April 13th, 2014

• My last post was my 200th post on my blog! That's a lot of posts and pictures shared. It is all worth the effort when I can look in the blog book I print out each year and remember all the good memories and see how much the kids have grown.
• This week was Spring Break! Wahoo! We were so excited to have a week off of schedules and school.
• Monday morning Bodee and I each got a hair cut. Bodee was ready to go for the faux hawk..seriously adorable but he calls it his "Shark Boy haircut" and it matches the shark tooth around his neck he never takes off:) 

• After hair cuts we drove down to Orem and the girls got their free Krispy Kreme donuts for their great report cards. After that I picked up new 72 hour kit food. I finally just bought MREs instead of replacing packaged food every six months. Life just got a bit easier. 

• After Orem we headed to Thanksgiving Point to use the pass we just bought. I never thought a pass was worth it since the new Children's Museum is opening up there in May I knew we would use it all the time. Monday was the dinosaur museum. It really wasn't busy which surprise me since it was spring break.

• On Tuesday we headed back over the Thanksgiving Point to visit Farm Country. We met up with Marci, Emma, and Zach Bargeron. It was a great afternoon and the weather was perfect.

• We got ready early on Wednesday and drove up to the zoo so we got there right when it opened. The kids hadn't been to the zoo in over a year and Wendy's had a buy one get one free so it was actually a pretty cheap day. (Can you see the elephants in the background?) 

•  We even got to see a sea lion show. It was so fun to watch. 

• I have never see the tiger so close to the glass before, or so animated. Very cool! 

•  After the zoo we stopped by the mall and visited the Lego store. Bodee had really been wanted to see it so he was super pumped when he got to look around. He loved the Star Wars Lego sets  but of course they were over $300.00 so not this time. I did let him pick out a little Spiderman car that was part of the Lego junior collection. I just learned about the junior collection and it's perfect for his age. The girls then picked out something cool at Claire's and we had lunch and headed home.
• Uncle Dane come to our house late Wednesday night so Thursday we actually just hung around the house and ran errands although the girls did beg to put on a lemonade stand. Cute little ladies. 

• Thursday night Dane and I decided to relive our childhood and made Wookie Cookies and Yoda Soda for the kiddos. They were a hit! We didn't actually watch Star Wars though...Dane hadn't seen Frozen yet so we had to show him that movie of course:) 

•  Saturday morning our niece and cousin Bella was baptized. I actually never got any pictures of Bella (sad) but she was so pretty and the baptism was wonderful. I always love how mostly everybody in Todd's family is supportive and happy for each other's exciting life moments. It makes life fun to share with others.
• After the baptism luncheon cousin Chrislyn came to play and all the kids worked hard on making cake walk cards for the family Easter Party later that afternoon. 

•  Easter Party time! Lots of eggs, pizza, candy, games, and of course Grandma's famous fish pond! We all had such a good time! 

Sophia, Zoey, and Bodee. Cute kiddos:)

•  This year we had a few new games like badminton and sack races, and yes, Todd beat me at a sack race:)

• On Sunday Todd drove down to Provo to be there while his cousin Eli was ordained an Elder. Afterwards he and his dad got a call that his brother's truck broke down in Nephi so they headed down there for a rescue. Bodee had driven with Todd so he played at his great-aunt Terri's house for a couple of hours with Grandma until I got to Orem to pick him up. It was kind of a crazy Sunday but life is always crazy I'm learning!