Birthday Girl continued...

Alexandra and Grandma Sue.
Di, holding the couzies so Bentley could give Alex a birthday kiss.
A girl constantly on the move! Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated our baby!

Alexandra

Chris's sister Robyn blessed her baby last Sunday and his Aunt Ann took some pretty cute pictures of everyone.....I think this is the cutest picture of Alex!
What can I say, we have a photogenic baby on our hands!
Daddy and his little girl! I love how enamoured he is with her.
Chris is really lucky, he has both sets of grandparents still alive and well and living within 15 minutes of us. I have Grandma Thelma, but she lives up in Calgary and I don't see her often. Alex is blessed to have so many grandparents around her. I love this picture with Grandpa Monty and her interacting with Great-Grandpa Searle and Chris. We love all our grandmas and grandpas!!

"A Temple in Our Midst"

Last night we had a big BYU Alum event. We hosted it in conjunction with the new Draper Temple being built. Truman and Ann Madsen were the speakers, and they were great. Ann shared stories about how they have been able to involve their families with Temple work, especially the young grandkids. Some of them even call and say, "I'm going to the Temple Thursday. Do you want to come with us?" Truman Spoke about the Temple being a similitude of an upward ascent into the heavenly presence. We had the missionaries sing "The Spirit of God" for the end number. About 700+ people came - pretty descent for an Alumni event in SLC.

Easter

Easter Sunday we went to my mom's house for dinner and an egg hunt. Alex loved playing on the grass, she didn't really care about the number of eggs she got....she fine with one. But Chris and I grabbed a few for the candy - for us.
Mom bought her the bunny ears, she was the cutest little thing wearing them.
I think this is the first time Alex didn't really want her picture taken.
Olivia's 5th birthday party on April 15th, Alex had to go check-out the cupcakes. Liv loves her little cousins and has fun playing with them and at times mauling them.

Happy Earth Day

I'm gearing up to go green or atleast minty....I'm not an Al Gore lover or hater or complete believer in the fear aproach to Global Warming, but I do believe however in doing my part. If you are interested go to www.earth911.org to see what you can do today. I admit I haven't been recyclying but when we move I am going to see if my city has a recycling program, I will use energy smart power strips and light bulbs (not everywhere because I don't care for the light they put out) and I am going to try to use cloth shopping bags....we'll see how it works! I gotta ease into the green way of thinking. I was inspired by watching Oprah yesterday.

Slide O' Fun

Last Saturday we went over to Chris's parents house, Alex had a blast hanging with the older kids and playing on the slide.
We discovered a week ago how fun the slide is for Alex, she just grins from ear to ear when we plop her on the top of the slide.
She LOVES slides!! And wants more when she is at the bottom.
She learned to walk last week, but the last couple of days she has really taken off and will take 10+ steps at a time. She is growing up so fast, it's been fun to see each stage.

Little Reds

We went to sushi yesterday for lunch (all the girls, Matt and Mom), YUMMY! Alex, Olivia and Bentley all have red hair in one shade or another, thanks for Grandpa Bob!

2 Years and counting....

We celebrated our two year anniversary last weekend in sunny St. George. We laid out, shopped, went running, and did a session at the temple. It was so nice to be alone (Di and Jeff watched Alex), but after 2 1/2 days I was SO ready to see Alex. I don't think we will be leaving her anytime soon. Di said she was so melancholy the whole weekend, just sucked her binky and snuggled her blanket.
I love Chris, he is so faithful and true to the gospel...I really lucked out with such a good guy.

Big Front Sitter

Last week we turned Alex around in a new car seat....she was so happy that she was clapping, stiking her tongue out and laughing. It was the cutest thing ever. I thought this was so cute how she was sucking on her toes....a little self soothing I guess.

Waiting To Bathe

Alexandra and Bentley love to bathe together, whenever we are at moms together we throw them in the tub. They love it! and we love their naked bums!!
As you can see, Bentley has more hair than Alex. She loves the camera, it's a crack-up how she smiles and sometimes poses when she sees a camera.

Grandma and Grandpa Andrus

Today we had a family fast for Chris's mom Julia, she found out last week she has breast cancer and is starting chemo tomorrow. We know she will survive it because she is such a strong woman.

Grandma Love

Alex and Grandma Julia have a special bond, she just adores Alex...I think it's because she looks just like her son!