Easter Weekend

Friday night we took the kids to meet the Easter Bunny.  They were so excited, but Wesley is just too smart for his own good... when we walked away he asked "Is there a human in there?"  Funny boy.  I got another good chuckle when I told my mom that this morning and she said she was the Easter Bunny at a mall in High School!

 

Saturday morning was the Brinkerhoff's Annual Easter Egg Hunt and we always have so much fun.  Check out Jack's face when Michele told him there were more than 1,200 eggs out there!

Saturday afternoon was spent at Grandma's house helping plant the garden.  The kids raked, weeded and dug holes... for at least 20 minutes before they decided it was time to take a break on the swing set!  We can't wait to eat some of these yummy veggies.

 

The Easter Bunny leaves eggs around the house with clues to finding our Easter baskets, he's so tricky.  It's so fun to watch the kids run up and down the stairs to find the next egg.  This year he hid the eggs under each kids' bed.

After a some homemade donuts and bacon and a really great afternoon at church, we headed over to Grandpa and Grandma Curtis' for another Easter egg hunt and dinner.

And who can resist cracking a few confetti eggs over their sibling's heads? Not these kids.

We had such a busy and fun holiday weekend with these adorable little rascals.



Just Enough Sunshine

Finally it's warmed up just enough to have the kids begging to go outside every afternoon.  And not just outside, they want to visit every park in town.  They have names for each different one and I've been trying to decipher which one they mean.  For example, the "tall park" meant Sky Park.  The "birthday park" is where we had Jack's birthday a few years ago.  And I'm still trying to figure out the "brown park", hopefully that means the one in Draper or I totally don't know what they're talking about. 

In just the last few days we've visited Gardner Village and a few other parks with Ava and Ryan...

(They were acting like ducks too)

 ...and Tate, Ellie, and Lia...

...and Bailey and Madi.

The kids are especially happy to have lots of friends at the park too. And just for the record, Jack is crazy good at the monkey bars!

Some Old Ones

I was looking through my phone today and found these gems from the end of last year.

August

I am in love with these three! 

And I can't wait to show Jack this picture when he's older!

 September

Avery called herself a "movie star" when she saw this picture of herself.  Diva is more like it. :)

 

October

 Jack aka "Super Punch" and Wesley aka "Dyna Kai".

Yep, they made those names up themselves.

November

He's still in love with his Imaginext guys and all things pirates.

 

Enjoying our last warm day of fall before a long cold winter!



St.Patrick's Day

Wesley learned all about trapping Leprechauns at school this week, so we had to do it.  He made sure we had plenty of gold (aka pennies) and a clover to attract the unlucky leprechaun.  And a tissue covered the hole so he would be tricked for sure and stuck till morning.  You see, if you catch a leprechaun he has to give you his pot of gold.  Unfortunately, our leprechaun was extra tricky.  He left footprints right up to the trap, but he used his magic to collect our "gold" and disappear.  Wesley said next year we need to be sure to write a note informing the leprechaun that using magic is not allowed. :)

 How LUCKY am I to have such a handsome husband and adorable kids?

I love them so much!

 And I thought I might as well post my first prego picture.

Here I am at 24 weeks.

 

Oh, and I worked in Wesley's class and filed these away, but I had to take a picture first.  The last is my favorite.

The Last Few Weeks

Not our best couple of weeks.  Brad and I had the flu at the same time and it lasted for over a week! Then Wesley, Jack, and Avery caught a lesser version of it.  Ughh.  Needless to say, there was a lot of lounging going on around here.

 After too much time inside we had a few days of warm, spring like, weather.  So, of course, we took our first trip to the barn.

And the kids got some much needed activity at The Little Gym for Ryan's birthday party.  They had so much fun, especially my little monkey Jack.

Only a few more days to Spring!