The Tulip Festival...........

Tulips are one of my favorite if not my favorite flower. So we had to go to the festival they have at Thanksgiving Point. Its pretty close to my anniversary too and the kids get in free with the grandma pass so we couldn't pass it up. IT WAS GORGEOUS!!!!! Simple beautiful! A little piece of heaven on earth. So many beautiful flowers and so many colors. So of course you know what that means lots of pictures. I took a bunch at the beginning so my kids and I could enjoy some of the gardens!

Beautiful day to spend with some of my favorite people in such a beautiful place!

Spring Break.........

Spring break was kinda low key this time around. We did get together with cousins and do a few things but it was all out entertainment 24/7.

Monday: We got together and played kid games and made cookies. Kids had fun and enjoyed playing games. The cookies were yummy too! A little Twister, Guess Who, and Some new Mustache game? It was a nice day outside too so they got to play in the sandbox and swing on the swings! It made for a fun first day of spring break!

Tuesday: We just stayed home and did our own thing. But the kids love spending time with their best friends and neighbors. So again it was a beautiful day so we decided to have a picnic. The kids aren't picky eaters either. The girls just want everything in a basket or a nice bowl with napkins and plates and you have to have a blanket to sit on of course. First picnic of the year!

Wednesday: Was craft day with Aunt Amy. Amy finds all these fun easy crafts to do for all the kids on Pintrest and then buys all the supplies and then we have a craft day. They love it! She had lots for the kids to do. Beaded snakes, Canvas pictures, Marble races, microwavable soap, and we made t-shirts. Even the adults get in on the action too. Its a lot of fun. We LOVE craft days!!

 Only dove soap will work for the microwave. Put it in for 30 sec. to a minute and it starts to foam up. It's pretty cool and you can even reuse it. Just store it in a plastic baggie. It looks like snow afterwards.

 Making the shirts and then the final product!

Thursday: We went rollerskating. All the kids know how to roller skate except Christian but you can take scooters so we were all set. All the kids decided to wear their new t-shirts they made from the day before. It was cool because it was all black lighted in the rink and they all were lite up and they were easy to find! I have not been roller skating since I was probably in my teens. Once we got everybody laced up and ready to go Kristy let me have a few practice rounds by myself. I had to slowly go around. WOW, I felt old. But, by the end of it I was back in the swing of it. I just had to get my feet under me. It was so fun. Brought back a lot of memories from back in the day when we would go probably every week to the Fenton roller rink and skate. It was so fun, I can't wait to go again. The kids loved it to. They requested songs and played tag. Christian did a good job keeping up on his scooter. When he got tired he would stop and get a drink and sit down to rest and then just keep on going. It was really great because hardly anyone was there. We practically had the place to ourselves. It was a great activity!

Friday: We pretty much stayed home for the day and the kids just played around the house. When dad got home we went to a little near by camping/park and decided to roast some hotdogs for dinner and hangout for little while and enjoy the night. The kids found some trees to hang out in and we walked along the river and watched the ducks swim. It was a great way to end our spring break!

Picture of the Week...........

I have been waiting and waiting for the birds to come to my feeder and finally they have come! These are house finches. We will have to see what else will pop in to eat!

Easter.......

 Easter weekend just happened to be the same weekend as General
Conference this year. So after the Saturday sessions we headed to
Gma Mott's house for an egg hunt. It was such a nice warm day and the
kids were excited. Eggs were hidden and the kids were ready.

They brought in quite a load of eggs filled with candy and prizes. Thanks grandma!!

Since we didn't go to church Easter Sunday we wore Easter outfits the week before to church. The weekend gma Cromwell came to visit she bought the kids their Easter outfits. And they looked so cute in them. I can't believe how big they look. And the outfits look fabulous. Thanks grandma!!

Happy Easter! HE IS RISEN!

Shoe Shopping.........

I got a cute new dress the other day and I wanted to find some new shoes to go with it. But I don't know about you but when I am trying to find a pair of shoes that I want to go with something, that's the time I can't find what I'm looking for!

Anyway, we stopped by Payless to look around. I didn't find anything but Christian sure did. It was cute, and with no prompting from me, he came over and said, "Mom try these on!"

He was actually wearing them as he came over to tell me to try them on. I just looked at him and laughed. "Wow, those sure are sparkly!" I said " Those look like princess shoes!" He kept insisting I try them on. So I did. They made me really tall. Christian kept going back to the rack and kept pulling off all the silver sparkly shoes for me to try on. I said why don't you try them on and tell me which ones you like best??

What do you think??

He picked the tall strappy one in the above picture. It was cute! A kid with an imagination and wanting his mom to be a princess for a day. Thanks Christian that made my day!