i heart ... olivia

i have a new niece!
olivia
isn't she beautiful?!

you would just die if you could feel her hair!
like feathers!

the softest thing in the history of the world!

natalie & olivia

natalie was beyond excited to see olivia for the first time.

she is already such a good big sister to paulina.

paulina

unfortunately i don't have a picture of paulina with olivia.

paulina was more interested in another aunt's french fries

than she was in her new sister.

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i heart ... girls' days

every time shelby visits,

i'm like, "so what do you wanna do?"

and this time she said,

"i wanna have a girls' day!"

duh! why don't we do this every time she comes?

so first we went to lunch at tia rosa's. brennan, sierra & shelby

next stop,

scottsdale fashion square.

look!  brennan and Shelby match the

 tory burch storefront.

and we couldn't go to fashion square
without going to
sprinkles!

i heart ... easter

this easter was the best ever!

for two reasons:

#1 stephanie's family came

#2 general conference

on the thursday before easter

stephanie called to say they were coming from utah for spring break.

they wanted to get out of the cold and come some place warm.

yay!

so,

first we watched conference...

then between sessions we ate outside with the orange blossoms...

then we had an easter egg hunt...

for dessert we had these cute cupcakes

that brennan and shelby helped me decorate.

unfortunately they weren't as good as they looked.

how sad!

after conference we went to visit our grandmothers.

first stop was nana's house

where i saw natalie & paulina in their easter dresses...

and where paulina & thomas played "kissing cousins"...

and samuel entertained everyone with "ode to joy" on the piano...

and samuel and natalie showed off their reading skills!

next stop was grandma's house

where samuel entertained us with, what else -

"ode to joy"!

he's a pro at that one!


and finally, we went for a walk around the temple!

and that was my perfect, best ever easter!

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