Easter

Thank you Grandma Jensen for the beautiful dresses!




Jensen caught the "singing pox" in primary today because he was singing so good.



This year, we did all of our Easter Bunny stuff on Saturday so that we could separate it from celebrating the Savior's resurrection. Wow, what a difference it made. We're definitely going to do that every year now.



Slow down Jensen. Eat one at a time!


Nice blue lips Evelyn.

Spring

The entire state of Maryland is literally in bloom.
The white tree below looks exactly the same as when it was covered in snow.
The tree above, as you can see, is making pink snow.



Tree climbing is the kids favorite activity these days. They're little monkeys. Can you see Ryley way up in that tree?


Here's a couple of projects that we've been working on that are finally complete. The towel rack/shelf my dad made. I got the idea from someone else's blog. Love it.


Ammon's been fixing up an old road bike for me! We painted it bright yellow. My favorite. It works great- very smooth. But, it's a "single speed," so I'm going to have to get used to that. Now, if it would just stop raining out here maybe I'd get a chance to ride it.





We went to a little fair at Ammon's school. Evelyn surprisingly sat pretty still for the face painting and Jensen got a COOKIE MONSTER hat!!



Our Daffodils and Tulips came up beautifully!! Very Nice.


Evelyn's kissy face.


She just learned how to fold her arms for prayers. Very reverent.

Ryley, getting creative, as usual. She's a turtle.

Miscellaneous

Pile on Daddy!


Jensen really does like to help me clean.


We had one really nice day a couple of weeks ago that made us think that spring was really here. But alas, it's been cold and rainy ever since.


Evelyn is really good at peek-a-boo!


She has this thing about needing one for each hand... ALWAYS.


Jensen, picking Evelyn's belly button for her. He still has a habit of picking at his belly button, especially when he's tired. Better than sucking his thumb I guess.


Ryley lost one of her front teeth awhile ago. She's still hoping to lose her other front tooth.


We never had time to make a gingerbread house during Christmas, so we decided to make one just for the fun of it.


Ryley is an expert hot-pad maker now.


And Jensen can practically make bread all by himself too. What talented children we have.


Jensen and his buddy Carson. They like to play "bad guys" and they wear swim suits and goggles. I'm not sure why? But they have a lot of fun.

Utah Ski Trip

Ammon and I took a getaway trip to Utah to get our skiing fix. The snow was phenomenal. We ate a lot of powder!



Evelyn came with us and got some Posey cousin time!




My mom and dad took care of Ryley and Jensen while we were gone. They went to the zoo, the aquarium, the train museum and the bouncy gym! Why would they want boring mom and dad to come home?

Winter Summary

Cutie Evelyn


We got one big stow storm this winter. It was a really heavy snow and broke a lot of trees again, just like last year.


We built a twin pair of igloos. The kids wanted to sleep in them, so I obliged. We got the tarp, sleeping bags, pillows, said goodnight and I went inside to watch them from my bedroom window. They came in ten minutes later.




Ryley got to miss a lot of school because of the snow storm.


We put a window between the two igloos. Hello Jensen!


Ice fishing on the pond by mom and dad's place in W.V.


Lots of fun sledding!

Evelyn's First Birthday

Happy First Birthday Evelyn!! We made an "Eva" cake (from Wall-e, one of our favorite movies). That's what I wanted to nick-name Evelyn before she was born, but the name hasn't really stuck (yet). Every time I try to call her that Jensen corrects me and reminds me that her name is Evelyn! I've noticed him calling her Ev sometimes though. Usually when he's mad at her.



MMMM, yummy!!



We had a double celebration with my Dad since his birthday is just before Evelyn's birthday. It's still so great having them close by to do all these fun celebrations together!

Skiing

We took a long weekend over in West Virginia and went skiing again at Wisp because it was so much fun at Christmas. It was a cold day, but at least it was sunny this time.


Pizza Boy.



Ryley and Grandma riding the "swing."


Jensen and Daddy on the "Big Boy" hill! After a couple of runs on the bunny slope that boy wanted to ride the "swing." So we went ahead and took him up the chair lift and he came all the way down, stopping and turning all by himself! And he did it twice! What a champ!


Ryley and Grandma ripping it up! Ryley's going pro next year!


Evelyn kept everyone in the lodge entertained
and kept my dad on his toes (bless his heart for volunteering to be the babysitter for the day!)