Happy Easter 2019

Our Easter festivities this year were mostly Benny owning every egg hunt he could. Our church had one, his school had one, and our family had one. And he found eggs like a champ!!

The Easter Bunny did indeed visit us this year!

Easter Sunday Picture

Easter egg hunt line-up

Benny's school also had a special program where the kids released butterflies. It was so cute. 

Legoland!!!

I chaperoned Ivy's fieldtrip to Legoland and boy did we have a fun time!!! I had never been and it was a total blast! The park was totally dead so we didn't wait in any lines! The roller coasters were perfect size for me and the weather was beautiful! We stayed late and enjoyed every minute of it. Kiri joined us for most of the day and when the bus went home we had Holland to spend the evening with!

Miscellaneous March!

Here are the in-betweens!

Benny had been begging ever since we went to the trampoline place for Bubba's birthday to go back. So we did!!

 Spent a Saturday tubing and on the boat!

 This cute little guy has been obsessed with the Eurasian badger in his little book but that darn badger is also giving him bad dreams at night!! A real love/hate relationship going on here.  

 Grocery shopping with my boys! Why does eliminating one of my older children make life so much easier?

 Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

 Spending an afternoon in the toy section of Walmart is a big hit!

 Just catching snakes on our back porch like its no thing!

 Youth temple trip. I photo bombed their family picture actually but in reality I am a part of their family so it was all good. :) 

A sleeping, snuggly Benny!

While the Cat's Away...

While Ivy and I were in California visiting GG, Daniel was in charge of the boys! And it looks like they had a pretty good time!

A Trip to Visit GG

The beginning of March my Grandma, who is 99, started having some health issues. It was really scary at first... I had originally thought I might fly out with the kids during Spring Break to see her one last time but with the wise cousel of my dad we decided to just wait and see how she did. Day to day she improved. She certainly wasn't in the shape she had been before and she now needed professional care to help with meals and using the bathroom. I still was having a tug in my heart to get out and see her, even if her decline was happening very slowly, so I booked a trip for me and Ivy to see her the end of March. I am so glad I did!! We had the absolute best visit with her. She had definately declined sinced the last time I had seen her. Some of our conversation was discouraging (like when she asked me how many children I had or who my brothers were) but for the most part our visit was wonderful. We had a lot of 1-on-1 time just visiting, laughing, reminicing, hugging, crying, loving and just being together. It. Was. Priceless. I cherish this weekend and think about it often, especially because it was the last time I saw her. It truly was a gift. 

We came home with full and happy hearts!!