Easter

This year Easter was a little different for us. It was the first Easter not with family. It felt a little odd, but luckily we have some great friends, so it wasn't lonely. We had a ward activity in the morning at the skating rink and then we had an Easter egg hunt and BBQ later in the day with a bunch of friends. The kids had a great time finding all of their eggs. We didn't end up staying very long because it got cold and one of the kids fell 30 feet out of a tree and earned himself an ambulance ride. He ended up with a minor concussion and some bumps and bruises. Easter Sunday was a little hectic. Urban got chocolate in nursery, so his outfit didn't last and Hazel pulled out her hair. Needless to say, I didn't take the normal Sunday outfit pictures. I will eventually. I made the girls dresses and made their AG dolls matching ones, and I made Urban's tie. It was a lot of work but I am happy with how they turned out. Beware... There are a lot of pictures!

   

 
                     

 Urban loves these boys! He is there constant shadow.

                             

                 The ambulance, Jake being hauled away on the stretcher and all the kids watching.

                                                                        Coloring Eggs

Blizzards and swimming pools?

So very first I have to say that these pictures are not great quality. I wasn't about to take my photography camera into a water park. So these are taken with our little indestructible camera, and I am no good at taking photographs with it. But anyhow, We went to the Dells for spring break and it was a great choice considering it was a blizzard outside. We went with some friends, the Bailies. We (the women) went up on Tuesday and the men came up that night and then stayed till Wednesday. The kids loved swimming and all the slides. The wave pool was their favorite. Hazel has no fear and drug Justin down all the pitch black water slides. We pushed Urban down a water slide alone and he wasn't to hip on that. We will just say that it was the end of his water sliding for the trip. Layla enjoyed being one of the big kids and being able to roam free. Overall it was a great trip, and luckily the roads were clear for the drive home.

                                                          Our Family in the wave pool.

                                         Hazel with her friends Charlotte and Ella

                              Urban being OCD clearing all the unused tubes from the pool.

                                                                       Layla and Maggie

                                                   Blurry pictures of Layla in the wave pool.

                       Urban took my picture in exchange for one of him. (the one at the bottom)

                                                          Hazel starting down the slide.

                                            Cuddling with daddy. He wasn't feeling well.

                                                                    What a cute little guy!

Spring Fever

We are all suffering from a little spring fever, and the weather isn't making that easier.  Last weekend it was nice and warm and then this week it snowed.  We are definitely ready for spring to come.  Here are some pictures from this last month.

So as you can see, since there isn't anything to do outside, we sit at home coloring, eating catsup, and chugging orange Crush.  Oh spring where are you...

Took the younger kids to a play center in Madison while Layla was in school.  They both really enjoyed it.  Hazel had a blast jumping off of the wall into the foam pit and Urban was happy to run wild doing everything that he could reach.

This is what the weather looked like last week before it started to snow on Monday.  We even got out and started to think about doing a little yard work.

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