EASTER

We had a nice Easter weekend. It went by sort of quickly because there were plenty of activities to keep us busy. We started by dying eggs on Friday night. Logan just sat at our feet and cried most of the time because he wanted to sit in the middle of the table and splash in the dye. The Easter bunny paid our house a little visit on Saturday morning, leaving plenty of filled eggs to find, plus new buckets with treasures in them. Logan loved his first taste of jelly beans. Later that morning Ryan took the girls to an egg hunt at one of our friends house. They loved looking for eggs with their friends and were excited to get stickers in some of the eggs. I stayed home and backed up to leave for the weekend. We were heading to Oakley for and Easter egg hunt too, but first we had to squeeze in soccer pictures and half of Bailey's soccer game. It was a good half she played well and the team ended up tying. We were the last to arrive at the final egg hunt of the day, hopefully people didn't have to wait too long for us. We spent the rest of the weekend just hanging out at Julie and John's the kids love being there and spending so much time with their cousins. It was a Happy Easter !Dying Eggs

spring jammies and new spring shoes



yum yum jelly beans


Very happy to use their new HSM 3 buckets for the neighborhood hunt

Bailey with her 5 dollar golden egg
"I'm a lucky duck" she said
I agree


Logan's 1st Easter was a hit! I think he will be loving the egg finding
and serious candy consumption for many years to come.

These 3 little girls are the best of friends. Cousins are the best!

The boy cousins have taken over the girls
7 boys (soon to be 8) & 5 girls

Papa and Dee always put forth an amazing effort for these occasions. They always get the kids new jackets which is awesome, plus a great Easter egg hunt, good food and plenty of fun.


New Easter outfits are of course a must, here are a few of the pictures of the kids in their new duds. I couldn't get a very good one of all 3 of them. That is just the way it is right now I guess. We got a few decent family ones, but I am bummed you can't see Ryan's orange tie that matches Logan that I spent several days trying to find, oh well :) The great news for my family is that we can all wear these outfits again this week and try again for a photo. Moaning and groaning not necessary, we are doing it anyway :)

Spring Break Cont'd

In spite of the cold weather, spring break was still a good time. The kids had lots of fun which is all that really matters. We started off by meeting Jenn and Drew at a super fun indoor waterpark at on of the rec centers by her house. The kids absolutely loved it, the water was really warm, they had water slides, a lazy river and plenty of fun. Logan hung out in his baby float for like 2 hours he thought it was great, he is really loving water these days. The next day we tried to hit the Park City outlets, the weather didn't really cooperate but the shopping was good nonetheless. One of the highlights was taking the kids to the Children's Museum at the Gateway. I think I had just as much fun as they did. Bailey loved being a weather girl and newscaster, Ellie loved shopping at the store, and Logan loved playing in the water. They also loved being there with their cousin Drew, Jackson was their too, but he didn't make a peep in the stroller the entire time. It was the perfect way to spend the afternoon. The rest of the weekend included a little more shopping, a baby shower for Jackson and Mel, and getting ready for Jackson's blessing. The weather was crappy on the way home, the fought a head wind the entire time and had to stop for gas (usually we can make it), the roads were icy, etc. etc. all the fun of driving in the winter, except it ISN"T WINTER! We have hit a lot of bad roads between here and there this year, I am done for a while. If the weather is bad, I am staying home! I am glad Ryan flew down for the weekend and was able to drive us home, he is much better in those situations then I. All in all, it was a fun week and a good way to entertain the kids.

It really was a fun place, thanks to Jenn for inviting us. She looks awesome for being 6 months pregnant and rounding up all the kids for a photo.

I didn't have the red eye function on, so everybody looks a little freaky on this trip.
Oh well he is still cute.


Ellie finally got brave and went down this slide. She ended up loving it. Bailey was a pro she kept going over and over, she told me she was getting her workout by going up the stairs so many times, but it was "totally" worth it because the slide is SO much fun.

Bailey did a good job reading the Teleprompter, Ellie just sat and looked pretty :)



This boy LOVES the water




Bailey hung out with these boys doing some building for quite a while, Ellie loved riding the horse she informed me that she really wants to ride a real one.

A good day for memories

The kids with baby Jackson

Sweet baby on his special day

Sisters

SPRING BREAK

There is not a better way to enjoy SPRING BREAK than driving in the snow~~

I didn't know I was coming home for Christmas.

The good thing about spring storms is that they melt fast, so hopefully by the end of the week we can wear some of those carpis and sandals that we brought.

At least the company is great, that makes it all worth it. We are enjoying the change of pace and it looks like the sun in going to be out today. Yeah.

Happy Spring Break

Fun with Family

Ryan's brother Matt and his family came to town this weekend. Ryan and Matt were spoiled with hours upon hours of basketball. They went 4 games on Friday, (poor Aggies, SO close) and watched countless others all weekend. Gotta love March! The weather was pretty nice and allowed us girls and the kids some park time on Friday. Jill and I made the guys watch the kids while we did some shopping on Sat. and went to dinner by ourselves. It was great. We love when they come to visit, we always have such a great time. Come back soon.

The kids made these hats themselves, they were pretty proud of them

There was plenty of singing and dancing to enjoy all weekend long

Logan turned 10 months this weekend and really loved the park and especially the swing.
I have a feeling we will be doing a lot of that this summer.

Happy St. Patricks Day

It was a great green day

Lucky the Leprechaun paid our house a little visit
He left a pot of gold...
(a green bowl full of green taffy and chocolate in gold wrappers)
He left new green shirts
We had green milk on our LuCKy ChArMs
and green corn chowder for dinner
Nobody got pinched

It was a great green day!!



HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY

Cabin Fever

This past weekend some friends of ours invited us up to their cabin. It was so much fun. What a great spot, most people know I am not a winter lover but it really was awesome. Such beautiful landscape and plenty of fun to go around. We really need to take more advantage of some of the great outdoor spots we have surrounding us.

HoT Tubing +
SleDdinG +
rOck tHroWing =

Great TimesThere were hot springs that led into the river, it was awesome

How cute is that little sledder?

Bay and Ryan whizzing by




A perfect way to END winter

In Like a Lion......

So thus far March weather has definitely came in like lion, hence the pictures of the kids in the SNOW, I am just PrAyIng that it goes out like a lamb!! We are ready for spring. All of Logan's winter clothes are getting to small, the kids need to get out some of that energy, Ellie's coat is to small, I really need to clean out my car (its just too cold), all of the gloves are missing their mate, and we all could use a little vitamin D. Come on spring, we are waiting!


We didn't have much going on this weekend and it was to cold to play outside so the girls came up with a way to pass the time. They made an Art Museum. They made many different pictures and other crafts of sort, the hung them on their closet doors and were entertained for hours. They invited Ryan and I to attend the open house for their museum, it was quite imaginative.