Easter!

Well Brother,

 

Easter has been good to us.  Zach has gotten the egg hunts down (he is kind of an egg shark!) and is quite efficient at gathering up the goods.  He is quite competitive although he is sadly still just not that observant at locating the eggs unless they are just obviously in the open (do you remember the "where is the cheat?  Barely occluded by the box!).  It is pretty fun to see him learn so many cool new things.  I have attached some pictures that show the randomness of Zach.  Jenny made an incredible strawberry shortcake that rocked and we set it on the table and were talking and then we realized Zach was leaning in and taking a bite of that cake.  The picture is a redo of the original, but he wasn't complaining about a redo on the freelance bite.  I hope that you enjoy those.  He is so awesome right now because he is so ready to learn new things.  This is the awesome time of his life.  He is totally learning tons of words a day, and making up sentences and ideas all the time. 

 

So let me tell you about Jenny.  She is getting to be the cook of the house!  She is whipping up all kinds of delicacies.  Cakes, cookies and much much more.  She is awesome!  I bet that I have gained some serious weight on account of her!  Don't let her tell you that she can't cook!  She is especially good at making new random things with strange and unfamiliar recipes.  She is awesome. 

 

I am also having a good time shooting down here.  We stopped in St. George and photographed the sunrise over the valley and the temple.  So that was fun and added to the stock collection.  Plus we got to have fun on the way as well, not just the usual death march back and forth with no events of note.  Next time we are going to stop on the way up in Bryce canyon.  These stops are great because they are barely out of the way.  I recommend this because you can see lots of additional cool things without having to pay for a separate trip.

 

Okay so this about all I have to write about...

 

Wait, I have one other thing.  In honor of trying to increase my photographic skill I got a model for photography and trying to learn lighting.  It is only Alison's sister Kaisha (although she isn't an ugly duckling to be sure, in fact I think is better than most models in how she keeps her hair and whatever), but she is excited and wants to do it.  That is probably the reason that I am most excited, she is excited.  It is a battle to find someone that will let you take pictures of them!  So this will hopefully be good.  I also asked her to invite her boyfriend (I am not really interested in only the girls to be sure). 

 

So I think that now I am going to end in song!  Okay so really pictures not song.  I hope that you enjoy!

 

First is Zach and the cake...

Then the Easter Egg hunt...

Andrea and Cousin Hectare, she loves to roll on top of him and claw his eyes out!

Pictures from the Henderson Bird Preserve...

Pictures from Rock Canyon...

Pictures from St. George (also using the fisheye)...

And pictures from chopping a tree down with dad and the brothers...

 

Enjoy!