Going for a Walk

Easter

On Easter we headed over to church with the family to hear Evan sing.

(He did an amazing job!)

While he was singing, Bella saw him up on the stand and started singing along with him. ("singing" meant her saying "laaaa laaaaa laaaa"). Haha I was doing my best to keep her quiet.

After church was over, Dad Sanford said it was such a neat feeling to have us all there, sitting together. It really was nice.

 Bella was a little burst of energy the whole day, and since the Normans weren't able to be there, she was the only kid and got loooots of attention. She loved every second of it.

We ate dinner together and then worked it off by playing a bunch of games of ping pong afterwards. 

Then we ended the night by eating Nicole's beautiful (and delicious!) cake.

I didn't even want the cake to be cut because it was so pretty to look at.

Seriously- look at that basket weave! She's got an amazing talent.

Such a fun day from beginning to end.

It was a great Easter.

Family in Town

We had such a great week with family in town.

Lessley and her fam came to visit from Oregon.

It's been almost a year since we've seen them (and this was the first time they've seen Bella!).

Everyone soaked each other up.

We played lots and lots over the past week.

On Friday the guys went shooting while the girls entertained the kids, and we all met back up for a BBQ. (I don't think we could've asked for better weather.)

(That's Rick blabbering at me to stop being the paparazzi, even though he secretly loves it.)

It was fun having the whole Sanford family all together. 

Hopefully it'll happen again this summer!

Cousins

Bella and Oakley
cousins and best buds

Baba's Birthday

Celebrated Baba's/HaHa's birthday at Brick Oven with the fam. This has become her birthday tradition and I kinda love it. It's been awhile since we've all been together at once, so it was extra special.
Her birthday is on St. Patrick's Day, but I didn't have anything green for Bella and I to wear! Horrible, I know. Next year I'll be better about that. At least daddy had a green shirt on.

 

Bella was attached to her Uncle Rick for the night. She sat in his lap and happily shared his pasta with him (extremely rare)! I think we might need to have him come with us every time we wanna go out to eat ;)

Weekend Fun

Stephanie and her girls came over to play with us and helped us break in our new playroom (it's still a work in progress to make it look cute). Right now it's just our spare room with all the toys in it, since our living room was becoming filled with toys. Oakley was so excited, "I didn't know they had a playroom! I love this playroom!"

 Bella looooves her car my parents got her for Christmas. She has discovered it has many uses (like acting as a step stool to climb up onto things, or a storage space for her snacks, or using it to crash into all her toys). 

This last picture makes me laugh. The girls were playing with the constellation ladybug that evening, and Oakley wanted it to be completely dark in the room so she closed the door-- which Bella quickly picked up on. This picture is Bella running towards the door to shut it. Every day since then when Bella is in the playroom by herself, she runs and grabs the ladybug and shuts the door (even though it's daytime so it's super bright in the room). It's so funny to me.