Easter

My mom and Stephanie and Kambree were able to come and visit for our Spring Break. We had a lot of fun playing in the rain, watching the boys' football games, dying Easter eggs and hunting for eggs as well. We had to have the egg hunt in our friends house due to the crummy weather, but we still had fun!

We love having family come and visit and being able to spend time with them!

Baby Rabbit

Our friendly neighbor Ray called us the other day about a baby rabbit that he found in his yard. There was no mama rabbit around and he wanted to know if the kids wanted to take care of the rabbit. We decided to go look at it and see what was going on. It was the smallest rabbit I had ever seen. We took it home and called the pet store to see what we should do about it. They told us to go put it back and the mom would find it. The boys took it back and then went back to check about an hour later and it was gone. We are hoping that the mother found it and not the roaming dogs around here!

Oregon

We finally upgraded from our van to a new SUV and wanted to take a road trip to break her in. Luckily Matt's parents were on their way to Oregon to visit Grandpa Red, so we decided to join them.

We did a lot of:

1st Priesthood Session Attending

Jacksonville Visiting,

Tree Climbing,

Frog Finding,

Morel Mushroom Hunting and Poison Oak Catching,

(that only took us 1 week, 6 office visits, 3 steroid shots and 2 weeks recovery time to figure that one out!)

Toy Store Shopping,

Bird Watching,

Wildflower Picking,

Hiking,

Tire Swinging,

And Family Fun!

Happy Birthday Ava

Our sweet baby girl turned 4 yesterday. She has been planning her birthday for months and has been counting down for weeks. She finally decided to go bowling and out to dinner at Johnny Rockets. We had a great time with her and are so grateful she is a part of our family!

Ava Loves:

Her best buddy Easton

Playing make believe with Sami

Pancakes with Nutella

Reading Books

Her polka dot shoes

Broccoli

Lays Plain Chips

Snuggling

Wearing Skirts

Ava Hates:

Dogs

Going to Dad's office

Doing things by herself

All fruit except apples

Happy Birthday Miss A!

Pinewood Derby!

Thanks to a lot of hard work on Matt's part and a lot of observing on Easton's part; Easton took 1st place at the Pinewood Derby. It was the first time that anyone of the boys has taken first place.

Needless to say there was a lot of celebrating!

Moroni

The other day we were driving down the street past the State Capitol Building. It has a steeple on the top Sami said:

Sami: "That building reminds me of the temple with the pointy thing on top."

Me: "Ya it kind of does."

Sami: "Except it does not have an angel on the top."

Me: "No it does not."

Ava: "Who is Moroni?" (Obviously I have slacked on the teaching part with her.

Me: "Moroni was a prophet in the Book of Mormon that did a lot of great things."

Ava went on to ask what kind of things and I went on to tell her a few things. She then said,

"Man, he must be pretty tired from doing all that stuff!"

More Popsicles Please!

After numerous bouts with strep throat, sleep apnea, endless snoring and horrible breath, Ava finally went under the knife. She made it through the surgery with flying colors. Coming out of the anesthesia was a different story; super groggy, throwing up and not wanting to swallow her spit.

Once we got her home and starting in on the popsicles she started feeling much better. After two weeks of recovery, she is doing much better. She is sleeping much better and the snoring has stopped. Her voice has also gone up a few octaves. Instead of the little nasally voice that she had, she now has a nice squeeky voice.