School Carnival

This week started off fun with a package dropped off by Grandpa Pete that was full of fun clothes that Grandma Tess made for the kids.  Kylie and Hayden loved trying them all on and they wore them all week!

On Monday was the school carnival and on a whim I decided to go.  We went and enjoyed pizza, cotton candy and all the games!

I think the best part was the last activity we did, which was with the Fire Department.  Kylie and Hayden got to get all geared up and try the fire hose!  They loved it.

The rest of the week was normal. We played with friends, went to the library and had our last soccer practice and game!  I think Kylie spent the majority of her soccer games on the side lines bugging her team mates.  Hopefully next year she will have more attention for the game!

Hoppy Easter!

What a fun week we have had!  On Monday we had our friends over and decided to do a little BBQ with hotdogs and watermelon.  All the kids loved it- especially the eating outside part!

Over the next few days Kylie and Hayden got to wear their new outfits from Grandma Tess.  They love their new clothes so much! Especially Kylie - she is all about dresses and necklaces right now!

Wednesday it was hot enough that we decided to go swimming, and both kids actually preferred playing in the pool vs the hot tub this time!  It was a gorgeous day and we had lots of fun. Kinda getting me excited for summer to be here so we can spend every day at the pool!

Friday we played with our friends again, and Hayden loved it because he and Riley were matching! (Also he likes to pose for pictures with the thumbs up right now...)

Kylie started experimenting with doing videos where she narrates.. it's quite funny!

Saturday was a big day!  It started off with the egg hunt in Hurricane.  On the way I talked about the reason for Easter and about Jesus, and by the time we got to the park Hayden was calling the egg hunt 'Jesus' Egg Party'.  Haha he cracks me up!  Thankfully our friends Angela, Sophia and Riley were there (really, they are just our adopted family haha), because Hayden and Kylie were in different age groups.  So Hayden stayed with Sophia and Angela to do their egg hunt and I went with Kylie to hers.  Kylie was funny - she wanted a kite and bunny, and after she got her kite there were no more bunnies, so she kinda nit-picked her way around the field getting the little toys.  She didn't really care for the candy!

Hayden, on the other hand, came out loaded!!  Angela said she didn't help him at all, and his basket was filled to the brim with candy!  He was very proud of himself!

After the egg hunt Brandon took the kids for the day.  They went to Zions and did the Emerald Pools hike.  The kids had tons of fun and came home completely exhausted!

Sunday was Easter morning!  Hayden had NO idea.  He was kinda confused why I was following him downstairs so early in the morning, and when he saw the couch he clearly says "huh?" and is so surprised!  It was so funny! The kids loved their Easter baskets.  They drew on their drawing pads all morning (from Grandma Tess and Grandpa Pete), and we watched our new Trolls movie while playing with Hayden's Playdoh kit and building Kylie's Moana Lego set.

After church we went over to Aunt Chantel and Uncle McKay's house for dinner.  The Easter bunny had visited their house too and the kids had a massive egg hunt to keep them occupied while we made dinner.  Even Aunt Kelsey and soon-to-be-Uncle Morgan were there to visit!  It was so much fun and we really had a good time!  We came home exhausted and full of good food and too much candy!  Such a good Easter!

Dallan and Jessica's Wedding

After a countdown until we go to Grandma's house that lasted the past week, on Wednesday after school we finally made our big trip up north!  The kids are such good travelers now!  Especially when they get to stop at McDonald's to play halfway through.   Since we waited until after school to leave we arrived later than normal, and the kids were so wound up from sitting so long that they just ran around like crazy.

Thursday was the big day!  Hayden and Kylie got to spend the day with Grandma Tess and Grandpa Pete while I went to the Draper Temple for the ceremony.  The kids had tons of fun while I was gone and even got to go to the Trampoline place with Grandma Tess and Grandpa Pete like last time we were here!  When I got back we had to go shopping, because I had managed to leave their dress clothes hanging on a door knob at home... oops!  So we drove around to several places finding some cute dress clothes (thank goodness it was Easter time!) and then spent the rest of the afternoon with Grandma Tess playing.

That evening we went to Dallan and Jessica's reception.  The kids were super excited for pizza, doughnuts and cookies like they had at Kendra and Jake's wedding.  Well, they were sorely disappointed!!  The reception was beautiful and elegant, with Belgian waffles and crepes to snack on.  My kids were practically moved to tears and Hayden kept saying 'something else.'  Luckily they found a friend to play with to help ease the pain of no pizza (even though I know they had pizza for lunch with Grandma Tess earlier!).

We left earlier so Kylie and Hayden wouldn't be underfoot for the rest of the festivities and I picked them up something to eat on the way home to satisfy their picky tummies!

Friday we played hard at the Museum of Ancient Life with Grandma Shari, Aunt Chantel and Uncle McKay!  Kylie and Hayden loved the sand areas the best!

Saturday was rainy, so we went to the Museum of Natural Curiosity  where the kids had a blast.  They especially liked the little animal exhibit where they got to pet an iguana, a hedgehog, a snake, and frog!  So cool!

That evening Kylie and Hayden got to play with Uncle Jake and Grandma Shari while I went out with the girls to see the new Beauty and the Beast.  We came home in a huge snow storm!! It was crazy!  The next morning there was tons of snow everywhere and we had to scrape the cars off to drive to church.  Kylie and Hayden were in heaven, though.  They love snow and wanted to stay outside eating it forever.  After church we headed home after a quick pitstop to say goodbye to Grandma Tess.  They both slept nearly the entire way, so I didn't stop!

Thanks everyone for a fun weekend and we are glad we got to celebrate with Uncle Dallan and our new Aunt Jessica!!