Easter 2009

Easter passed by rather quickly this year. I didn't even get a picture with the kids Easter outfits on. We got back Saturday night from St. George around 10:30p.m. Went to bed got up to go to church came home and got ready for the trip to Buffalo and left Monday morning about 4:30 a.m. It was all worth it.

Easter week we headed to St. George with R's Family. It was fun for the cousins to get to see each other. We stayed pretty busy. Grandpa found some really cool little hikes to go on. The kids loved running and hiking on the red rock. We went to the place known in St. George as the narrows. R barely fit through and ripped his shirt trying. Grandma and Grandpa organized a fun Easter egg hunt and make a delicious Easter dinner saturday night. While we were there we went to breakfast at Cracker Barrel every morning. It was delicious. We really had a great time! Thanks for another fun vacation Grandma and Grandpa.

It was spring break and the kids wanted to go to Thanksgiving Point. I love going in the spring. The kids went on a pony ride. M wasn't quite sure about it until he was off, then decided it was pretty great. J loved feeding the donkey (that is known to bite) and the huge horses. M loved feeding the ducks one kernal at a time. C loved to feed the ponies. We always hit the ice cream parlor on our way out and then go visit Grandma.

Coloring Easter Eggs

Coloring easter eggs is always fun. I was just glad we had some time to do them.

April Fool's Day

The kids really got into April Fool's Day this year. They had all sorts of funny things planned. The night before C went into the kitchen and changed all the bags of cereal into different boxes. The kids were surprised to get shredded wheat from the kix box. J put a bunch of elastics around the bar of soap and R's brush. When dad went to get ready in the morning He had a little surprise. She also put a bunch of stuff in his shoes. I had to get into all the fun so I made them a little snack. Orange drink (Jello) and peas with chicken sticks (green laffy taffy and sugar cookies with peanut butter dunked in graham crackers). Thanks family fun mag. for the idea.

Sparkle Princess Rose

J has been saving her money for months and months. She had to keep her room clean and help out with Saber to earn getting a hamster. She had the named picked out before we even bought the hamster. I can't believe how much she loves this little creature.

Baby Names

One of the many conversations in the house is what to name the baby.... It has been quite interesting since the kids are getting older. Not only do R and I have to negotiate a name but now the kids are thrown into the mix of picking a name. This has been fun, interesting and quite comical. On our way home from finding out it is a boy we started thinking of names. The first one J comes up with is Gonner. R and I didn't think much about it until she said do you want to know why I think we should name him "Gonner" because when he gets here he is going to be a Gonner. If you can't tell J was pretty disappointed that it is a boy and not a girl. It took a few days but now she is ok with it.
Last night once again we were talking about the subject. Here are a few names that I came up with to see what they think.

Bryce....Mom there is a boy in my class named Bryce and he always has snot running down his nose that goes down to his mouth BLaaah! We can't name him Bryce

Kenyon...C comments, so mom you mean like "Can ya" come over here?

Mckay... Mom I already have two friends named Mckell it is to Mckellish

Too be continued......