Easter

Here are some pictures of all of us coloring Easter eggs
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Little Miss Sydney having more fun coloring herself than the egg.

Yes I'm cute and yes I colored my face, but give me some credit I only dropped one egg!

No pictures please, I'm busy.


Now why are we coloring eggs again? Oh yeah to make the biggest mess possible... oh well, I'll have fun and just accept it!


I can't wait, it's almost ready to take out... it's going to be so pretty!

Okay, and as a friend mentioned in the posts, I didn't include any pics of the finished product. I don't know why I didn't think of it considering we have over 30 pictures of the finished product! Yes, Ryan took close ups of just about every egg and we made 3 dozen!!!

Here are all of them. We cleaned up all the dyes, threw away all the trash, put them on the table as a centerpiece, and then put them in the fridge! We got to enjoy the finished product for all of 5 minutes. I eat so many devilled eggs that I'm a little freaked out about my eggs sitting out for the time it takes to color them. I have to report though, that all is well after eating them!

The beautiful girls in their Easter dresses. This was the best picture I could get.

The Frog Prince

This is an absolutely beautiful picture of Mackenzie and her cousin, Cami. Oh how I wish my digital camera was more powerful!

My sister's kiddos and Mackenzie went to the Frog Prince at the Mesa Center for the Arts put on by EVCT (East Valley Children's Theater). They had a great time and it was a cute play. They dressed up as princesses themselves and drew a lot of attention... fitting for the princesses they are! Thank you to my sis for suggestion we go. I see more EVCT plays in our future!

And one last picture of the girls ready for the show... for the most part, they sat there VERY still and enthralled for an entire hour!

Snooooowwwwww!

We went north Sunday to Strawberry, AZ (just north of Payson) to play in the snow. We had a great time and the girls loved it. Ryan and I are a bit sore and bruised up from the sledding, but the girls seemed to have made it out unscathed. There's not much else to say other than enjoy the pics...

I'm ready to go! This is Mackenzie's first time out in real snow. She says there is no real difference between real snow and snow cones! Oh how I wish we get a chance to go when the stuff is actually falling from the sky so she'll have a better understanding.



Wipe Out! That is Sydney and Mackenzie. They were lucky enough to be wearing bulky snow gear so they didn't feel that fall. Mom and Dad on the other hand were not so lucky. We both have bumps and bruises!



Could I BE wearing anymore clothes?




My first snowman. The snow wasn't fresh enough to roll into big balls so we just piled up some and here he is..... Mr. Snowman.

Ryan couldn't wait for the kiddos to lose interest in the blocks. He was dying to make something. I call it a giraffe and he calls it a horse. That's a pretty long neck for a horse if you ask me!

My Baby's 5

It's true. My little girl is not so little. On January 14th, Miss Mackenzie turned 5. She met this milestone with some excitement and trepidation. First of all, in her mind, 5 year olds are bigger and stronger which means she can now go two bars on the monkey bars by herself, she can pour her own milk, and she can pick up her little sis. But at the same time, her silly Mom put too much emphasis on the fact that when she's 5 she gets to go to Kindergarten. She's excited but thought that the day she turned 5 she had to "go off to school". She honestly thought we were going to ship her off to boarding school or something. She's worried about missing us. Eeeks. I hope I didn't do this to her. We'll figure it out together.

This week Ryan and I will visit two schools and hopefully decide which one she'll fit into best by registration. Speaking of, registration is Feb. 19th, which seems sooooo early to me.

The whole princess gang at Mackenzie's princess party, minus Sydney who had just run out of the picture.


She's thinking hard about her wish... Want to know what it is? I wish, I wish, that we can all be friends forever. Got to love it!


Here's a front view of Ryan's masterpiece. Every year he comes up with a new creation. At least one of us is artistic!



Towards the end of the night when Mackenzie started to lose her mind. She still takes naps and believe me, she needs them. But on this day, her special day, she convinced me that she'd be fine because she's 5 now. Well, she was well behaved, but a bit more distracted and silly that usual.



The princess wanted to make mini bagel pizzas for her party and I made fruit wands for the little princesses. Here they are at the royal table.

Snow Day

Sad as it is, Mackenzie Rae had never seen snow until this weekend. Poor thing is almost 5 years old.... anyway, we went to Mother Nature's Farm and to my sister's neighborhood snow days to play and sled in the "snow". Unfortunately, the quotes are because it was fake stuff, not the real stuff. They crush ice and then spray it in the air. Despite all that, the kids had a great time and here are some of the pics to prove it.

Out looking at Christmas lights.

Cheese!

First ride down the hill! Hmmmm....

I think I should eat it!

Shelby taking Sydney down the hill

Sorry for chopping your head off Kenzie!

Gotchya!

A Day At The Zoo

We are Phoenix Zoo members so we go pretty often, but this time it was for Ryan's company picnic. The girls and I usually go on weekdays to avoid crowds, so Daddy doesn't usually get to go. This time was a family event and we had a great time. We are sporting our tie dye shirts that Mackenzie made for us. Yes we looked a bit goofy, but it was clear we belonged together.

Ms. Sydney Shea first wanting to get in with the monkeys then being "too cool"

Ms. Mackenzie Rae in all her glory!

Couldn't help but post this one!

Sedona

It's sad but true, fall is two hours away! What I mean is, we had to drive two hours north just to see leaves falling. We just spent the weekend with our brother and sister in law in beautiful Sedona. We had a great time and want to share some of our pictures.

The family on a hike

Having fun on the deck of our creekhouse. Thanks Aunt Shefali and Uncle Gavin!

Sydney attacking her sister



The biggest leaves in the world!



Auntie Shefali teaching Kenzie how to hike



The car ride home!