Levers

Tuesday I was in the bathroom doing my makeup.  Porter came in and went to the bathroom.  When he went to flush the toilet it wouldn't go down (it is a very hard handle to push!).  He got so frustrated and said, "Mom!  This lever won't go down!"  Chant was in the bedroom ironing his clothes.  I looked at Chant and he looked at me and we started laughing.  What three year old says lever?  Porter, that's who.   

Trampoline!

 About a week ago Grandma and Grandpa got the kids a trampoline.  They were so excited to get it set up.  We started early in the morning and had it up a few hours later.  This week has been wonderful!  The kids have been outside jumping for hours every day.  It is amazing!  There has been way less fighting going on between the kids since we got it.  I think they are using their energy having fun instead of fighting.  Every day the kids have taken their lunch outside and sat on camping chairs underneath the trampoline.  It has been so fun to watch them.  They have played many games on it.  One day Ainsley and Porter took out a bunch of stuffed animals and they played like they were on a soccer team while jumping the animals all around.  The favorite game so far has been to play Wild Kratts.  Brinnley is always the animal, usually a Bengal tiger, and Porter is either Martin or Chris.  I have been dubbed Aveeva.  My job is to make the power suits that Martin and Chris have to wear to rescue the animals.  SO fun to watch them.  I think this is going to make of an even better summer.  Hopefully there will be no more "I'm bored!"  I know, I'm dreaming with that one!  Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!    

Snips and snails, and puppy dogs tails. That's what little boys are made of!

 Saturday, April 14th was Kristy's baby shower.  We held it at the clubhouse of her apartment complex.  I was in charge of decoration, and I was really nervous about it.  But I think it turned out nice.  Jen and a friend of hers made these amazing cake pops.  They looked so pretty and tasted so good!

 The girls were so excited to be invited to a big girl party.  I curled their hair and they wore their fancy shirts. 

 The theme was cartoon animals.   I found a few of these snack containers and thought they were perfect for the table. 

 Aunt Jen

And Aunt Kristy opening her gifts.  She made me cry when she read the note I wrote and started crying herself. 

She got the cutest Yoda hat from one of her friends.  I cannot wait to see our tiny nephew in it.  We are so excited to welcome a new little boy to our family.  Not much longer now!

Easter

 Easter was a little sad around our house this year.  Porter and Brinnley had nasty coughs and I had a horrific head cold.  But of course we still had to dye eggs! 

 It cracks me up how one color per egg is never enough.  The girls keep dipping them until sometimes the eggs looked gray.  But we still had some pretty awesome looking ones!  And they kids colored on the eggs first with glitter crayons.  That looked pretty awesome!

 This year the Easter Bunny brought awesome colorful dresses.  The girls loved them!

 Porter didn't get the traditional dress shirt this year.  The Bunny knew he'd love this awesome Avengers shirt.

 Even though the kids didn't feel well, they woke up excited to see what was in their buckets.

 Ainsley was the only kid that went to church that day.  She didn't want to wear her dress without Brinnley there to match, but she did throw on a fancy necklace.

When they got home I hid the eggs in the yard and they ran like crazy to gather them all up.  It was a very good day even though half of us didn't feel well. 

After all the fun, we made sure to talk to the kids about why we celebrate Easter.  They knew the importance of it and we talked about Jesus being resurrected.  It was a great day!

Conference Weekend

 Conference Weekend my brother Kasey and his family came to stay at our house.  It has become a bit if a tradition for them to come and we love it!  The kids had so much fun playing with their cousins.  And Lance and Lacey were good enough to watch the kids so the adults could go to dinner one night.  It was really nice! 

(Kasey, Porter, Luke, and Lance)

 The night they came Tracy, Lacey, and I went to Gordman's.  We were there 2 1/2 hours and could have stayed longer but the store was closing.  Gotta love that store!

 Mom and Dad came Saturday and stayed till Sunday.  We had 14 people in our house!  Oh boy, bodies were everywhere!  Mom's birthday was the 28th so we celebrated with a Cheesecake Factory cheesecake and presents.  The kids all made cards for her.  I think she felt the love.

And what family party would be complete without a dog pile?  Not one of ours! 

And of course listening to Conference was amazing!  I cannot wait for the Ensign to come out so that I can read what I missed.  Love the spirit during Conference!