Easter 2016

Easter came so early this year. It didn't leave us with much time to do too many activities with everything else we had going on. Gwen and some of the kids Mommy babysits did some Easter crafts, but we saved our big stuff for our own kiddos and fun afternoons. 

One of our favorite holiday activities is decorating cookies. We had a fun time making Easter cookies this year. The kids did a great job and the cookies tasted as good as they looked!

 Our other big activity was coloring eggs. We tried something new this year and used food coloring, baking soda, and vinegar. We loved watching the paint sizzle as we poured the vinegar on the eggs. I think this will be a fun new tradition.

Saedree's Play

Before spring break, we went to see Saedree in her school play, The Little Mermaid Jr. Saedree played one of the mersisters. Gwen and Tessa love The Little Mermaid musical and it was fun to see Saedree perform in it. After the show, the girls kept asking to get their pictures taken with all their favorite characters. All these cute girls did such a great job!

Amelia Bedelia

Last Friday, Mommy, Adam, and Tessa got to have a fun evening out together at Children's Theater. We saw Amelia Bedelia and had such a fun time! The play was darling, we got some yummy treats at the Soda Fountain after the show, and we had a fun time just spending a few hours together. 

Tessa McPhee

We have been calling Tessa, "Nanny McPhee for the last few days. She has had a very stubborn loose tooth that is taking it sweet time falling out. In the meantime, Tessa has been left with a very awkward looking tooth and smile. If she closes her mouth, her tooth sticks out of her lips, just like Nanny McPhee.

 When I picked her up from school on Monday, she was thrilled to show me that it finally came out! She had just gone to PE and was wiggling it with her fingers when a classmate bumped into her and it came out! She said it bled "forever", but she went to the office until it stopped and then Mr. O'Brian helped her pick out a special tooth box for her to keep it safe. She was so excited that the Tooth Fairy was finally going to come and she kept telling us, "I can't believe how adorable I look without a front tooth!" And we agree with her! 

Provo City Center Temple Dedication

On Sunday, Mommy, Daddy, and Adam had the wonderful opportunity to attend the Provo City Center Temple Dedication. Ma was nice enough to babysit all the little kids, so Pa, Katy, Matt, and Gillian all came down and went with us. As always, the dedication was so special and we are so blessed to be able to be surrounded by so many temples!

What made this dedication extra special for us, is that Uncle Lynn helped with it. He spoke and led us all in the Hosanna Shout. We got to watch he and Aunt Jan help put mortar in the cornerstone and we even spotted Uncle Doug and Grandma Nielson in the Celestial Room for the dedication. 

Tessa is hoping that another temple will be built soon so she can go to the next dedication with us.

St. Patrick's Day 2016

Our St. Patrick's Day was pretty low key this year. The night before, the kids decorated their box for the Leprechaun's and left it in the moonlight in hopes of finding it full of treasures in the morning. 

 They woke up excited to see if anything had been left and they found a giant green mess in our house. They followed the path of the green mess and found their box hiding in the bathtub full of fun things!

 We had a yummy breakfast of green pancakes and rainbow fruit.

 We had a fun dinner with lot of green food and Mommy made mint truffles for dessert. That was a wrap on our day. Gwennie and her friends did a few art projects during the week. We are getting ready for Easter now. They are too close together this year.

Happy Pi Day!

 We had a fun Pi Day this year! We had Shepherd's Pie for dinner, we made an ice cream pie (one that everyone would eat) for dessert, and after FHE we read a fun Pi Day book called, "Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi". We love celebrating the random and silly "holiday's".