Christian's 3rd Birthday

We were announcing Christian's birthday a week before it even arrived.
Easter was the Sunday before his birthday so we celebrated with The Denkers on Easter. He requested the big cake from Costco and it took us 2 weeks and some helpers to finish it off.

When the actual day finally came we made a big deal of it and sang him "Happy Birthday" all day. He got a green wiggle car and some playdoh. Birthday waffles for breakfast.

Temple Square in the Spring

We did our semi annual trip down to Temple Square to see the b-e-a-utiful grounds!
Photo shoot time too.

If there is water my kids are there!

Wants to get her hands on those lovely flowers. Maybe if she gets on her tip toes she can reach them.



The boys got a better picture than the girls. Jessie didn't want to have any part of this silly photo shoot.





Soo sad, but sooo cute!










Katelyn was busy being getting the best picture






Mike and Christian have a love / hate relationship. Just kidding- Mr. C is just always slap happy. He slaps you to show his affection. Mike gets slapped A LOT!







Love this guy


The temple was majestic

Amy is way too old to be in the stroller

We have to put our fingers in every water feature too.

The new City Creek mall. If you are in Salt Lake you need to see!

Sitting on the couches surrounding a huge gas fireplace.

It was a Sabbath well spent downtown.

Catch Up

Life is really busy... and it is really hard to find time to be all alone at the computer. Jessie has a sixth sense for when I am at the computer and the older kids think I am doing absolutely nothing but staring at a screen so why not interupt me. Thus I am trying to "ketchup" on all my blogging.

Lilly Marie and Amanda's baby Shower

Amanda and Robbie are just a few weeks away from welcoming Lily Marie to their family! We had a baby shower at Olive Garden on April 13th for them.

Happy Easters

The Easter Bunny was kind enough to hop by our house this year. We went to the annual Easter egg hunt put on by Centerville City. Lots of candy and Applebee's free kids meals!

Came home and dyed some Eggs for the big EB and watched HOP.

LOts of fun toys and yummy candy. EB left a ginormous egg this year with a note on it.

The Easter Bunny hid the eggs outside this year since it was such b-e-a-utiful weather. I don't blame her or him. Katelyn told me this year that she for sure knows it is a her. Now she can be the Easter Bunny's helper and help keep the spirit alive for the younger chillins.

P.S. The kids neglected to find two of the egss the Eb hid in the backyard and a neighbor boy found them on Tuesday when he came over to play with Brigham. He thought he was pretty special!

get AIr

There is a new sportspark

in Kaysville that we wanted to try out over spring break. It is this massive warehouse type building filled with wall to wall trampolines. There is a dodge ball section for older kids. There are some trick tramps that come equiped with a videocamera and tv. You are recorded doing your stunt and then the tv replays it so you can see how you looked. There is a sections for everyone 42" and taller to eat there hearts out. I witnessed my own little cheerleader reunion of a couple of moms in their twenties reliving the glory days. There is a section for those under 42" to frolic. You jump for one hour. I think the kids quite enjoyed it. Maybe one day I will get the guts up to join in.