Piper is 2!!

On Piper's 2nd birthday we took her and her best friend Kathryn to Disneyland for the day.

We watched Playhouse Disney Live. Piper wasn't too sure what to think of it - she is still not fond of people in costumes, characters or puppets but by the end she really liked it.

We went on the rocket ride - her favorite.

We rode the Carousel, aren't they adorable on their little horses.

The we took them on It's a Small World, which they enjoyed.

We walked through and looked at the Castle and got the girls balloons.

After Disneyland we took the girls to Build A Bear in Downtown Disney where Piper built a bunny and Kathryn built a kitty.

It was a long day...

Broken Arm!!

Isn't it always the way...I had just told a friend of mine how surprised I was the neither of my kids had broken any bones yet and then...PIPER BROKE HER ARM!! Poor baby!

She was on her changing table and I turned around for just a second to close the door when I heard a THUD followed by whaling. I knew as soon as I picked her up that something was wrong with her left arm - I thought it was her shoulder because her whole arm was limp and she wouldn't move it. She was really fussy. I took her to the ER and they were very quick - it was 8pm on a Saturday and we were in and out within an hour and a half. She had a compression fracture on her left wrist - a "greenstick" break. They splinted it and gave her a sling, we had to put a bow on it of course.

A couple days later - after the swelling went down she got her very own bright Pink cast! She loved her cast (for the first day or so). I know it's bad to say but how cute is she with her cast?

She only has to have it on for 3 weeks - the littler they are the faster they heal.

Easter 2010

Easter was great it was the first year of really mixing traditions and it worked out wonderfully!! Grandma made us all matching out fits - Steve even had a tie and wore it with pride. Well...Easter was General Conference weekend so we wore our outfits the Sunday before, which happened to be the day we spoke in Sacrament Meeting. Here we are....

and James the little stud and Piper's "Kissy" face

Our neighborhood had a little Easter egg hunt for just the under 5 crowd - believe it or not, this is not even close to all of them :) See...a wholesome neighborhood and we don't even live in Utah.

Piper enjoyed herself and was happy running around with the kids picking up eggs. James was on a mission...and he accomplished it - he found the golden egg!! His prize was a bunny that sings and dane (we were oh so happy to have it in our home).

The Easter bunny put the kids' baskets in front of their doors this year and what a pleasant way to wake up. James came into our room holding his basket and said "Mom! Dad! Look...the Easter Bunny brought me this even though I was a little bit bad." One of most insightfully funny things he's said. The kids loved the goodies and toys. Can you believe it...the Easter Bunny even brought us donuts...what a bunny!!

We also especially enjoyed watching conference and being together as a family on Easter Sunday.