The kids always love Easter. They especially love coloring eggs. They love it so much I usually boil a dozen eggs per kid. Jane really got into it this year! So cute!notice the peeps below....jane at all the heads off! funny

 

One night I was gone and so when I went to check on Jane just before I went to bed this is how I found her. It was so funny to me. Apparently Lucy showed this to Jane and then she ended up putting it on her head to go to bed. so funny!

chicago

Love Chicago and love it even more with these Ladies!! We had a girl's IU reunion in chicago which seemed appropriate given we took a couple of trips here during our schooling years! It was so so much fun to hang out with these girls again!! We had fun eating, touring the city, and shopping a LOT!! We walked tons which was good because we ate tons too!! Loved every minute of it.

We stayed in Hotel 71 and this was our awesome view from our room!

Smile!! Here we are on the boat for an architecture tour.

Amber was such a great sport. She was very pregnant for this trip. I think she was about a month from delivering and by the end of the day her legs and ankles were so so swollen but she never complained!! 

 And it wouldn't be a true chicago trip with these girls without a tirp to Gino's East Pizza - Yum!!

 I loved spending the first night at Sara's house with her darling family!! Love them all!

We had fun buying doughnuts at a shop near sara's house before heading to the city.

 Sara you know you want it!!! We found some interesting fashions while shopping in the city!! I think Sara wanted to buy this!! ha! ha! just kidding!

Crazy Day

Lucas is a pretty shy boy at school but it was so funny to see him not be shy one bit when it came to crazy day at pre school. Most people just wore a shirt backwards or different colored socks. However, Lucas is a very artsy kid. He loves to create so when he heard about crazy day he began to dream up his outfit. He came down with this. He really pulled it all together on his own and i didn't know if he'd be embarrassed to show up to school like this but no - he walked right in as happy as could be looking like this!! It was so cute!!

all 9 of us in Utah!

 My parents are leaving for 3 years to serve a mission for our church. My dad has been called to be Mission President in Mexico. So, all of us siblings enjoyed a long weekend with my parents. There were some of the in-laws there too but it was the first time in a LONG time that all of us siblings were together without kids all around. It was a really fun weekend! We ate lots, exercised, had a surprise bday for mom because she turns 60 in August and won't be here to celebrate. We also went shopping, played basketball, ate lots of treats, played games and mom even had some cleaning out and organizing to do (no surprise there!! ha! ha!). It was a very special weekend and I'm so happy we could pull it off!!

If you know our family you know we love to compete and have a way of making a competition out of anything. It is really funny! So, we enjoyed playing lots of games while we were together! Here are Matt and Adam sporting their hats during a game!

 Enjoying dinner at PF Chengs

 Mom is always so nice to treat us to pedicures. This is such a treat and we all LOVE it. Look at the cute little baby cousins hanging out waiting!!

 

Choir Sing Along

Lucy was selected to participate in a 3rd grade sing-a-long for the district. She was one of a few kids chosen from her class to participate. It was really exciting for her. This is a picture of us after we got home from it. Unfortunately Andy was out of town so couldn't be there. I loved every minute of it. I was in lots of choirs growing up and especially in high school. So, seeing my little girl walk out and take her place on stage - standing on the risers brought back lots of memories and made me wonder how it is that I have a daughter old enough to be doing this!!

Disney On Ice

Lucy and I had a fun night together going to see Disney on Ice. We joined a couple of moms and their daughters from our ward and had a great night out!

Grandma's in Town!

When my mom came to help Alisa with her new baby we got to see her a couple of times. Bonus!! The kids LOVED it when she offered to take them to the nearest Walgreens and pick out a treat. In my mind I was thinking a sucker or a small candy bar you might find at the check out. No! The kids walked out with bags of candy! Oh my! If you know my mom she is a total sweet tooth and she knows the way to any kids heart....candy! (Matt and I went along to "help" but we might have ended up with a few treats ourself!! ha! ha! ) We all spent a good amount of time in the candy isle. The kids had a hard time making decisions - how do you choose between all that candy!!

pinewood derby

Ethan participated in his very first pinewood derby! It was really exciting forhim and being competitive I think he was kind of disappointed he didn't win but he still had fun and loved his car!

Baby Olivia!

Alisa finally had her baby. It is so fun to live near her and fun to have a baby around. My kids are loving her too! It's also a bonus to live by family because we enjoyed seeing my mom a couple of times when she came to help Alisa with the baby. Welcome baby olivia!