Easter 2009

The girls could not wait for Easter to arrive.  They woke up very, very early to look for the easter baskets.  I missed the whole thing.  I went to bed at 1:30 am that morning, otherwise I would have been up to see their excitement with camera in hand.

Here's a picture of the easter baskets, without the stash!  They loved them!

After our Easter gathering at Sherwood Community c of c, 

we went to Beth's aunt's home in Vancouver, Washington.  

Aunt Kim couldn't resist getting the girls matching bunny ears. 

Here's Alaina sporting her groovy bunny ears!  Thanks Aunt Kim!

Clarissa Joy and Mommy!

Arianna posing her new ears off too!

There were plenty of eggs at this hunt, Alaina filled up her basket twice!

Arianna did better this year.  She actually understood what was happening!  

Clarissa was on the sidelines watching!

Near the end of the evening, I wanted to get some photos of the girls in their matching dresses.

And so did everyone else.  There were flashes going off everywhere. 

It was as if they were on the red carpet.  It was fun!

The girls wanted to cuddle and hug after the papparazi finished!

Of all the pictures taken, I finally got all of them to look at me at the same time.  

I have beautiful girls!  I love them so much!

Arbor Day in Sherwood

Sherwood Oregon is now 30 trees greener!  And Alaina and I helped.  

We were able to participate in this event that Sherwood has done for 4 years. 

 

When it came time to go, Alaina became very reluctant.  I promised her it wasn't going to take long.  I later learned she had no idea how her and I were going to plant a full grown tree. 

 As you can tell by the images, she enjoyed herself and we plan to visit our little tree and watch it grow.  We will have plenty of opportunities to visit the tree and make sure it is doing ok, since it is down the street from some dear friends. 

 We like to encourage you to make or find an opportunity to plant a tree, and recycle as much as possible!  Wow who would have tought I'd become a tree hugger?