Happy Easter!!

I love everything about Easter. The festivities, the season, the food, and the purpose behind all of it--to celebrate our salvation though our Savior.

This year (Brett and I's first Easter as a married couple) we decided to start our celebrations with some Easter egg dying with Andrew and Emma. Here are some of our lovely creations:

Brett and Andrew set everything up for us.

pickle egg.

maleesha (I know it looks like it just says male, but it is in fact maleesha)

concentration.

Brett...what an artiste!

some of our finished products.

some of our favorites.

A two car household

We bought another car!!!! We have survived our first year of marriage owning only one. Seeing as we don't live near a metro station, I think that's quite an accomplishment. We have recently come to the point though, that I think our parents might start charging us every time we want to borrow one of their cars...soooo we finally broke down and bought a second one.

It was quite a process. Brett especially started to point out every car we saw on the road, and ask me if I liked it. Then there was all the online research and reviews, and test driving, and my total lack of decisiveness. Till finally we decided to get one pretty much just like the one we have. I know it may seem silly, but we figured that we have been totally happy with the one we have, it's been a dang good car to us, so why not invest in a slightly newer one? Makes perfect sense. So far we love it.

Yeah for being a two car household!

Domination!!!!

Growing up my family and I always enjoyed a good board game or card game. I think Brett's family was the same. Family home evenings and such were always followed with a good game of scrabble, monopoly, or Murder in the Dark.

Nowadays...it's Dominion. It has become almost ritual for Andrew and Emma (Brett's brother and his wife) to come on Friday and stay through Sunday and play round after round of Dominion with us. I'll never forget over Christmas when Brett and his brothers stayed up till 4am two nights in a row playing this game.

Are we obsessed? absolutely. If you play, will you become obsessed? most assuredly.

What's even greater about this game is that I CAN WIN! Brett is a fierce competitor in the board/card game world, he can crush anyone in a game of boggle or King's Corner, but I am the Dominator. I think the scores speak for themselves (we began recording our wins):

Brett: 47, 85

Mesia: 87, 80, 49, 71, 83, 89, 50, 96, 95, 49, 51

Emma: 82, 31, 58, 56, 51, 52

Andrew: 55, 48

A Valentines Trip...

Ah Valentine's Day...the holiday of love. Men by nature, I have discovered, are not romantic beings. Therefore the day of love can be a challenge. What is a good, romantic gift from a man to his wife?

I think this year my own husband outdid himself. He surprised me with a trip out west to San Fransisco to spend a few days with my dear-old-dad and his wife. We went through the Oakland Temple, drove across the Golden Gate Bridge, Walked along the pier, ate more delicious food than was good for us (etc, etc, etc).

One of our favorite activities was the pasta night in which my dad taught Brett how to make homemade pasta. Not only was it fun for me to watch (and snap shots of), but it was even better to eat. My dad is famous for his gourmet abilities and he did not let us down.

We also went on an outing to Muir Beach. I enjoyed visiting the city of San Fransisco, but I think I prefer the hiking and exploring we did at the beach. It was freezing (whatever happened to CA being warm all year round????), but absolutely beautiful.

I've gotta say...my husband knew what he was doing. Best Valentines Day ever!