Easter 2015

We had a happy Easter this year. We were thankful to spend some extra special time during this past week to focus on our Savior and the wonderful gift of the Atonement and Resurrection. We watched "The Lamb of God" for FHE last week and it totally traumatized Gwen, so it has been good to review things with her throughout the week and I am so grateful that we have been able to teach her that Jesus doesn't have "ouchies"anymore.

We squeezed a few fun activities in this week too. The kids had fun making bunny masks. 

 We made some fun and delicious Easter cookies. 

We colored Easter eggs.

 Gwen was amazed that they turned colors. 

 Caleb was just happy to bounce and watch us do our thing. 

With Easter magic in the air this week, the kids planted jelly beans to see if they would grow. 

 It's always a surprise to see their jelly beans grow into lollipops!

 The Easter Bunny did not disappoint this year! He brought them all baskets full of goodies and junk food. 

 Caleb got a sneak peak at his basket before the other kids came downstairs. 

 Tessa wastes no time "sampling" her candy.

 The Easter Bunny left the kids eggs to find around the house because it was a little chilly outside. 

 

 Gwen had to inspect the bunny tracks that were left all over our house.

 

 He's a sneaky baby!

 Saturday afternoon we went to Ma and Pa's house, where the kids got to have another egg hunt with their cousins. 

 Gwen was happy to find jelly beans inside her eggs.

 

 It was a fun weekend for these kiddos, but most of all we are so thankful to know the true meaning of Easter. We are thankful to know that because our Savior lives, we can be forgiven and comforted, we can be with our family that has passed on before us, and we can be together forever. What a wonderful gift that is! 

Adam Gets His Wolf

At his last Pack Meeting, Adam finally received his Wolf Award along with a couple of Arrow Points. He has been waiting to get this award for about 3 months now (they still forgot the Mother's Pin), but we are glad he was finally recognized for his hard work! Adam loves Scouts and we are proud of him for working on his requirements so diligently. 

A Look Back at March

March was another busy, happy and exhausting month. Well, exhausting for Mommy. Here's a quick look at some things that happened during March.

We woke up on March 1st to snow! The kids were so excited! Tessa ran out in her pajamas and played for a bit. We were sad to see it melt by the afternoon. We are bummed about our lame winter this year.

Adam's class finished up their unit on the 13 Colonies and had a fun Culminating Activity where they made butter, wrote letters with quill pens, made silhouettes, and they did a few other things that I can't remember. Adam loved it though!

Tessa brought home this beautiful Sun God she made in Art Class. I hope someday she and I can sit down together and giggle about the way she loves to dress herself. Her Great Grandma Lemley would sure have gotten a kick out of Tessa and her "fashion". 

March madness brackets of all kinds adorn Adam's bedroom walls during March.

This month, Adam celebrated his one year anniversary of piano lessons. His teacher wrote this note in his assignment book one week. She is constantly amazed at how good he is and is telling me he needs to be rewarded with ice cream or something. Which Adam is totally loving!

 Snuggles and Selfies. Gwen is always telling me to hold 2 babies. 

 Life with Gwen is never dull. She loves to dress up and play princess. She wears her royal clothes everywhere we go. 

She loves her sunglasses, but she insists on wearing them upside down. 

 This shirt needs no explanation. It's my life...

 While she waited to get her pictures taken, she got to watch Frozen for a few minutes and was thrilled to do so!

 The crash after the photo shoot. 

 Caleb loves books. Not to read, but to eat!

 He is seriously the cutest thing ever!

 Now if we could just get him to eat and sleep.

 His other favorite thing to eat...a remote control.

 I got to share my love of memory keeping with some of the women at church for a Talent Show. I don't really consider memory keeping a talent, but I am good at it and I love it. 

 We celebrated Pi Day. Everyone got their own individual pies this year.

He is started to scoot himself backwards and wedge himself under the furniture. 

Mommy helped throw Aunt Gillian a baby shower. We can't wait to meet baby Gia. 

March Madness....what more can I say?

 Mommy and Daddy were helping grade some tests for Adam's teacher when Daddy came across Adam's history test and found this....

He added option D to question 22 with the answer, "BYU". 

 Spring soccer began. 

Never again! It has been so cold. We will stick to fall soccer from now on. But he is loving it. 

Adam has been teaching Caleb how to dribble a ball. These 2 are going to be the best buds someday!

Adam brought home a bunch of math tests the other day. I took a picture for his scrapbook. Every test has an A on it. (He's doing 5th grade math).

One of the main things we needed to do for Caleb to recover from his surgery, was let him soak in a bath daily. Well, Caleb HATES baths! If he hears the water running, he starts screaming. It takes 2 of us to bathe him because he goes stiff as a board and won't bend his body. So there wasn't a lot of soaking going on. One morning, I let Gwen get in the bath and decided to try getting Caleb in there too. To my complete surprise, he didn't make a peep. In fact, he loved it and was laughing his head off at Gwen the whole time. So, now everyday they get to take a bath together and Caleb hasn't fussed about it once. Weird, weird baby!

 Tessa has been a great cheerleader for Adam's soccer team.

 Caleb is big enough to sit in the shopping cart with Gwen. We still haven't decided if this is a good or bad thing. She tends to smoother him just a bit.

 Mommy surprised Tessa with her favorite spring flowers. 

 All the Lemley girls came over to watch Women's Conference. 

It was fun to get together with everyone. 

Festival of Colors 2015

Adam, Tessa and Daddy have been looking forward to the Festival of Colors for weeks! They didn't get to go the last 2 years because of Dad's school schedule. Uncle Ben and Uncle Andrew joined them this year and they all had a lot of fun! 

 Aunt Angel said Daddy looked like Tinkerbell throwing her fairy dust in this picture. 

 Tessa dumped an entire bag of pink powder on her Daddy's head. It took several showers and baths (and days) to get it all out. 

These kiddos are so lucky to have an awesome Daddy to take them to fun events like this. We love making happy memories and having such fun traditions together.