissue paper on it and made them look like blossoms. Then I got these glittered eggs at the dollar store. The jar I got from the DI and I LOVE it!

I also grew some wheat grass in jars. I loved how they looked but with out any drainage they started to smell a little sour after a while

Don't you just love Zanders yellow Easter bunny basket I think it's so cute!

Last year Zan got some large plastic Easter eggs from his Grandma and Grandpa Fitch which were blue. I wanted to do something with them and add it to my decor so I got a dictomary from the DI and mode poged it onto the eggs. I had never mode podged before and was happy with how easy it was. I just had to make sure the pieces were small enough on the top and bottom to smooth out over the curves. As I was cutting the paper I saw this elephant and loved it so I went through and found all diffrent kinds of animals.

On the smaller egg I cut out letters for Zanders name and then put a little dog and monkey on it as well. Zanders favorite animal right now is a dog and his nick name around the house is little monkey.

A NEW CAR!

That's right! A new car. Well new to me:)
On Tuesday Abe and I took a 5 hour drive to Hurrican just north of St. George to pick up this beauty:)

She is a 2004 Pontiac Aztek

I love all the room and how high up it sits.

It was a long drive to do in one day! Zander was really great and slept a lot on the way down

For being stuck in his car seat for 10 hours total down and back I was really happy with how well he did!

This is her first fill of gas at the St. George Costco before we headed back.

St George was so nice and warm I wish we could have stayed and brought our swim suites! 

And this is her first car wash:)

I am so excited!

This is only my third car ever to own.

My first was a Ford Festiva, which we endearingly called the fisher price car, since it was so small. I really miss that car and the gas mileage. In high school it was only 10 bucks to fill that thing up all the way. I could also park it in any spot.

Check out this commercial, it's awesome!

For being so small it really was roomy, I could fit my mountain bike inside it!

Then there was the Hyundai Elantra.I bought this car from my older sister Mindy. She was moving out of the county and I really needed to upgrade. I flew down to Texas and drove it back. It was a really nice car and felt so huge to drive after the Festiva! I will miss it. Sorry I don't have a pic and all the commercials are of the newer ones.

Now for the Aztek

Here is an older commercial to give you an idea of what kind of car we got:)

A Future for Tomorrow

I have blogged about my amazing cousin Haley before but she was just on a local TV program today called Good Things Utah. It is a big deal! I am so proud of her and all the accomplishments she has made. She gives great advice to parents on warning signs to watch for and how we as parents need to be mindful of what image we are sending to our children about our bodies.

Please check out her segment here Good Things Utah ABC4

You can also get to her blog on my sidebar

March Ten Things to Smile About

I think it has been almost a year since I last linked up with Ten Things to Smile About. I really would like to do this every month. It is a great way to look at the positive things that happened over the month.

1. Abe got his first bonus with Costco (sad thing is it's already spent)
2. We got a major leak in our house fixed
3. Having such a handy husband who could fix the major leak in our house:)
4. I planted pansies
5. I turned the big 30
6. The weather finally getting warmer
7. Getting a huge mountain of laundry done
8. My parents getting back from Dubi from visiting my sister safely
9. Taking Zander to his new gymnastics class (really he just runs around but has a lot of fun)
10. Getting more organized at home

I liked up with Emmy Mom Ten Things to Smile About