Easter (and My Birthday)

Since it has been a week I decided I better blog about Easter and my birthday. We had a good Easter. This year my birthday was on Easter. I have had a few birthdays that fall on Easter. The story from my mom about when my birth was scheduled (she had C-Sections on all 5 kids) was that she had to direct the Ward choir on Easter Sunday and then they could schedule the C-section. We went out Saturday night with some of my family with no kids and that was nice. Having a birthday 3 days for the tax deadline is not the best birthdate to have being married to a CPA but we have made it work. Even though Wade is super busy my birthdays have always been great. On Sunday we woke up and Wade made pancakes while the girls played with their easter baskets. The highlight of my Easter Sundays is getting my girls dressed in their dresses that their Grandma (my mom) made for them. They don't know how spoiled they are with the dresses they get to wear. After church we went to my parents for an Easter dinner. It was very nice because I didn't have to do anything since it was my birthday. It was a great day. My girls were adorable and it will be fun next year when I have 3 girls in Dresses.

Tax Season

So what do you do when it is tax season and your husband is a CPA? You have a picnic on your porch. On this day he called me (during our nap time) and said that he would not be home until 9 or 10. I was like okay guess I am not cooking dinner. The girls wanted Cheese sandwiches and a picnic so that is what I did. To keep my sanity during the last few weeks of tax season I have to get really creative so I don't have a breakdown EVERY DAY. Being pregnant and staying home with the two kids was pretty hard some days. Luckily I have family close by that I can go hang out with when I need the break. This was the week Wade worked 70 hours. The kids saw him Sunday and didn't see him until Wednesday night. It is a crazy time of year. I am grateful for his sacrifice for our family. It is definitely hard during Busy season but I am starting to get used to it. Every busy season gets a little easier. It is now over and Wade has taken a few days off and so it has been very nice. Here are the pictures from our picnic. It is amazing to me how much they can find to do on our little porch. They stay entertained forever and never want to come inside.

My kids are so hard to pose for pictures.

Photographer Caitlyn

Below are pictures that Caitlyn took. I let her take a couple pictures and then she was off with the camera (I think I was chatting on the phone and didn't realize she had taken it) When I got the camera back she had taken about 70 pictures. She actually did pretty well. Elsa was also a willing model. Only a few of them had her finger in the way. Maybe she is discovering her career at an early age. Here is a sample of her pictures. Hope you enjoy.