So Taysen had an eventful Easter, after going to church for sacrament in Vernal we headed off for Judd family dinner in Provo. It was lots of fun to get to see everyone, including Andrew's fiance since the last time we saw him he has gotten engaged, but we are very excited to have Tara become a part of our family. Anyway at Grandma and Grandpa Judds house we had yet another easter hunt. Taysen had fun picking up all the candy and oranges.
This is Taysen and Abi all dressed up for Easter Sunday. My mom got Taysen his cute easter outfit, Thanks we love it. And Abi got her pretty yellow dress from Grams. Taysen also got to see cousin Eastyn for a minute. He is such a cutie.
Much to our surprise on Easter morning Taysen slept in until 10:30. So he missed the first easter egg hunt of the day with Abi finding the real eggs. But after he finally woke up we set up a easter egg hunt in the house with plastic eggs just for him. Abi had a lot of fun helping us hide them. It was fun watching him hunt for the eggs he had a great time, and didn't like when all the eggs wouldn't fit in his one basket. There is also a picture of his easter stuff. I have to say he is still a little chef the first thing he wanted to play with was the rolling pin he got. He could have cared less about anything else. Guess thats good to note in the future just get one cheap cooking item and we're good to go haha. I was very excited about all his fun new books and outfits though, thanks Grams and Gramps.
We thought it would be fun to dye easter eggs with Taysen. Didn't think until we started how much of a challenge that could be with a 19 month old haha. He did pretty well at staying out of trouble surprisingly. I helped him dye them and we discovered that the easiest way for him to help was for him to color on the eggs with a clear crayon before we dyed them. He had lots of fun and so did I haha. In Tim's family they actually hunt the real eggs they have dyed which was new to me we always hunted plastic filled with candy. But it was fun to try a new way.
We had a great Easter in Vernal. On Saturday morning we decided Taysen might have fun doing some egg hunts so we started with one at the Utah Field House. It was cute the kids went out in groups throughout the museum they had eggs all over the place. They searched for empty plastic eggs and then got to turn them in for prizes at the end. Taysen found 22 eggs in all and got 5 prizes (the max) It was lots of fun watching him. He was so excited to find all these bright colored balls everywhere haha. The only downfall was having to wake Taysen up early to get to all the festivities, but he did pretty well and it made for some fun memories. It would definately be a fun hunt to do with all his cousins next year(hint, hint)
We had a great Christmas with way too much food and presents. Taysen had a lot more fun this year getting into presents and playing with his cousins. We feel so blessed to have such a wonderful family.
Taysen got the cutest fishing vest and hat for Christmas. I'll have to get a better picture up soon because these don't do it justice. It is exactly like an adult vest he is ready to go fishing Gramps!
Cousin Eastyn got a John Deere tractor for Christmas. I have to say it was one of Taysen's favorite toys haha. Luckily his cousin is small enough that he lets Taysen ride it for now.
Taysen got his first trike from Santa this year. He loves being pushed around on it and hopefully in not to long he will learn how to pedal himself around. He also loves the tassles that hang from the handlebars.
Here are some pictures of Taysen helping his Great Grandma out with the swiffer vac. We didn't turn his on so he just made the noises himself.
We decided we'd help out decorating this year and so while Tamara was gone we tried to start decorating the tree. Unfortunately we couldn't find the lights so we had to wait til she got home anyway, but it was a lot of fun to all help out with the decorating. Taysen really enjoyed trying to put ornaments on the tree and he sure was a help on the ladder when Amy was putting up the lights. We tried to get Taysen to say Ho Ho Ho to all the Santa's on the tree but his version was similar to what he says for a dog.
Here are some pictures of Taysen over the Christmas Break at the Hawkins house. He has a love of cooking if you can't tell and one night while Tamara and I were busy working on a Young Womens project Taysen somehow slipped off our radar (right behind me) and started cooking with the plant dirt. Needless to say he had a great time, but we couldn't figure out how he had gotten so much without us even noticing!
We want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Hopefully we'll be able to keep you posted a little better as the new year comes. I promise to get some pictures up of Taysen soon. We want all our friends and family to know how much we care about you. I recently read a book called Christmas Jars it was a good one and really got you in the spirit of giving this holiday season. I hope we can all be grateful for what we have and help those who need it. Happy Holidays!
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