Easter Fun

This year for Easter we went to the Sport's Academy's Easter egg hunt.
They had music and coloring pages while we waited for things to get set up, 

then they let the kids go out in age groups.

We spent Easter Sunday with Louis' family.  Finding baskets and eating ham.

I asked Tifannee if she could take a quick picture of our family because we 

always make sure to get a picture on Easter.  She went above and beyond!

Boise Take Two!

When Louis and I went up to Boise together in February my grandpa kept saying how much

he wished we had brought our kids with us.  So in April we headed back up to Idaho!  

Besides Ethan throwing up along the way, it was a good drive up.

We went to this little aquarium while there, Mary got to touch a stingray

and there were a lot of cool fish to look at.  Including this photo bombing smiling fish.

Louis' favorite part of the trip was watching Ethan and Grandpa walking together.

Avery had an upset stomach while we were there so instead of meeting

up for dinner we stayed at the hotel and had a picnic.  The kids liked it!

I took Mary and Ethan down to the swimming pool, 

but Ethan was not enjoying himself so I took him back up to Louis.

Mary on the other hand was so happy swimming in the pool.

A smile was plastered on her face the whole time!

We enjoyed being able to go up for a few days.  

Our kids had a fun time and made new memories with their great grandparents!

Spring Tea Party

My girls love any reason to celebrate so I had the idea to have a cute little tea party to celebrate spring time coming!  We wore flowery dresses, put a nice tablecloth on the table and used fancy plates and cups.  We had pink lemonade, sandwiches cut into the shape of a flower, cheese cut into the shape of a butterfly, and grapes.  It was cute and fun and we all loved it!
In Mary's words "This is the best tea party ever!"

Possibly a new tradition in the making!

We were at the D.I. at the end of February and I found some nice looking picture frames that I thought would

 make up a nice gallery wall for our dining room.  With new frames I wanted new pictures!  

Louis' wonderful sister Tifannee is always so willing to take pictures for us and she does such a great job.

Up to Boise With Louis

The week after Valentine's day Louis randomly suggested that we go up to Boise, just the  two of us, to visit my grandparents.  It was totally spur of the moment and Louis' Mom was so wonderful to watch our children last minute.

Louis and I started out by going to the Boise temple to do initiatory.  We weren't together in the temple and when I was done with initiatory the Sister's asked if I wanted to go to the Celestial Room.  They said that they would send a message to Louis so he would meet me there when he was done.  Well it turned out that Louis was already done so he never got the message!  He ended up waiting about an hour for me to get out!  I kept waiting in the Celestial Room "just a few more minutes" waiting for Louis to come in.  Finally I decided to leave and found Louis in the waiting area.  

He had multiple temple workers come ask if everything was okay or if he wanted them to go find his bride.  

Whoops!  I had a nice relaxing time in the Celestial Room though.

We then went and visited with my grandparents.  They've moved into a assisted living home and Louis and I had not been to visit them since they've been there.  We talked and decided to go to Marie Callenders to eat dinner.  Louis and I had never been there before and we were not disappointed.  After dinner we headed back to my grandparent's.  We had a really great time talking and learning things about my grandparents that we didn't know before.
The next day we found a church to go to in the morning then headed back to my grandparent's and had lunch with them.  Then we talked for a little bit longer and headed home.  It was a short, but wonderful mini trip together.