Easter

My kids got 2 sets of Easter dresses this year. The first set is from Austin's sister, Sarah, who sewed dresses for all 4 of our kids. She is amazing. I don't sew. It is a skill I don't even want to have.

The first Sunday they wore their new Easter dresses we got a foot of snow.

Lucy walking into church through the snow.

On Easter Sunday, they wore their second set of new dresses, the ones we bought in Utah/Idaho at Kohl's/Ross. It was a sunny day, a bit chilly and windy, but at least the snow was gone.





We went to a fun Easter egg hunt at the Remington Carriage Center. Lucy and Carly and their cousins collected some quality chocolate candies.



The Easter bunny came to our house. It was a true test for the older girls since it was Fast Sunday, but they endured to the end. (It was Fast Sunday since we have Stake Conference next Sunday). He brought lots of candy, and Jill and Hanna got new piano books and Lucy and Carly got a new shirt and shorts.

Quick Trip to Utah

We enjoyed a quick trip to Utah to enjoy some warm weather (or not). It snowed the whole time we were in Idaho and Utah. We still had fun.

Logan Tabernacle (notice the snow)

The reason we went was because Austin received an award.....

Outstanding Alumni Administrator

from Utah State University

Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department

It was fun for him to see his professors again.

We also

Visited Friends ( I forgot to take pictures of most of them)

Summers & Wards & Crosbies & Sorensens & Lowes & Albistons

Lunch with Lowes

Lucy, Hanna, Carly at Albistons

Visited Family

Girls sleeping at Doug & Emily's house (notice Carly & Lucy are snuggling)

Grandpa Reeve's 89th Birthday

Ate Good Food




Shopped, shopped and shopped
(good thing I had my lists because we just had a few minutes at each place we wanted to go before we had to meet the next friends/families)

Three-Day Party for Hanna

We celebrated Hanna's 10th birthday for 3 days. It was a party.

On her birthday, we had a special breakfast, took cookies for her class to share, and opened her presents after school. I had to go to the Relief Society March 17th party (what they call it in Canada no matter what day it is on, more commonly known as the Relief Society Birthday party). Austin and the girls went to junior roping and to Dairy Queen for dinner.

Day 2 of the celebration: Hanna's friend birthday party.

She invited 3 girls who are a grade older than her, 2 boys from her class, and Jill's friend, Payden. We rode horses at the Agridome. One of her friends wouldn't even get on a horse at first, and by the end she had moved from riding to the pony to riding Levi. They just rode around for a while. Then we played musical chairs (where you jump off your horse to get a chair), barrel raced, stick horse relay, and then a foot race through the arena. Then Hanna opened presents and we had a target shooting game with the new rubberband guns we gave them. They had fun - they are good kids. Camree on Levi

Annie winning the relay race

That night we also had a special steak dinner with Grandpa Buck & Grandma Nunn.

Day 3 of Hanna's celebration:

We went cross country skiing in Wateron with Sarah and her family, our family, and Grandpa & Grandma. (Thanks to Barb who watched the 4 youngest kids.) It was really fun and so beautiful. The snow was slushy by the end of our journey which made it really hard to ski. But still a fun day!

Austin recreating (hardly ever happens, you know)

Hanna

Jill

Sarah, Jill, Julia

Grandma Nunn

Our whole group - we made it to the lake!

This is the church in Waterton. They still have a ton of snow there. Will spring come?

Then we had cake and ice cream for Hanna's and Taylor's birthday.

There's a Leprechaun Behind You

Lucy was the one to make a leprechaun trap this year. Although she didn't catch him, he did turn our juice green. And you know what that means, Mom and Dad's feet turn green if we drink it. Lucy and Carly would not drink the green juice. But Austin and I did, so we had green feet all day.

Lucy's leprechaun trap

Kaylynn's green feet

Carly giving the green juice a dirty look

Green for school:

Jill won the extreme green award. She had green everything, except she didn't choose green for her new braces that she got on St. Patrick's Day.


Here is the before picture (so we can decide if it is really worth the money:):

Jill getting braces on

Jill with braces on - She wasn't thrilled I was taking this picture 5 minutes after she got her braces on - you can't see them very good - we have a 1 1/2 years to take more pictures with Jill's braces