Easter Sunday outfits

Easter Sunday was the same day as General Conference this year, so the boys wore their matching outfits the Sunday before Easter. Easter and Christmas are about the only times I dress the boys alike, but they sure look cute. Chandler is starting to resist matching the younger brothers, so we'll see how long this tradition lasts.

Easter 2010

This year, Easter weekend was FREEZING! We started off with our neighborhood egg hunt.

Jared and Ashton, struggling to keep warm

Preston and Chandler ready to start the hunt.

Our whole group at the egg hunt. Toril and Maggie (visiting from Norway), Mallory, Ashton, Jared, Me, Preston, Chandler, Julie and Mason. Heidi, Devin, Tyson and Holly left early to get out of the cold.

Ashton on Easter morning. It snowed Easter morning. The Easter Bunny forgot to check the weather report and hid all of the plastic eggs in the backyard late the night before. They were buried in snow and so the egg hunt had to be postponed until the snow melted in the late afternoon. Note to reader: jelly beans can survive in plastic eggs buried in snow!

The "real" Easter bunny showed up for a scavenger hunt at the Hemmerts. Ashton warmed right up to him. You'd almost think they shared some DNA (hint, hint).

Preston and the Bunny

Chandler and the Bunny

The kids also had a fun "treasure" hunt with their Tucker cousins. Due to all of the snow, it had to be held in the basement so I didn't get any action shots because it was too dark.

**Chandler, Connor, Preston, Ashton, Hailey, Braxton and Jaxon**

Doing our part to further the cause of science...

February 22, 2010

Ashton was asked to take part in a research study at BYU when he was 5 months old. They put this lovely net of sensors on his head and then showed him a series of video images and tried to determine if he noticed inconsistencies in the images. It was pretty interesting. He also did another study at 7 months, but there was no picture. He's so mild mannered he didn't even mind the crazy hair net.

Primary Talent Show 2010

February 2010

This year for the Primary talent show, both boys decided to show Lego projects that they had made.

Chandler and Preston showing their projects to everyone.

Preston's project

Chandler's project

St. Patrick's Day 2010

March 17, 2010

I am way behind and someday will be caught up, but I'm trying to make amends to posterity in advance so excuse the outdated posts!

Our boys are getting to an age when the holidays are so fun. Chandler and Preston were so into "catching" leprechauns this year. Chandler made some fake gold out of paper and built a trap out of an old shoe box in order to catch one. Unfortunately, the leprechaun stole all of the gold and left a note that said, "I got your gold, but you'll never catch me. Have a happy St. Patrick's day! Love, the Leprechaun." We decided the joke was really on the Leprechaun because the gold wasn't even real! ha ha. Take that, Leprechaun!

We decided last minute to have a green dinner as well. The kids really liked it. We had green soup in green breadbowls, green jello, celery sticks in green dip, green Sprite and green donuts for dessert. I did learn that next year I need to order my green breadbowls in advance. I got the last two so Mom and Dad had to eat in regular bowls. No fun!

Bring a grandparent to lunch day 2010

February 2, 2010
Last month was the read-a-thon month at Chandler's school. As part of that, they had Bring A Grandparent To Lunch day. Wynn & Joyce were nice enough to come have lunch with Chandler at the cafeteria at his school. Fortunately for all, it was pizza day! Thanks for coming! It was "Grand!"

Teeth...again!

February 5, 2010

I know my last post was about teeth, but seriously this is news to us. Just as I was saying (a month ago) that Chandler was slow losing his teeth, Preston decides to lose his first tooth at age 4! Craziness! I guess the race is on for who loses the most teeth first. So far, the score is Chandler 3 Preston 1. I think the tooth fairy better pick up a second job too!

The empty socket! Eww..gross. Not for us--we have our own dental professional in the family.

The cute, toothless smile!