Hoppy Easter!

Oh how we love that Nick gets an Easter break for school!  We drove to San Jose to visit Nick's family for a few days to celebrate the holiday.

When we arrived, Olivia opened a package from Nick's mom.  She thoroughly enjoyed the goodies inside...and all the packaging it came in!

They might be finding little strands of grass for a while...

Olivia and Uncle Rich being silly, as usual

Olivia and her Great-Grandma

Olivia loved playing with her great-uncles, but she was still a little shy around Great-Grandma.  One night they watched Olivia for us, and we got to go on a real date to kinda celebrate our anniversary next week! We decided to be really fancy: mini golf!  It was so nice to just be the two of us out together, and we had a lot of fun.

Although, we need to practice our "selfie" skills...

We also took Olivia to the mall to meet the Easter Bunny.  Despite the hour-long line, Olivia was in a pretty good mood and got along quite well with the guy!

We drove home Saturday night and this morning Olivia woke up to find some nice treats from the Easter Bunny!  It was funny to watch her during her little Easter egg hunt - we just gave her the basket and she knew egg-xactly what to do :)

So Happy Easter from our family to yours!  We are so grateful for the holiday and what it represents - that Jesus Christ atoned for our sins, was resurrected, and truly lives today.

What Happens in Vegas...

...is then posted on our blog!

Last week Becky and Olivia went to visit Becky's sister Kathryn and her family in Las Vegas!  Olivia absolutely loved playing with her cousin Logan!  When you put these two toddlers together, they are quite the handful - they sure kept us busy!  But it was so sweet to watch them play and run all over together.

Becky with Olivia (16 months) and Logan (14 months)

Logan has figured out how to open doors, especially the pantry.  So he would open the door, then Olivia would follow, and they would play and make a big ol' mess!

Snack time

Kathryn and her family live really close several different parks, so we went on lots of walks and stroller rides to go play outside.  

The kids walking to the park

Kathryn and Logan

We tried hard our whole visit to teach Olivia how to crawl down stairs.  She made a little progress, but usually just went back to her habit of standing at the top of the stairs and screaming for help to come back down.  Hopefully she'll figure it all the out before our next visit!

Logan thought Olivia was very intriguing.  For example, he stole Olivia's pacifier a few times, trying to figure out why she found it so appealing.

He also was really interesting in the soft, long strands coming off the top of her head, especially when it was up in a ponytail.