Lucas had a birthday!

I'm a little slow in posting Lukey's birthday blog. He turned 4 years old this month. I was remembering the joyous day that he came into our lives. We are so grateful to the Lord for the miracle of adoption and arranging our family to be. Lucas is a great kid with such a sense of humor. He is an awesome part of our family!

Easter Hunt

Warning: This is a commercialized Easter celebration at its worst. You may experience feeling of self-righteousness while reading this blog. Haha :)

We Love our Easter traditions!!! Growing up we always got together with my mom's side of the family for egg dying and easter egg hunting. As we got older and we were all teenagers, college kids, and newly weds there was no one that wanted to hunt for eggs anymore. My aunt Ruth and my mom wanted to contine the joy of Easter that my grandma had established, so they started the adult Easter egg hunt and Easter dinner. How did you get adults to run around, search for, and beat each other up for Easter eggs? Put MONEY inside of them! The challenge is to be the one that finds the Golden egg, the jackpot.

Aunt, cousin, and Ben filling eggs with candy and money!

Luke's hand-made basket.

We let the kids do their hunt first.

Who's ready to hunt for Easter eggs. "ME ME ME." (Luke)

Babies go first!

Good pick Gabe! Bunnies equal money.

Luke and cousins are next.

Our family

Adult hunt. Yes I'm wearing tennis shoes with my dress. This is serious stuff.


Ben was the winner of the golden egg this year! His got skills.

What a laugh! We have a great time and a great dinner. On a more spiritual note- The choir at church sang great (I lead the choir and Ben sang). Luke learned about the true meaning of Easter. In his words, "They took Jesus' clothes and he only wore his underwear. The bad guys put nails in his hands and feet and he died. Then his body disappeared." And then with some prompting He included that he came alive again. So cute. Well Ben and I do feel so grateful for the gift the Savior has given us. We know He lives and cares for us all!

Spring Break in Utah

We just took a little trip down to Utah this last weekend. We stayed with Becky and Doug. I helped Becky get her baby stuff organized. Only 57 days or less left for baby Langford to come. We also visited friends in SLC (the Barton's and PA friends from school). We spend a night with the Ben's Aunt and family, the Hansen's. We went to dinner and played Guitar Hero and "Nerts" the card game. At the end of the trip we stopped at the Hill Air Force Base museum to see the airplanes. It was awesome. They had airplanes throughout history displayed. They also had an education area where the kids dressed up and got to sit in a cockpit. It was a blast!

California

I went to Rancho Cucumunga, California with my parents and Becky for my cousin's wedding. We had a blast going to "Wicked" in LA with my grandparents, shopping, visiting with aunts, uncles, and cousins, and attending Katie and Brandon's beautiful sealing in the Redlands Temple. Thank you Ben for being a super dad to the kids while I was gone!

Lately

We take walks with Lucas riding his bike.

Ben wrestles with the boys.


Look at those eyes. . . and those boogers.
I think we are done being sick. (I'm knocking on wood.)

Weekend in Cascade!

We went to Cascade for the weekend. We had a great time! Our best friends came up to play with us. We played in the snow, swam in the hot pool, visited McCall, played games, and went out for breakfast at the local diner.

I (Heather) craved a snow sculpture of a bear. I was very proud of myself.


Ben scaring me to death. He fell off the roof twice while trying to shovel the snow off. Luckily there's 4 feet of snow to fall on.

My sister and best friend!

So on February 9th my cousin and I threw a baby shower for my sister. She is having a baby boy, due May 15th. It was a lovely shower. I love my sister so much. I love celebrating the joys of life with her!