Easter

Saturday we went over to some friends house for an Easter egg hunt. The kids loved running around in the sunshine finding all the eggs. Anna loves an egg hunt so much she started trading her candy for the other kids eggs so she could bring them home and have her own hunt. Such a funny girl.

Saturday evening we dyed eggs.

Sunday morning we found all the eggs the Easter Bunny left for us and headed to church where Kevin spoke and Tiffany played in a musical number.

After church and naps we headed outside for an egg hunt in our front yard with our so fun neighbors.

Happy Easter!

St. Patty's Day

The older kids went to school and Audrey had a St. Patrick's Day Party at our neighbors house. There were a lot of activities planned.
First off were crafts.

What party is complete without cupcakes!  This is Audrey with her best friend Katie Butler.  Katie lives two doors down and we are going to miss her so much!

The kids went outside for some finger play with jello.  Audrey got really into squishing the jello into mush.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

The Girls and Dad

This morning Tiffany took Jared to Hopkins for a study, no worries...Jared is on the control side of the study since he doesn't have ADHD or ADD. So this morning it has just been the girls and I. I have been wondering what we should do to past our time and enjoy the beautiful day. This is our first attempt at welcoming the new day...

Stay tuned to see what else we do today...
After constructing and demolition of our fort, Anna and Audrey confronted me with their sad little girl faces and said, "Dad, we're hungry." I relied, "what are you hungry for?" Anna whispered into Audrey's ear, "Chicken fries." Which is interpreted in our home as McDonald's chicken and fries. So off we went to satisfy our hunger.

I made the mistake of later mentioning milkshakes so later we went to Chick-filet for cookies and cream shakes. We savored the shakes on our way to the park.

What a great day with the girls!

Blue and Gold

This years Cub Scout Blue and Gold theme was all about talents. Jared got to show off his trumpet skills playing Skip to my Lou. He also earned a few awards and almost has completed his Webelos requirements. Good job Jared!

Lets Go Swimming!

These girls are ready for summer.

Silly girls got dressed up in their swimming suits and were pretending to swim in the living room.

Winter?

It has been a strange winter. We haven't had hardly any snow and most of the days have been nice. The kids have enjoyed playing outside with friends.
Jared got a Pogo stick for Christmas and it has been a neighborhood hit. Most days Jared is outside attempting to break his record of 300+ consecutive jumps.

Anna needs a dog. She loves our neighbors golden, Sophie.

Love this picture of Audrey.

When it did snow it wasn't much, but the kids were out in a heartbeat sledding behind our house.

Sisters

Anna and Audrey are at a cute stage where Audrey worships Anna and Anna is nice enough to let Audrey follow her around. We found them like this last night.

Christmas

It has been a busy Christmas this year. The season began with Tiffany's piano students Christmas recital. Jared played in the recital as well. It was his first time playing in public and he did well despite his nerves, playing The First Noel.

A night or two before Christmas Eve the kids made gingerbread (graham cracker) houses.

Christmas morning was wonderful. The kids enjoyed all their gifts and spent the morning playing with them.

Christmas Pajamas

Gifts from Santa

Best Moment #1 Anna and Jared giving hugs and kisses after opening each others gifts for one another.

Best Moment #2 Audrey playing with her favorite toy: packing peanuts

Christmas afternoon Kevin drove to the Reagan Airport to pick up his Sister, Kristen, her husband, Hyrum, and their son, Will. We had a nice week hanging out, going on walks, playing games, visiting D.C., and the temple.

Taking a bath

Putting together a Christmas present

Strolling D.C.

Museum of Natural History

Sister/Brother

Inner Harbor

Teaching Uncle Hyrum the finer points of Go-Fish

Sharing secrets

After dropping Kristen, Hyrum, and Will off at the airport we headed to the Temple to see the lights.

Hope everyone else's Christmas was as wonderful as ours.