The Best Week of the Year!

This week is the Crossley family week. We claim it. I believe that we have every right to it and this is why: April 1st is our anniversary (I know I know, we are such jokers), April 2nd is Tanner's birthday, and April 4th is Mariah's birthday. Throw in Easter and it's the greatest week ever! Crazy? Yes, but we like cramming almost all of our celebrations in one week. We also like to cram all the events in one blog post...sorry.

We didn't do many of the typical Easter things, like easter baskets, egg dying, egg hunts... I justified my lameness by deciding that Mariah was too young to really get anything out of it. We didn't miss the Easter baskets or the egg dying, but Sunday morning was so warm and beautiful that I started to regret not hiding a few eggs for Mariah. I took her outside to soak in some rays and found a wonderful surprise: an Easter egg! The Missionaries from our church had left an egg on the lawn outside our door with a special Easter message inside. Mariah got her Easter egg hunt! Well, sorta...there wasn't much of a hunt but she didn't mind. 

She loved that egg. She kept it in her little hands for over an hour. Oh, and I was very excited to find a dress for her that didn't have any pink on it. Walmart...eight dollars...I love that place. 

Tanner and I woke up early Easter morning to watch the sun rise and read out of the Bible the story of the Savior's resurrection. We are hoping to make that a tradition with our family. Mariah was still in bed, but I just couldn't wake her up, when she is sleeping I let her sleep. You know that saying, "let sleeping dogs lie"? It really should be, "let sleeping babies lie." Just saying. 

There were three babies blessed and someone was confirmed at church. It was the most perfect way to celebrate Easter. I am so grateful for the knowledge that I have that my Savior lives! What a blessing that is. 

Monday was our 2 year Anniversary. I know, long time. I'm just waiting for people to start asking me for marriage advice. We didn't do much because Tanner had a test he had to study for but we did go out to eat at a Mongolian (tasted like Chinese, pretty much was chinese) restaurant.  The waitress was so sweet. I don't think she spoke very much English but she was in love with Mariah. 

Keep it Quiet.This is Tanner, I just wanted to say that I have a wonderful wife and the most gorgeous daughter. I treasure the little moments I get to share wish them. Okay back to my studies. Have a great week!

I left this post up when Tanner took the computer...my husband is the best. I'm so grateful we have each other for eternity. This life just wouldn't be long enough. 

Tanner's birthday was the next day. I got up and made him a big breakfast. I was all proud of my whole wheat pancakes until Tanner cut into them and revealed a nasty, doughy inside. That has never happened to me before....I'm usually such a marvelous cook. Just don't ask Tanner... but he was a good sport about it all. Maybe because there was bacon and Tanner, like most men, loves his bacon. 

Tanner decided the thing that he wanted to do most on his birthday was study all day long. Actually, I don't think that was his top top choice. Necessity may have had something to do with it. But he came home for dinner and the great thing was that the house didn't even smell like bacon anymore! Tanner had his favorite dinner, Hawaiian Haystacks, which are impossible for anyone to mess up. He's a smart man. We followed that up with some angel food cake, strawberries and whip cream. 

I love Mariah's face in this picture. I think this may be her favorite meal too. And yes, Tanner ate that whole thing. I didn't get a picture of him blowing out his candle which really makes me sad. Will I ever learn?

Mariah's birthday was on Thursday. Her very first Birthday!! I was pretty excited. She didn't know what the big deal was. I made her favorite dinner, spaghetti, and some cupcakes with pink frosting. I was so excited for Mariah to get her very own cupcake. I imagined her smashing it all over her face, smiling crazily for pictures, you know, first birthday perfection. But, Mariah was sick. So she wouldn't eat her dinner, or much of her cupcake. Boo.

I can't believe it has already been a year since Mariah came into our family. She is such a blessing and a joy. We love her more than we ever could have imagined! Next post will be Mariah's 1 year interview! Woohoo! Here's hoping I can get it done before the month is over!