How could the Father show the world?....

He sent his Son to die for us....then rise with living breath.

The only thing that could make an already perfect Easter better was the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing my favorite song during General Conference.

A picture worth a thousand words.

This picture is the story of my life.

Being surrounded by my three favorite things while my very most favorite thing is standing nearby watching over us. I am so grateful for my family and for my Savior who has made it possible for me to be with them for eternity.

Easter Morning

he loves his basket and I love that facethey got new hairclips in their baskets and Raya had to have every single one in her hair

Egg Hunting

Painting Eggs

Rayas eggs

Eylas eggs

teaching my girls how to show off an excellently painted egg

our egg painting buddy, sweet Aunt Shay

Yay eggs!

Rockwell joining in the fun

the first egg she peeled to eat was a double yoker, she was so excited but too bad she only likes the whites of the eggs, but mommy was happy, yummy yokes

and

who knew....

the Easter Bunny was so handsome :)

Update

LITTLE ROCKWELL MAN
Aka the cutest little guy on the planet. He is the sweetest little thing. He is always happy and smiling and only cries when he is really tired. He had a rough go this winter with a bout of croup and comes down with whatever little illness the girls bring home but through it all he grins and laughs for me whenever I smile at him. He got a bad bum rash so he got lots of naked time so his bum could air out, I secretly wish he had more rash so I could have an excuse to let him be naked, oh that little bum. He is 26 inches long, weighs 17.3 lbs, he is all chub but so strong and is sitting now and scooting about on his belly. I'll put him on the ground and twenty minutes later I'll find him across the room.

OH RAYA

What can I say about her but that she has the cutest little face I have ever seen. She has so much attitude and sweetness, but lets be honest mostly attitude. She always sleeps with her little hands curled under her chin and I could just stare at her all night. It broke my heart when I took her to watch Eylas dance class and all she wanted to do was go and dance too. She managed to put that much eye shadow on her face with the little tiny eye shadow pad. She can say pretty much everything that Eyla can, her favorite library book is purplelicious, and I think I ask her to say "purplelicious" about 20 times a day because she says it so cute. And the best news is that she has been potty trained for about 2 months!!

EYLA BUG

Is and always will be our little Eyla Bug even though she is getting so big. I couldn't have a sweeter first child. She is an amazing big sister and best mommy's helper. This is her using my diaper bag stuff and practicing on her baby that she named Simba. She loves loves swinging and riding her bike and does it for hours and hours. As girly as ever she tells me how to do her hair every morning and often request a french braid crown even though it takes me like a half hour she is patient with me. Her make-up skills are a little better than Rayas although they come out looking a little 80's.

My View

These are some of the things I get to see on a regular basis. I know it's March and St. Patricky season and everyone feels lucky but I think I am just the luckiest gal.....all the time.....ever.....period. Now you know why I don't like to ever look away from this view to a lame computer screen and blog.

This might be picture of the year (can I tell you how my heart races everytime these last three photos and I fall in love with him all over again.)

Dress ups and "going shopping"

Multiple times a day the girls will put on every dress-up they own, get their back-packs AND their purses and tell me they are "going shopping." then the following conversation occurs....

I ask, "Where are you going shopping?"

They say, "Costco."

Then they say, "Bye, see ya next week."

They go in the next room and I continue chatting with Rockwell and two minutes later the come back and say "Eyla back now."

Yes Raya says "Eyla back now," too. When asked her name she says Raya but in sentences she refers to herself as Eyla. And both of them can not speak in first person they always talk in 3rd person. I am seriously questioning my mothering skills.

And when I ask Raya to smile for the camera she doesn't smile but just squints her eyes like that....everytime.

Just cute

These pictures are kinda old but so cute. My girls are always asking if they can hold Rockwell. They always let me know if he cries and gripes and they'll talk to him and rub him head to sooth him. They are always trying to entertain him even when I am trying to feed him. They are such good big sisters. The cutest is that they call him "little Rockwell man."