The Pioneer Woman

I had this brilliant idea to take Maya with me to have my cookbook signed by the one and only Pioneer Woman. I have been reading her blog for years now and have cooked a ton of her recipes. She makes me laugh on a daily basis and I think if she lived here we would be best friends. Anyways, I knew she had a lot of people that followed her blog but what I did not realize is so many of them were here in my own home town. Maya and I arrived a tad early to the event expecting to be there maybe 15-20 minutes waiting in line or something. After seeing how packed 1st Place Books was, I knew this would not be the case. We ended up waiting 6 hours to meet our dear blogger friend. We didn't stay there the whole time. We went and had something to eat, ran some errands, ate some cookies, looked at books, made some new friends, etc. In the end it was totally worth it. It was a mother/daughter bonding experience I will never forget. Bless her heart though, Maya was a total trooper the WHOLE time!

If you havent already, check out her hilarious blog at www.thepioneerwoman.com

Eggs Eggs Everywhere!

We had an awesome Easter this year. Maya was thrilled about the fact that she got to hunt for eggs filled with candy. She had not 1, not 2, but 3 Easter Egg Hunts this year. Joss and I did a little mini Easter egg hunt around the house for the girls after their naps on Saturday and then we had 2 hunts on Easter Sunday. Here are the pics.....

My creative hiding techniques

Dad still had me beat though....he's a seasoned pro

Maya collecting her loot

I like the eggs in the shoes. Ha!

Maya thinks her bff Romy is SO funny

Maya ruined her pretty white Easter sweater so we had to resort to the hoodie and dress look.....you like it?

Dad and Papa helping the baby girl out

BTW, Maya picked out her own Easter basket this year. She's going to be a little soccer player :)

Her audience

Oh here we are for round 3 and Mom's house!

Me and my baby

Look at all those eggs. Even though this is her 3rd hunt she is not sick of it one bit!

Our family Easter 2010

Maya had so much fun collecting all those eggs that for the weeks that followed Easter, every time we went outside she would say "Mama, I gonna go find eggs."