Easter 2012-What a weekend!

I am a little late with the holidays but we had a fun weekend. My parents came up for a visit and we had a very busy weekend. I am not even sure where to start. I will just start in chronological order.
So my parents got here Thursday evening. We ate dinner together then went to the hotel to swim. The kids had a blast. We were so busy through the entire weekend that we didn't get to the hotel to swim as often as we would have liked. It was fun the one night though.
Then Friday we went to Athol, ID and picked up my new gardening project. It is called barrel gardening. So through out the weekend I worked on this barrel to get it ready for gardening.

So this is what it looks like once I got started. I will post a picture when I have it filled with dirt.
Then Saturday Daniel & my Dad started a rather large project for such a short weekend and my mom and I went Easter shopping and curtain shopping. I will have to post pictures of the curtains later. I am still trying to find someone who can help me arrange them the way I want. It takes more than one pair of hands to work with these curtains.

The deck is done but we still need to put railings around it. We have used it a lot and even bought some furniture.

Saturday night the kids decorated Easter eggs is preparation for Sunday. They even tried to eat a few. We told them they had to wait. They didn't really like that idea. Then they accomplished the worst and spilt some of the red egg die on my carpet. YIKES. We oxy cleaned it enough that it is barely noticeable but still if you know its there you can see it. Thanks to pinterest I found a solution for that.
Then Sunday morning Natalie had a talk in Primary so we stayed for all of Sacrament Meeting then came home, ate dinner and had an Easter egg hunt inside as the weather was windy and cold. The kids had a blast.

Natalie in her Easter dress, and Corbin in his handsome new suit. This is a smile you get from Corbin when he is being told to smile. This is also a look at the finished deck without the railings which will come soon! 

 Natalie really waiting for the opportunity to run, and Corbin showing off his muscles.

A few years ago we had professional pictures taken of both kids and one of the pictures is of them "Cheek to Cheek". So since they are old enough to really notice the pictures they are obsessed with the "cheek to cheek" pictures. So this is of them "cheek to cheek".
Monday morning came my parents came over to say goodbye and to help Daniel finish the deck and to get my curtains up. They needed to be on the road by 12pm but they didn't end up leaving until almost 2pm. So needless to say they got home pretty late. It was so much fun to have them here. We really miss being around family and love it when we have company.

My mom has also made a quilt for all the grandchildren and has written a small note to them on a back corner. I LOVE them and my kids are so proud of their blankets. These are their blankets. So overall we had a very eventful weekend!!