Nature Park-Spring 2011

We took our first walk to the park after dinner on Easter. (We would have spent it with family but we had the stomach flu at our house and Julia had already three blowouts..sigh...Glad that is over!!!)  It was the perfect weather and a much needed excursion after being cooped up all week because of the flu!!

 The ducks were a little tired but we woke them up!!! The boys were so excited to see them!

 Matthew was by far the most excited about seeing them! He has recently learned some animal sounds, a duck being among those! He was constantly quaking and laughing...something about that makes a mother's heart full and moments like that make it all worth it...all the throw-up, diraherra, tanturms, fighting, diapers, etc...all kind of disappear when you hear your child experiencing joy at something new or loved...

 Our faithful video-taking! Thanks for capturing all the good times so that we can remember them when the bad times come.

 Those poor ducks!! They had all filled up on plenty of bread and here were three very enthusatic boys doing their best to feed them! Good thing there were a lot of seagulls!!!

 Matthew keeps us on our toes!!! We had to have a hand on him most of the time while we were by the water...he so wanted to go exploring in it!

 My by-far-favorite photo of the whole adventure!!  She really was having a lot of fun...she just wasn't pleased about being put in the Frisbee golf thingy...

 I love this one....Peter holding on to Matthew to help him keep up...What a great moment...

All my little ducks in a row....

We decided that for Easter that we follow the prophet's advice to have a picture of the temple in every bedroom. The boys were excited and loved having them. They also each got a new summer shirt and a bag of  peanut butter candies...(got to have some nutrition in there right...)

Julia got teether biscuits which she has loved...Matthew likes them too...LOL!! 

Overall...we had a great Easter ...I am thankful for a Savior who came to this Earth and suffered and died for me. What a wonder and miracle that it was and still is. 

Andrew's take on the Resurrection!

This was part of the conversation in the car today as we were running a million errands! 


Peter: What's that building with the blue and white letters?
Anth: Deseret Book
Peter: Oh...deseret book
Andrew: They have books about Jesus there.
Anth: How do you know that, Andrew?
Andrew: Jesus was "deserected," right Peter?



At least he learning something...

Fun with Baby Formula

Honey, can you stop at the grocery store on your way home? We might need some more formula....

A barbecue and a hunt

The first warm day in...hmmm...well forver!!!! We celebrated by first kicking the stomach flu out of our house...(so rude of it to stop by without an invitation!) and second having a family barbecue with my family!! With being Easter we decided to throw an Easter egg hunt in, just for fun!!

We made these bags last minute as Grandma was pulling up to the house! Stole them from Peter's teacher!! What a great idea!!

Grandma thought this was an "egg"-cellent place to hide an egg! The fact that it was carrot shaped, sealed it  fate!

All the Monson Grandkids....couldn't get them to smile or look ...despite the large group of adults telling them to!! Way to excited to see what in those eggs!

Peter's favorite...cold hard cash!!! To the question what he was going to do with it, he replied "It's going in my piggy bank for my mission!!" Insert proud mother smile here!!!

 The adult hunt got a little interesting...we found eggs buried in rotting leaves, under eves, up in trees, and my personal ...uhh..favorite...

 THE GARBAGE CAN!!!! Amongst all the dirty yucky diapers that the stomach flu brought us!!! YUCK!!

We got a new patio door for our kitchen (another post...hopefully!). I failed to slide the screen open, so when an excited boy ran through the kitchen into the backyard, he popped out the screen!!! 

THE WINNER!!! She got the most money out of the hunt!! Way to go Aunt Rachal!!

Gifts from Grandma...candy and a rabbit catch game!

So glad that the sun came out and decide to stay for two days!!!! Could it be that Spring really has come?



*P.S. It snowed today!! Guess not!   *sigh*

Easter

I love Easter...It means spring has come (or will soon come) and that everything will be reborn and renewed. The grass will grow green.....the trees will start to bud and leaves will appear...flowers will pop up their heads and covered the ground with color! After a long winter, spring means so much... I love these reminders of death losing its grip and life being restored...its brings me such hope and happiness. I am so thankful for my Savior who sacrificed so much for me and then rose again the third day... beginning life anew!! What a miracle!!! 

The Egg...the symbol of rebirth...I love giving them the color of spring and giving them a new look!

HAPPY EASTER!!!

Introducing the new...

MR. and MRS. SHAUN MONSON!

A couple of weeks ago, my brother got married in the Rexburg Temple! It was a great day! The sealer was wonderful and gave great advice and counsel! The day was a little stressful for me since I was asked to take the pictures...but over all it turned out great and I'm glad that I got to be there and participate!

 My mom's family that came to the wedding

 All those that were at the temple ....

 My brother with my mom...he had that smile for most of the day...

 The reception....

 My cute little family...I'm so thankful that all their shirts stayed white...all the ties stayed on...and the dress fit!! and that Julia left her hair alone for the pictures!

 Cousins shot...the best that we could do with kids that had enough of pictures and just want to run and play..

 Julia did so well...she was giggly and happy for most of it...

 The cake....

 Off to the nursery to play with toys and watch movies...

 My brother James with his daughter Kaylie and Julia...

 The CAR!!! The groomsmen rolled some tires into the gym half way through...just extra snow tires that my dad had but it was enough to get the bride and groom a little nervous...

 These two are only two weeks apart and love playing together...this is Matthew trying to take the bubbles away from Kaylie because he got his taken away...

 Julia with her dad....

 The quilt that we spent two sessions of conference tying ...

I'm glad that its over and that I have a new "sister!" Thanks for joining our family Andrae!