April and Easter

For my birthday, Dave's mom gave me a cute cake pan of zoo animals.  Meg and I had a great time decorating them for our friend's birthday.  She frosted the monkey and hippo all by herself and did a wonderful job.  It was fun.

For Easter, the girls and I decorated Easter cookies while Dave was at a track meet.  Again, I was amazed and Meg and Brinn's frosting abilities.  That night Auntie Nel came over and we decorated Easter eggs.  The girls adore their aunt.

We decided this year to leave a treat for the Easter Bunny.  We left him some of our cookies and some carrots and then sprinkled flour around the plate so that we could "catch" him by the footprints he would leave.  Brinn loved it!



We had a lovely time in the morning finding Easter eggs and baskets before heading off to church in their new Easter dresses.

That afternoon we went to Dave's parents for dinner and the girls had another Easter Egg hunt. 129 eggs for the two of them!  They loved it!  Dinner was fabulous and we had a great time!

It was a wonderful Easter.  We are so grateful for the chance to remember our Savior and his sacrifice.

Daddy Daughter Date

Our Elders Quorum hosted a daddy daughter date a couple weeks ago.  Here is their cute picture!

The Rest of Spring Break

The first part of spring break we vacationed in Goblin Valley (see post below). The rest of the week we did a lot of work around the house/yard, including the following:


Got some raspberries and blackberries and made a berry patch out along the fence in the back with a nice rock edging
Put a lawn barrier around the garden
Re-stained the play house
Pruned the cherry tree and the willow
Put down new bark around the house
Dug out the stumps in the front yard
Dug out the ugly vine under the front window, as well as the juniper bushes along the driveway
Started painting the nursery (2 coats of primer so far, next the color itself)


Now we just need to put something where we dug out the vines/bushes. Our garbage can is clear full of lawn stuff and we still have another pile to go in next week. Lots of work, but it was a lot of fun and the weather was nice. The early stuff we planted in the garden has started to come up. I love having a house and yard!

Camping with the Goblins

We just got back from a wonderful camping trip with friends and family down at Goblin Valley. Cody and Jessica Reynolds went down the night before and found an amazing camping site with our own little cove made of Goblins. Before we even made it to Goblin Valley the kids were off exploring and hiking. We even set up a little rappel at our camp site for the kids to practice on.

After everyone made it to camp, we headed out to the park. After some initial exploring, we played an incredible game of sardines amongst the Goblins. Then Back to camp for a delicious Dutch oven potluck!

The next morning, we went geocaching with Monte's GPS and finally found it! The highlight for many of the kids was the Goblin valley Easter Egg Hunt. The adults hid 70 treasure filled Easter eggs around the park (in caves, on top of rocks, in crevices, etc.) The kids had a great time scampering around finding eggs.

We finished up the adventure back near camp, where we hiked up Little Wild Horse Canyon, a beautiful canyon that narrows to a fun slot canyon. After a mile or so, we stopped and set up a few rappels for the kids and adults. It was awesome, especially when Cody's "Thor's Hammer" foot dislodged a large stone. We were all impressed.

All in all, it was a great adventure with family and friends!

Check out our sweet photo slide show below.

baby

you gys have no idea how excited me (meg) and brinn r 4 our baby brother.

Thanks

Thanks for all the birthday wishes and to my wonderful husband for making me feel like a queen everyday and making my birthday special! And to Brinn, who helped me make my birthday cake ;) (poor Meg was still sick).

On another note, I just finished reading "Matched" by Ally Condie and really enjoyed it. Anyone looking for a good, easy read, I would recommend it. It kind of has a "Giver"/"Hunger Games" (minus the killing) feeling. Fun read.

We are very excited for our upcoming camping trip and to see the Rex family. I'll take some pictures.