April Memories

Because of our Spring Break trip, April seemed to fly by! And Mommy is way behind with getting everything documented, as usual. Here's a quick look at some of our April memories.

Mommy and Daddy really needed some alone time, so we got brave and left Adam with his first big babysitting job. We went out for a couple of hours and did some shopping and grabbed some dinner. It was so nice to get away and Adam did a great job with the kids. He even called us to make sure we were doing ok. 

 Running errands with Mommy is exhausting for this little guy. But he sure looks cute in a hat!

 These kids are so lucky to have the best Daddy around!

 Caleb decided to wear Mommy's shoes, but had a tough time getting them on. 

 Kathleen asked Mommy to surprise Kelsey for her birthday and make her a barbie cake. Kelsey is always complaining that she never got cool cakes like our kids get. She was very surprised and very happy. 

 Aunt Dee gave Caleb a box of Star Wars bandaids. He thought they were stickers and wore them as such. All over his arms. 

 He found strawberries in the paper! His favorite!

 What a weirdo!

 We had our first beautiful spring weekend in April. After several hours of yard work, we wanted to go hike the Y. But the winds picked up like crazy and we decided to go fly some kites. After a few minutes, it was even too windy for that. But it was fun while it lasted. 

 I love that all of our kids love to read and look at books. He carried this entire basket of books over by the kitchen and plopped himself down on the floor to read them. 

 We had another cool FHE lesson in April. We talked about our words and how they can affect others. We made some rice and put 1 cup in 2 jars and labeled them Love and Hate. For the next week, we spoke to the jars according to its label. We said nice and loving things to the Love jar, and not so nice things to the Hate jar. After about a week, the Hate jar rice was moldy and yucky looking. The Love jar rice had a couple specks of mold, but nothing like the Hate jar. It was a good object lesson to remind us to use our words carefully. 

 We acknowledged/celebrated Earth Day this year with our favorite pancakes and Dirt dessert.

Gwen could not get on board with eating worms and "dirt".

 Caleb found a fly on our kitchen floor and was enamored with it. 

 Adam and Daddy helped Matt and Gillian move into their new house. Adam was freezing, so he put on some of Daddy's clothes from the trunk of the car, and Pa played "catch" with him to keep him warm. Everyone thought he looked like a homeless kid in Daddy's clothes. 

 Tessa and Daddy had a late night chocolate milk date. She loved it!

 T-Rex came to church with us and got fed all of Caleb's snacks. 

 Gwen has been working so hard on writing her name. Her E's and N's have been giving her grief for several weeks now, but she is finally getting better and is so proud of herself!

 Sunday's are for looking at our fun family memories!

 Adam forgot to tell us that he made the Honor Roll the last 2 terms. He didn't think it was a big deal! He said his goal for next term is to make High Honor Roll. 

 Adam also earned his Bear Award at Cub Scouts. 

 She somehow grew up overnight! She is turning into such a beauty!

I recently got 2 very nice texts about Adam. The top one is from my good friend, and the bottom one is from our Primary President. I have also been pulled aside by his Primary teachers the last couple of weeks to be told how amazing Adam is in class. I am so glad to hear such positive things about our boy. I hope he is always this good!!

Mommy's Birthday

On April 23rd, Mommy turned 36!! I am starting to feel really old. Daddy surprised me with a birthday date. We got to spend a wonderful evening together in Salt Lake, having dinner at The Roof! It was amazing! It was so fun to get dressed up and go out somewhere so nice. 

 We had a perfect view of the temple from our table. 

 The next day, the family gathered at Ma and Pa's house so we could celebrate the April birthday's. 

Uncle Matt was good this year and waited for Mommy and Andrew before he blew out all the candles. 

One year older and hopefully a bit more wiser. I am blessed to have such wonderful family and friends who make my life such a happy one. 

Adam's Piano Recital

Adam had his piano recital this month. He has been working hard for weeks on his pieces. He played The Clock and Prehistoric Procession. Mrs. Hansen said she's never had a student as young as Adam play Prehistoric Procession. His hard work paid off and he did an excellent job!! 

Gwen's First Primary Talk

The Sunday after our trip, Gwen got to give her very first talk in Primary. She was so excited to do this and worked hard on practicing with Mommy and Daddy. She talked about Jesus Christ being our Savior and Redeemer. She was a little nervous before her turn, but she did a great job and was so proud of herself! She said the best part was getting to talk into the microphone. 

Spring Break 2016-Days 5 & 6

Disneyland

For our final day of the trip, we headed back to Disneyland. There were several rides we still wanted to go on and a few extra fun things we wanted to squeeze in. We got there extra early for the Magic Morning, which was supposed to get us into the park an hour earlier than the general public. Well, everyone else who had Magic Morning passes must have saved their's for Thursday as well, because the lines to get into the park were outrageous! Once we finally got in, Adam and Daddy ran to Tomorrowland to get Adam signed up for the Jedi Academy and the rest of us headed to Fantasy Land. Tessa really wanted to ride Alice In Wonderland. We got on Alice, the Tea Cups, and Dumbo before we met up with the boys again. The Tea Cups and Dumbo were a hit with the kids and Tessa said Alice was her favorite ride at Disneyland. 

 David and Alex came on Thursday and spent the day with us. It was so fun having them there. 

Although we were glad to be at Disneyland again, we were all wiped out. The kids were exhausted. Gwen took a nap practically sitting up. 

 So Daddy and Adam were so lucky and Adam got signed up for the Jedi Academy. Unfortunately, 10 minutes before the show was supposed to start, it started to rain and they canceled the show. I think the adults were more disappointed than Adam. He had a really good attitude about it. He got to take pictures with the Jedi trainers and then they gave him a walk- on pass for any ride he wanted to go on. He chose the Matterhorn, so we were able to just walk on that ride basically, which was really nice!

 We tried to stay out of the rain a bit, so we ended up going to see Chewy! Chewy was hilarious and very friendly! Everyone got hugged by Chewy! Caleb loved seeing him!

 He got so excited to see Darth Vader anything!

 After meeting Chewy, we met Kylo Ren. That was a bit scarier for the kids, but they all talked with him. Symphony is very concerned about our boys deciding to join the dark side now that we have met Kylo Ren. 

 Everyone loves the Buzz ride!

We ran into more Storm Troopers.

 I wish I knew what was going through his little head!

 We decided that we couldn't leave Disneyland without meeting Mickey Mouse. So our last stop for the day was going to meet Mickey. All the kids were so excited to meet him and even Caleb ran to him and gave him a hug!

 Until next time, Disneyland. We sure love you!

We had a very, very, very long car ride home on Friday. Considering how long we were in the car, the kids did amazingly well. Caleb especially. As long as he had his book and toys, he was the happiest boy ever. We were so glad we were able to go have such a fun trip, but it was nice to get home again. We made such wonderful memories. We can't wait to do it again someday.