Easter 09!

We had an awesome Easter this year! We got visited by the Easter bunny in the morning, and then we had a great church service! Later that evening we went over to my sister Jen's house for Easter dinner, egg hunt and B-day party for Kade and my mom. In-between all of this we took some time to capture the day on film. I want to give major props to Susie Stewart for teaching me how to make bows recently. It has been great to make bows to match all of the girl's outfits! The girls are sporting some of my new found bow making skills in these pictures and in our Bluebonnet pics as well! Thanks again Susie!

Chloe was in such a good mood on Easter. What a great Easter present!

The girls goofing off as usual.

Poor Ryan so outnumbered by all of his sweet girls! Doesn't he look handsome in his Easter colors to match the girls?

Kassidy always too cute for words.

Chloe is such a daddy's girl. It is so sweet how her face lights up when he comes home!

The girls all smiled so great in this picture!

It was raining hard before we left for church and we had a hard time getting Candy to smile for any of these pictures. She has a fear of bad whether ever since we lived in the mobile home in Austin. She did smile well here though.

It is hard to get everyone to look forward at the camera, when no one is there to get their attention. It is a sweet picture anyways.

SPARK Easter Egg Hunt

Jenny, Gabe and I took the kids to an Easter Egg Hunt for the SPARK program. Aren't Kade, Landon, Kassidy and Chloe the cutest cousin's ever?

Candy's GS Troop

We have been really busy this month with Candy's GS Troop! I have taken on the role of being the GS Troop leader! It has been a lot of work, but it has been fun to get to hang out a lot with Candy and her friends! Luckily my Mom has been generous to help out with our troop! She has been a big support. Thanks Mom!

This is part of our troop that participate in the Trash Bash Service Project! It was great, because the girls learned that working to help the enviornment can be a lot of fun!


Recently we took the girls in our troop to our first overnight campout! Here we all are standing in front of one of the tents we slept in! The girls kept busy with activities like archery, canoeing, different crafts, camping skills, and participating in a talent show.


Candy and I had a lot of fun quality time together! It was nice to hang out at all of the activities. This picture was taken at the archery range!

This was taken after the girls had exchanged pins they had made with different troops. They are sitting behind our Madagascar centerpiece that we put together.

This is my Mom helping the girls with volleyball at the makeshift volleyball court!

We can't wait to take the girls camping again!

Candy's Teacher's Baby Shower

We have had a crazy busy month! I organized a baby shower for Candy's elementary teacher. We had 42 students and 15 parents attend! They had a fun time doing shower games, eating cake and punch and watching Mrs. Johnson open her presents for her baby Caroline! As usual Ruth Palmer did an amazing shower cake. Everyone couldn't say enough great things about her yummy and beautiful cake!

Yee Haw!

It is Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Time! They claim it is Mardi Gras, Superbowl and the Zoo all rolled up into One! Well, we got the zoo part down anyway: the Kids loved the Animals!

Kassidy wishes she got to take some animals home!

Chloe showin' some love for the llama!

Poor animals, watch out, here comes Chloe!

Plenty o' steers and kids!

The green monster here was a pseudo hill for kids to get their energy out by rolling down.....

didn't work.

Kassidy and Kade really look like they are having a good conversation! Doesn't Candy look cute in her cowgirl hat?

I wanna ride a roller coaster baby yah! The girls already love the big rides! Too bad Astroworld is gone. Chloe was also a dare devil. She was begging to get on all the rides she could.

Chloe loved the carousel! I had to peel her off the pole.

Thanks to Gabe, Jenny, Kade and Landon Clark, as well as Caleb, Diana and Addie Jones for hanging out with us at Cowtown!

Laudry Time!

Things have really slowed down for us this month! It has been great! There haven't been any big events to post about, but I couldn't help but put these cute pictures of Chloe helping Candy with her laundry. This is one of Chloe's favorite things to do! Now if I could just get Candy to be excited about too it would be a miracle!

My sister Kelly's Wedding

My sister Kelly got married to her best friend Ryan Oaks (Yes my sister married a guy with the same name as my husband. It gets a little confusing at times.) this past Sat. in the Houston LDS Temple. She then had a ring ceremony followed by reception at an LDS Church building in Kingwood. My two older girls were the flower girls, and their cousin Kade was the ring bearer. I was also a brides maid. Her colors were red and black if you can't tell from the pictures. It was a lot of fun, but a lot of hard work too. We are happy that they are married and also happy it is over.

Kelly and Ryan Oaks at the rehearsal dinner. Kelly looks excited!


This is one of the best photo's we have ever gotten of us in front of the temple.


My three beauty queens outside the temple!

Kassidy and Kade partners in crime! But too darned cute for words!

Kassidy's mischievous look!

Cousin Landon ring bearer in training.

Chloe and Landon so sweet!


Chloe looks like a little lady and Landon looks like a tough guy!


Chloe had so much fun hanging out with all the kids that were there. She really was in a great mood most of the time! Ryan really captured a lot of great shots of her!


This captures Candy's mood for the beginning of the day! I felt so bad for Jenny and Tia who tried fixed her hair at the salon. She was giving everyone the evil eye! Luckily she was able to turn it around for most of the day.

Isn't she looking so old! I can't believe I have a 9yr old!

Candy's 9th B-Day

Candy's B-Day at Jumpin Joey's was tons of fun! Candy had a great turn out! Almost all of her friends came! She got lots of nice presents, and they all had an amazing time jumping! Ryan and I were really impressed by the staff at Jumpin Joey's. It was the easiest party for us by far! Kassidy and Kade paled around the most of the time. They definitely have a love hate relationship! I would say more love than hate! Even Chloe got in on the jumping action!