Spring!!

I love the spring. I am not a winter person. Out doors is the best. My kids are outside every possible minute they can. This picture here is a favorite pass time at our house (and in our neighborhood). We have proof that you can use boogie boards in Utah. This one is of Taylors first ride. Now everytime they come out of the garage she gets excited. The kids play a type of chase game with them. The goal is to jump on it when some one is pulling it. It is great to watch. There are a lot of kids that get
involved. It is great to have our circle alive again. We have been able to go see the baby sheep and cows and the kids love it. We have worked in the garden and already have things growing. The flowers are coming up. It is just great. Plus in 4 days Rob and I are going to Hawaii. I am so excited for our cruise. We are going to the Polynesian Cultural Center and doing ziplines, Who said there arent any uses for happy

snorkeling, and hiking. it

will be awesome. meal boxes?

We went camping for the first time this year on

April 16. We went to the west desert. Out toward Dugway.

We went with Michael, Adam, Rebecca, and then some other friends (banks) and theleannas brother. We did lots of Paintball, and shooting.

I was able to finally shoot our AR-15. I actually hit the target several times. it was awesome.

I did better than expected. The kids

got to shoot the paintball gun and pellet gun.

They loved it. They

would collect any pellet and paintball that fell to the ground and didnt break then find rocks and smash them . It was great. Steven bought a gilly suit which made paintball harder. Rob is wearing it in this picture. Their team is ready to go out.

the kids loved to play in the dirt. They dug a huge

hole and played in it. Taylor wouldnt leave on a hat so i

got a picture when she

finally did. The first night was a little cold. Ethan also had a meltdown because he got to tired. Rob and I

didnt

really sleep we were constantly checking on the kids to make sure they were warm. Taylor did better than expected sleeping. That was a miracle. The second night was not to bad. We were all a lot warmer. On our way home, just as we got over the mountain, our tire popped. We had to unload some stuff to get tools out but we didnt know how to get our tire out of the car. Luckily Bryan and Christy left shortly after we did and came to the rescue. Bryan showed us how to use the pully system to get our tire down and helped us get back on the road. We were blessed. We made it home and got cleaned up. The smell of a

campfire filled our

house. I had to wash my Hair 4 times to get the smell out. Ethan had the battle would in our family. He was climbing a tree and fell and got a big scratch down his body. It wasnt too bad but he really flipped out. He wouldnt even let us come

near it and screamed for ever. Rob and Chris held him down while i cleaned it and put a bandage on it. But other than that things were great. Taylor loved her first camping trip. (as you can see she loves donuts too)

Well i am glad that it is spring and things are warming up. we have more camping and gardening in the future. I cant wait. but first.....Hawaii!!!!

these are from our St. George trip. We had lots of fun and completely wore ourselves and our kids out. They absolutely loved it though. Espcially the pool. They believe that is what St. George is all about. it is funny.

Well not much has been going on. Rob made it home safely from Puerto Rico. That was a long 2 weeks. I am so glad that he is home. Church was pretty much impossible with out him. Well at least sacrament meeting. Taylor was trying to crawl everywhere and cry. So i had to hold her. Ethan decided to throw a fit and scream and cry when i told him he had to share his fishies with his sister. When i went to take him out he flipped out even more and went limp so i had to kind of drag him out with Taylor in my other arm. So we were in the foyer for a while (all 4 of us) when we finally went back in Kaylee decided to run out when the door opened. I went out and caught her. I was very mad and frustrated. Ethan and Kaylee both had to go to the bathroom 2 each. I was a little flustered. We made it though all intact. I left with 3 kids living and breathing.

Another annoying thing that happened that was my own fault was that I ordered some pictures

8x10 from walmart. I did it online and didnt check

to where i was sending them.

Last time ordered pictures i sent them to springville for my sister in law. Unfortunately that is where they were sent to. I forgot to change it. So there they sit. I need to go and pick them up. Besides it being far, the weather has been bad and i have 3 small children. So hopefully some day i will make it down there.

Taylor took her first fall down the stairs last week too. I was right near her and told her to stop. she got excited when i started to come and went to crawl head first down the stairs. I got there just in time to feel her leg slip under my hand and she tumbled down our first set of stairs (about 5 steps) she landed right on her face and skinned her nose a little bit. I felt horrible. She has since learned to go down backwards feet first.

Ethan is my hard child. he has a stubborn streak like no other. He is either really helpful and nice or the complete opposite. Things are always calmer when he is not around but he can be a lot of fun. He is such a busy body. Maybe that is just how boys are. He is gaining such an imagination and loves to play with his "buddies". We clash at school time. I am doing preschool with him and many times he wants to just go and play and it turns into a battle of will. I usually win. I know that i have that stubborn streak in me too. He is doing well in his preschool though. Hopefully I will get him ready for kindergarten. He is looking forward to going.

Easter was fun. We are not ones that do a whole lot about the Easter Bunny. My kids know that i am the one who filled the eggs. We did a little hunt on Saturday in the house due to the weather. The kids had fun and loved all the candy. Besides that we didnt do much. We watched conference and had a nice little dinner with our family. It was nice. We talked about the real meaning of Easter. The following day i was looking at pictures in the nursery lesson manual with Kaylee. She saw the one of Christ and Mary at the tomb and told me how Christ was resurrected and came out of the tomb. then she said to me "I want Jesus to come to our house." i replied "you want Jesus to come to our house?" Kaylee replied "yeah, I love him." it was so sweet. I must be doing something right. Hopefully she will hold on to that thought her whole life. I am glad that my kids are learning the gospel. Thats all for now. the kids are calling.