Easter Egg Hunt!

What happened to those warm days we used to have for the Easter Egg Hunt? The last two years have been so COLD! Once again we hid all the eggs in the house... Still really fun!

I have lots of pics of my kids on these stairs...now it is the some of our grandkids! Brings back a lot of memories...
I did something different this year... I bought prizes instead of candy. The kids each got coupons in their eggs....for different prizes. I think the moms were happier and it was actually cheaper than ALL THAT CANDY! However it took a lot of thinking on my part... The kids loved it and it may become a new tradition!

Macie and Mason hunting!

All the eggs.. FOUND~ !

Choosing prizes!

Too much to choose from...

Sadie with her sack of purple eggs and prizes!

Jenny and Oaks

Miss Macie

Oaks and Presto...

Mason and Jen

Millie with her new shades!

Conference Sunday and Strawberry Waffles

When Conference Sunday rolls around...it's always Waffles-Strawberries and Ice Cream! We can eat a whole case of strawberries in one morning! Yummy!

Nate loading up those strawberries!

Jenny ~ Angie and Heather

Ryan the purest...with his syrup! Gotta have some of both!

Mason and Oaks

Sadie... she loves syrup too!

Treyman goin' after those strawberries!

Macie

Getting ready ....

Preston- loves to eat and I love to feed him!

Happy Birthday Audrey!

Happy Birthday little Audrey! We love you!

Happy Birthday McKay!

What a cute kid you are! We love you! Just remember the older you get...the older WE get!

Happy Birthday Jaxson!

These two are such good buddies! Love you Jax! Hope you had a GREAT DAY!

Leprechaun Lateover

I am always looking for a reason to throw a party.... Hal came up with idea of a Leprechaun Lateover! It was so fun! We played Shamrock Bingo and ate GREEN STUFF.... Then we all watched "Darby O'Gill and the Little People". Fun night!

Green hats and leis for everyone!

Our Leprechaun... (sorry Levi..I couldn't resist:))

Audrey

Macie playing Shamrock Bingo

All the treats were green! Here are the cupcakes!

Grandpa telling the story about the Leprechaun Trap!

Macie licked the frosting off 4 cupcakes! She loved them!

Mason going after his...

Here are the three little ones... Mason and Audrey trying to pour their Capri Sun's into their cups????

They aftermath... my favorite part....

I LOVE FAMILY GET TOGETHERS!

Becca and Levi came into town and Lizzy and Preston had a birthday... so lets make the Miss Pl Grove judges books... makes no sense at all.... wish our beautiful Amy had been there...

Becca and Baby Brig! No one but Hal and I had met him since he was born... so that was fun too!

Lizzy and Angie

Oaks... he is challenging himself to no sugar! He wants Rock Band... and since no one really thought he could do it...they agreed. He is one determined kid! No sugar for at least two weeks! Way to go Oaks!

Just hanging out...

Ryan ~Heather and the girls...

Cake and icecream for Mason

Macie had about 3 servings... she kept wanting more..so whats a Grandma to do???

Dallas with Audrey and Hal

Matt and Angie

IT'S GREAT TO BE EIGHT!

Happy Birthday Preston! Hope you had a wonderful birthday! We can't wait for your baptism! We sure love you! You are such an important part of our family!

Happy Birthday Lizzy!

We love you so much and we are so grateful that you are our daughter! Have a wonderful day!

Our trip to Seattle

Our kids surprised us with a trip to Seattle for my birthday! My mom and I share the same birthday and since it was her 90th the kids decided that we should go! What a great surprise that was! Thanks so much to everyone! You are the best kids in the world and I am so grateful to be your mom!
Levi ~Becca and the kids drove over from Spokane for the weekend. It was so fun to see them! We hadn't seen Baby Brig since Oct! It turned out to be a family reunion...because all of my brother's came too! It was so fun! The last time we were all together was at my dad's funeral 5 years ago! So it was awesome!

Audrey and Abby were glad to see Grandpa! They immediately decked him out with a lovely flower in his hair!

Here is Baby Brigham... he was born in Oct and we haven't seen him since! He is a darling baby and so good and sweet as he can be!

My mom was really excited to see everyone! She can't remember anyone's name for long...but she really loved the company! Especially the tiny ones.

She doesn't see little ones very often...so it was a real treat for her! These kids snuggled and loved her good!

Me with the two little girls...

Audrey really took to Grandma...

Big kiss for Granny Great.

Abby is so gentle and sweet with her.

Hal got her in the living room and sat down to read to her! She could remember a lot of old things...not so much recently!