Resurrection Day!!!!

What a beautiful day we had to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ!

She'll always smile for Camden. He was helping me get her to smile.

Fruit snacks....her reward for smiling pretty :)

Egg Hunt and Easter Baskets

That's my girl...she went straight for the chocolate.

We had Easter lunch with several families from church. Everyone pitched in to make a great egg hunt for the kids.
Along with the eggs, someone had brought stuffed bunnies and ducks to "hunt" as well. The boys all picked up the stuffed animals and then put them back or passed them up all together. So, needless to say, we came home with 5 new stuffed animals. :) MG was thrilled. She didn't care about the eggs once she got her first stuffed animal.

Long day.....

Easter Fun

Our finished Resurrection Rolls

Happy Birthday Aunt Rachel!

We decided to have a birthday party for Aunt Rachel while she was in town for Easter. We love to have an excuse to make a cake!!

Super (little) Man

I was so glad I had my camera in hand when Payton decided to put on the Superman cowboy hat. I know....he is cute. :)

Boys love BIG trucks

Our good friends, the Bakers, got a suite for the Monster Truck show. The boys had a blast! They talked about it for days!

Payton, Brooklyn, Camden, Bryson

Kodak Moment...

This night, Matt and I went in to tuck the boys into bed before we went to bed. We found them like this...on the floor, together. I'm not sure how they managed to arrange the blankets and pillows on the floor so quietly (they don't to anything quietly :) ). It was sweet.

Zoo on St. Patrick's Day

On St. Patrick's Day, we went to the zoo. We had a great time with our friends that moved here from Salt Lake City, UT to help us plant the church.

Camden, Payton, Joslyn, Brooklyn

Valentines Family Night

For family night, we made Valentines cupcakes. We had lots of yummy fun!

Yep...I think she likes frosting....

the finished products

All smiles...

I got this great tent at Target for $4 on clearance! The kids love it. I had no idea how huge it really was and what it was going to require to get it put together. I assumed it was a kid's pop-tent. Nonetheless, they have played in everyday since we put it up.

Fun in the Snow

We had so much fun in the last snow! We suited up and headed down to the Sports Complex to play in the snow with one of our favorite babysitters, Micah. We had a snow ball fight and sledded down the hills. Fun day!!

I love that this is what we can see from our backyard....BEAUTIFUL!

Taylor Mason

This year at the statewide Evangelism Conference, they put on a kid's night. It was designed especially for grade school kids. Camden brought his buddy Bryson. The kids hip-hop group PureNRG performed. Taylor Mason who is a well-known comedian was also part of the entertainment. Taylor Mason is one of Camden's favorite comedians. Thanks to Matt, I'm pretty sure "clown" genes run in the family. :) Camden was thrilled when we got to meet up and talk with Taylor. He even let Bryson and Camden check out his puppets.

What a blessing that there are good people out there that truly want to be good role models for our children! I'm always excited when Camden gets to here about God's love from other adults.

L to R: Poco the pig, Camden, Romeo, Taylor Mason, Bryson

My Princess

When I found out that I was having a girl, I think my heart skipped a beat. I couldn't believe that God had given me 3 children AND I would get to raise boys and a GIRL!! What a blessing! There isn't a day that goes by that I think about how special I feel that I got a princess after my sweet boys. She is such a joy in our lives. Her sweet spirit and smile could make the worst day better. I just pray that she will learn to love God with all of her heart and that she will honor Him with her life.

I love you Maylee Grace.

These are her earrings she got from Aunt Carrie for Christmas. Lovely, huh?

She's such a girlie girl. She loves to wear glasses, necklaces and everyone else's shoes.

Aunt Carrie got Maylee Grace this tutu for Christmas. It's a little overwhelming to her right now. :) Daddy was trying to get her to put it on, so he was putting it on his head to show her that it wasn't scary.

Well, she put it on....

Today I'm thankful that MG's little brother is so verbal. He yelled at me to let me know that Maylee Grace was on the train table. She climbed up there all by herself. Neither of the boys climbed up on things like she does. She climbs on everything! This smile makes it especially difficult to be mad...it works even better on Daddy. :)