Easter

Easter was lovely. We spent time together coloring eggs last night and got them all ready for the easter bunny (EB) to hide. Kai was so cute he drew a picture for EB and left carrots out for him. It was like christmas all over again :) We talked with the kids about the significance of Easter morning and the story of Jesus' resurrection. We talked about christmas again and that Jesus was born on christmas and Kai said 'well who is Halloween about?' So tough to get all this straight in their little minds :) We just keep reiterating with every Holiday. 6:30 this am came all too quickly for me as I stayed up late and made peanutbutter filled chocolate eggs for their baskets. They were sugar loaded by 730! Perfect for 830 church, right?!? :) Good times

Meili loved her new easter dress and Kai was thrilled that I made matching ties for the boys. He's so into matching right now! So grateful and so blessed to have these little people :)

Easter festivities

Instead of a big easter egg hunt where my kids were herded around like sheep and thrown into a trample fest where parents are dragging their kids to gather as many eggs as possible in 10 sec flat, I decided to be a little more low key this year. I love the rec centers here and all the fun activities they do for the holidays. For the spring fest on easter sat they had free pictures with the easter bunny, carnival games, face painting, candy, and bounce house. All for free! Honestly, you can't beat that. Rich had to work so I spent 3 hr there :) Tristan was happy as a lark to run around the gym and try to get into trouble; side note, he wasn't so into the easter bunny :) Meili was full of energy and did the bounce houses over and over, she also loved the face painting and chose a bumble bee?? no clue why. Kai was totally into the carnival games and did them over and over again completely filling both of their bags with candy. He wasn't into the face painting... come to find out later, the last time he had his face painted they used glitter and he was having none of that! ha. Kai said this was the best day ever! You just wait boy :)

McKee Ranch

I have so enjoyed spring break. It has been so nice not to have a schedule to have to revolve around. This place was awesome. It was so country/hick we loved it. It was true country livin :) The kids rode a horse, went on a hay ride and fed multiple buckets of carrots to the animals. Meili was so excited to ride a 'pony' and told me 'I am not afraid to feed those horses mom!' and she wasn't. They spent nearly and hour and a half of our 3 hours there on a homemade merry-go-round. It was so calm and the atmosphere was so chill there. We just soaked it up. It was so refreshing :) They were filthy when we got home, but it was so worth it :)

Tristan's 1st birthday party :)

We celebrated Tristan's 1st right when we got home from zions. I did a block cake with 4 colored layers and decided to try my hand at cake pops, which also had different colored insides! It was actually a lot of fun for me :) I really enjoy being creative in that way. Everything turned out so cute. We just had a family party, which was super relaxed and low key. It was so much fun. Nate and sarah came over; it was a really great time.Kai and Mei were really great with him, they actually showed serious restraint when he was opening presents. Meili put her arm around him once and said 'Happy birthday Tristan!' In the sweetest baby voice. I don't remember Kailer and Meili being so into their 1st birthday. I feel like they were a little shocked and didn't really get what was going on. I felt like he was totally into ripping open his presents and then wanted his cars out immediately. Then when we were singing to him he was dancing and then clapped afterward. It was just so cute! He was all about his cake at first with just 1 finger and then it turned into both hands. He really got into it!He ate so much cake pop at a time he started gagging :)The he started feeding the kids and throwing chunks of cake on the floor. It was about time to get in the shower :)Now we just need to get a rebels outfit for Kai before we move :) thanks nate and sarah!Sarah took all my pictures for me, which was so nice. It's wonderful to be able to enjoy without worrying about pictures The loot :) He was thrilled with his cars and ball. So simple, but so right up his alley, and I of course was thrilled with the clothes ;)

So fun and so perfect :)