Easter (Couldn't think of a clever title)

We had quite a busy Easter weekend!

It started Friday when we met the Butterfield Clan (the better half of us anyway. :] ) for dinner for Jeff's birthday. We went to a really yummy Chinese restaurant. Jeff loved his gift, thank you for Blogger world for not spoiling it. Jeff went to work, so me and Troy, Becky and Craig and Kyle went to see Water for Elephants. It was actually better than I expected it to be. It was a fun night but after a long day at work, I was exhausted!

Our day Saturday was busy busy. We went to my family's annual Easter Egg Hunt and came home with buckets of candy. It really is ridiculous. (There will be an after-the-fact picture of all the candy we received this weekend, just keep reading.)

(Pictures with me actually in them!)

After that we headed back home to dye Easter eggs with my parents and Caitlyn. Courtney went to a high school dance instead. We were up late as usual, and were dying eggs for forever. Troy thought he was funny and wrote in invisible crayon on some eggs and then placed them back in the carton with the ones waiting to be dyed. He just got bored because all he could think of to put on his eggs were things like "Eat me." and "I'm an egg." Caitlyn found these and blamed my father. Bazinga.

Sunday morning we woke up and did our own Easter baskets. I got an adorable purse a few weeks ago for Easter, so my basket was filled with candy. Troy got a new tie, some socks, and a new church belt. He was in desperate need of all three. He even had baseball eggs in his basket! We had Easter dinner with both families (the same thing in fact) and got camp shirts from Craig and Becky, and a Hobby Lobby gift card from my parents (Troy was ecstatic, it was embarrassing.)

Church was wonderful as well. Easter is one of my favorite Sunday's to go. It's such a different spirit. Our Primary sang, and signed the chorus of their song. It wasn't exactly ASL, but it was still adorable. It was a great first Easter. :] I mean, look at the haul we now have at our house! (That is our biggest mixing bowl. The blue bucket is filled with only full size candy bars.)

Things that are Circular

Our night was themed with things that are circular. We have been watching Take Home Chef lately on Netflix, and he made meatballs in one of the episodes. So, being inspired, I decided to make my own meatballs. They were so yummy! I had never had home-made meatballs, just the delicious ones from Costco. First time was a great success!

We then were trying to think of something for Troy's brother, Jeff, birthday. Which is tomorrow, and that is so last minute it's embarrassing. Anyway, we had the idea to make him some cool art for his new-ish apartment. We ran to D.I, bought a bunch of records (which are like 25 cents each p.s.) and a canvas board, and ta-da. We have record art. :]

(This is our finished product.)

(Don't tell Jeff.)

The last part of our night consisted of babysitting. The owner of the coffee shop I work in, Gen, has hockey every Thursday night so I offered to take the kids one Thursday a month. They came over and watched movies and cleared out the candy bowl we have been picking at for months. Sierra appropriately blew a bubble to fit with our circular theme at the exact

perfect moment.

Sierra and Paloma watching Robots. :]

Hamburgers and Eggs

This weekend we hosted a shin dig at our house with a couple of our friends. We had a lot of fun. Here are some pictures from our adventure.

Troy held Penny while I was working for like an hour, it was cute. :]

(Penny is my bosses baby.)

This is how Troy holds babies. An iPod holster.

This is Troy making hamburgers. They were so good!!

He made way too many, so we have been eating them for a couple of days. :]

While Troy was making hamburgers, I was busy slaving away over sugar cookies. Egg shaped naturally. They were so great.

This is everyone decorating their egg cookies. Troy is a serious sprinkle-er.

Oh Savannah!

We have recently discovered something great.

It's called Savannah's BBQ. It is delicious. It is a new BBQ place down the road from our favorite movie theater and dessert spot (convenient we know). I got a brisket sandwich and baked beans, and Troy got a pulled pork sandwich with delicious crunchy French Fries. It was so good. I kept telling Troy it tasted like campfire. We will take anyone who visits us in Logan out with us. :]

In other news, I recently made this wreath:

I still don't know how I feel about it. It is supposed to be entirely covered in balloons, but that was going to take way too long, and way too many balloons. I got the idea from here. Mine isn't as good, but I did what I could. :]

I also made this menu board:

Troy keeps breaking it. I have glued the pins on about a dozen times already, and we haven't even used it.