Daddy-Daughter Date

Paul took Lily on her first daddy-daughter date last week. Lily said to him, "I never been on a date before!" I was a little jealous :) but so glad that they got to spend some precious time together. Paul took her to Station Park to see a movie...

When they got home Lily was soo tired, it was way past bed-time. Paul said he had to cover her eyes a couple of times, so hopefully she doesn't get nightmares! I know that the Wizard of Oz gave me some sleepless nights back in my day.

This is just the first of many daddy-daughter dates my sweet little girl will get to cherish her whole life! She is one lucky girl to have such an amazing daddy that loves her so much.

The Simple Things

Three things that made me so incredibly happy this last weekend that I am reminiscing on already are:

1. Stewart's sweet kisses on my back, arm, hands, and cheeks as I was building the kid's little playhouse. He has been so generous with his smacking lips lately and it is my most favorite thing in the world! No matter how I am feeling, when I hear his little smack and see his arms around me, I melt with my unconditional love that I have for my little buddy.

(picture taken by my Dad in St. George, he emailed it to me after he read this post and I had to share)

2. The "date-night" Paul and I had in the garage finishing setting up the playhouse. It reminded me of our first year of marriage when we were establishing our little apartment as our home. I can't help but laugh every time I see Paul with a screwdriver in one hand, and a little screw in the other. About 65% of the time, he drops that little screw and it makes him so irrational. I love it about him! The little blurts of anger and frustration that come out of him, makes me smile every time. It was a good night!

3. Watching the second session on Sunday of General Conference cuddled up with my little Lily in the cheerio chair. Paul was on his way to Chicago, and I had just put Stew in bed for his nap. That left me and Lily to have some quality time and she was so sweet as she sat there and pointed out the apostles that she knows, "President Monson and President Uchdorf," and asking who the others were. It was a little heaven on Earth listening to the prophets testify of Christ and spending that special time with my little girl.

I am so grateful for quality time that I get to spend with each person in my family. I think that it is so important to spend one-on-one time and build those special memories and moments I hope to cherish forever. When I think back at my time with my parents and brothers, my very most favorite times are when I got to spend one-on-one time with each of them. I hope that my children and I will have solid relationships and that I can show them how much I love them individually.

Easter Weekend

Our Easter weekend was perfect this year. We were busy with extended family, neighborhood, and our own little family celebrations, but it was just the right about of busy. We started off Saturday morning with a neighborhood Easter egg hunt in the park. Lily was a bit timid and not very aggressive, just like her little personality, but to my surprise, so was Stew! Maybe he just needs another year to really understand the concept, but it was fine by me because the less candy we come home with, the better. 

Stewart happened to find a treasure of an egg (I think I have been watching too much Jake and the Neverland Pirates, because in my head I can hear Captain Hook saying "treasure of an egg"). A BASKETBALL Easter egg...he was in heaven. Once he found that precious egg, he could care less about all the others laying in the grass up for grabs. He just threw his special egg around making shots.

Then in the afternoon we made our way up to Hooper for a little hot-dog roasting pot luck and egg hunt. By this hunt, the kids were a little more enthusiastic and ran all over that yard.

Sunday morning the Easter Bunny came later on in the morning. Paul had fallen asleep on the couch downstairs (staying up way too late because of some exciting/intense business meeting coming up the next day). But, the Easter Bunny made his way back to our house while the kids were locked in our room watching a show :) They loved seeing the eggs in the their rooms, they were jumping up and down! The Easter Bunny also brought them cutie little Sunday clothes, painting books, and of course, balls!

Then Paul got to go on his annual savanger Easter hunt. Either he is getting smarter, or my poems are getting better because he knocked it out much faster this year.

Then, we got to top it all off by going to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building for church! Danny and Holland blessed their little Desmond. I haven't been in the building for a while but it brought back amazing memories of taking pictures with my brand new husband on our wedding day. I am so grateful for the Savior and his Resurrection and Atonment. How blessed I am to be able to live in Heaven someday, despite all of these flaws I currently have. So grateful for my incredible family, and to have the true gospel in my life.