Egg Hunt

A few weekends ago Hallie and I went to our friends church for an easter egg hunt. It was so much fun. They had different activities that helped tell the story of Jesus and his crucifixion and resurrection. The last activity was the easter egg hunt. At first I was holding the bag and Hallie was sticking them all in. Then, I think she realized that it would be faster of we changed jobs---She held the bag and I put them in. She reaped a lot of treats that day. It was a hot day and all the chocolate candies melted, but luckily were saved in the fridge for me to eat later. I don't even think Ashton got any, poor guy. We had a great time at the pool afterwards cooling off from our hot egg hunt.

This egg did not even stay on the stick for a second

With the parachute

My little bunny

Bzillions of eggs

Reaping the rewards

And the Winner is....

I caught her waving "hi"

Lately Hallie has had this fascination with putting things around her neck. She found a finishing medal from my marathon earlier this year tucked in her toy basket and has been walking around the house with it for the past couple of days: putting it on, taking it off, putting it on, taking it off. She has also tried to put other things on over her head: socks, shirts, shoes, headbands, the camera—some succeed and some don’t. But we like to let her try.

Not Tonight Honey--I'm on The RAGNAR

Before Ashton's last leg

On Solana beach

Don't mind Ashton's silly stance, he's running...fast

Ashton ran the RAGNAR this past weekend with his brother Jordan, cousin Erik and 9 other people. The race started up near LA somewhere and ended down on the silver strand in San Diego. I believe it was just over 200 miles and Ashton ran about 14 of them. Hallie and I woke up early Saturday morning to watch him run one of the most beautiful stretches of the race, right along Solana beach. We had a great time cheering him on as well as the many other runners we came across. Another amusing part of the race was the names people chose for their teams—Not tonight honey, I’m on the RAGNAR; A serious case of the runs, etc. Although the first is slightly crude, I couldn’t help but laugh when Ashton told me some of the names. Creative, very creative. 

Park It

This little Hallie bear LOVES going to the park. Because we have such nice weather we go to the park multiple times a week. We go through lots of sunscreen (and still have farmers tans) and have lots of fun. Hallie's favorite thing is the slide. She climbs up in quite easily and goes down it just so she can climb back up. She also is quite fond of the swings. She rather seems to enjoy "under-dogs" seeing as I disappear, then reappear every time. She just laughs and laughs. We are loving being able to be outside so much. Not many days pass when I don't think of how grateful I am to be in a place where Hallie can play outside so much without having to bundle her up like a tick about to pop.