Easter stuff

Our family doesn't believe in the Easter Bunny. It is a weird concept that has nothing to do with Easter. That being said, we also try not to deprive our kids of fun activities. Boston's preschool had an egg hunt and a crazy guy happened to be dressed up like a bunny.

Here is both afternoon and morning classes combined for a picture.

Apparently I only got one picture Easter morning. Sadie is sporting her new mask, dress, and holding her new unicorn pillow. We celebrate the Resurrection with some gifts, crafts, and biblical videos or stories.

This was also the first year I took Sadie to see the Mesa Temple Pageant. The performance starts after it gets dark, so the other siblings will have to wait a few years to see it. We had a really great time watching the pageant members depict scenes of the Savior's life, death, and resurrection. They had live animals and over 500 people in the cast. Sadie got to pet one of the goats before the performance started.

It was a wonderful and spiritually uplifting holiday!

Alkema's March

At the beginning of March, we were invited to a Grand Canyon University basketball game. They had free pizzas, drinks, and t-shirts for everyone! Their mascot is the Antelope and every time there is a free throw, everyone yells, "Lopes Up!" and holds their hands up like this.

I must say, Ryan and I are the best fans ever. I don't think it matters who we are cheering on, we just love being loud and crazy! It REALLY REALLY made me miss BYU though. I just love my cougars!

Senator John McCain was at the bball game, he is a tiny dot at the bottom of the pic. :)

We had LOVELY weather this spring and got a lot of use out of Brooklyn's wagon.

My handsome boy riding into the sunset...

Putting underwear on is hard.

"Take a picture Mom!"

Crazy hair day at school

Corned beef and cabbage has become a comfort food for me. It makes me miss my Mom and Dad. I just wish corned beef weren't so expensive the rest of the year!

Baby girl had a UTI and three days into the antibiotics had a fever of 104. I took her into the instacare and she got hand/foot/mouth of top of that! It was a rough week or so.

Boston had a preschool series on butterflies. They got to watch the different stages of real caterpillars turning into butterflies. They did a big butterfly release at the end of the month. Boston would yell at me if I ever called it a cocoon... "No Mom! It's a chrysalis!"

Our friends, The Kellys, brought over this delectable lemon meringue pie. Isn't it gorgeous? We played games all night, but didn't get a picture of us! Next time for sure!