Easter Sun

I think Easter was the hottest day of the year this far. It was so beautiful.

We had some special visitors surprise us from Utah. Gabe and John came to town and came over Easter Sunday to hang out with us outside in the sun.

The kids were happy to share their cheetos that the Easter bunny had left in their baskets with their cousins.

Braxton rocking his new shirt that was stuffed in his basket.

Cutie Teagan looking so big!

Here are the happy sports posing for a kodak moment.

 Then for dinner we went out to my parents at the Bay.

As to be expected Bryce found his egg first during the adult hunt. My dad had strategized for weeks where to hide Bryce's egg so that it wasn't the first one found and sure enough before we even started the hunt Bryce had spotted his egg.... at the top of the flag pole!

Auntie always has arms for "G man" as she calls him.

 Easter was a beautiful day. I love going to church on Easter and singing songs about the atonement and resurrection. Our choir at church is so amazing and the Spirit was so strong.  Jeff made us an Easter breakfast which was really amazing and he even made doughnuts for me to bring to my Sunday School class. What a guy!

I love being with my family outside. There is nothing better. I love having so many cousins around for my kids to play with. They were so stoked to see Riley and Laney!

I love a good potato salad and baked beans to dip my potato chips in on Easter Sunday. You can save the chocolate bunnies for someone else ;)

It was a glorious day.

And if you remember any of these egg hunts you know that Jeff is always last to find his egg and it drives him   absolutely crazy. This year was no different but I think he got over it when he and I whooped on him and Chelsey in a game of bocce ball. Go us!

Lucky at the Zoo

Monday was so beautiful. It was warm and wonderful and we spent the day up in Canada at the Zoo. It was Peter’s birthday and he requested a day at the Zoo with all the women to himself. Lol! It was Peter and Lesha and their kids, my mom, Chelsey, and me and my kids. Lots of kids and lots of women ;)

Driving up through the border the woman in the box asked if all the kids belonged to me. I said yes that they were all mine. She then said, “wow, you are really lucky.” She said it in such a profound way that I knew she was being serious. I said, “thank you,” and continued through. My mom and I were so impressed with what she said. Normally when people notice I have 4 kids they say things like, “you’re crazy!”, or “so are you done with 4!”, or I don’t even know what else but no one has ever said, “wow, you are really lucky,” and it was really refreshing. I know I am lucky but it was nice for a stranger to recognize my kids as a blessing.

The kids were so so  good! My mom and Chelsey rode up with me and my kids and it was nice to have a few extra hands to hold Gage or push the stroller when I was taking kids back and forth to the bathroom. Also, I brought my camera but I never once dug it out of my bag which was so nice.  Chelsey took all the pictures. If you ever go someplace I recommend bringing your own personal photographer with you!

Braxton was the star of the day. The boys were most excited about seeing the bears and when we got to their refinement the one bear was way off and asleep and we could barely see her. Braxton starts growling really loud and obnoxiously and all of the sudden the bear sits up, then proceeds to walk towards us. Braxton kept growling and the next thing we knew the bear was right at the gate, nose to nose with us! All the zoo kids were happy and pretty soon there was a mob of people all excited to finally get to see the bear. Braxton was pretty pleased with himself!

After the Zoo I thought for sure the kids would fall asleep on the way home but no such luck. Lesha and Peter left their kids with me so they could have a birthday date. The kids were all totally spent and cranky and in the heat of it all my brother Bryce called to see if he and Chelsey could pick up stuff for dinner and come to our house. It was sweet!  I rocked Gage to sleep while Chelsey cooked taco meat and Bryce jumped on the trampoline with all the kids. Then once he was asleep I chopped up toppings for tacos and when Jeff got home we were all hungry and ready to chow.

We finished off the night watching a family favorite, “Free Willy.”

So far we are having the best spring break ever!

And just so you know I really love having family close and I am having a hard time grasping the fact that my sister and her family are moving to another state, soon. But that’s a whole nother story.

dying eggs

I know Easter already happened but we didn't get to the eggs until this morning. That's how we roll lately and it's A o.k. 

Happy Easter