Monday, March 17, 2008

Home Grown


So here are almost all my nieces and nephews...and me...Berkeley was crying so I held her. My mom is running for city council again, and she wanted a picture of her grand kids with her awesome yard sign.

So, yes, I went to California again. Its hard to resist when my mom just offers all the time! I have been here a week and of course I have loved every second of it. I got together with my closest friends, went to the temple with my sister and grandma, went to a huge family get together, played Nertz, hung out with my sisters a lot, went to an Easter egg hunt, went shopping...like 5 times, helped my mom put lawn signs out, ate a delicious Irish meal on St. Patricks Day....corned beef, cabbage, and Irish soda bread, went to the park and ate lunch, went to my nephews baseball game, went to a cycling class with my sister that absolutely KILLED my rear end, taught kids at the Boys and Girls club to sing some songs....random, but a great experience, and got TONS of free scrapbook supplies from my sister in law! The weather was gorgeous and we loved being outside.

Here is my sister Whitney and I...do you think we dress alike?? And that is some serious Vintage Jillian in that family picture. Im on the bottom right, and my sister Whitney is the higher girl on the left....I guess you could say we look a little different!

On Saturday we went to the Whittier Easter egg hunt. It was a really cute set up. Berkeley met the Easter bunny for the first time and LOVED him. She was dancing with him forever and kept giving him loves.
Dont mind my boyfriend in the background...There were some seriously strange people there.

The actual hunt...Berkeley got the hang of it really quick, I held the bag and she put the candy in...I'm not going to lie, I may have directed her to my favorites like some starbursts and skittles.We made a good team for finding free candy!



For some reason Berkeley does not realize she has knees here because she obviously is not using them...hence the small hint of butt crack.

A funny story, I left out her easter candy one night on the floor and the next day while I was in the shower my mom and dad had already left and my sister was getting ready, so she was hanging out by herself. She goes into my sisters room with a half eaten reces...foil and all! My sister said that there were bite marks in the foil, so she ate all the foil. OOPS... bad mom!

12 comments:

Farnsworth Family Newsletter said...

Cute Pictures! I love all the grandkids picture, how fun for your Mom. Tell her good luck in with her election.
Hurry, come home.

www.amiestarks.typepad.com said...

Hey Jill, your new boyfriend is Hot! Does he share his jewelry with you? ;) how does Tod feel about this?

Glad you are having fun!!! See you soon!

Ainges said...

I wish my mom lived in Cali! Maybe one day! Your mustardy dress is so dang cute.

melis said...

Hi. You dont know me but I was friends with Todd in college. I found your blog through Jenna's. I wanted to tell you how darling your little family is! Please tell Todd hi for me. I hope you dont mind if I check in on you from time to time. :) Have a good day.

Hailey Smoot Kandell said...

she is too cute! What a fun week!!

Sarah said...

Ok, so next time you're in Whittier, lets you, Katie and I grab some dinner or something! Oh man, The "Eggsrtvaganza" pictures totally bring back bad memories from working for the city and having to work it! haha
P.S. I love your outfits! You're always styling!

jeny said...

Heather's built-ins look awesome. Jared did a really good job!

Yea...your mustard dress is way cute. I have a hard time with that color:(

You and Whit look super hot!!

Scott and Chelsey said...

THat is so fun! I can't believe how big she is getting! I love CA too. I'm going to visit Mikelle in two weeks and can't wait!!!

Brooke and Brett Martin said...

You look so stinkin cute and summery in that yellow shirt! What a fun FUN-filled trip. When did you get home?? Missed you today. Thought for sure you'd be there. Details later. good luck to your mom!

Brooke and Brett Martin said...

I can deal with you hating me. All I care about it berkeley...but I know she loves me. NEENER NEENER. see you tonight?

Dallas and Krista said...

Ahh that's where you have been. You look so pretty in these pics :)

NNA said...

Hi , I found your blog by searching for "Nertz" online. It is cool to see others that know the game. I hope you don't mind but I just wanted to let you know about playnertz.com. It has got a bunch of Nertz information there as well as videos and online Nertz games. Feel free to check it out. Also you and your friends/family are welcome to join fellow Nertz players in The National Nertz Association while you are there.