Visit from Good Friends

Visit from our Friends

Niki, Brad, and the kids came last weekend. It was so nice to be able to visit them. We really miss them. We all got together for dinner and hung out like old times, it was really nice. Meriah and Owen played bowling on the Wii. It was the funniest thing. It's hard to see from the video, I've been using my old camera which the batteries were dying, so it's not very good. But it was the funniest thing. We couldn't stop laughing. Meanwhile Caleb and Alex played together in another room. They played together so well. The girls dressed Kate up in Princess clothes and she looked so cute. Niki and I tried to get pictures but both our cameras had dying batteries. In the beginning of the evening we must of had about 10 kids out on the trampoline it was so funny. I was just waiting for someone to get hurt but luckily no one did. We had a good time and can't wait to visit them next.

Picking Strawberries

We had been wanting to go pick strawberries during Spring Break, but we were so busy and never got around to it, so we decided we would go today. Every summer when we go visit my sister, she always has homemade strawberry freezer jam and we absolutely love it and always look forward to it. We have been wanting for a long time to try to make it ourselves, so today we made our first attempt and we will know tomorrow if it turned out. The kids had a lot of fun. The Strawberry Farm seemed to be real kid friendly. They gave all the kids their own little basket to collect the strawberries and they even got their own little pair of scissors. The kids were so excited but try controlling several kids and what kind of strawberries they are picking. It was fun though. The kids had a blast. Later we made our strawberry jam which the kids really got into. I hope it taste good because we all have really been looking forward to it.

Painting Pottery

Yesterday Melissa and I took the kids to this Ceramic place. We joined by Alissa and Kelli and and their crews. I think the kids had a lot of fun. It was a cute place and they had a lot for the kids to choose from. Caleb picked out a dinosaur and Emma got a butterfly. I'll have to take the older girls there, they would absolutely love it. I am always looking for things to do with the kids and there are really a whole lot of options around it. Alissa had told us about this place. So if there is anyone who knows of any other great places or things to do with little children let me know. After painting we went to Chik-fil-A for lunch. Here's a little hint Melissa gave me - if you leave the kids meal toy wrapped you can trade it in for an Ice Cream cone. I never knew that. So after the kids ate lunch - we got them ice cream. It was funny because we lost 3 of the ice cream cones - 2 thanks to Emma who got very upset when her ice cream fell out of her cone. The kids had a nice time and I think we will definitely go back there again.

Breana & Regan's Haircuts

Breana has been wanting to cut off her hair for Locks of Love ever since I did it and we finally got around to it. We were going to make it a mommy and me day for just the two of us, but then she wanted to know if Regan could come. That is very rare so I couldn't pass up the opportunity to let her include her sister. So the three of us took off today to have some fun and Regan decided she would even cut her hair today, which totally shocked me because she absolutley loves her long hair. We took off to the mall and ate lunch and then went and got the haircuts. I was sick to my stomach because I was afraid after they got their hair cut and saw that they might not like it and get upset. I was so afraid! But they both really turned out so cute and they both absolutley love their new looks and they feel really good about being able to help other kids out. They both cut off a little more than 12 inches and once again my girls look like me! We went shopping later and instead of clothes they ended up getting Webkinz and for those of you who don't know what they are. They are little stuffed animals with secret codes to log onto this Webkinz website and you get to take care of them and even design bedrooms and all kinds of things for them, so I guess the two of them will be fighting to get onto the computer! But all in all it was a really nice day spent with my girls. We all had a really good time!

SWIMMING

We went swimming today. It was a perfect day. The water was a little cold, but it was hot so you didn't mind getting it. A few notes - I did not intentionally leave Breana out - she was not able to join us. She got into a little mischief right before we left. Nothing like a little sibling squabbling to bring a family together. Also you never really see me in pictures because I am behind the camera. My kids will never know what I looked like when I was younger - whether that is good or bad remains to be seen. But I am actually in a few of the photos - if you look closely you will see my big toe in the way. That's because I am such a great photographer with some mad skills!!! Really the sun was so bright I couldn't really see. We have tried to do alot with the kids and spend time togehter as a family this Spring Break even though we didn't go anywhere and I have to say - I think we are all really enjoying a little vacation at home and hate to see it end. I am really looking forward to summer. As Breana gets older, I realize she will be leaving home before long and I really need to take in these moments.

Our Rainbow

The other day - Tucker was grilling out for us. He came inside and told us there was a big rainbow outside. All the kids took off running to see it. It was big and so clear, probably can't tell from pictures because I am using my old camera, I broke my new one. (Well a combination of Tucker and I dropping one time too many.) Anyways it the rainbow seemed so close to our house. It spread across right over the street and looked like it right behind our neighbors house. The kids always get to excited to see rainbows. The love the really clear ones where you can see all the colors. It was beautiful!