Easter

                                                                    Easter 2013:

                                             Easter Egg hunt in the Park!

Edie screamed and cried for us to wait in this giant line for her to see the Easter bunny.  We did and then she wouldn't look or talk to the Easter bunny and she ran off as quick as she could.  Sam wouldn't go anywhere near the giant bunny. Can't say I blame him really....

 Sunday morning! Loot!!!

The older I am the more I recognize how beautiful the Easter holiday is.  I am eternally thankful for the saviors atonement. Where would I be with out it? The gospel is the most wonderful thing in my life.  The peace and comfort it gives to me is true happiness.  My heart swells when I think of being able to live with my little family forever.  I had a very humble and thankful heart this Easter.

Clara

Clara had  Dr. Seuss week at school a few weeks back

Here she is as a WHO:

I have been so proud of my little girl this past year.  She is reading and writing SO well. She definitely has her moments but she is generally my sweet little helper.  She has so much personality it can hardly be contained her little body!

 She begs me at least a few times a week to have another baby. She would like a girl baby.  And she would really like me to name her Rosie.

She has to have her clothes laid out the night before and her lunch made.  It helps her fall asleep much quicker and she seems a lot calmer. Poor kid is just like her mom.

She LOVES play dates.  Her BFF is Emma who she carpools to school with and I pick them up everyday. Plus her mom is one of my closest friends- so they have easy access. I really worry about how Clara is going to when we have moved from Emma. They already have plans to skype.

She is in love with Justin Beiber. In fact she has asked if she could marry Justin Beiber in the temple, and I've had to explain that Justin Beiber is not currently a member.  But maybe she could convert him? The funny part is, I don't think she really even knows who he is. Her friend's love him so I guess she feels she needs to too?

She is obsessed with having a "beauty kit".  She has a bag with some chapsticks/lip glosses. and a few nail polishes. She wants to give me makeovers daily. 

She often acts very put out by Edie. But I know she loves playing with her and hanging out with her because she always makes plans for them. Picnics downstairs, slumber parties in the t.v. room, cupcakes to make together, Beauty spa parties. You name it. It warms my heart that they have each other.

Edie turns 4 years old!!!

Oh where has time gone?!?!

My little Edie turned 4 on March 17th. 

 I can't believe my little St. Patty's baby is 4 years old.

"There was a little girl who had a little curl right in the middle of her forehead.

And when she was good, she was very very good.

And when she was bad she was horrid".

              

I came across that while reading Mother Goose to Sam the other night.  It was definitely about Edie:)

We had a small Birthday party at McDonalds Playland to celebrate Edie turning 4.  I intended to make Edie a "rose cake" however the tip I bought for the frosting was cheap and the roses did not turn out as I anticipated.  So my good buddy Kelly came over and helped pull the heap of cake and frosting together.  Thankfully Edie was still pretty pumped and all the cake was eaten.

 Edie is such an affectionate little girl. She will walk up to me and put a hand on either cheek and look into my eyes and say "Mommy- I just love you so much".  She melts my heart! She routinely says "you are my sweet grill Mommy".  I will be so sad when the day comes that she starts Kindergarten.  While she can exasperate me, she really is just a sweet little thing. 
Edie has many aliases:

• Fifi
• Bean (Edie Bean)
• Eden Buh Feden
• Bunny Foofoo

One of Edie's greatest talents is her vocal chords.  I have never heard a child scream quite like she can. I've even had a couple of our neighbors comment on it.  When she was born she never cried. She was born Screaming.  She has never done a normal "cry" and she doesn't really whine either.
 She is either happy -or- screaming. 

                                         Sam helping clean up after making all that frosting:)

 On Edie's actual birthday we drove out to Sunnyside (an iffy town nearby) to get a Papa Murphy's pizza.  It was worth the drive.  I forgot how good pizza is! We also had cookies and I let her pick out a movie to rent. She chose "Hotel Transylvania".  We ate pizza and let her open gifts from Mimi and Grumpy and her Grandma and Grandpa.  John and I got her a bike and a unicorn helmet. Being a fabulous mom I forgot to take pictures. Nice.  Afterwards we all snuggled on the couch and watched the movie while we plowed through a plate of cookies.  It was a very fun night:)

 Clara and Sam were sent a couple of gifts too.  I don't know if you can tell but Sam was pretty thrilled about the Sesame street phone he got.

Sold and Headed Home

Clearly, I have taken a lengthly break from blogging.  I have every intention of catching up though- So here we are:

In early March our house sold.  We were truly shocked at how quickly it sold.  When we met with a realtor he told us HE could sell it in 2-3 months.  He said that about 90% of homes in Prosser that are up for sale are listed with agents.  The other 10% are FSBO and only about 2% of those actually end up selling.  We were really dismayed too at the price he wanted to list it at. We had just put SO much money and time and effort into this house that it seemed so unfair to lose so much money.  So we decided to take a stab at selling it ourselves.  Which in hindsight was quite the risk considering John's job started in a little over 60 days!  But we put it up for sale and we had 2 showings in about 2 weeks. BOTH showings made offers and thankfully the way things played out it ended up really working in our favor.  So after 2 weeks on the market we were under contract.  Sweet Divine Intervention is the only way I can describe this experience!  This also helped me feel good about moving back to Salt Lake City, because I had been having a lot of doubts about whether or not it was really the right thing for us.  I have really grown to love our ward and neighborhood here.

So now we are relaxing for a couple weeks then we will begin packing and moving back to SLC for John to start at his new clinic and to begin house hunting!