They’ll have to wait because I have MORE pictures to share.  A broken computer sure does SUCK.

We just got back from Boise and we had SO.MUCH.FUN!  The weather was awful (it snowed almost every day we were there) but we made the most of it.  Shaun still mountain biked 3 times and we went on walks and hikes-we just bundled up!

Onto PICTURES!

There was lots of this happening:

Anytime I picked up or held Tessa, Lu got jealous.

There was also LOTS of eating.  Yes, my daughter is shirtless.  She was “hot, hot, hot”.

She was still hot after dinner when she took Tessa’s bike for a spin.

After the girls went to bed, we had dinner.  My sister and her husband made real Corned Beef from scratch.  Since it was cured in beer I couldn’t have any but it smelled DIVINE.

With the requisite veggies:

I did NOT go hungry though:

And afterward we had a vegan, gluten free, and refined sugar free cake that I made.

Gluten Free desserts DO NOT have to taste like ass.  Who knew?

It was seriously amazing.  I ate too much of it throughout the week, but OH WELL 🙂

Enough food porn (for now) and back to cute kiddos!

Riding in Tessa’s wagon on the way to the park.

At the park:

How cute is Tessa??!?!?!

Lu went down the slide all by herself with NO injuries!

Later that night, a bath was had!

With crazy hair!

On Easter, the Dads took the girls out on a hike while the Easter Bunny did her magic.  It was a cold hike and Lu had to borrow some clothes from Cousin Tessa.  If you didn’t already notice, Tessa is a colorful dresser.  This is what happened when Lu visited her closet.

OH but it gets better!

She’s stylin’!

The Easter Bunny did, in fact, do her job.

Lu’s garden boots:

And Tessa’s:

Mimi sent rolling backpacks with horsies.

Mimi also sent some bunnies to be taken care of:

Lu’s face upon seeing the loot!

Checking it out.

My sister’s crazy Mom face in this picture cracks me up.

The backpacks were a HUGE hit.

Then we headed over to Grandma Sandy’s (Tessa’s Grandma) for an Easter Egg hunt and brunch.

On the way to the hunt:

EASTER EGG HUNT!

Lu LOVED IT!  She went running around saying “Egg? Egg? Egg?!?!?”  She totally got it.

Tessa was more interested in that blue plate of water you see in the lower right hand of the picture.

Lucy almost got ALL the eggs.

The basket got so full it started overflowing.  Amber would be so proud!

Once inside, we gave Tessa half and Lu half and they discovered what was in them.  STICKERS!

Then it was time for brunch.  I made a gluten free, refined sugar free Dutch Baby.  It was very puffy when I got it out of the oven but I didn’t get a picture until it deflated 🙁

EVERYONE loved it.

We also had a fruit salad.

The gluten eaters 😉 had snicker doodle bread:

Wonderful eggs made by Grandma Sandy.  Why are eggs so much better when someone else makes them?

The whole spread:

Later in the day, Lu discovered that Tessa’s toy box (that Papa made her) was a great “boat”.

They were quite proud of themselves:

That night my sister made halibut en papilloute (wrapped in paper):

YOM.

Uh-oh, Daddy picked up Tessa.  This resulted.

On our last night, the girls got a bath and wrapped in hooded towels that Mimi made them for Easter.

My old college roommate came over for dinner (LOVE that she lives in Boise) and I made taco salad for everyone.  Here’s Shaun’s:

Shaun, Lissa, Willy, Luke, and Megan:

 

We flew home today and Shaun got a bug in his butt to go get Lu a “running bike”.  Shaun’s brother sent a very generous gift certificate for the local toy store for Christmas and Shaun earmarked it for a Strider.  He decided today was the day.

We tried it out.

LU LOVED IT!!!  We got her pink.

We didn’t take her helmet to the store (though we should have) but from now on she WILL be wearing a helmet!!!

Picture overload, eh?