Easter!

 First, the egg-dying.

But what to do with cracked eggs?

This was Sabrina's reaction everytime we took the eggs out of the dye. Surprise, Sabrina! They go in white and come out colorful!

 Dad is the expert, by the way.

 Oh. A face.

  Easter Morning Surprise: Books!

(Good Night, Gorilla is for Lauren [not pictured]).

 Someone's harvest.

 Someone's breakfast.

Christmas Day

Halloween!!

This year for Halloween, we had two little kitties running around trick-or-treating.

Sophie is like Dave, in that she is not motivated very much by sugar. Sabrina, on the other hand, takes after me. She couldn't stop herself from devouring everything in her candy bucket!

Luckily, the Halloween Witch visits our house. We leave our candy out on the doorstep and the witch takes it and leaves something else in it's place.

Sabrina, though, has not stopped talking about candy. Or ghosts. I think she loves to "see" ghosts. There are some in our garage, and sometimes in her bedroom. That's what she tells us anyway.

By the way, please check out my new website Lindsey Joslin Photography if you haven't already!

Fun at Schnepf Farms!

This year, we went to Schnepf Farms for some festive pumpkin patch fun! This place was really great. It had everything.

 Here is Dave off-roading through the corn maze and Sophie leading the way!

Some of the paths were definitely NOT stroller friendly.

 Sabrina LOVED the jumping pillow.

 This is the girls' first experience with cotton candy. It had to be documented.

Conference Weekend

For some reason, Sophie really looks forward to General Conference weekend every 6 months. It probably has something to do with eating popcorn and delicious sweet breads. I remember watching conference in the back of the Stake Center that was really far away and we had to sit on hard metal chairs. It wasn't so fun for a kid, and I defently know I didn't look forward to it. But Conference has become a kind of holiday in the Mormon world.

We have developed a few family traditions for each General Conference weekend. They include: baked goods, delicious breakfasts, healthy and not-so-healthy snack foods, and spending lots of family time outdoors in between sessions. Another tradition that has developed is photographing our family day together. So here is our Conference Day in the Life of the Joslins! Photos by Dave, Lindsey, and Sophie.

Sunday began with Sophie hanging out on our bed and Sabrina getting her diaper changed by her dad.

Then Sophie helped me slice some strawberries.

Gluten Free Banana Bread!

Watching Conf.

Checking our muscles.

Got airplane rides. Or something.

Then Sophie took a selfie in her mirror...

 and had me pose for a few shots.

We did some silly ones outside then Sophie said, "Let's do some nice ones inside." She took the following picture and said, "That one is so beautiful. I want to hang it on my wall!"

Yeah. I look a-mazing..... maybe not so much. :) 

But if she wants a photo of her mom on her wall she can have it!

Later, we went to Discovery Park for a picnic.

  

And we had a great view of the Gilbert Temple.

Christmasy

CHRISTMAS TIME!

Christmas Eve always includes the Joslin tradition of lighting the German Nativity Thingie:

 CHRISTMAS MORNING!

Christmas Playing

 Sabrina playing with her magnets:

Soph playing her new game Robot Turtles with Daddy:

Then it was time to play at Aunt Becky's house:

Sabrina and the other toddlers loving the dogs:

 Grandma and Grandpa Duvall:

Sabrina's new shirt that Grandma Joslin made for her:

OUTTAKES