We had a very busy and exciting Easter weekend. We started out on Friday by going to story time on base. We use to go every week and then stopped for a while. The boys were very excited about being there again. We got to read two stories, listen to two Easter songs, make a craft (a little bunny) and then hunt for eggs in the Children's section of the library. The boys had so much fun and couldn't stop talking about "looking for eggs".
Saturday we took them to an egg hunt on base. Being in Cheyenne, we don't have the chance to have too many egg hunts outside. The base usually puts together indoor egg hunts for different age groups. This year it was very unorganized and chaotic. I don't know if they were expecting a lot of people to be out of town (it was the last weekend of spring break) or if they didn't think people would show up because of the weather but there were people ALL over the place. We waited in a crazy line for probably a good 20 minutes (if not more) to walk in a room where a lady was filling the eggs as kids were coming in, then rolling them across the floor. Not a lot of "hunting" involved but of course the boys still had fun.
Sunday morning the boys woke up to a trail of eggs the
Easter bunny had left starting upstairs at their bedroom doors. They were VERY excited and immediately started opening each egg, looking for a treat inside. They were both disappointed to find the eggs empty but quickly hurried down the stairs to find what the
Easter bunny had put in their baskets.
Sebastien was a nice big brother and would wait for
Manti to make his way down the stairs. He is not as fast as Sebastien yet but they still had fun collecting all the eggs on the stairs.
Not surprising, Sebastien got to the
Easter baskets first and left
Manti trailing behind. They were so excited to see what was in those eggs!
Before they got too crazy about the treats, we made them sit down for a quick Easter morning picture. They loved showing off their eggs and candy.
Manti actually started dumping everything into a pile and throwing the egg on the floor. They were both very surprised to find quarters too. Now they each have 4 quarters to take to the mall and get a treat or ride one of the cars. Thanks Easter bunny!
After the fun of going through our Easter baskets, we made some breakfast and got ready to listen to conference. It was so awesome being able to listen to so many great talks about the Savior. It is still a little hard being able to hear everything with two very active boys but we tried to keep them entertained. They loved playing with their ramps and baby
einstein cards.
For the second session of conference, they took naps so Troy and I could focus more on what was being said. I have so many favorite talks and cannot wait to get the Ensign to read over them again. There was amazing advice and counsel in every talk and really made me want to do things a little different in my life.
We had a great Easter dinner with friends and loved being able to share the special day with them. We had a ham, mashed potatoes, asparagus, carrots, rolls, fruit dip, strawberries, pineapple and grapes. It was a great weekend filled with lots of fun, treats and love for our Savior.
Manti LOVED watching the little critters run around our campsite, trying to steal some food.
We loved sitting around the camp fire. Sebastien likes to help put the firewood in.
I think when I took this picture he had heard a train whistle and was very excited. I just love the look on his face.
This one has nothing to do with camping, just one that I really liked of Manti. This was before church...I wish he was smiling but he is still too cute.
He laid so still and Sebastien thought it was so funny. This has become a new favorite place to hide, I just have to keep coming up with ideas so no one gets bored.
Sebastien showing off his skills on the bar.
Manti always pulls his knees in, he usually hangs up there longer then Sebastien.
Sebastien fell trying to climb up on the bed and had a hard time getting over it.
Manti snuggled up on mommy's pillow with kitty cat and water in hand.
Hurry daddy, we are tired!
All three boys tucked in bed. Sebastien is still trying to get over the fact that he fell.
I thought this was a funny picture. Sebastien wouldn't smile but wanted to do a silly face, Manti was having a moment and would only shake his head back and forth and Troy is smiling in hopes I will put down the camera and turn off the light! :)
The best picture I could get with all three boys smiling, (sort of)! 
This is a picture of the yard behind our fence COVERED in dog poop! This has been an ongoing issue since December and I am so sick of it. Being on base, we can get in trouble for that. We made a phone call to the housing office and specifically told them we do not have a dog, have seen other dogs pooping in our yard and are NOT going to clean it up. They had no arguments about it but still nothing was done. The weather hasn't been too bad lately which means the boys have been doing a lot of playing outside. It really irritates me that anytime a ball or some other toy goes over the fence, we have to try and avoid the piles and piles of poop. Manti really doesn't understand that it's gross and he runs through it or accidentally picks up a piece when trying to get the toys.
Saturday we took them to an egg hunt on base. Being in Cheyenne, we don't have the chance to have too many egg hunts outside. The base usually puts together indoor egg hunts for different age groups. This year it was very unorganized and chaotic. I don't know if they were expecting a lot of people to be out of town (it was the last weekend of spring break) or if they didn't think people would show up because of the weather but there were people ALL over the place. We waited in a crazy line for probably a good 20 minutes (if not more) to walk in a room where a lady was filling the eggs as kids were coming in, then rolling them across the floor. Not a lot of "hunting" involved but of course the boys still had fun.
Sebastien was a nice big brother and would wait for Manti to make his way down the stairs. He is not as fast as Sebastien yet but they still had fun collecting all the eggs on the stairs.
Before they got too crazy about the treats, we made them sit down for a quick Easter morning picture. They loved showing off their eggs and candy. Manti actually started dumping everything into a pile and throwing the egg on the floor. They were both very surprised to find quarters too. Now they each have 4 quarters to take to the mall and get a treat or ride one of the cars. Thanks Easter bunny!
After the fun of going through our Easter baskets, we made some breakfast and got ready to listen to conference. It was so awesome being able to listen to so many great talks about the Savior. It is still a little hard being able to hear everything with two very active boys but we tried to keep them entertained. They loved playing with their ramps and baby einstein cards.
For the second session of conference, they took naps so Troy and I could focus more on what was being said. I have so many favorite talks and cannot wait to get the Ensign to read over them again. There was amazing advice and counsel in every talk and really made me want to do things a little different in my life. 
