April Part 4: Easter

Easter is my favorite holiday! 

This year, Taryn came down to our house with David and the kids for a last minute egg hunt. Our yard isn't the best yard for hiding eggs, but we added an extra challenge by color coding the eggs by child. The younger kids lost interest after discovering that there was candy in their eggs, but we eventually got them to find all of their eggs. 

The Saturday before Easter, we colored some eggs.

Only a few eggs got really mangled by Gabe this year. We're improving. 

After church on Easter Sunday, we got Erika to take a picture of us in front of the blossomy tree across the street from our house. 

And I took some too

Then Brian took some

Then, we headed to Mapleton for Easter dinner at Nana and Papa's house, where we did another egg hunt.

Then, there was the traditional egg rolling

And the dinner preparations:

The traditional Saville Easter dinner has quickly become a favorite of mine: Creamed eggs on toast, or as the Savillians like to call it "Egg Stuff".

One day, I hope all our kids love it. So far, Rachel's the only one.

We frosted Sugar Cookies for dessert.

And watched something very exciting on TV. No idea what it was though. Maybe we were just playing Jackbox Games. That makes more sense.

It was another wonderful Easter filled with many reminders about our Savior and everything He has done for us. All that we are comes because of Easter, and I stand all amazed by His amazing Grace. This is why I love Easter--because it reminds me of how much I love Him.

April Part 3: Gabe's Birthday

Our sweet and sour bear cub turned three in April, and I can't even believe it! We kicked off the festivities a day early with presents, dinner, and cupcakes with Nana and Papa. 

Gabe was so excited to get this awesome dinosaur from them! He LOVES dinosaurs!

I bought cupcakes for this little celebration because I didn't want to make them.

I had to get one last picture of my last two-year-old. In the other pictures, he was sticking out his tongue, which is why I am. Of course, he's not, so I just look silly.

Michael and Brian were feeling left out

After getting Gabe into bed, we got to work on his cake. We were feeling confident in our decorating skills after previous successes, and we even approached this cake with new tools for the job. If only I'd gotten the frosting to be the proper thickness! Someday, we'll get it down. This cake ended up being much more trouble than we originally anticipated. Maybe if we practiced more than three times a year...

Thank goodness for props, right?

The next day, Gabe officially turned three years old. He opened his presents,

Gabe and I took the official three-year-old birthday selfie with mom,

Cal tested out Gabe's new remote control cars with him,

we ate at Gabe's favorite restaurant, Costa Vida,

took the car to Quick Quack Car Wash (one of Gabe's favorite things to do),

and went back home for cake and ice cream

This year, Gabe got to go on a date with Mom and Dad. We ate breakfast at Kneaders

and went to the Children's Museum at Thanksgiving Point.

Gabe really is our little bear cub--super sweet and cuddly one minute and growling like a little bear the next. I'm always amazed by how much personality can fir into such a tiny little body. His favorite color is green, and he loves dinosaurs, books, remote control cars, and colorful pants and ties. He loves to play, and he loves to do chores--usually when I'm not watching him. He's always quick to jump in to help with washing and drying the laundry. He always wants to watch and help whenever I'm cooking or baking. And if I'm not careful, Gabe will even do some online shopping! (He once bought himself a kid's recliner!) He's a handful so much of the time, but his laugh and his cuddles are the best reward for dealing with everything else.  We're so grateful to have this little guy in our lives.