Easter + 2 more below

 I have a pictures just like this from when I was a little girl (I just have to find it)

 Saturday before Easter, hunting for eggs up near my parents house.  The eggs were real and my kids loved it!

 Easter morning!  Baby chick and ducklings.  We are started a farm!  It's exciting, but I'm not sure I will still love them when they are big (they already poop a ton).

 Easter "best" after church, so they have stickers and candy all over, haha.

 Easter is one of my favorite holidays, because it seems more low key than some of the the other big ones.  We had a nice day at church then at a yummy dinner with family, a perfect day.  I learned something new this Easter about Jesus Christ.  A lot of times I try to think about Jesus and I just think of his perfect life, his love for me, that he suffered for my sins, etc.  I always forget to think about his resurrection and that He Lives!  I know that Jesus lives that that he visited Joseph Smith and restored the true gospel on the earth.  I love this video about Savior's resurrection.

I just had to include this picture

March

Bowen digging a hole for "pumpkins"

 Zoo day with Audrey

The best St. Patrck's day costume ever!  Bowen has a great preschool teacher.

February

 Swim day with cousin Audrey, we are so glad we live close to them.

 I caught Bowen reading the Book of Mormon.  Ever since I gave him his own copy he's been carrying it around and "reading" it.  Hope that habit sticks.

 Our first and last snowman!

 Snow angels

Cousin Spencer's baptism

Valentine's singing

Bowen is the loudest singer in his preschool!  Hilarious!

Funny video

Leah kept calling the dolphins "baby elephants" Haha!

BEFORE AND AFTER

KITCHEN CABINETS: BEFORE AND AFTER

 COUCHES: BEFORE AND AFTER

I am so happy with the improvements we've made to our house.  My friend Telisa (and her husband Tom) repainted our kitchen cabinets back in July.  I think they look awesome!  Also I recovered our couches in July.  It was a really time-consuming project, but I think they turned our really great!

Christmas!

 Temple square was so beautiful, but crowded!  I will never go on Thanksgiving weekend again!

I have no pictures of Leah with Santa, because every time she got within 5 feet of Santa she would start balling!  Leah hates Santa!

 Cousin Trajen got baptized.

 We went up in the mountains with my parents and cut down our Christmas trees. If you look carefully below you can see us carrying our tree down the hill.  It took me, Seth, my dad and sister Tiff to carry our trees down!  Leah's hands got cold, so she wasn't much fun, but Bowen loved it!

 This is at Office Depot.  I couldn't find my kids and they were inside this cabinet (that was for sale) with the door shut.  So funny!!!

 Christmas Day, ready for church.

  Cousins: Grand America. Life-size ginger bread house! Festival of Trees and at Grandpa's house.
(They all have the chins in their hands)

This is my Christmas amaryllis.  I was so glad that it bloomed for Christmas!  I think I'll grow one every year.  I just watched our family videos from the past year, and have been reflecting on how blessed I feel.  First of all, we have two health, cute kids who bring so much joy into our lives.  We moved this year to a great neighborhood.  We are so grateful to have a house that's not 100 years old and drafty in the winter.  We were able to see all of our family members this year, including our kids great-grandparents.  Seth's business is doing well, and he really enjoys owning his own online marketing company.  Both of us have brothers on missions in Brazil.  We have a happy marriage and just celebrated our 6 year anniversary.

I feel like when things are going so great, something bad may happen.  There has been sadness this year with the passing of my Grandpa Hobbs.   But I'm so grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ and the faith I have that families continue after this life. My family is the most important thing to me, and I'm just so grateful that we are so blessed!