easter egg-citement!

josh and i had a fun easter weekend.  josh had to work all day saturday so i decided to be productive and get some much needed cleaning done at my house and run some errands.  i woke up early and cleaned, cleaned, cleaned until everything was polished, vacuumed, and smelling good.  then i ventured to the grocery store to buy some food for our easter dinner (bad idea... lee's was having an easter egg hunt for the little tykes and the grocery store was swarming with children.  i almost ran a few over with my cart before i decided to grab the necessities and i'll return next week to do my full grocery shopping trip).  i made it to the craft store, a baby boutique, the bank, sams club, and the gas station.  when i got home, i threw together a cute wreath craft that the girls in my ward put together for an enrichment activity (i wasn't able to attend because i had to work).  i did 3 loads of laundry and i wrote 2 papers for school and worked on a powerpoint presentation.  it was probably the most productive saturday i have ever had. 

when josh got off work we headed out to the american west heritage center for baby animal days.  i have always wanted to go and this was the first year that i was in town for it!  i know, i know, we don't have any kids, but i wanted to go and i didn't care who thinks it is lame.  i had to drag josh along but i think he enjoyed himself.  we got there late and just as a storm was starting to blow in.  we played with the cute little baby farm animals until the weather wouldn't cooperate anymore.  it was nice though because all the parents took their kids home one it started sprinkling and we had a lot of the animals all to ourselves!

ok, i did not dye my hair red even though these pictures make it seem that way.  also, ignore the windblown look, i couldn't help it.  and don't mind the washed out pictures of me either (josh struggles with the camera sometimes).  in fact, just look at the animals and don't even pay attention to the faces i am pulling.  

so while we were looking at some of the reptiles, josh started talking to a lady who was selling african dwarf frogs.  you know, those frogs that are the size of a quarter and you can never hold them or else they'll die?  somehow she convinced him that he needed to purchase some.  i felt like a mom explaining to her child about how a pet is a big responsibility- you have to feed them, clean their little tank, and love them.  he agreed to do all the above and purchased 2 little guys. 

after playing with the pets we headed to dinner and returned home to dye some easter eggs.  however, the egg dyeing kit wasn't so much a dyeing kit as it was an egg painting kit-- i was quite disappointed.  i guess next year i need to read the box better.  anyway, josh and i painted away and i just need to say that we are probably the world's worst egg painters.  in my mind, i pictured these beautiful, colorful eggs with sparkles and gems on them.  ours turned out... not so much beautiful or artistic, but they were definitely colorful!

the top row were mine- "dino egg", "green blob with sparkles", "blue blob with sparkles", and "pretty in pink".  josh's are the bottom row: "watermelon", "eliza" (josh named it that after me because it was his prettiest egg and he wishes eliza was my nickname.  strange, yes), "fingerprint", and "balu."

after egg painting we headed to petsmart to find some gravel and a tree for our little frog tank.  this is how it turned out:

josh hasn't named his frogs yet- he says he needs to get to know them before he can name them.

this morning we got up and headed to church.  when we got home, the easter bunny came and brought us some eggs filled with treats, some mtn dew, and a perfect pushup.  random, but fun. 

i asked josh what he wanted for his special easter dinner and he said chicken and steak.  so i marinated some meat and we grilled up some kabobs.  we also made rosemary potatoes, a summer salad, and rolls.  it was such a delicious meal josh decided to take a picture.  this is proof that i don't make mac and cheese for every meal.