Prom--April 10, 2010

Ethan went to Prom with Samantha Farr.  He asked her by dumping a bag of Hersey Kisses on her floor & posting a sign that said "Now that I have kissed the ground you walk on, will you go to Prom with me?"

She answered back with a creative poster that had words to find & decipher.

A group of about 8 couples got together earlier in the day & went target shooting & 4-wheeling.

Then they changed into their clothes (& the girls did their hair/make-up)

And they all met at the church for a nice dinner.

Ethan was in charge of bringing the baked potatoes for everyone.

Since I was at a Stake Baptism all morning, he scrubbed & wrapped all the potatoes & put them in our roaster.

By eating a meal at the church, it not only saved about 2 hours of driving time, but it was a lot easier on the wallet! ☺

A couple of the other moms decorated the tables & set everthing up. (thanks--it was wonderful!)

This is Ethan & Samantha arriving at the church.

Getting ready to eat (I'm not the only mom taking pictures--that is Sam's mom in the background)

Yes, Ethan--you HAVE to get a zillion pictures taken!!!

Samantha looked so beautiful!!!

And Ethan cleaned up pretty good too.

We found his tie at Ross--and it matches perfectly!  We only had a close-up picture of the dress on my cell-phone to try & match his tie to.

I really like this picture because you can see how gorgeous Samantha's hair is.

A yummy-looking chocolate fountain at Prom.

I love how their eye's "sparkle" (okay--it's really just the flash in a darkened gym)

All the girls were beautiful, the guys handsome & the decorations were amazing.  I love how they can transform the gym!

Ethan had a great time.

Springtime

It  finally got warm enough to play outside a couple of weeks ago.

Ben & Emmalee had fun riding the bike.

And they like to say hello to our neighbor's goats.

I think Emmalee was trying to be a bunny rabbit.

Emmalee likes to pet the goats.

I hope everyone is enjoying spring!!

Easter Weekend--Part 2

After we watched "He is Risen", the kids looked for the hidden eggs.

High & Low

And then they all looked through their Easter baskets to see what they received.

Benjamin really L♥ved the chocolate!!

Callum's new game!

Emmalee on Easter morning.

We had a fun Easter egg hunt between General Conference sessions. 

We hid about 100 eggs outside (yes--we got about 3-4 inches of new snow)

Some of the eggs had candy in them.

Other eggs had stickers.  The kids could trade the eggs with stickers for a quarter ☺

Emmalee & her cousin Emmy

 And Benjamin loved the snow--but didn't care for it as much when he fell down & couldn't get up

Easter Weekend--Part 1

Saturday afternoon we dyed & decorated 3 dozen eggs.

We tried lots of different colors.

I think we had 8 or 10 colors.

And then Rusty dyed eggs in multiple colors--some 1/2 and 1/2, and others in lots of different colors.

Zane also dyed a cool egg in lots of different colors.

Ethan is resting & recovering from broncial pneumonia :(  He is on an antibiotic, taking cough medicine, & on breathing treatments.

Easter egg dying fun!!

I should have taken a picture of the finished eggs.

Callum believes he saw the Easter bunny hiding eggs in the middle of the night.  The kids also discovered some bunny tracks in the back hall!!

Benjamin's basket (he got a big yellow duck)

Emmalee's--cute pink bunny & an adorable pink dress.

Callum's basket--he got a new game called Connect 4 X 4.  We played it & found it to be more challenging than we thought.

Zane got a new lego set.  There was lots of candy, plus some "healthy" jerky & goldfish crackers.

Brienna received the movie she has been "dying" to watch again--"New Moon"

Ethan got an iTunes card.

The family received this Easter book, a John Bytheway DVD, & Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.

This is what I got in my basket--it is wonderful!!!  I love the information about the songs & the beautiful artwork.