Happy Birthday Jake and Bridget!

We've had an exciting past few weeks! Jake turned 26, Bridget turned 1, and.....Jake got hired as a full-time seminary teacher! He's worked so hard the past year and a half and I'm so proud of him! Good job Jake! We don't know where we are moving to yet but we'll be sure and let you all know!

Did I mention I'm part Guatemalan? I wish! This

is the great family that my friend Lisa Pack Lindquist

and I stayed with when we went to Guatemala 3 years ago

with our friend Rico. They are here for Rico's graduation and

they came over for a visit. It was so fun!

Bridget and her cute cousin Eden

She's terrified of grass! So was I when I was her age

Eating her birthday cake and loving it

So I made their birthday cakes, but I really should have

had my sister make them because look at how amazing

her cakes are! She make such pretty cakes!

Future Rockstar?

Spring Break

Last week was Jake's Spring Break so we headed up to Smithfield, UT to visit my cousins Candace and Kevin and their 2 girls. It was a lot of fun! We always have a great time with those guys and we're glad we finally got to go stay with them. While we were there we got to go the the American West Heritage Center to see Baby Animal Days. They had baby ducks, goats, cows, horses, pigs, chickens, bunnies, and even bears. I didn't know how much interest Bridget would have in the animals but she seemed to really enjoy them and so did we! We really had a great time being out in the warm(ish) weather with family and cute baby animals. Here's some pictures from our trip.

Isabelle and Bridget

Here's the poor duckling that Bridget grabbed by the

beak and almost ripped his head off

She was afraid of every animal besides the chicks,

ducklings, and bunnies

My cousin's cute family

Little piggies!

Lillian and Isabelle playing with Bridget...that's her

cheesy grin

Easter Time!

Easter was really fun this year...my family came out to spend it with my Dad's side of the family. Wednesday night my parents came and spent the night at our apartment and we watched our favorite tv show LOST for 2 days straight it seemed like. It was so fun! Then Friday night my family watched Bridget while Jake and I went and stayed at the Hyatt Hotel in Salt Lake for our 2 year Anniversary. It was so nice to get away..thanks fam! Saturday Jake, Ethan, and Mer and I got to go to General Conference. That night my dad's family came over and we had pizza and dessert, then later on my family dyed easter eggs. Sunday we got up and watched Conference and then had our traditional Easter Egg Hunt! My parents are so good about keeping up tradition even though we're all growing up and I really appreciate it more and more. I'm excited to do all the fun things with our kids that Jake and I got to do growing up. After the second session we went to my Aunt Sherri and Uncle Dave's for dinner and it was very yummy! Sorry for all the details but it was such a fun few days and I don't want to forget it!

My parents got us all matching outfits

Bridget's eating a Robin's Egg and getting blue lips

This is Ethan's "picture smile" as my cousin Joslin

puts it...cute huh?