Governor's Egg Hunt

We were able to go to the Governor's Egg Hunt this year at the Capitol.  It was a lot of fun.  They had a lot of activities for kids and of course egg hunting.  All the eggs had tootsie rolls inside, or stickers, we weren't lucky enough to get any prize eggs. It was crazy with everyone rushing for the eggs at once, Tung grabbed Payton and took off and I took Reagan, they had age groups timed out but after the Governor spoke he said "let the egg hunt begin" and everyone ran!  A Times Dispatch photographer took a lot of pictures of the girls and they ended up in a video they made and put on their website.

Reagan drawing a picture in a card for the USO to give to the troops.

Payton getting her face painted.

I think the Governor looks funny with all the mascots behind him.

I found one!  Then I had to tell her to just keep grabbing or she wasn't going to get anymore than that one!

With their buddy Nutzy

Their first ever picture with the Easter Bunny.

On the hill in front of the Capitol.

Spring Dress

I found a dress on the blog Make It and Love It that I pinned a while back and have been wanting to make it for my girls, the Pinterest challenge was just the thing to get me to do it.

Here's the pinspiration

Source: makeit-loveit.com via Sara on Pinterest

And here's my daughter modeling the completed dress.  I'm so excited about how it turned out and can't wait to make a matching one for my littlest.

The best pic I could get before she ran away from a bee!

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Beach Getaway

Tryingto make a sand castle

Payton is trying to get Reagan to stand still, it was so windy!

Throwing sand, she threw sand for probably 10 minutes!

writing once upon a time in the sand

Reag attempting a sand castle

Reagan's person she drew in the sand

We had a lot of fun swimming in the pool and eating good food that is not good for you!  The pool was chilly but worth it for the girls, they were worn out, we all fell asleep while watching Ice Skating on tv. It was a fun weekend!

New Years Eve

For two years now we've gone bowling on New Years Eve, the girls think it's so fun and we do too since we never go bowling otherwise.  Reagan was into it a lot longer than Payton and wanted to pick up the 6 lb. ball herself and roll it down.  We came home and let them stay up until they crashed, Reagan made it until midnight with energy to spare, Payton crashed at 11:50 and there was no waking her up!  Reag was disappointed though that the ball drop wasn't more climactic, she thought it was going to smash apart everywhere!

Tung helping Reagan get the ramp

Payton helping Reagan get the ball ready to roll down

Young House Love

I may or may not be slightly obsessed with the Young House Love blog. They are so creative with ideas and things they do to make their house a home.  They do a lot themselves and always on a budget, they make things around the house seem completely doable for anyone and I have gotten a lot of ideas from them.  Really I would say finding their blog is what even got me back into sewing and finding free tutorials for that online which has sort of turned into an obsession as well.  I was so excited to meet them last Friday when they appeared at a Richmond Comedy Colition Improv show.  It was something different a lot of fun and I got to meet John and Sherry!