Parker and the Camel

Parker's kindergarten class has been learning about Asia and the animals that live there,

 so this camel came as the special guest.

 Parker was so excited.  I was too. 

 The camel was so much bigger than I thought it would be. 

What a great special guest!

Spring Fun

Here are some fun pictures of our spring so far. We have been doing a bit of yard work.

Played in the dirt a bit.

And played ball with cousins.

Easter Sunday

Here are the kids all dressed up in their Easter clothes. They all looked so adorable. I took another picture since the sun was blinding them in the first.

Easter Egg Hunt - In the Dark?

Since the Easter Bunny brought the kids glowsticks, MaKyra thought it would be fun to hide our boiled eggs and have a Easter Egg hunt in the dark with only glowsticks to light the way. The only other light they had was when the camera flash went off.

Parker takes great pictures in the dark. We was ready. What a cutie!

It wasn't as easy to find the eggs as they thought it would be but it was entertaining.

This is what it looked like most of the time they were searching. After the eggs had been found, I took pictures of the kids throwing the glowsticks and decorating themselves with them.

Pictures in the dark sure turn out grainy. This is my favorite though. Parker is in the middle. He came up with the glasses and earrings. Gabe is on Parker's right and MaKyra's on his left.

The Easter Bunny Came!

This year the Easter Bunny came on Friday night. I have heard of families do this just to break up the holiday. Saturday can focus more on the Easter Egg Hunts and Easter candy and Sunday can be more focused on Christ and His atonement and Resurrection. I loved the idea. The Easter Bunny came and hid the candy-filled baskets. Yum! He was definitely tricky this year. Peyton found her basket behind the end table. MaKyra found her basket above the cabinets.

Gabe found his basket hooked to the ceiling fan. That bunny can sure jump high!
I don't know why Parker isn't in the picture with his basket but the Easter Bunny hooked it to the light.
Once the baskets are found the candy feast began. The kids got candy and glowsticks in their baskets. We had already bought them their Easter clothes so those were already in their closets.

Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt

We had a little Easter Egg Hunt with our neighbor kids. So much fun. They are lined up and ready to go! Off looking for the eggs. We hid some pretty well but nothing slowed the kids down. They found all the eggs and they found them fast.

The best part is sitting back and enjoying the spoils! Yum!

Spring Break

For Spring Break we kept busy with Spring/Easter Crafts. Here are some of our works of art. We made snails, eggs, and spring flowers. A monkey and bunny made an appearance as well. We played with friends. They worked hard and all together on the puzzle. We went to cousin Ryker's birthday party!! Fun, fun!When we thought we were out of things to do Peyton pulled out the camera to take pictures. So we sat on my bed and took several. As I looked through all of the pictures, I got a kick out of seeing the doll sneaking into Peyton's close up. I thoght is was so funny because I didn't even notice MaKyra put it there when I was taking it. MaKyra and of course the favorite doll, Rebecca. Horrible picture of me but atleast I have a face. Many of the pictures Peyton took of me only had part of my head - if any at all.

Pinewood Derby

Gabe's first Pinewood Derby was a success. His car was pretty fast. I am so glad because when it comes to making cars I don't know much about it. Luckily Matt and my dad knew a bit. The car was really slow but then Gabe's scout leaders put some graphite on the wheels and away it went. It was such a fun night. Here's Gabe's car racing to the finish line. I can't tell what lane its in but I'll just say its the one in first.

Tired girl

Peyton was so tired that she made herself a bed and went to sleep.