Mother's Day

I'm not one to usually let picture be take of me, but I couldn't deny my little Evan this shot.

He made this Mother's Day crown for me at church.

3 years old!

My baby is three!  Can you believe it?  Time has a way of flying, but this is ridiculous.  Peter is such a bright boy both in intellect and in spirit.  He is a little stinker most times but is so dang cute I have a hard time telling him to behave.  

See those sneaky eyes.  You know he is up to no good!

I opted for a popcorn cake for his birthday this year.  There are just a lot of birthdays around this time that I was tired of regular cake.

Blowing out the candle.

Bowling

Ben so serious

Chris

Evan with the wind up

and the release!

Lexie winding up

and it is off!

Fishing

Doug took the children to a friends house to fish while I enjoyed a night off.  It was a little chilly, but they all had fun and I think our friends may have had more fun spoiling my children with goodies afterwards.

Chris reeling one in

His proud catch

Ben's catch

Peter's catch

Everyone on the dock fishing

The food after the fishing

Peter and Lex

 Not sure what I made, but Peter sure enjoyed licking off the spatula.

My sister Paige gave us this puzzle that you can make any picture you want out of.  One day Doug and the children made a picture of Lex with it.  Not bad.

Conference

Twice a year our church holds a general conference.  We are lucky enough to be able to stay home and watch it over the Internet.  I try to make this a special time with special foods to eat and activities for the children to do while watching.  I saw online this idea to make campfire cookies to eat while watching this movie called the Croods (about a caveman family and their move out of the caves) and I had an epiphany.  In the Book of Mormon the people would pitch their tents towards the temple to hear the prophets words.  So we figuratively pitched our tents with a fire to hear the prophets.

Easter

The waiting/boredom of coloring eggs

We participated in the community Easter Egg Hunt.

Evan and Lexie's  haul

Peter's full basket

The traditional Eater morning lineup before they rush to their baskets

My Easter beauties before church.