April 4-10: Easter/Conference Weekend and a Trip to Ogden

April 4.  Saturday morning I worked out early and then came home to watch the morning session of Conference.  We had a nice Saturday afternoon at our friend Sebastian's birthday party.  He turned two.  Bryce had planned on watching the Priesthood session in Kaysville with his dad, but Ed rolled his 4-wheeler Saturday afternoon.  Fortunately he's alright,  We made to Kaysville for most of the Priesthood session and spent the night.

April 5.  Easter morning!  The kids were so excited to get up and see what the Easter Bunny had left in their baskets.

The Easter Bunny even hid all the eggs that Mom and Dad had stuffed with loose change.  

We listened to Conference while and then had a lovely lunch of lamb chops.

April 6.  The boys stayed over night and went to the park with Grandma and Grandpa Hansen on Monday.

While the boys were away Abby found some stickers.

After I picked up the boys, Stan insisted on spending his money from the Easter egg hunt.  He convinced Kimball to combine funds to buy a robotic fish in a tank with a shark.  They loved playing with it, but the fish stopped working and we returned it the next day.

April 7.  On Tuesday, we enjoyed the second day of spring break by hanging out with our friends the Chamorro's and their new trampoline.

When we got home Abby refused to get out of the car.  At one point I took her out and she insisted on getting back in and buckling up.  She was out the for over an hour.

April 8.  On Wednesday we went to the Aquarium with Ed and Cyndy and I did not take a single picture.  I suppose we were too busy having fun.

April 9.  I spent Thursday working hard trying to finish all things work related so I could take the kids up to Ogden for an overnighter.  It was my attempt at spring break on a budget.  

April 10.  We finally made it out of the house about 11:30, so we stopped in Kaysville for lunch with Ed and Cyndy.  We arrived in Ogden by 2, but couldn't check into our hotel until 3.  To pass the time we went to an arcade where the kids had fun earning tickets for prizes.  After we checked into the hotel we went swimming in the oversized hot tub.  Abby took a dive in the deep part when I got out to turn the jets on, but we are all ok.

   

After the pool Bryce was supposed to meet us for dinner, but got stuck in traffic.  Fortunately he made it just in time for the movie Home.  The kids loved it.  Here they are playing at the hotel after the movie.

You'll have to come back for the rest of our Ogden adventures.

March 28 - April 3: Soap smells nice

March 28.  Since I didn't take any pictures, I have no idea what we did on Saturday.  Sad.

March 29.  On Sunday we spent a nice afternoon at Grandma and Grandpa Hansens'.  Kimball made a habitat for some plastic snakes.  Abby loves the swings.

March 30.  On Monday we did a family home evening with the Easter symbols in a dozen plastic eggs (also know as Resurrection Eggs).  Kimball and Stan liked the smell of the soap so much they taped it under their noses.

April 1.  On Wednesday Stan and Abby went our neighbors while I worked and Kimball was at school.  They made an Easter craft with ribbon. In the afternoon we went to the Museum of Natural Curiosity with our neighbors.  We had such a blast.  Abby and Emerson played at the water table forever.

April 2.  On Thursday Bryce cleaned the kitchen, including everything that didn't fit in the dishwasher.  I love it when he does that.

  

April 3.  I was a busy bee in the kitchen on Friday.  I made some banana bread and Abby played in the flour.  I got a new cookbook on making ahead meals and freezing them.  I was feeling inspired.

March 21-27: Easter Eggs, the Zoo and another birthday party

March 21.  We had a really fun Saturday.  Emerson and Oliver came over to dye Easter eggs.  Then their dad made a hot wheels track down the driveway.

March 25.  On Wednesday Kimball had his first field trip on a school bus.  They were only able to pick 5 moms to go.  Kimball was a little disappointed that I didn't get picked but told me "If you pay a little money they will let you go!"  Ha!  It sounded like a bribe, but really I just had to meet them up there and pay to get in.  We used our pass and had a great time.  It was chilly but the kids didn't mind and Stan dressed as a tiger.  After the zoo, Kimball had a birthday party for a boy in his class.  It was a pretty busy day.

March 27.  Kimball had another birthday party on Friday.  I had a meeting so he went with his friend Oliver.