FINALLY!!!

Yes, I have finally updated my blog. SLACKER!! I was just having so many issues with Blogger, it was driving me nuts!! So, it just didn’t get done. I really don’t have that much time to mess around with these issues, so I didn’t do it. Well thank heavens for friends that know how to do things!!! My good friend and neighbor, Cathy, told me about Windows Live Writer. So, I down loaded it and it is AWESOME!! So much easier to use, and the pictures go where they need to go, and it doesn’t take forever to download pictures. I highly recommend it. Thank you so much Cathy for steering me in the right direction!! So, hopefully now I will update more. Everyone, keep your fingers crossed. ;) So scroll down to see what was up in March and April for the Bingham family. Thanks for reading.

Oh, just had to share this one picture. How cute are my kids??? I just love them and I am just so grateful for them. This is why I blog so I can remember things before they get too old. It is a good reminder why I do this.

Heidi’s Baptism

Heidi became an official member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on April 10th. We are so proud of her!! She looked like an angel that day.

She was excited and so calm. We were so grateful for the family that was able to come and see her. Eric’s parents, his brother Kyle and his Aunt and Uncle were able to come. My parents, my brother Kenny and his family, and my sister Merideth were there too. We missed Stacey and her family. Everyone did such a great job making this day special. Thank you. More importantly, we are just so proud of Heidi for choosing to get baptized and being such a great example to her younger sisters and brother. Heidi, we love you so much!!!

Easter

We had a fun Easter this year.  It started with dying Easter eggs on Saturday, the 3rd.  The girls had so much FUN doing this.  We tried some new things this year. 

We used tape to try different designs on the eggs. 

That was cool, because we got some pretty interesting colors and designs. 

Sunday morning we had our egg hunt and the kids found their baskets full of candy and books and outdoor games.  They loved them. 

Alex even started to figure it out and had fun looking for his eggs. 

The rest of the day was so relaxing listening to General Conference and really understanding the Love our Savior has for each of us.  Thanks Easter Bunny!!!

Heidi’s Birthday

Heidi’s birthday is three days after mine. Hers is way more fun to celebrate!! She turned eight this year. So hard to believe!! I have an eight year old. We celebrate friends birthdays every other year, and this year it was a friend party. Heidi, being the social girl she is, invited 16 people to her party. It was great.

I had to think of a theme that would encompass a wide variety of ages and boys and girls. So, we did a mystery party. I had so much fun planning this one. What I decided to do was have the kids be detectives. We set up a game where there were two groups, and 10 clues for each group that lead them to the mystery box. I tried to use different types of clues to get them to various areas of the home and neighborhood.

They even had to visit some neighbors house. They loved running around and solving the clues. We started the games with a big game of memory.

Once the solved the memory game, on the back of the pictures, was their first clue as a puzzle. They had to put the puzzle together to read their first clue.

Then after the game, we opened presents and the had cake and ice cream.

We really had fun!! Happy birthday big girl Heidi. We can’t even imagine our family complete without you. WE LOVE YOU!!!

My Birthday

Yep, I had a birthday.  March 20th.  I am two years away from 40.  It feels weird, because I don’t feel that old, AT ALL!!!  Oh well, can’t stop time.  I got a carrot cake for me, because no one else likes them.  Then, we got cupcakes for everyone else.  It was perfect.  More cake for me, yeah!!!  The kids got me a new shirt and Eric bought me some new jeans.  It was great.  

(Yes, these were the only candles we could find at the time.  So, with the cake facing me, I am 16!!!)