Easter/Conference Weekend

We had a fabulous Easter and conference weekend. The Easter bunny visited us Saturday morning and brought basketballs, outfits, and the new movie Into The Woods. Tina, Jackie and their families came over for an Easter lunch, craft, and hunt. Sunday we went to Ashley's house, along with Annie, Trev, and Mom. I am a bum and did not bring my camera, but we had a yummy dinner and a lot of laughs, along with another egg hunt! The only thing missing through it all was Ryan! Surprise! :-(

Kids hard at work filling out their conference pages. The primary president has promised
them a large twisty sucker for returning them. Ah the bribes!

Love this smile today!

I took the curly pop to Ava's head and it turned out adorable.

Jackie found these darling Easter houses on Pinterest.

Darling Lex!

Gavin and Breck

Easter hunt

Top to bottom- Tyler, Ava, Gracie, Amber
Breck, Tegan, Jesse, Gavin
Megan, Oakley, Alexa

Pink BEAUTIES!

Gracie's 11th Birthday

My baby girl is 11 years old! UNBELIEVABLE! She had a fantastic time with her friends at the roller skating rink! Even with dad sitting on the side lines it was still a mark of my little girl growing up!

Gracie's Birthday Interview:

What is your favorite movie? Avengers

What are your favorite colors? Turquoise and black

Where would you like to go on vacation? Disneyworld

What is a talent you think you have? Gymnastics

What is a chore you hate? Doing dishes

What is an ok chore? None

What book are you reading at the moment? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

What drives you nuts about your mom? She tries to pick things off my face

What is one thing you love about your mom? Her smile

What is your favorite food? Pizza

What goal do you have for 2015? Exercise

Dad getting the rootbeer floats ready!

Grace, Bailey, Lydia, Kenzie, Gracie, Ava, and Taia

Silly brothers

Christmas 2015

Christmas has come and gone and it has taken me til February to blog about it. Ryan was able to be home from December 21-December 27 and we enjoyed every minute of it! We celebrated our 13th anniversary on Dec 22nd along with Ryan's 35th birthday. We had a great Christmas Eve. First the kids opened their new pjs and we played pass the present. This is where I hand them all a small wrapped present (this year it was soda flavored jelly beans) and I read 'Twas The Night Before Christmas.' Every time I say the word "the" they pass the present to the person on their left. When the story is over they open the present. Of course to make it fun each present needs to be a little bit different such as a different flavor or color. We then sang and read from the book 'A Family Christmas Eve' and then Jackie, Gary and kids came over for lots of yummy finger foods and a showing of How The Grinch Stole Christmas. 

Ryan decided he wanted to get the kids the XBOX. I was, and am, hesitant about it but it hasn't been that bad. They get a lot of exercise out of it and it doesn't seem to be something they are obsessed with. They are still out on the trampoline and roller blades enough that I don't feel like I am too bad of a mom! ;-)

My tree is looking sad this year. I never did get the items
I wanted to spruce it up with. Someday I will have a kid tree
and a nice looking tree. Oh and I think it's high time
I get some curtains in my living room!!!

Jesse's favorite thing in the world.....Handy Manny!

From Grandma S. Mom knows not to buy things with tiny parts. ;)

Chocolate tools. Too fun!

This is so Ava. I knew it would be a hit!

Rollerblades! Woohoo!

In his favorite place....drawing.

Kids trying out Just Dance 2015 on the XBOX