Aaron's 7th Birthday

We had such a fun day celebrating Aaron's birthday at Belgatos Park near our house. Aaron wanted to have a "scone cake" and it was a hit with his friends. Making 60 scones on party day was crazy for me but it was worth it to see all the kids say "I love these things!" 

 The human hamster balls were soooo fun. We borrowed one from a neighbor and bought one ourselves and they were a blast. Some kids really got into it and rolled around until an hour after the party was over. Its a perfect activity for the 8 and under crowd. Even little kids could do it.

 We finished out the party with face painting and a treasure hunt. It was definitely our biggest party hosting to date. Aaron's whole class has grown really close this year so they were all invited. 

A+ to Jacob for not disappearing into the woods while Chris and I were busy, and if he did...wandering back to the park before we got worried. 

Spring Break 2: St. George/ Las Vegas

Started out the week by visiting Swig, one of St. George's favorite places to eat. Can you get better than  shaved ice and the best sugar cookie ever.

Conference Sunday = SCONES! 

Michelle made a mountain of them which we devoured while we listened to the prophets words. 

Chris went into a scone-coma. 

Its clear Michelle loves giving Brandon a foot massage. 

The kids, Brandon and Chris all hiked the Gap... or the Crack... or the Red Crack as some people call it. All the kids rocked it and Jacob did it twice. 

 The boys and I went to the Dinosaur Discovery Site in St. George which featured actual fossilized imprints of dinosaurs who walked at that very site.  It was pretty amazing.

 Michelle and I spent her birthday dinner together at a delicious thai restaurant. We ordered twice as much food as we could eat and enjoyed every minute. 

After we left St. George, we met up with Chris in Las Vegas where he was finishing up back to back conferences. We stayed the night in his hotel room at Trump Tower Las Vegas. It was very nice and can you tell the beds were very comfortable. Jacob was soaking it up.

This is as close as Jacob got to swimming in the pool. 

 Our night on the town included a lot of walking, looking at stuff, riding elevators, and posing for pictures. Jacob was not too keen on the "stand still" idea and kept us on our toes all night. 

 I love how Jacob and Aaron are captivated by the juke box at our table. Sad thing was that it wasn't operational, just for looks. Whats up with that?

Spring Break 1: Arizona

We spent lots of time at Justin and Kathryns. 

Brandon always has something crazy going on... right now its his hair. Its actually quite handsome when its combed. 

 We took a day and went to Goldfield Ghost Town. It was a really fun day where the kids saw a live "gun fight" which they all plugged their ears for because the guns were super loud.

Nanny and Papa's comminty pool was a fun place to hang out. Jacob only fell in once. Thank you Uncle Brandon for saving him. 

While my dad was at his MCC computer class, Nanny took us to the Mesa Museum for Youth down the street and we worked on a lot of fun art projects.

Brandon was kind enough to let the boys have some clay time at his very own art classroom. The boys were in heaven. Alex and Aaron did clay while Jacob painted on a paper bigger than him. I was thrilled to see Brandon in a classroom environment and I couldn't help but be jealous of the supplies, the tables, the sinks, the boards, and even the students. He is a great art teacher. Those kids will always remember their time in his class.

Chris did the Tough Mudder and rocked it! He ran the whole thing with my brothers and they made an awesome team. 

 We enjoyed a post race dinner at Brandon's house with good friends and good converstion. Ken, Kelly, Tyler and McKenzie came as well. 

Easter

Easter was a really special day. I had the chance to teach a primary sharing time about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. My heart fills with joy on Easter because all that we have been blessed with in this life can be with us forever through our Savior. We visted to Andrew's grave and are reminded of that hope we celebrate.

The boys participated in the ward easter egg hunt and as usual, came away with some sweet finds.