Parks all around!

Our new house (which I will eventually blog about with pictures, but it's gotta be clean first, so it might be a while...) has a lot of parks really close to us.  Back before this second winter began, there was a really warm day where the kids and I walked to a park that's about half a mile from here.  I thought it was close enough to not be a problem, but next time I'm bringing the double stroller.  The way there was fine because they were all so excited, but after playing for a while and getting tired, all I heard the whole way home was whining and crying.  I had to carry Ari the entire way and Lexi was mad/sad I wasn't carrying her, too.

 In Ogden, I would be 100% sure this random guy was digging a grave.  But here, I'm sure he was just a city worker doing his job that didn't involve dead bodies.  I love this new area!!

We have a small park (really, it's just a community playground without bathrooms) about a block and a half away from us, but the kids prefer to go to this park since it's huge and has two play structures.  It's gonna be a fun summer!

Easter

Easter weekend (also our moving weekend...more on that later) started for us on Friday with dinner and an egg hunt at Shane's parents' house.

Kaden, Lexi, Ryley, and Ari ready for candy!

Ari still needs a little help.

The kiddos with their booty.

 Shane's mom had gotten each grandkid their own basket and filled it with a whole bunch of non-food items (and still some candy, of course) and the kids loved all of their new stuff!

Ari with her new sunglasses.

Saturday we headed to my dad's house for another hunt.

Sunday the Easter bunny came and, thanks to the movie Hop, Kaden thought that the Easter bunny should hide eggs rather than just putting them in his basket like years past.  Thanks a lot, Hop, for all the extra work you just created for me!

Their baskets (from left: Kaden, Lexi, and Ari's)

Spot an egg or two or 36?

Easter morning!

 I took a bunch of pictures of them doing the hunt I left for them, but I'll spare you even more pictures of them picking up plastic eggs.  They each had their own colors, which made it easier to hide Kaden's eggs the hardest.  ;)

Our friends, Danny and Steph, always buy the girls their Easter dresses (and Christmas dresses) and Kaden a present as well.  Kaden got a Power Rangers action figure this year (he LOVED it!) and the girls' dresses were darling!  Thanks Steph!!

Kaden was pouting because I wouldn't let him hold his Power Ranger guy up.

There we go.  Happy kid again.

Don't you love their dresses?!

 We got SO many comments at church about their dresses!   My little princesses.

 Some of the family came over later for yet another egg hunt (this would be #4 for my kids if you're keeping count).  Again, I'll spare you the pictures, but here's one with the cousins in it.

The kids had a great Easter and I'm happy knowing that Kaden knows exactly what Easter is really about.  Next year hopefully Lexi "gets" it.  ;)

RC Willey

We needed some stuff for our new house (the washer and dryer as well as a bed for Lexi couldn't wait), so we headed to RC Willey's outlet center in West Jordan last week.  We pulled up and Kaden said, "The hot dog place!"  How sadly pathetic are we? 

(Plus, there were no hot dogs that day.)

Anyway, we were able to get what we needed (more on that later) for some really good deals.

The kids trying out mattresses.

Ari loved this bed (she didn't get it).

Let the games begin!

After a LOONG winter of being trapped indoors, Kaden was ready to run!  His first soccer game of the spring started tonight.

He's into balancing lately...

This is "jamboree" style.  I hate it.

He's #12....oh wait, they all are.  He's the TALL one in the middle.  ;)

The girls practiced while Kaden did.  Lexi can't wait to play!

He's in the middle.

SCORE!!

 Kaden scored three times (hat trick!) and after his first goal (30 seconds into playing) he was thrilled!  He pumped his fist into the air and looked right at me to make sure I saw.  He kept his fist up and ran towards his coach for the night and got a much deserved high-five.  He did awesome.

Cutie pie!

Snuggling with Daddy.

The kids are each supposed to play two quarters, so they sit out half the game.  One of the kids on Kaden's team didn't really feel like playing today, though, so Kaden got to play 3/4 of the game.  He had a blast and when we got home, drank lots of water and said, "Can I go to bed?  I'm really tired."  WOO HOO!  Yay for summer!

Coloring Easter Eggs!

The kids have been begging for days to dye the eggs for Easter.  I was planning on Thursday, but moved some plans around so that we could color them early.  Then I bribed them with it to get them to eat all of their dinner.  mwahahahahaha

We had to do a silly picture, of course.

 None of the kids would let Shane or I help this year.  *sniff* They're growing up.  It resulted in some plain eggs (from Ari), and some adorable little pictures from Kaden and Lexi.  They're not fancy this year, but they're so sweet.

Ari just wanted to stir the egg in the dye the whole time.

 

Kaden and Lexi worked hard to draw on their eggs.

All done!

It's hard to see the squiggles, but it's so cute.

I wrote on one of Ari's eggs before she dunked it and made a huge mess, but other than that, they did the eggs all by themselves.  :)  Now they're watching Hop!

Primary's Easter Party

This past Saturday, the 23rd, our ward's primary did an Easter party.

They started off by teaching a short lesson about the resurrection and my kids were so eager to be helpers.

Still best friends.  Not sure how long that will last.

It was nap time for both of my babies.

 

Kaden helping...

Lexi helping...

Making Bunny Baskets!

 

Ari's has the yellow nose, Kaden's has the demon orange eyes, and Lexi's has the green eyes.

Decorating cookies!

He was so proud of his hard work.

After the kids all finished decorating (and eating) their cookies, they went on an Easter egg candy hunt to fill their new Bunny Baskets!  My kids had a blast and it got them so excited for Easter!  I keep bringing up the real meaning of Easter, though, so hopefully some of that gets through the sugar-induced craziness.

Let It Snow!

March 21st, it snowed!  What the?  Oh yeah, we live in Utah.

Oh well, the kids loved playing in it and it was melted by dinnertime, which is the perfect kind of snow.  :)

Catching snowflakes on his tongue.

HI!!

They came in and had hot chocolate, popcorn, and watched a movie.  Happy kids!