Easter Adventures with Nana and Papa Mitchell

The last couple weeks have flown by!

First, we were running around getting ready for Nana and Papa Mitchell to come. We cleaned the apartment from top to bottom and deep cleaned the car and rescheduled piano lessons and everything.

Meanwhile, Elliott learned how to drink out of his own sippy cup.

I love his little flourish, super cute!

Dad got so tired from school he collapsed on the floor, so we built a Lego bridge over him!

 Life as a student Dad?

O helped me whip up some watermelon cookies to share with the Elders. He's a great cook, too!

Here he is dancing in the rain, because here in LA the rain is actually warm. I know that's a foreign concept for some of our Western family, but it's true and pretty awesome!

Elliott's been continuing to grow, here's some proof!

Here he is cruising along when he should have been sleeping...

Here's a random video of O being very offended by our neighbors not inviting us to their party!

We even squeezed in a little Mama Son Date!

Then Nana and Papa came and we had so much fun with them!!

We hit up the park...

We showed them the USS Kidd...

We took them to meet Mike the Tiger...

We took them to the French Quarter, the Insectarium, and the Aquarium...

We ate lots of good food, found the boys some super cute Easter outfits, headed to the Swamp Center, and Bass Pro Shop(O's favorite place).

Then we capped it all off with the Primary Easter Egg Hunt. O had so much fun!

It was such a great visit! We're so happy they came to stay for a whole week and we got to fit so much fun stuff in. The boys were so sad when they had to go. O walked away as they were pulling out of the driveway and Mike asked if he was sad. He said, "No! I'm mad! I didn't want them to leave!" Poor little guy!

It was nice that the next day was Easter, so they had something to take their minds off of missing Nana and Papa.

In the morning they woke up to Easter baskets and an egg hunt. It was so sweet to watch them find their eggs and check out their baskets. They loved the fun jammies and snack cups from Nana and Papa Fisher and the book and movie from Aunt Tauna! Thanks everyone!

The boys were so cute at church in their matching outfits, thanks again Nana and Papa Mitchell, they're perfect!

When we got home, O started doing something with some yarn in the living room. When we asked him what it was, he said, "It's an Elliott trap, I'm going to catch an Elliott!" So, after lunch we set Elliott free, and that's exactly what happened!

Spending the week leading up to Easter with family was perfect. It reminded us of how grateful we are for our Savior's Atonement that allows us to live with our family in the next life. We know He lives, and that because of this we will live again!