Thursday, April 30, 2015

Other April Happenings

In case you hadn't noticed in the Easter pictures, Dylan got himself a nice shiner at the beginning of the month.

The kids made a huge mess.  I would start cleaning one part only to find they had tracked it somewhere else, or worse, dumped another garbage sack out.  I'm writing this post a few months later, so I can't quite remember the details.  I think it was Ashlyn mostly, though Austin and Lauren may have been involved.  I just know I was so frustrated because I was trying to get something else done and was on a time constraint.








Spring soccer went by in a blur.  Jayden finished his regular season in April and this was the only soccer picture taken in the whole month of April. The season started at the end of March, but Jayden wasn't cleared to play until April. I was still a little nervous, and he did end up bumping heads with a teammate once, but overall the season was a success.  Jayden's soccer skills are a little rusty from his surgery, but it has been amazing to watch him improve as the season has progressed.  He is almost back to normal.  Hooray!


Now that it has warmed up this girl is loving going outside!   She begs and begs for outside. In fact, that is one of her newest words.  At the beginning of the month she learned to say hello (with a British accent: 'ello).  Other new words this month have been hot, all done, ma, mama, mom, da, uh-oh, hi, shoes (another important one so she can tell me she wants to go outside), what, bottle, and ow.
She finally loves to walk holding my hand, and now guides me to something she wants, or somewhere in particular she wants to go. Sometimes she doesn't seem to really have a plan of where she wants to go.  I think she just enjoys pulling me along and me coming with her where ever that may be.  She really loves binkies and bottles right now.  She still only has 3 teeth on the top, and three on the bottom.

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Ethan got baptized this month!  We are so happy for his choice to be baptized.  The day was beautiful.  So many family members came for his baptism, then came over to our house for lunch afterwards.






Saturday, April 18, 2015

Thanksgiving Point... All of it!

One of the days during Spring Break was like a dream come true for me.  The kids quickly helped clean the house (pretty  much all of it!) with almost no complaining.  It was amazing! I'm pretty sure I have never had that happen.  Then we headed out for a day of fun.  We stopped at the Museum of Natural Wonders (AKA the Dinosaur Museum), then we went to the gardens (I last took the kids here when Austin was a baby, so I was glad I convinced them to give it a try because they enjoyed it), then we were all starved so we went home for dinner, then we went to the Museum of Natural Curiosity (which we call the Children's Museum).  Oh, what a fun day!  Its hard to decide which was the most enjoyable... getting my house cleaned without a fight, or playing the rest of the day.  






















Sunday, April 5, 2015

Easter

I didn't take too many pictures on Easter, but here are the highlights of what we got. I love when General Conference is on Easter.  It makes it so we can enjoy the whole day together at home.  It was a wonderful day!






Between Dylan's black eye and Ashlyn's cold in her eye... we are looking mighty pretty.

Saturday, April 4, 2015

General Conference

This was our last General Conference getting tickets through Grandpa Gibson, since he was released from his calling as the first counselor in the General Young Men's presidency.  The original plan was I would take Jayden and Ethan to the Saturday morning session, then Devon would take Dylan to the Priesthood session with all the other men 12 and older in the Gibson family, but then Jayden woke up sick.  Such a bummer!  Dylan loves, loves, loves to go to conference, so he was excited to come with me in Jayden's place.  This was Ethan's first time going to conference.  What a special day!

As we walked around the conference center before it started, the boys found this picture and wanted a picture with it.




Easter Egg hunts with the cousins