Owen to Davis

In sorting through some old school papers, I found this...

Please, let them love each other and be best friends forever.

Where has the time gone?!?!

 Okay, so in no particular order....the last several weeks I have been too busy to blog because....

I have been teaching Gracie to master buckling her own seat belt (the first thing she commented about this picture was her "crazy hair"--such a girl)...

 We took the kids for a quick weekend to the coast to kick off Spring Break. Why don't we do this more often?  The day at the beach started out like this... 

So happy

 They were all determined to get wet right away, despite our warnings that the water was COLD!

 

A couple hours later they were feeling like this...

 and this...

 and this...

 

Except for Davis...he LOVED it and stayed happy...until the bitter end...

when we were walking back to the car.

 

 Luckily the cabin we rented had a hot tub, just their size...

 

We also visited the Redwoods...one word....AMAZING...

 Look at this water...

 The boys could have skipped rocks for hours.

 The girls (especially Kate) are definitely more willing to pause for a picture.

 I told the kids I would buy an ice cream for anyone who spotted an Ewok.  The boys did their best to find one.

 Here they are in their Star Wars poses.  One of my favorite parts of the day was playing a family game of hide and seek in the trees. 

 

 We spent the rest of Spring Break at Swim lessons....

(can't get this pic to rotate to save my life!) 

 and with a quick visit from Nana and Papa.  

You know we had to have ice cream and...

 

DOUGHNUTS!  Two Papa traditions...

 

Before Spring break we were literally climbing the walls...

 Discovering "Alice the Fairy"...

 Celebrating the end of a fun basketball season....

 Eating rainbow jello...

 Making Leprachaun traps...

 Having Tinkerbell visit our home (don't know why this pic won't rotate either)...

 Celebrating St. Patrick's Day with friends...

 And visiting the 2nd grade classes to talk about Dental health.  

Yep, I think that covers why I have been away from the blog. 

What Easter means to Davis...

Today as we were driving to church for our Easter Sunday services.  Davis says, "After I die, I am going to join the army!"  Caught off guard, Jed and I both laughed.  Then he proceeds to go on and on about how cool it will be to be invincible in his resurrected body. 

 Hours earlier the kids had all found their hidden Easter baskets.  Davis' basket had been hidden at the bottom of his box in the laundry room.  This box houses his shoes, soccer gear, coat, etc.  I refuse to be late because we can't find shoes or sports gear (don't worry I have plenty of other things that keep me running late).  At the bottom of the box was a camouflage hat that he hasn't been able to find for a while.  The hat was thrown on top of the basket along with his school bag and other things.  He is convinced that the hat is not the same old hat and is in fact a new hat from the Easter bunny.  This confirms my suspicions that we have far TOO MUCH STUFF!  I just overheard him telling his Grandma on the phone that he got a new camo hat for Easter because he couldn't find his.  My oh my...what more can I say?

More on Easter to come soon!  

Kate's Prayer Tonight

So this is Kate's Prayer tonight, "Heavenly Father, thank you for a fun day....please bless Mommy to be patient tomorrow in the morning. Bless Mommy to be patient at lunch.  Bless Mommy to be Patient at play time and dinner time and bed time...."

Hmmmm...and I thought I had a good day today?!?!?