Cake!

Easter gifts to teach about new life

Ride 'em, cowboy!

So big!

Da boyz . . . 

Red toenails!

More candy!

What will that clever Easter Bunny think of next?

Uncle Chris

Making cookies

Work it, boys!  Chris and Ryan ran five miles one day.

Easter Morning

This is a tradition that Kris Anne remembers from when she was a little girl.

Look at all the eggs he left us!

An egg sucker

Painting Easter eggs

Easter!

Painting Easter eggs

The Easter Bunny brought us vegetables from his garden - Healthy

Candy - Candy - Candy

Snuggly Kids

We are blessed to have such special kids.

Georgia was so cute with Joseph when she woke up this morning.

Georgia learned the first Article of Faith.

Valentines...yum!

SPLASH!

New Clothes!

Georgia was thrilled to open her new clothes from Grandma Gottfredson

Do they fit?

FANCY FINGERS

This next week will be finals week for Ryan.  He has done well in school this quarter, plus he's been a great husband and daddy.  He has also been swimming and running with our neighbor.  We love Ryan!  Kris Anne and the kids have some fun things planned so they won't miss their Daddy as much as he's gone studying.

In two weeks, Uncle Chris will come visit us.  He will serve a mission in Sao Paulo, Brazil starting this May.  We're excited to renew family ties, tour Church History sites, and speak Portuguese.

Tami, Ben, Chandra, and Marissa Wright have been wonderful friends to our family.

Rachel, Jake, Aedan, and the baby boy in Rachel's tummy are amazing neighbors and friends.

After lunch last week, we told Scotty and Georgia that it was time for their naps.  They ran to their room giggling.  Within a minute, they were both on the couch with their pillows and blankets, pretending to be asleep.

Kris Anne played Mozart's Flute Concerto in C Major for the ward talent show.  She's hoping to teach again when we return to Utah and wants to keep up on her playing.

GIGGLES!

On Saturday night, Ryan was away studying and Georgia did not want to go to bed.  Kris Anne told Georgia she could stay up if she worked hard.  They mated socks, cleaned the kitchen, and gave Joseph a bath.  Georgia did a great job of "babysitting" Joseph while Mommy finished the laundry.

What fun boys!

WHAT CUTE KIDS!

We dressed the kids alike for church today.  Aren't they cute?

FOOD STORAGE EXPERIMENT

We just finishes six weeks of not going to the store.  It was fun to be creative with our food storage, and we didn't mind the powdered milk.  In our last week, we ran out of salt and diapers.  We were thankful to a friend who gave us some, then we realized that we had more in our 72 hour kit!

Oops!

Just a note to parents of potty-training children:  Do not allow your potty-training child to wear your shoes unless you are willing to have them "filled"!