Easter

This Sunday was Easter Sunday. It was the first Easter that Alexa and I spent by ourselves. I don't plan ahead very well. We ended up talking Saturday evening about ways that we could celebrate, and the best thing that we could come up with was an Easter egg hunt.

Alexa hid her eggs while I was at work, and I hid mine when I got home.

The rice bowl was one of mine...


As was the pocket of the apron...


I also thought that I was pretty clever hiding an egg on the edge of our first scrapbook...


Failing to notice that she had already hid an egg further in the pages of the book

I thought of hiding an egg in the bowl of the mixer, but Alexa had thought of that first... So I found her egg early (don't tell her).


There was also an egg with the oranges

Now, Alexa was kind of mean. Do you see any egg in this picture of my closet?


Neither did I. I needed a hint to find the egg in one of my rolled up sleeves.

But I did one better. Do you see an egg in this picture?

Ha! She never would have found that one!


What was in the eggs, you might ask?


Well, I might answer, "PEZ candies, IOU's, and clues to extra presents."


These clues led to, for me, plastic dishes (I keep breaking the solid ones we got for our wedding) and for Alexa, cute shoes for summer (you can see which spouse is favored in this household).


But it was a fun hunt all the same, and we had a great Sunday meal compliments of my sweet wife (we were too hungry and forgot to take pictures).

A Few Christmas 2008 Memories

We had a great Christmas break in California. We spent time in Clovis (with Daniel's family) until Christmas afternoon, and then we went on to Morgan Hill.

This video was taken early Christmas morning. I was VERY hungry...
Warning: You might find this a little boring, and I will not be offended if you do not watch it.
Also, sorry it is sideways.



Here are a few photos:


I was so happy to be eating, I didn't even care that Daniel was taking pictures of me!

This was taken on Christmas night. It is one of only 3 pictures that we took the whole time we were in Morgan Hill. :(

Merry Christmas!!

Hand Slap Game

On night in December, we got together with our great friends, Trevin and Kalisha. It was getting late, and the boys came up with a crazy idea. Daniel has informed me that this game actually does exist. I'm not sure I'm convinced.

Please enjoy this fantastic video:



Here is the best photo from the night:

We love hanging out with them!

Birthday Fun at the Dinosaur Museum

On Daniel's birthday, we took a trip to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point.

They had so many fun things to do!


One of our favorite things was the 3-D movie: "African Adventure." Really, we just wanted an excuse to wear the glasses!

SHARK!
Daniel is always getting me to take silly pictures.

Look at us discovering fossils!


Hooray for the Dinosaur Museum!

Happy Birthmaka!

This past week began a week-long celebration. Of what you might ask? Well, for those of you that are familiar with the OC, the term "Christmaka Bar Mitzvahka" will be relatively familiar. That blending of Christmas and Hanukkah became the inspiration for the blending of Hanukkah with another famous day- my birthday!


And so, let's chronicle the days of the celebration and see how sweet my wife was to me this year!

Day One

Day One saw me gain two important assets. The first- Ped Egg (as seen on TV)


As you can see, not only was I thoroughly surprised, but also supremely pleased at receiving such a fun gift! I've already tested it out, and boy, is it fun.


Also, Alexa gave me (not a toothbrush, but) a car scraper. That's just me being silly. As usual.


Day Two

Day Two continued the fun with Zebra pens! These are quite possibly the greatest pens in the universe, but for some reason they are hard to find here in Utah. Nevertheless, my wonderfull wife found both the ballpoint and the gel versions.


Day Three

Day Three saw me getting a knitting kit! These are the circular kinds of frames that allow you to make beanies. I am very excited. (Man, do I look goofy in this picture of what?)


Day Four

The day before I thought that I was going have to wait before I started making beanies for lack of yarn. But little did I know that the very next day I would be getting some fantastic colors to work with!

(The funny thing is, Alexa didn't think that I was seriously going to make hats for myself. She thought that I was going to continue a ward project and make hats for charity. That can certainly be on the agenda, but so will personal beanie making...)


Day Five

To end off the birthday celebration, I got a big hymnbook! It's spiral bound, so it will even stay open all by itself. Yay!

(Alexa got herself a hymns-made-easy book).


Today

Today, just the day after my birthday, I finished my first beanie. Isn't it great? I think that I will wear it tomorrow.


Doesn't it look great!?! I'm so proud.

Happy birthday to me!

Gingerbread Houses

Alexa and I bought a gingerbread house and set out to build it this Sunday. But, knowing how our attention could wane after the tedious work required to assemble those gingerbread houses, we planned ahead and put in the movie Elf.


But it didn't play, so we had to watch it on the laptop.


Here is our set before we began


And here is the house after we glued all the big pieces together! (for future reference, it's better to decorate all the pieces first. this assembly step should definitely be the last one).


Of course I had to sample the frosting as we went along. For all those that are curious, the beautiful handiwork on the roof- yes, it's mine.


Alexa has the deft hands, so she was the one to put the star on the tree...

...and most of the ornaments on the hard side of the tree.


And, more or less, this is our finished house! We also added a candy pathway


Ta da!

We set the timer for one last picture, and I couldn't resist smearing my gorgeous wife's face with some leftover frosting.


She was not very happy about that. Seriously.


So I let her gunk my face up. Aren't I nice?

A Happy Birthday!

We had a birthday party this weekend! Now, Alexa's birthday actually isn't until the 11th, but because of the trauma caused from the Chap stick Incident (see below), we decided that early festivities were appropriate.

We started with a package that came in the mail from Alexa's family. She was excited about the Costco gift card, but ecstatic about the persimmons and guavas that were in the box under the present.

She was kind enough to model a winter jacket that she received.

I thought some children's books would be fun too, seeing as how Alexa is going to be an elementary school teacher and all!

I guess she was getting tired of all the pictures.

But she got over it with the excitement over the sign that she gets to make for our front door. If you have any ideas for a good set up for the sign, let us know.

Happy birthday Alexa!