Happy Easter

We had a great Easter this year!  It was very simple, just dying eggs, eating candy and of course a yummy dinner with family here in Rexburg.  The kids were so excited to be coloring eggs.  They both love eating a hard boiled egg so they spent the whole time talking about how great it would be to "hatch" them all.  Kaden had a hard time waiting.  I think he dropped half the eggs I gave him.  The poor kid has the slipperiest fingers I've ever seen!  We had a great time.

You'll have to excuse the nakedness.  That's how we roll at our house when it comes to food coloring.

In case you're wondering what Kimball is concentrating so hard on let me show you...

Its a Love Egg, Awww!

 Just before church I ran the kids outside to get some pics of them dolled up in their new Easter clothes.  We were rushing through the whole thing because I didn't want to be late, but I knew if it didn't happen in the first few minutes of wearing the clothes there would be a huge likelihood of stains, blood or some other mess that just wouldn't look right for an Easter memory.

I cannot believe how grown up Kaden is becoming.  He's such a cutie, pictures like this catch me off guard.  He looks like a handsome kid not my little guy.

Here's Jocilyn in one of her few cooperative photos.  Kaden taught her how fun it is to be silly for the camera and it really caught on.

Case in point.

This is what happened when I asked them to hug.  It turned into a tackle-fest.  My kids... got to love them!

I shouldn't like this photo.  Kaden is taking her to the ground and Jocilyn is holding on for dear life.  But I love it.  I'm pretending its a loving embrace between a brother and sister on Easter morning.  I guess things are all in the eye of the beholder right?  Wink, wink!

Grrr

In case you haven't heard we found out that Kimball did not pass the bar this time around.  He missed the pass rate by 0.2%.  Yup, that's right!  He needed a 280 to pass and received a 279.4.  It took us a couple days to heal up and accept what happened, but when we found out how close he came to passing we went through the process all over again.  0.2%... it still hurts a little talking about it.  I guess two months of studying just wasn't quite enough to make up for three years of post law-school life. 

Not to worry though.  Kimball is working hard again to retake the bar in July.  Despite how I may sound I'm actually really hopeful right now.  I'm more confident than before that he will pass this time around.  Three months has got to be enough time to cover that 0.2% of knowledge he needed the first time right?!  And despite how it may seem it doesn't set us off course that much from our plan.  Because Kimball was already going to Morocco he wouldn't have been able to take a job for a few months anyways.  Which means we'll only be about 3 or 4 months behind where we wanted to be.  In the long run that is hardly anytime at all. (Someone pointed this out to me the first day or two when we found out the results.  I'm embarrassed to say I don't remember who it was, but looking at it from this angle has made a huge difference for me.  Thank you whoever it was.)

The job in AZ is still what we're hoping for, though its a little less likely at this point.  Either way Kimball's been looking into lots of other positions that could be available so I think we'll be just fine.

Jocilyn's 3rd Birthday

My little girl turned three last week!  I really can't believe it, but that doesn't seem to matter.  She's still a sassy, flirty, pint-sized three-year-old princess.

We've been in Utah visiting my family for a little bit so we celebrated by going to McDonald's with a bunch of the cousins.  I think she had a great time.  I was a little too busy keeping the nuggets and fries stalked up to really tell.  Which reminds me; big thanks to my dad for supplying the photos, I wasn't going to get to them.

She loved opening presents.  And thanks to all her cute cousins I'd say her summer wardrobe is pretty complete for the next couple years. (Let's face it she'll probably be wearing the same size next summer as she is this summer.)

I also made cupcakes.  They were supposed to be purple, but they turned out kind of grey instead.  Now I know to be extra careful with the blue food coloring.  Regardless they had sprinkles so she seemed happy grey or no.

I absolutely love my little Jocilyn.  She keeps me busy.  She's constantly sneaking into something or trying to work her way around the rules.  But is still very sweet and kind.

Her favorite activities are probably play-doh and painting.  Its amazing!  She can sit and paint for an entire hour completely absorbed in her project.  She really loves to focus in on what she's working on and she's set for quite a while.

She also loves playing house.  She rotates between being the mom or the baby.  But I think Jo really loves being pampered and coddled so most of the time she's the baby.  Poor thing, hope she grows out of that soon!

She is certainly loved.  Her squeaky little voice and take charge attitude are an essential part of our family.  I'm so grateful to have her and cannot wait to see the adventures she has planned for us.