April

In an effort to convince Peter to get rid of a few things, I took some pics of boy scout memories :)

Decorating rise crispy Easter eggs

He just can't resist making silly faces. All. The. Time.

Our Traditional General Conference 7-layer Dip--yumm

Decorating Easter Eggs

Our backyard hunt

One of the best parts after all the candy has been found, is the Cascarones. It's so fun to smash the confetti filled eggs all over everyone.  I hope they sell those in Arizona too.

The boys were SO happy to get cotton candy (their favorite) in their basket Easter morning

Kimballs cute note to Dad from his birthday.  It was so cute for a little 4 year old

One of the backyard tree (which had been slowly drying), blew over during a micro-burst. We chopped it up and had a big bonfire in the backyard.

Let me just say, Roasted Peeps are one of the most delicious things on the planet.  All the sprinkles on the outside get caramelized, and it tastes way better than a regular marshmallow. I got a few clearance packages after Easter. Next year I will buy everything on the shelf ;)

Another Kimball picture. I tought he did a great job with that little train

The boys wanted to play outside one day (which they always did), so after a few minutes I came out to check on them. They had ingeniously rigged up a little "mountain climbing system." Somehow they got a rope tied up to the tree branches and were scaling the van. I was so impressed with their creativity. I was just really glad they tied the rope securely enough that no one ended up crashing to the ground.

Another Gurr boy original creation. They took the exercise resistance bands and rigged up a little course in the living room. The challenge was to jump over the rope with out touching it. I'm so glad they think of creative ways to stay busy. One day Joey, you will be glad I never let you play video games--look what you would have missed :)

On that note, a couple of months ago we were really having a tough time with Joey and him getting so upset and hating the world. One night Peter took Joey to his room to talk with him, and Peter mentioned about maybe starting to "ground" Joey so he could have LOTS of family time until he learned that his family did have pleasant people in it. Joey just looked at Peter and said, "I have already been grounded. I have been grounded from video games my WHOLE LIFE!"
It made me laugh. He has gotten to play lots of games on the ipod on road trips, I just don't want video games in my house.

Another masterpiece by the boys

One night Peter yanked Joey's tooth out with some floss. Joey was traumatized and will not allow that again

Afterward Peter read the boys favorite book at the time in his best silly voices possible.

Lindsay's birthday. It was great to spend it with wonderful people. Peter made me a delicious dinner!

Joey couldn't get enough of the yummy icecream cake Peter made! Ella thought it was pretty funny.

Everyone was a little messy after that great treat

I was so proud of my front flower beds. I planted lily bulbs and was so happy to see these beautiful flowers pop up. And then the rose tree I planted (and thought had died) came out in full bloom again.