Fathers and Sons

Phillip, Cooper and my dad went to our wards' fathers and sons campout this weekend.  Cooper had been beyond excited to go.  I was worried because it was supposed to be 95 degrees but it ended up not being too bad.  He had a BLAST playing in the mud, climbing hills, and the gigantic fire.

Getting dirty :)

Climbing up the big mud hill

They made it!

The fire was HUGE

My dad making his yummy banana chocolate dessert.  Cooper was obsessed with them and is insistent on getting the recipe so he can make them again.  Even Phillip loved them and he doesn't like anything like that.  He even hates s'mores!

My strong boy!  Apparently he was having trouble bringing his stuff to the car.  Hahaha!

Strawberry Pickin'

We did our annual strawberry picking last night and we had fun as usual.  It was Haven's first time and she LOVED it.  She didn't quite get it at first of course but she got the hang of it pretty quickly. And then she put one in her mouth...and that was the end of picking.  Unless of course it was going in her mouth :)  She just wanted to sit and eat and eat and eat.  It was so cute.  We got tons and tons of berries and I will be making jam with them tomorrow.  Hope it turns out well!

My cute little strawberry face

Utah Trip

My mom took me to Utah with her this past week to visit my Grandma who I haven't seen in 4 years.  We were also going because both of my brothers were graduating from UVU on Friday.  It was a surprise for everyone that I was coming.  We met my aunt and Grandma for lunch right after we got off the plane and my grandma was so surprised and very excited.  We were planning on 3 days of just shopping and going out to eat.  Always fun for me!!  The next day after shopping all morning, we went to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point.  We were all worried about walking 55 acres, especially since my grandma's foot was in so much pain she could barely walk so we rented a golf cart and it was the best decision we made all day.  It was perfect and were able to see everything without dying of exhaustion.  I was made the designated driver and it was actually fun to drive it for the first time!

Sweet Tali baby.  Love that girl!!

It was SO beautiful!!  We had perfect weather!

There was even a waterfall in the middle of it all.  It was so beautiful and unexpected.

Friday morning, bright and early at 8am, we went to Travis' graduation.  We never thought it would happen but he did it!  

Later that afternoon was Brenan's.  We were able to get some great pictures in front of my grandma's house with the beautiful mountains in the background. It's fun they got to graduate the same day although 2 separate times was a bit long!

Such a cute picture!!

For dinner we went to La Jolla Groves and it was AMAZING.  Seriously the best meal I've had in a really long time.  It was a great place and they had a private room so that was perfect for the 17 people we had there.  It really was so fun!

 

I was beyond happy to see Sara at the graduation dinner since I hadn't seen her in years.  She is amazing as usual!! So glad we got to hang out for a little while!

Marathon

Phillip started running again last year and did a 8K on Thanksgiving and has been training for months for his half marathon he did last week.  It was a trail marathon so it was pretty tough on him and he ended up tripping, falling and getting a pretty nasty gash on his arm.  I have no idea how this is his idea of fun but he loves it!!  He is doing another half in June that he is still training for too.

Jared and him ran it together and both ended up bloodied and bruised!

Easter Festivities

Easter was pretty late this year so the kids kept asking when we were going to do an egg hunt, baskets, etc...  They were excited to finally do it.  We just did a little hunt in the backyard but they loved it.  We are going to have to start hiding them a little harder though because they are finding them quicker than ever.  Even Haven loved it.  She didn't quite get the concept of putting the eggs in the basket at first but she eventually got it.  She mainly just wanted to shake the eggs though!

Cute kids!!

We grilled outside which of course the kids loved

Goofy husband!

We did eggs outside to limit the mess and the kids always love it.  Even though they end up doing the same thing to most of them, they still have fun and are still always amazed how pretty they turn out. 

Finally Easter basket time!  The Easter Bunny hides the baskets and Haven found hers first.  It was the easiest and on the floor so she was super excited.  She literally couldn't wait to start pulling stuff out.

Addison was beyond excited about her Frozen dolls.  She has been begging for them and they are sold out EVERYWHERE.  I had to order them straight from China and they took 6 weeks but here they are

She was particularly amused by the finger puppets she got :)

One of my favorite things about Easter is the kids' new Easter outfits.  The kids are BEYOND cute!!

Love them!

I got both girls' dresses at the consignment sale and they were pretty similar to each other.  I love matching them!!

Great family picture!