A belated Easter Post

Last weekend was a little intense, packed with busy days and I didn't get the chance to post pictures from Kalvin's home Easter Hunt. We had to hurry this along because we had just come home from church and Kalvin needed a nap before visiting the grandparents. We did have a hunt over at Grandma and Grandpa Mickelson's, but I forgot the camera at home... :(

We quickly explained to Kalvin his objective for finding the eggs outside, gave him an Easter basket and he was ready to go!

The Easter Bunny set up traps this year!!! Wasn't me!
I love this picture so much! How obedient to stop and look at Mommy in the bright, bright sun when he really just wanted to find the rattling eggs.

Quick family shot

Kalvin was lucky enough to get cap guns in his basket. He loved them, but found it VERY difficult to shoot (we may put them away till his hands and fingers are strong enough to pull the trigger).

He loves his new VERY long-lasting Gymboree bubbles. Look at Mommy--so pregnant...

Kalvin had a few minutes to look through his Easter basket and find the treats inside the eggs and loved every second of it.

I hope all had a Happy Easter filled with family, and thoughts of what Christs resurrection, and love.

Baby it's cold outside!

A cold front blew in yesterday up here, in Show Low. It snowed for about five minutes yesterday (just enough time for us to get bundled up in jackets and shoes) and then it stopped when we stepped out.

Today there were a few ominous clouds in the sky, but I wasn't sure it'd be cold enough for snow, but I was wrong and it did. At first the flakes were small and sparse, but just after we came in, it started snowing harder and with bigger flakes. I wanted to take Kalvin out and Duane jokingly said, "Don't put his shoes on; it'll stop snowing". I had to laugh because the odds of him being right were in his favor, it seemed that the last day and a half it had done just that every time we wanted to go out in the falling snow.

Anyway, we went against the odds, bundled up, and went out again (sorry, lots of in's and outs). Though it was cold and I could only image it being worse in Albany in six months, we had a good time watching Kalvin discover the cold snow and dodging Duane's snowballs.

Kalvin did not know what to think about these soft, cold objects hitting his face. Here he is squinting as the flakes are hitting his face and eyelashes.

This was taken yesterday, just after the 5 min. snow-session. It was melted away, but still very cold... :) You know the funny thing was that Kalvin kept wanting to take this picture over and over. It was interestingly funny.

Gotta love that mysterious look on Duane's face and Kalvin just wants to go inside where it's warm.

I love trying to catch snowflakes on my tongue! While visiting Denver, Co in January, I couldn't get enough of the soft, powdery, fresh snow.

We were just about ready to come inside when Duane pulled a fast one on us and started throwing snowballs at us. I happened to catch one in action.

Duane wanted a try at getting the snowball in the picture. Nice shot, Duane!
(I almost got him with it)

Kissing in the snow, how romantic. Ahh....

The Ellsworth family blog!

So, here's our new blog! www.duaneandangiesworld@blogspot.com I'll be sending out an email to other family and friends that I think may want to follow our lives when we move in June.

You know, I really miss Duane! He's not even half way done with his rotation in Show Low and yet I really just want him here, with me and my selfish self. You know, it does get easier each time he leaves to manage on my own, but even with both my very supportive and wonderful families nearby, I really just want my Honey!

Enough about me and what I want. Check out Kalvin in this clip. Uncle Dallin was nice enough to take him on a ride this afternoon on his go kart! Kalvin was strapped in with a tow-strap and Dallin promised to drive safely. I was a little nervous, but Kalvin LOVED every second of the ride! Kalvin loves Uncle Dallin so much! Dallin lets him watch/help with go kart projects, picks Kalvin up when he's feeling a little short, and Dallin turns on his train that drives all around his bedroom. Sadly, our little family will be in Albany, NY till Dallin is just old enough to go on a mission. :( The go kart video can be seen just before this post or follow the link below.

http://s628.photobucket.com/albums/uu6/angiestarr18/?action=view&current=GoKart1.flv

I had a doctors appointment today and found out this little boy is in breach position. The Doc said if he's not turned around by my next appointment (2 weeks from now) he'll probably stay in the breach position. I asked if there were anything I could do to help the baby flip and he said that I'd be able to find things online, but that none of them worked and the baby just has to do it on his own. I'm really not looking forward to possibly having a c-section. If you would please keep this baby in your prayers that he may turn I would really appreciate it.

Sometimes I have a hard time getting a diaper on Kalvin right away after bathtime or if we shower together and today was no exception. We had barely got out when I heard the phone ring from the other room and I went to see who it was. It was an unfamiliar number, but had a 928 area code. I don't usually answer phone calls I don't recognize unless I have absolutely nothing else going on, but Duane is in Show Low where they have the 928 area code and I thought he might be calling from the hospital instead of his cell for some odd reason, so I answered it. It was April's mother-in-law, whom I've been waiting to talk to for a couple weeks now. Our conversation was fairly quick (under 6 min), but apparently not quick enough for when I walked into the kitchen where Kalvin was standing, naked, he said, "Eww, Dinky!"as he pointed to his poop pellets on the floor. I love being a mom even when these messy suprises popup, everyday!

Good day to you all and keep in touch!

I'm off to bed now...

We are a happy family!

No pictures with this post, sorry, but I'm sure we'll have some soon as we are constantly documenting our lives with photographs and Easter is coming up!

Duane is currently away at the hospital in Show Low working in the critical care department. His schedule is fairly relaxed and he's usually off everyday by 1:00 P.M. Very nice! He's had a lot of time to work on projects at his parents house/cabin. He's been updating the security system, and working at putting a high-tech universal remote sounds like a remote from the future! Every time a sibling or his parents go to the cabin and want to watch a movie upstairs, they call Duane asking for help because of the many steps involved in setup, so Duane bought the universal remote of universal remotes to help everyone (myself included) to be able to easily watch a movie. This remote is awesome! It will stay upstairs in the theater room, but will have the capability of controlling all media devices in the house. For instance, to watch a DVD, one would simply push the DVD icon on the touch screen of the remote for the stereo to turn on, the projector to come down and the DVD player to setup for the ideal movie watching experience! Duane is so great with electronics!

While Duane is up there, I'm in Chandler cleaning my house, hanging out with Kalvin, trying to plan out how to make this move as easy as possible, finding a place to live in/near Albany, catching up on facebook, updating the blogs with random family experiences, and getting more excited for little boy #2 (for whom we do not have a name picked out)!

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