We've Had a Busy Few Weeks...

We have been so busy lately there has hardly been time to do anything! We went to St. George last week and when we got back it was time to get ready for Easter.  My choir sang on Easter and Mary had her first Primary talk so it was quite a day.
Backing up a little, we went to St. George with my parents and two of my brothers and their families.  We were able to stay at my grandma's condo, so that worked out really well.  It was very nice.  We were pretty busy the whole time, going to a dinosaur museum, swimming at my brother's hotel, climbing on the red rocks, more swimming and going to the park.  At the park there was a splash pad and a kiddie river and a carousel.  I don't think the girls could have handled any more fun.  John wasn't able to come because of school so I was ready to come home!
The day before we left, John's parents came to help John build a sandbox and set up the new swing set they got for the girls for their birthdays.  It was so great and now Mary has her own park in her backyard.  She's is always asking people to come and play in her park.  There is a goose sitting on her eggs on the other side of the fence next to the sandbox though and if you look at it it hisses at you.  So Mary won't go in the sandbox unless John is with her.  Hopefully the eggs will hatch soon!
I took the girls to an Easter egg hunt on Saturday morning where Mary got a ton of candy and eggs.  Anna just picked up one and sat down to play with it.  Then we went home and dyed eggs.  Later that night we did our trade a date night with my brother Jake's family.  It was their turn to go out so we stayed with all the kids at my Grandma Shirley's where the kids had another Easter egg hunt and played and played.  Sweet Mary found a green egg and after it was all finished offered it to Daxton because green is his favorite color.
Easter Sunday was fun.  The girls woke up and found their Easter baskets.  John, of course, made a huge breakfast--well he made huge omelets.  They were good.  The girls looked absolutely darling in their yellow, daisy dresses.  Mary was so excited for her talk.  All the way through sacrament meeting she kept asking if it was time.  Once we got to Primary she got to sit up front.  She was so good.  When it was finally time for her talk she climbed up onto the stool.  She got shy for about 10 seconds--smiling and ducking her head.  Then she started talking very quietly.  But by the third line she had all the confidence in the world and stood up straight and spoke loudly right into the microphone.  We were pretty proud of her.
Speaking of being proud of Mary, last week we went to a friend of John's from his old job for a BBQ.  Mary immediately started telling the other moms everything that had happened the previous week.  Then she played very well with the other kids whom we've never met.  When it was time for dinner she offered to say the blessing and blessed the food and the other kids by name.  All of this made me realize how she is not like me at all when it comes to socializing.  Again, we were proud of her.  We, of course, are proud of Anna too.  She is just so darn cute and sweet.  Every time I open the card door to get her out she has the biggest smile and says, "Hhiiii."  Not so cute the other night though.  She was being a stinker and not wanting to go to bed so we let her cry for a few minutes.  But when I say cry I really mean scream bloody murder.  But it was only about 45 seconds of it when I realized she had made herself throw up all over.  I knew it would happen.  She throws up really easy.  Anyway, now I'm not sure what to do with her.  She is the worst sleeper ever.  And I used to think Mary was bad...
This post was probably all over the place--I started it a few days ago and got interrupted when Anna woke up early from her nap so I kind of lost my train of thought.  Oh well.  I'll have to add more when I think of things.

Pictures

These are just some random pictures...Mary's birthday party, our new sandbox, the girls in their Easter dresses, etc.