Hair

When you have an older sister and you're both in silly moods, sometimes your hair gets put into little piggy tails!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter! We had a lovely, beautiful Easter around here. We enjoyed the baskets the Bunny brought, went to church and were pleased to have Ali's friend and her family there with us as our guests, dyed eggs, had an egg hunt, had Family Home Evening...a great day. 

We spent the week reading from the scriptures the different eye witnesses to Christ's Resurection. I have not seen Him on this side of the veil, but neverthless I know He lives. He makes everything worth it, makes everything possible. I love Him. Happy Easter.

More Celebrating

Birthday celebrations are never limited to one day, right? So Jake got to celebrate his birthday again with two cousins who have birthdays near his, one on the same day and one a few days later (Ethan and Josh are college and mission bound, rather than Jake's preschool bound, but they're all amazing!)

And we also had Jake's first friend birthday. It was a Scooby Doo party and it was a huge success. I had to laugh at the difference of time I put into my first four-year-old birthday and this one! In my defense, I have thrown a Scooby Doo party before and have 21 other kid birthday parties under my belt (Wow, my kids are getting old!).

Jake felt very loved and properly spoiled after his "birthday month," so mission accomplished.

Typing

Eli wanted to type a story on the computer and Logan volunteered to help...!

Pig Cup

We got a basketball hoop this spring, and all the kids have been enjoying it with their dad. When Jason was young, he and his dad and brother had a "Pig Crown" that the reigning pig champ kept in his room, so our kids made a "Pig Trophy" for the same purpose. Logan was pretty pleased the first time he got to have it in his room!

Daddy Daughter Dance

Ali and her dad got to go to their last Daddy Daughter dance. I took her to get her hair and nails done before as a fun treat. The ladies that got to do her hair and nails oohhed and ahhed over her long hair and long nails!

Looks like they had a great time.

The dress was so fun to twirl in!

Happy Birthday Jake

This boy has been asking if it was his birthday tomorrow since Christmas, so on April 6th it was so fun to tell him that, yes! his birthday was tomorrow, and then to spoil him on his actual birthday April 7th.

My "One Great Chef" (something he calls himself) of course had to help me make his birthday cake, sporting his new chef outfit from his Grandparents.

He was so excited about the paw patrol guys I got to decorate the cake with...he just wanted them off the cake about .3 seconds after helping me put them on.

He was so excited to be sung to and blew out his candles about half way through the song (too hard to wait till the end!)

We're so thankful Jake is part of our family. He is loving, creative, and fun and we sure love him.