Spring Break

First of all I do NOT like loading pictures on here. It seems like it takes forever. These are our chains that we made. Just looking at them makes it seem like summer is forever away.

Uggg!

The kids are crazy!! It is really cold in the pool and they thought it was great so we let them swim.

Had to put in another picture of Klara. She was so cute in her new swimsuit.

We took the kids to the Drive-Ins to see Rio. They has so much fun. The movie was so cute too. It was a little windy there so I could have done without that. We brought some blankets and it worked.

Crazy pictures. I would have put in more but it just takes so long. The movie had been delayed because it wasn't dark enough so we were being silly.


The next day we took the kids to Primm to ride on the rides for free. They had so much fun here too. I couldn't go on any of them but I got to SHOP. Found some amazing deals at Old Navy out there. The whole store was 40% off. It was great.

We had a great time but I wish it were longer. Today was hard going back to school. Not for the kids though, just me!!

I am BACK

Spring Break is here and we are not doing anything exciting. I know it is great. I love it. The kids not so much. This is our week...

Monday...
Made chains to count down the last day of school and when we find out what the baby is.

Tuesday...
Went to see the movie Hop. The kids loved it. It was also great because I got to get a large drink to share for one dollar, Awesome.

Wednesday...
Real exciting here---we cleaned the toy room and all the kids rooms. Yes I know I am so creative. Then we went to play at McDonald's. Then they got in the freezing pool. Nice!

Thursday...
Going to the park. Going to get the kids free dinner at IHOP and then taking them to the Drive-ins to see Rio.

Friday...
Going to Primm to let the kids ride the rides for free while I go Shopping. Fun for me!!!

Saturday...
Dying Easter eggs then going to the Easter Egg Hunt at the Bass Pro Shop. Free by the way and you get a free picture with the Easter bunny. Thanks for letting me know about it Kellie!!

Sunday...
Church and Easter!!!!

Monday...
Blah Blah Blah..... back to School. 32 more days for Bryce till Summer and 14 for Mitchel.

Pictures will appear later.

Trip to Zion

We came to Zion to go camping two weekends ago. Well we also came so I could massage some friends that were scrap booking at the Lodge in the next picture. We got up and out of the house at five in morning. The kids were all wide awake and ready to go. We got to the park and to our surprise it was National Parks day so it was free to get in. Normally it is $25. That was great. Got inside the camp grounds and got a campsite right next to the bathrooms. Another great thing with kids. We set up the tent and were off again. Mike took me up to lodge to do the massages. It takes about 45 minutes to get there from the campsite. It is so worth it though, the drive is beautiful.

The kids waiting for me to get my massage stuff out of the car so they could go venturing off with dad.

This is right before the really long tunnel before you get to the lodge. A little out of order.

They came back to the campsite to have lunch and the river was right next to the camp so the kids had fun walking along it. There is a shuttle there that will take you to some hikes and they went on it to go on one of the shortest hikes. Klara needs to be carried everywhere. I don't know how Mike did it alone. He said they both fell asleep on the shuttle bus on the way back.



This is Klara's cheese face.

Roasting our marshmallows. The kids had some fun wit the fire. Possibly too much. No one got hurt but they did get in trouble. They had to learn not to swing the sticks around that were still hot from the fire. Mainly Mitchel was doing this, but he learned pretty quick not to swing it around.

In the back here on the picnic table you can see how dirty Klara was. She loved playing and sitting in the dirt. I think she thought is was sand at the beach or something. She could care less how much dirt was on her. The same for food. She didn't care if it feel on the ground and was covered in dirt. We of course took it away from her, but it was just funny to see her like of well dirt won't hurt me looks.

We made it through the night. It got pretty windy. So much that you could hear it coming for you. A little creepy, but the kids slept through it. Pretty chilly in the morn but not too bad. Not freezing so we came at a good time of the year.

Back at the river next to the campsite. Mike made some yummy breakfast for us all in the dutch oven. I was in charge of entertaining the kids till it was done.

Bryce took off roaming around the river so we took some pictures without him.
Every time I would say cheese. This is what I would get. Minus Bryce not looking it is a cute picture.
Mike kept on wanting to taking pictures of the scenery. It is so gorgeous, but I felt that the pictures did not do it justice and wanted to just take pictures of the kids.

This was how we hiked with Klara. She was like this on the whole mile there and the whole mile back. She eventually got Mike to hold her and fell asleep. I ended up with a very hungry Mitchel on my back towards the end. They are still a little too small for hiking, but we will get them there.

Our little family with some random people in the back, sorry, we asked for our picture to be taken and this is what we got. We had fun and i hope you enjoyed the very long post full of pictures.

Little Stories

Klara has gotten really big and BRAVE. She has fallen a lot too in this Brave test of hers. She loves to get on top of the table and either just sits there or stands or plays with all the paperwork up there. Thankfully she has not fallen of the table yet, but you here me shout her name every time she gets up there. I have even gotten Mitchel to do it.

It has been hard feeding her. She is getting a lot of teeth. So depending on the day she will eat everything brought to her or she will turn her nose up at everything. This day was a eat everything day and then put my finger in it and use that as the stick. Funny girl, she is really starting to say little words that I am the only one that can understand but it counts.

I will just have to say this is a cute outfit. She has little tinker bell shoes on that light up. Oh fun little things we have bought for this girl. The not so fun part is her HAIR. I don't know what to do with it. So I don't do anything. I did get her ears pierced because she has no hair and I wanted to dress her up. She has hair just weird hair. I am not sure if you can tell but there is a long tail on the back of her head here. She is trying to run away from me, but I got a picture of her eventually. Anyway Mike calls it "the business in the front and party in the back" look. A.K.A. The Mullet. Billy Ray Cyrus here we come.(You do know that I am from Texas, right?)

I do have other children. This one here just doesn't want his picture taken. Bryce is in school. I will post other pictures later. Mitchel is pretty cute too. And he was trying to fool me. I am smarter than a three year old sometimes.

Family Pictures

We actually took some family pictures this year. Our tradition is in December or January because that is Bryce's half year mark. When he was little it seemed to matter more. Now it is just a good time because Mike has off a whole month from school. These I think were actually taken in February so we were very off this year. Hope you enjoy. She took a ton and it is really hard to get 5 people to all look good at the same time.

Baseball Player Klara

Bryce started Baseball in March and this was in April. A little behind I know. She thought this hat was so much fun. She looked pretty cute in it too. Since then she will find any hat and put it on and just walk around like she is such a big girl. We went and got some little GIRL hats thinking that she would Love them. Not so much doesn't want them on at all. Figures, she has a lot of males in the house. Maybe she will be a TOMBOY!

KaySea/Mom Bday

I turned a year older. No need to tell everyone how old, either you already know or don't need to know because everyone thinks I am too young and then I get made fun of, I am getting older though. A bit crazy this one: Mike is crazy busy with work and school. He had bids and finals and me and the kids to juggle with. I am very impressed that he got me flowers and a present in the middle of it all. One thing he didn't get was the CAKE. I am okay making them but not my own. But I don't really want to spend the money on one either and I don't want to see Mike's cake. I am sure it would be great but I will wait for that later in life. I made a great raspberry ice cream cake and ate it too. Here's some pictures!!