Last week was our spring break. It didn't last long enough-they never do. Unfortunately, we were all sick at some point during the week with something (colds, coughs, pink eye, sick tummies). That threw our week and some of our plans off a bit, but we managed to squeeze in some fun.
Saturday and Sunday we watched a wonderful General Conference. I loved having all of us home together, listening to the words of our Prophet. Conference is always such a special weekend for our little family and the kids look forward to it-mainly for the junk food.
Adam did puzzles while he listened to the speakers and Tessa made flowers for everyone in the family.
For all of you who think my house is always clean....hello Conference weekend!
2 of Gwennie's favorite things-snuggling with Daddy and Doritos.
I put this Conference board together a couple of days before Conference began. The kids had fun with it.
On Sunday afternoon, Adam got to leave for a quick trip to California with Ma and Pa. He has been so excited to go!! I will have pictures from their trip soon. Gwen was devastated they left without her.
Monday morning, the girls and I did some Easter shopping. Shopping with Tessa can be so fun and so hard. Everything she finds is "adorable!!". Sometimes it's hard to tell her no.
That afternoon we headed over to Mamma and Bampa's house to see our cousins. Paige and Tessa loved playing dog and getting inside the dog cage.
Monday evening, we went rock climbing with the Nielson crew. Tessa is super scared of heights, so I didn't think she would like it, but she wanted to give it a try.
She never really got much higher than this, but at least she tried it!
I got to chase Gwen around. I can't keep up with her very well these days.
This was Gwen Tuesday morning. She didn't wake up until after 9am. Being sick and having a quiet house was a good combination for a long sleep. Oh, and Mommy and Daddy's bed.
Tuesday afternoon we headed up to Kangaroo Zoo for some bouncy fun. My girls loved it and can't wait to go back.
Mya, Tessa, and Ellie
Gwen like playing with Milo.
Both of my girls went up the highest slide. I was proud of Tessa for going so high, but was amazed that Gwen did it without thinking twice. She spent most of her time climbing up this ladder and eventually climbing up the slide. Crazy girl! Tuesday evening we went with all the cousins to the Frozen sing-a-long.
Wednesday morning we were all not feeling well, but we got out of the house in the afternoon and went over to Salem Pond to feed the ducks.
Wednesday evening we went to Nickel Mania and back to Mamma and Bampa's for a campfire. I love watching Paige and Tessa together. Tessa was so happy to have Paige around for a couple of days. These girls are the family artists.
Thursday we headed up the cool canyon for a picnic and some games of Pooh Sticks. Aunt Katy and Uncle David joined us.
We played at the park for a while and Gwen spent most of her time making piles of wood chips and then stomping on them while singing, "Here I stand!" (from Frozen)
Friday, Tessa got to go have a special day out with Ma and Pa-more on that later.
Adam, Gwen and I survived grocery shopping (barely) and then that night we made our homemade pizza for dinner and had a camp out.
Tess helped me make cinnamon rolls for breakfast. When she couldn't find a ruler to measure out the perfectly spaced rolls, she made her own ruler.
And this pretty much sums up our Friday with Gwen. It was a challenging day to say the least. All afternoon and evening she lived in her diaper and pink fuzzy high heels. She walks around singing song from Frozen non-stop.
We ended our spring break by splurging and going to the real movies-something we never do! Daddy was at school, so it was just Mommy, Adam and Tessa. We saw the Lego Movie. I loved listening to them laugh through the whole show.
Now we are anxious for summer to come and have more time to spend playing and more mornings to be a little bit lazy. Thankfully, everyone is healthy again and hopefully we can keep it that way for a while!
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