Pinewood Derby time!

 Zach had his first Pinewood Derby and it was a lot of fun! He did a great job sanding and painting and decorating his car, mostly all on his own, and luckily he wasn't too set on winning :) His car won one or two of the early heats but unfortunately didn't make it to the finals. However, Zach had a good time watching all the races and hanging with his friends and his best bud Ryan. He has loved being in scouts and getting to do all the fun boy things with his friends and awesome leaders!

Happy 11 years to us!!

 April 27th was our 11 year anniversary and we were lucky enough have a little overnight getaway to San Fransisco! Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for watching the kids for us! It was so nice to spend some much needed time together because Mark has been doing A LOT of traveling lately for work. We headed out on Friday afternoon with a little shopping stop at the outlets in Vacaville and then made it to the city in time to check in to our hotel and go get a nice dinner at one of our favorite restaurants Hillstone. YUM! On Saturday Mark had the brilliant idea of going on a run together through Golden Gate park. I assumed this would be a 3-4 mile run but Mark wanted to run all the way to the beach which ended up being about 4 miles and then we had to go back to the other end of the park to our car! Almost 8 miles and we were exhausted but it felt great and we had a blast run/jog/walking through such a beautiful park with perfect weather and just being together! We then got ready for the day and headed out for some yummy lunch on Pier 39 with a perfect view and then some shopping and finished it off with massages at Massage Envy to help ease our sore tired muscles from our adventurous run that morning. It was the perfect weekend spent with my best friend and I wouldn't have asked for anything more! I love you more and more each day Mark and can't wait to spend forever and ever with you!! Happy 11 years to us!!

Spring Break- part 3

 While in Utah for Spring Break we couldn't pass up the chance to take the kids to Temple Square in Salt Lake City for a day and let them see and explore all there is there. It was a beautiful windy day and we did a lot of walking with these crazy kids but they seemed to really enjoy it all. We went into both visitor centers and walked around the temple grounds, then headed over to the amazing Conference center where they got to check out the inside as well as a tour of the cool rooftop. Then compared that to the old Tabernacle and they were amazed! We were so glad Lori and her cute kiddos could come with us and make our day more fun!

 

The Conference Center. And below is on the rooftop of the Conference Center. 

 

(The three year old was obviously having a moment here.)

 The Tabernacle.

 

Killing time with a little finger painting :) Lori was so much fun with the kids. Thanks again for everything!

 And our last day of playing we headed to Chuck E. Cheese to let the kids play and burn a little energy off before Lori and I went out for lunch with no kids! Hannah was so great with Madelyn and Kali. They loved her! And Nolan and Zach were so funny about what they wore each day...they wanted to match every day. They were inseparable!

We had such a fun trip and my kids are still talking about how much fun they had with Hannah, Nolan and Josh and how they can't wait to go back sometime! It was so great to see old friends and our family  and little cousins and we are so glad we got to take this trip! Thanks so much to Dan and Lori for letting us crash at your place for the week! We love you guys tons!!

Spring Break in Utah- part 2

On Monday we took the kids and headed down to Provo to the BYU campus to meet up with Aunt Kathryn and Uncle Sam. We enjoyed some yummy creamery ice cream at the Wilk and then Kat and I took the kids on a LONG walk through south campus and all the way back to her apartment where we hung out for the afternoon while Mark worked and Sam studied for finals. It was so fun for the kids to see BYU and to hear their reactions to what college is and how this was where mom my and daddy met and went to school for a bit. Man, it sure did bring back a lot of memories of the "good 'ol early college days! It was fun to be there and to spend time with my sister and cute Ivy :) These pics were at the little pond at the bottom of the south end of campus and the kids were loving all the turtles hanging out on the rocks and the ducks. It was such a perfectly warm day to be out! By the time we got to Kat's appt. the kids were beat and we put Lilly and Ivy down for naps(in theory they were supposed to nap) ...and the big kids watched a movie and had a snack. 

 Kali being the goof that she is! It's rare to get a serious smiling pic from her these days...

Cute Ivy :)

 Love this kid...he's looking so old to me these days :(

That evening we went to Jeff and Brittany's and had BBQ with them for dinner and hung out for a bit. The kids had a blast playing with their Uncle Jeff and Paislee.  Sadly, this was the only time we really got to see them during our trip but it was still fun and we loved every minute of spending time with them! 

On Tuesday we went to the awesome Legacy Center indoor pool in Lehi and this was probably the kids favorite day of the trip! They could have spent all day here and been happy! Even Lilly had a BLAST!!

 These boys were inseperable.

 Kali, Zach, Nolan and Josh.

And I think we wore them out....

Still more pics to come! Spring Break part 3 coming soon! :)

 (I had too many pictures to do it all in one post.)