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Saturday, April 14, 2012

the break

we didn't have big plans for spring break this year...
but at the last minute, we decided to
take a quick trip to Moab...
very.good.decision.
The weather was beautiful...
right around 80 both days
Our first stop was little wildhorse canyon
It was the perfect hike for our family...
we took our time and let the kids climb
up, down, and over all the rocks
and they were all completely content.














 after the hiking was done,
we headed over to the valley of the goblins...
how have I never been there?
it's a kiddos dream!
 climbing...
 planking...
 peeking...
posing.... 
 we made it to Moab around 5pm
and headed to Pasta Jay's for dinner...YUM!
We stayed up late watching a movie
and just loving that we didn't have to be up too early.
In the morning, we drove the potash scenic byway
where we hiked up to some dinosaur footprints
and saw petroglyphs...very cool.
The rest of the day we spent in Arches.
We hadn't been there since Maddy was a baby,
so the kids were pretty impressed with everything.



 The last hike we did was to delicate arch...
it almost killed the little ones off...
but once we rounded that last corner
it was totally worth the hour and a half of whine time!
beautiful!!

It was a great little break from good ol' AF
and now we're ready to push through
the rest of the school year
and all the craziness that comes with it!

Thursday, April 12, 2012

easter

We finally had an easter saturday without rain!
First time in a few years...
grandma and papa had a massive
easter egg hunt in their backyard...
papa got real smart this year
and made a cheat sheet of where he hid the eggs...
sometimes it takes a good hour to find that final egg...
but not this year
cause papa was able to give some hints to help us out!






 after all the candy was divided
we pulled out the eggs...
and the throwing began...
the under 12 age group went first...
and I did not get hit in the face this year!





Carter was the proud winner
and moved on to the over 12 competition....
my eggs usually end up wildly flying over the fence,
but somehow, this year, I managed
to bounce mine across the yard and right through
the ladder of the playground,
right next to the fence
with NO CRACKING!
I think I've only won this thing one other time
EVER!
Such a fun day with the family!!

Thursday, April 5, 2012

and now she's nine....

Our not so little lady turned nine on monday...
she has been our little ladybug forever
and it's hard to believe she's really growin' up.
Last week was her 3rd grade invention fair.
She made an umbrella pack...
and watching her open that umbrella
was just so funny!
We're lucky no one lost an eye!




 explaining to the kiddos exactly how her invention works
and why it is so awesome!

 We celebrated #9 with a little party at grandma's house
Lady was so excited about her new stuff,
on Monday, she told all her friends
that she couldn't play...
cause she just wanted to check out all her stuff
and play all by herself.
too cute!






We sure love this sweet thing!