Family Fun for All

Update at 8:00Pm  Holy moly, Amber is right!!!  I missed two little birthdays!  (probably more actually)  Baby K turns 3 on May 17th!  And we will have to celebrate that one with Prince RJ himself!  How could I have overlooked?  Shame on me!

Ok, so as I see it, there are several family friendly things coming up and I would really rather like to be ahead of the game than behind this time.  So, let's see how this goes.  Here is what we have to look forward to:

General Conference Weekend

Grace's Birthday Party (the big 06!!!)

A Special Activity Days presentation/ fireside on the Atonement (one of my little jobs)

Easter, Easter, Easter

Kaden getting his Bear badge at the upcoming Pack Meeting!

My (and Kyra's) trip to the NYC 

which means activities for a lonely Kaden while we are away

Haylee's Birthday Party (and this one is turning 9!)

Kierstin and RJ's Birthday!  Big Party for ALL

Getting out of School for a busy SUMMER/ TREK NORTH TO VANCOUVER (er, we think so anyway)

Oh, my I am tired just typing that out.  But, having it down means we can get an idea of some fun things to do.  As I search for ideas I will share them here and see if we can come up with something wonderifferic!

General Conference fun can be found here!!!

And Martha Stewart has a fun little Easter bit here:  Easter Workshop Week1

Hope you are enjoying this blustery day!

Love this little dress!

Etsy :: bayanhippo :: Cuddly Cows RED --half sleeves KIMONO Dress-- SPRING

Ok, so I found this through my good friend Soulemama and I had to have one for Kierstin!  Now, I did not order the cow print, as cute as it is, but I did order a dress in this style that is white and tangerine with a really fun flower print that just made my day.  I want one in my size.  Oh, speaking of size, Kimball is begging me to make him chocolate chip cookies, else he might die he says.  I guess I can succumb to such a threat from time to time.  (maybe Michelle will come over and visit me if I have chocolate chip cookies.)

Have you ever looked for a Texas Sized Donut?

Well, we found it.  On our recent journey to San Antonio we stopped in at Round Rock Donuts in none other than Round Rock, TX.  It happens to be a stop that allowed us to visit with Michael and Nicole and crew for a brief pit stop.  This has to be the sugar-iest donut I have ever had, and that is hard to do given all of the sugar already in there.  It was a fun little stop with messy fingers and sticky faces.  All in a days work though.

My goodness, they are growing

Well, if you follow my other blog, you know what I love right now and it includes these 4 babies that are currently sleeping, well 3 out of 4 ain't bad.  As I listen to the sounds of the house right now, I am increasingly grateful to have this abundance of love and happiness.  I just watched a movie called "Fireproof" that has some...production issues (and a tad corny), but I absolutely enjoyed it.  Kirk Cameron was tremendous in it.  I really do recommend that you watch it, unless you are a movie geek and you will criticize the production value or talent, as I was doing in my head.  The point is that I am so thankful to have this family, these children, this husband.  I know well that God has given us all certain gifts and blessings as well as trials and doubts.  All of those things have given me this beautiful family.  We have our moments, all of us.  We struggle from time to time.  But we have and continue to fight for each other.  

Kimball will be taller than I am sooner than you might think.  Kaden is becoming quite the little man.  Kyra is "breaking out of her shell"-HA!  She is really growing up though.  And Kierstin will be 3 years old.  I can't believe it.  I will be 36!!!  So much about this place we are in and the journey we are on feels right and as if there is so much more in store for us.  I know that I am rambling and should be sleeping, but I wanted to share.  Even if it is just for me.

I hope that you are warm and loved tonight and that you remember to fight for the loves in your life.  It is all worth it.

Sleepy medicine kicking in but I promised Michelle

Dancing, dancing and more dancing.  The girls have this new passion that includes "dancing" with each other to loud music.  They run and jump and generally look right at the camera the whole time.  These are from different episodes over the past week.  Hope you enjoy them.  I will share more tomorrow.  For now, sleep is creeping in and I have had to delete and correct a whole lot of times in these few sentences.  Better go to bed.

What happens when Kyra has my camera

Make a Smilebox postcard

Kyra with the camera