Happy Birthday Dad! & Mother's Day Too!

David's Birthday on Cinco de Mayo always means some Mexican food - and a pinata of course! The kids were all happy to "help" Dad blow out his candles.


She's ready to swing! That poor pinata doesn't stand a chance against that crazy girl!



Happy Mother's Day 2009. The kids posed for this pic with their dad by our beautiful pink tree. We sent this picture to David's mom as a Mother's/Grandmother's Day surprise.

Moab Spring Break Trip

At the end of our wintry Spring Break week we went to Moab for a quick visit. We hiked quite a bit, and then spent one afternoon on 4-wheelers. We had a fun visit! The kids loved the 4-wheerling, and they always love hiking through Arches and climbing that fun red sandstone. Ben thought he was just as big as his brother and sister and kept his mom in a panic that he would race off a cliff the whole time! Braden hiked all the way to the top of one of the Windows Arches and also scared his mom a bit! Fun trip!

Spring Break Snowstorm!

What a crazy Spring Break we had this year! April 16th we woke up to find over a foot of snow piled up in our yard! The kids had fun playing in our spring Winter Wonderland and by the next day, it was gone!

More Easter Fun

All dressed up and ready for church on Easter Sunday. Aren't they cute kids!?

Easter morning we had cinnamon bunnies for breakfast! The kids got to look for their baskets and some eggs while the bunnies baked. You can see from this picture what Ben thought about his bunny-breakfast!

Kate and Braden were happy to dig in to their cinnamon-bunnies!

Ben found something outside on a sprinkler head!

Kate in her Easter dress & coat hunting for eggs!

Braden the egg-finding-expert reaching for one in the tree. He was the speediest hunter this year!

Easter 2009

April 12th

Easter morning Kate, Braden, and Ben were eager to go find their Easter baskets. Braden found his first (under the tv) - Ben found his next (inside the high chair) - and Kate needed a little help before she finally located hers behind the toilet in the bathroom. That was a tricky spot!

April 2009

Coloring Easter Eggs - April 11, 2009

Ben had so much fun coloring (& cracking) Easter eggs this year. Mom had boiled all the eggs and set them in a bowl on the counter until it was time to start coloring them. She was downstairs vacuuming when suddenly she heard Katie screaming "NO Ben!!!" Ben had found a big bowl of eggs on the counter and started cracking them one by one. He had cracked 12 of our 15 eggs by the time we found him busy at his task. Don't worry Katie, we boiled a few more and then we let Ben color all the cracked ones - he didn't care!

Easter Egg Hunt - BRRR!

Here are the kids at a cold, drizzly Easter egg hunt on April 11th. We usually go to the American Fork City Easter Egg Hunt at Rotary Park. This year they had some "budget cuts" so the treats were a little scarce, the wind was cold, the rain was wet, and the hunting was tricky! Ben actually came away with the biggest load in his basket. (He was in the "under 3" category which meant he had a huge advantage over those babies!) Braden & Kate were in the same age group this year and there were tons of kids scurrying for that pile of treats!

April Fool's Day Kate!

This year at school April Fool's Day was also "Crazy Hair Day." Kate went for green craziness in her hair. Mom had fun making lunches for Kate & Braden for April Fool's Day. Mom got some snack-sized bags of chips, cookies, even a candy bar. Then she carefully opened the sacks, emptied them of their "delicious, not nutritious" contents, filled them with grapes, carrot sticks, and other "healthy" items and then taped the sacks back together. Poor Braden - he was sooo excited when he saw that Twix bar in his lunch - only to discover baby carrots instead of chocolate! Ha Ha! Mom likes to do April Fool's tricks too!