Signs of Spring

This is what Spring looks like at the Ball home.

Easter Weekend

Easter weekend was beautiful. We had a wonderful time enjoying the weather and celebrating Easter.


The Easter bunny comes to our home on Friday night, so the girls loved eating loads of candy, watching Frozen, and flying kites on Saturday.

The girls also had a fun time decorating Easter eggs! (And PS why have I never thought of the idea of drying in the eggs in a muffin tin? I saw it on a friend's picture. What a great idea!)

We made our bunny cake!

And we put our garden plots together. (Okay, that was mostly Kevin.)

Brynnlee lost her first tooth.  (Ummm why can't I stop her from growing up so fast?)

Brynnlee and Pressley looked adorable in the Easter dresses with pretty new necklaces.

Most of all we celebrated our Savior and all that He has done for us. During sacrament meeting, Pressley whispered to me, "Mom, I am thinking about Jesus." It made my heart swell. We work on thinking about Jesus more everyday.  He lives and because of Him we have everything.

Sledding with Friends

What better way to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. day than sledding with friends?  We went out with our friends the Hoggards and had loads of fun.

Cherry Blossoms

It's cherry blossom time here in Okinawa. For FHE, we went to Mount Yaedake to see the trees in bloom. We didn't really know what to expect, but what we found was breathtaking. It is always such a blessing to see the beauty in nature that the Lord has created for us.

Christmas Eve

We spent part of our Christmas Eve at the Southeast Botanical Gardens here in Okinawa.

There were beautiful plants, trees, and flowers and fun things for Brynnlee.

We headed home for our shrimp dinner and Christmas pajamas!