Easter Weekend

We had a great Easter weekend. Nate & Luke looked so cute in their matching ties. They weren't really up for tons of pictures however. We had an amazing dinner at my sisters with each of us contributing some dishes. I will share some of the recipes in another post. But the best news of Easter came when my sister Karen announced her pregnancy! We all excited to have another little cousin/niece/nephew join the family.

Signs of Spring

It is beautiful outside today! It has finally started to warm up and feel like Spring. Luke, Nate and I spent some time outside this afternoon, enjoying the swing set and trampoline which have finally emerged from their snow burial. I've also introduced Luke to the bubble maker. I mine as well buy the gallon of bubbles now since he's learned to turn the machine on and off by himself.

Lucky

So I am playing catch up before Easter weekend arrives and I have a whole new slew of pictures. So sorry about the obnoxious number of posts. Lauren got this shirt on Saturday and was so excited to wear it for St. Patrick's Day. She wanted me to take her picture before school. She also informed me that shirts like this work really well with her hair style??! She of course wanted Luke in one of the pictures with her. He doesn't say much besides the sound for dog, with the exception of "cheese" for the camera, not the food! Looking at these pictures, remind me how lucky I am to have three beautiful children. I'd be completely bored without them!

Happy Birthday Lauren!

Lauren turned 7 on Friday. Wow, having a seven year old all the sudden makes me feel my age. We had a fun family party with her choice for dinner and dessert. She got a lot of fun gifts including a Streak n Style, Hannah Montana, and lots of clothes (the especially fun part for me of having a 7 yr old girl!). We surprised her with tickets to Disney on Ice so we left the party clean up to the boys and headed out that night. We had so much fun, just us girls together. Before we walked into the Delta Center (or whatever its called now) she asked me "Is this where dreams come true?" I'll miss the innocence of this age as it will sure pass by too quickly.

Party On!

I'm a little late in posting, but we had a great time taking 12 kids to Classic Fun Center in Layton for Lauren and Nate's "joint" birthday party. They both wanted a party so badly, but with their birthdays being a week apart, we told them they had to have one together. They skated, scootered, bounced and climbed their little hearts out! We had a great time.

Happy Birthday Nate!

Nate turned 5 on Thursday. He was SO excited to be 5, but of course it made me a little sad. The night before his birthday I told him that since it was his last day of being four I was going to give him 400 kisses. So I started counting "1, 2, 3..." Nate was giggling so hard but managed to ask, "Mom, can you count by tens?" I love this little boy so much. He is our sweet little goofball. He is so into Star Wars right now, it made shopping for his birthday very easy. He even got a fish from his Aunt Dawn and named him Hans Solo. May the force be with you (and your fish), Nate!

Cougartown

Saturday night we surprised Lauren and Nate by taking them down to Provo for the BYU basketball game. The kids were pretty excited about going "out" to eat and picking out some new Cougar gear at the Marriot Center. And, it was a great victory for the Cougars!