Dr. Dana

Ever since she could talk, Dana has said that she wants to be a doctor when she grows up so she can help fix people and make them feel better. We recently took Kimmy to our pediatrician, Dr. Green, and she has a little toy doctor kit in her exam room that the kids love to play with. I actually had my camera with me this time so I was able to take pictures of Dr. Dana in action.

Dana, the aspiring photographer

All of these pictures were taken by Dana. Do you think she has a career ahead of her in photography?

Wasn't Easter just yesterday?

I realize that it is May already, but I finally figured out why I couldn't download pictures from my memory card for the last month. Apparently the little tiny switch on the side that prevents any pictures from being erased was switched on, and that kept it from letting me download the pictures as well. But since I figured that out, and Jared and I leave for our trip to Boston and NYC in just 6 short days and will have tons of pictures from that to post when we get back, I thought I should do a little catching up.

For Easter we went to our wards annual Easter breakfast and egg hunt. It was really nice because for once Jared didn't have to go in early on a Saturday and so he was able to go with us. We are getting so many kids, I really prefer to go places with him than without because I need the extra hands.

Here's Dana with our wonderful babysitter Amee. All the kids love her and she really has no idea how much we appreciate her!
Even at her tender age of 1, Kimmy was a hit with the boys in the ward, making instant friends with Noah Harris from Nursery.

While the youth was making the final preparation of hidden eggs out on the church grounds, they stuffed all the primary kids into the hallway like sardines to wait.

Here you can see that Dana was a little less than enthused to be shoved so tightly into such a small space. Then the craziness began:

Kimmy was really excited because she got to hunt for her eggs in the baby section, and the big kids weren't allowed to look there, so the little kids could get at least some eggs.

You'll notice that I don't have any pictures of Nate hunting for eggs because by the time I got over to his area, probably 3 or 4 minutes after the hunt started, all the eggs there had already been collected and the kids were already opening them up and stuffing their faces full of the treats inside. Stinkers!

This year I took Dana with me to the fabric store to pick out fabrics and patterns for the girls' Easter dresses. To my surprise, Dana picked out really simple easy patterns and so I was able to whip up both the dresses the night before Easter Sunday.

Don't you love the sweet attitudes they have first thing in the morning?

All in all, for the meager amount of effort I put in on the dresses, I think that they turned out pretty well, and Dana was able to share that her Mommy made her dress for her Good News Minute in Primary that day. (No worries, I actually did their hair before we went to church, I just forgot to take a picture afterwards). We bought Nate a whole new outfit for Easter because the time that it takes to tailor a little boy's shirt is so not worth it, when I could buy one just as nice at Walmart for $5. He doesn't care that much about it anyway, so it all works out.