Marshmallows & $5 fun

We decided to light up the firepit Monday night and do s'mores for treats for FHE. I don't know why we actually even do s'mores because no one except BJ really even eats them. Guess its because I am lame and don't know any other dessert to do in the firepit except cobbler, and that takes too long (and I don't really even like it). The kids have fun trying to roast the marshmallows and I like pretending like we are camping without having to actually camp. Funny little story. In school Brayden learned about Martin Luther King and his dream so then they got to each write a dream they had. BJ and I went in for parent teacher conference and she showed us his dream paper and his dream was to go camping! I felt so bad that that was his dream, so simple, BJ thought it was hilarious. So right then I swore we would go camping this year, and not just roast hotdogs and marshmallows outside.


This year the Easter bunny brought the kids giant bubble wands($1 @ Walmart) and kites(also $1 @ Walmart). He was kind of cheap this year, but can I just say that that was the best $5 spent all year! Sorry Jace you didn't get a kite. The bubble wands were Tuesdays evening fun and the kids had a blast outside with them. Then Wednesday night BJ put Brayden's kite together and they had fun trying to get it to fly. They actually got it up a few times, and a few times it came down and smacked Jace in the head. I love when the simple things make them so happy!!

Easter

We had a fun Easter this year. BJ was gone Friday and Saturday on a fishing trip and didn't get home till late Saturday night, so that left me and the kids to pass the time. We had my sister come and stay the night Friday and we ordered pizza and watched Enchanted. Saturday Adi had a mandatory dance practice at 9am so we went to that and then went to Park City and shopped for a few hours. The kids hated shopping, but were troopers. After we got done shopping we had to go to Bountiful to meet my mom to get Adi's Easter dress she made for her, so we met at Applebee's and had dinner. By the time we got home I was exhausted so we did quick baths for the boys and luckily they were excited for the Easter Bunny, so they went to bed with no arguments! I was hoping BJ would make it home to help with Easter Bunny stuff, but no he didn't get home till midnight so I did it myself. Sunday morning Brayden of course was up at like 7 and Jace not to long after that, but I put Jace in bed with us thinking I would get a few more minutes of sleep, and to my surprise he went back to sleep till 8:30 and Brayden and Adisyn just sat in the living room and watched tv till we got up.(Come to find out later though Brayden actually went around and found everyones Easter basket because he sure was quick when we said go find your baskets and was so eager to help both the other kids and knew right where to go!!) Luckily this year the Easter Bunny was kind of smart and hid Transformer eggs for Bray, Princess/Tinkerbell eggs for Adi, and Cars eggs for Jace. So everyone got the same amount and could go as fast or slow as they wanted. After church we hurried home to change and headed out to my uncle's house in Kaysville. We had dinner and then did another Easter egg hunt with their cousins. After the hunt the kids had fun running around playing hide and seek in Keith's house. Both Brayden and Adi said it was the best Easter ever, so I guess it was!
Jace finding candy

Brayden and Adi getting their baskets


Easter outfits! Jace found this beanie right before pictures and had to wear it. what is wrong with my kids??!! HE loves, loves to have his hands in pockets!


Brayden, Adisyn, & Jace hutning for eggs at uncle Keith's.



Jed & Maegen

Easter Egg Fun

We colored out Easter eggs for FHE Monday night. The kids had a good time and NO dye was spilled during the process, and only 1 egg dropped! Adi and Brayden had fun writing on the eggs and then dying them and then seeing how they turned out. Adi wrote her own name on one, and Brayden wrote "me and my dad like pop" Why he wrote this we don't know, kind of strange, but hey atleast he wrote it by himself, so he is using what he learns at school! Jace just wanted to play with the dipper and dip it in the egg dye and then put it in his mouth, gross! It was just fun doing something together as a family!

St Patty's Day

Monday while I went to pick Adi up from school a Leprachan must of some how got into our house because when we got home there were little green footprints going from the back door, downstairs, over the couch, up the wall and left a little treat under a basket. He must have hopped out the window because that is where the tracks stopped! Adi was so funny because the leprachan also came to her school so she thought it was pretty crazy he came to our house too. She was also convinced he had gone to all the neighbors too. She had to wait for Brayden to get home so they could follow the tracks together. Luckily, it was early out day so she only had to wait a few minutes for him. They thought it was pretty cool and enjoyed the little treat!

Pre Easter Party

Saturday we had my family come down for a little pre Easter party. I wasn't sure who we would be seeing on Easter so I thought it would be fun to have everyone come down for a little get together, and I like to host parties and have everyone come over. Everyone except Adam(we missed you) was able to come this time and we were so happy to see everyone. We had the traditional Easter dinner and also did an Easter egg hunt for the little ones. Since there are only 4 grandkids and 3 are mine Haylee and I each got eggs and put them outside for the kids. Brayden and Adi had fun and Kyla and Jace went along with it not really sure what they were doing, but had fun anyways! I made little Easter bags for everyone and Brayden hid them around the house for the adults. He was so excited to hide stuff for them it was pretty funny. He hid 10, but we only found 9 and I still can't find the last one. I really wonder where it is?? So thanks to everyone for coming, we had fun and were glad to see everyone!!

Kids getting ready to go out and find eggs.

Jace finding eggs

Kyla found an egg!!

Adi & mommy's night out

Friday Adisyn and I went to Disney Princesses on Ice, we met Missy and Ellie there and had such a great time! The little girls loved the show and had so much fun playing together. We use to live by them in North Salt Lake and have really missed them since we moved to Lehi. I asked Adi if she wanted to drive or take trax to the princess skate(that is what Adi called it)and of course she wanted to take trax. Since it was her night I agreed and we took the train. It saved on trying to find a place to park and traffic since our show was at 4, and it really wasn't that bad. The show was so cute it was so fun to see all these little girls dressed up in princess outfits. Adi dressed up in her Sleeping Beauty dress. She has 2 and we decided on the one that was less froofy since she would have to wear it on the train and this one I could shove in my purse if she wanted it off(which she did). After the show we went over to the Gateway to eat and visit and let the girls play. We didnt' get hoem till about 9:00 and Adi fell asleep on trax on the way home. It was fun to have a night out with just the girls. I felt a little bad leaving the boys home, but so enjoyed having one on one time with Adi! Thanks Missy and Ellie we had a blast!!

Adi & Ellie with there Tinkerbell barbies that we paid way too much for!!

Adi on the train with her "treasure map"

Sick, sick, sick-o's!

Ok so Adisyn and Jace were sick 2 1/2 weeks ago, the reason I remember was because I documented this worried that Adi maybe wasn't infact sick, but having migraines, which with her history of head trauma scared me. So I wrote it down to see if she got it again or if it was just a flu bug. So when Tuesday morning she woke up throwing up and complaining of a headache I was really scared, but when she continued to be sick Wednesday and Thursday, and when Jace joined in Wednesday and Thursday I ruled out migraines and chalked it up to we were just lucky enough to have the flu bug again! As bad as it was I was glad she was flu sick again and not having migraines! So when Thursday night it hit me and flattened me till Friday I knew, yep, we got the flu. It was pretty nasty and thank goodness BJ was home to help or else I guarantee my kids would not have made it to school. Adi's hair was pretty scary(he struggles to comb Brayden's so you can imagine what Adisyn's looked like) so I did manage to sit up and have him put her on the bed so I could put a clip in it. But he was great and really stepped up, thanks honey I love you!! I did however make the mistake of getting up Friday night to watch the Jazz game with him and so he took it as I was better so he went fishing Saturday morning! What do you do!!