Easter Egg Hunt

Anna went on an Easter egg hunt Sunday after church. Kent hid the eggs for her.

She walked around and found them and discovered a surprise inside them: grapes!!!
She came in after the hunt and stuffed her mouth full of her treasured grapes.
Here is a little video of the hunt.

The Baby Dresser

My parents received a baby changing table/dresser when they were expecting their first child. They used it for all their children; and weird enough to think about but my diapers were even changed on this table. Well, this dresser was handed around the family, used by a lot of my aunts for their children, and then by my cousins for their children. Passed around and around, it even went to Germany and back. Finally my mom decided, now that she has grandchildren of her own, it needed to come back to the family. So it came back, still sturdy and good but very used and worn. Kent and I decided to refinish it and replace the broken handles. So we took it out to the porch and sanded away. Anna decided she wanted to help sand too and actually did a pretty good job for a 1 year old. After sanding Kent primed, painted, repainted, sanded, and repainted again to get it nice and shiny. We would not recommend using spray paint, it was hard to get and even shiny coat! After having to quickly open and close our door to prevent paint fumes from coming in and intoxicating a pregnant woman and toddler for a few days, the dresser finally dried. We placed cute new handles on, fixed all the wooden drawer sliders, moved it into the babies room and filled the drawers with newborn clothes. Yea, now we just need to fix the changing pad.

Anna

My cousin Keirstin went down to the Mesa Temple grounds to take some 1 year pics of Anna for me. They turned out cute. Here are a few. Enjoy.

Precious Running Water

I had just turned on the water to wash the breakfast dishes, and all of a sudden it stopped flowing. "What!!! NO!!!! Kent, doesn't the notice say the water will be shut off all day tomorrow?" Well it did, and the paper was wrong!!!! I had the water shut off to my place all day today with no warning and hadn't even showered yet. I never knew how much I appreciated and took for granted running water. I can't believe how much I depend on it. The little pile of laundry I was going to do this morning, didn't get done. Didn't get a shower today. Dishes piled up in the sink. It is just lucky that Kent and I decided to get together a little emergency water supply of multiple 2 liter bottles a few weeks ago because with that I washed my hands, flushed the toilet, cooked, and drank. I went through about 5 bottles full of water. It is really hard to hold a wiggly girl over the sink and at the same time pour water from a 2 liter bottle over her hands and arms and scrub them to get the orange stickiness off. All I can say is I am very grateful for running water and I know I need to store a lot more for emergencies.

Helping Unload

Anna likes to help her pregnant mother unload the dishwasher; so kind. Ya, it takes twice as long, but what doesn't with a toddler. I do appreciate not having to bend down, she is just the right height.