An Afternoon at the Park!

The weather has been soooo beautiful lately that we had to take advantage of it! We took Cameron and Kaleb into Moscow to play at the park (the one by the water tower thing?!) Anywho, the kids absolutely loved it! Cameron got to enjoy her first swing and she thought is was so cool! Kaleb went down the slide a few times but found his heart content in the little train they had! It was cool, it had a bell and a "thing" that made choo choo sounds (this little stick thing?!!) I dont know, toys are so much more than they were when I was playing at the park! Well, I had my phone on me so I was able to catch some pretty good photos of the kids playing. Enjoy!!

EASTER!!!!

Being married we learn to take family traditions from both sides of the union, as well as the creative fun of making up our own traditions. Easter is no exception. Last night before bed we explained to Kaleb the reason for Easter one last time (we knew it would be pointless once candy was in front of him). Then we told him to go to bed so that the Easter bunny could come bring him a basket of candy and toys! When he woke up in the morning he came into our room and woke us up (although we were already awake and had already taken care of the baskets!)...We went into the living room and watched as Kaleb tried and tried to get the front door open - he just knew that there was something special on the other side. Finally, VICTORY! The door swung open and sure enough there were two baskets sitting there for him and his sister. We brought them in and slowly went through them! They both took to their toys with great enthusiasm! Kaleb got a pair of flip flops, some cool sunglasses, some swimming trunks, some matchbox cars, a "go diego go" bathrub bike, and some candy! Cameron got a big chain of links in all sorts of different colors, some had animals on them, others had different textures. She got a book with chew tabs and crinkle pages, squeeky pages, and fuzzy pages! She also got these three animal boxes that fit inside one another that make different sqeeky noises and textures...and candy of course, for me and Joe to eat! We had to limit Kaleb to 4 pieces of candy as we still had to go to church and a sugar crash wouldnt be fun! Then we dressed in our best for church! When we got home from church we (me and Joe) changed clothes real quick and then headed down to my parents to celebrate an Easter dinner with them. It was a lot of fun. On the way to my parents, Joe and I stopped by the building where we had our ring ceremony after our wedding and took some pictures of the kids!It was a beautiful day, full of love and beauty. A real reminder as to why we are striving for the blessing we are, no matter the struggles or temptations...at the end of the day our eternal family is the greatest choice of all.

Troy Branch Easter Activity

This Saturday the primary presidency put on an Easter activity for the Troy branch. We started off the activity with some visiting with friends and family and getting things ready! The kids gathered around on the floor and anxiously awaited the Easter story! Mercedes (Sister Huff) then used props, the scriptures, and pictures to tell the story of Easter and help the children get a good understanding of the importance the resurrection - hopefully they were able to walk away with a good understanding (or at least a better one) of why we celebrate Easter and how great its importance is to us! Easter is one of my favorite holidays and it is such a great time to reflect on our lives and really think about how blessed we are to know that we will be together forever!

THEN...we all went outside and had an Easter egg hunt. The little ones went out to one side of the yard, and the bigger kids went to the other. It was great fun to watch them scurry around picking up all the eggs and anxiously opening them to see what candy they got!! It was a lot of fun!Silly little Kaleb only went after the blue eggs, rushing around to beat anyone to them!! He didnt end up with a lot of eggs, but they WERE blue!! We had a great Saturday.

We continued to have a great day once we left the church. Afterwards we drove into Moscow and picked up the movie "Underdog" and watched it together as a family that evening. If you haven't seen it yet, you should! It was a great family movie and Kaleb was GLUED to the TV as we watched it! Then we all went to bed, afterall, the Easter bunny was coming in the morning!

PaNcAkEs!!!

I woke up this fine morning and decided I needed to cook the kids a giant plate of pancakes! As I finished up, I placed Cameron in her high chair excited to give her her first taste of awesome! I cut them up nice and small and put them on her high chair! Kaleb and I sat next to her at the table eating our own food. Only a short while later she was screaming in a frantic manner something that sounded like "I want more"!! So I cut up one more and put it on her table. Kaleb and I went back to eating and talking about Yo Gabba Gabba on nickelodeon having Jack Black as a guest star?!! THEN, the frantic screaming again "more!"...After 3 pancakes, she was finally ready to be done! Kaleb and I ate the other 10 pancakes!!! YIKES! No wonder the pounds keep coming! hehe

2 Boys and a Blue Marker!!

Me and Michele are scrapbooking away last monday. Good conversation, lots of laughs, struggling to come up with ideas, glue here and there, ribbon, pictures, etc....and two quiet boys both ------Wait a minute, 2 quiet boys?? Riiiight, whats going on you ask? hehe...they found a blue marker and went to town. Luckily the walls, tables, etc...were untouched. Everything was in tip top shape, so what did they color on? Hmmm...lets see:

Rub A Dub Dub Cameron in the Tub!!

The other night we were giving Cameron a bath and she was sooooo cute we had to take some pictures! She is the funniest little {fish} girl I have ever seen in the tub! She splashes, stands up and down and up and down, tries to eat it of course, and sometimes just stares at it in wonder! Here are the pics...