Bikes

We have been loving the warm weather and have been spending some time on our bikes. Lucy is getting really good at riding her bike and once she is over her fear of hills, it will be smooth sailing! But for now, we spend a lot of time trying to convince her to not push on her brakes every 2 seconds.

Jake enjoys riding behind Aaron, but I need to get him a helmet that fits!

Cute Friends

One of the drawbacks of the being in the military is that we have to say goodbye a lot. Lucy has had to say goodbye to 2 of her close friends recently. She still talks about Avery who moved away a few months ago and asks to move to Colorado to be by Avery again. And now another friend has left and she is torn between moving to Colorado or to Washington D.C. to be with her friend Grace. I hope we cross paths with these great families again.

A Good Book

Lucy was given this book at preschool today and it is a great book! Good for a laugh for kids and adults. I highly recommend it.

You Can Do It Birthday Boy!

Happy 36th birthday Aaron. The party started when Aaron came home from work early and spent about an hour playing video games with Noah. At one point Aaron was actually beating Noah and was very excited!

After they were done playing, we loaded up in the car and told Aaron to pick where we were going for dinner. After much discussion (mostly the kids trying to convince him where the best place to go would be) we ended up at China Buffet. After dinner, we surprised Aaron with a trip to the store to buy him a new bike! I do not know who was more excited, the kids or Aaron. After purchasing the bike, we realized we could not get it home in our car. So Aaron decided to ride it home. Luckily we were not too far away. The kids thought it was great fun watching Aaron ride his new bike and started cheering him on as he struggled up the hill to our house. Noah rolled down the window and yelled, "You can do it birthday boy!" It was a great moment.

Noah had started getting a headache when we left for dinner and by the time we got home he had a full blown migraine. So he went to bed and missed the rest of the party, poor kid. We had homemade ice cream sandwiches with creative candle placement and only 9 candles instead of 36. It was a great party!

Happy Easter

Good Weather and Good Friends

We are finally seeing some spring weather! After a snow storm on Sunday I was feeling a little bit of spring fever. Well, today felt like spring. It was so great to get outside again and enjoy it.

Jake is working hard to get up the ladder. He loves the slide!

It was the perfect day to play outside with friends. Lucy loves playing with her friend Anna and they had a great time having a tea party in the "tree house". Keep that warm weather coming!

Spring Visitors

We love it when family comes to visit! Aaron's parents came out from Utah for a few days and we had a great time with them. My kids love it when Grandma and Grandpa come to visit and love the extra attention from their loving grandparents. I usually take an over abundance of pictures on these fun occasions. But for some reason, that did not happen this time. I have just a few of the last day they were here and that is it. I am so sad I do not have more of our great weeekend, but I wanted to document the event anyway.

Grandma and Grandpa arrived Friday afternoon and we enjoyed a fun evening at home with them. Then Saturday we took them to the Air and Space Museum which was very cool. We had not been there before and my kids loved it. We watched conference and played games and had fun spending the day together. On Sunday we spent the day watching conference together. Grandma helped my kids with conference packets and played so many games with them. Monday was spent visiting Aaron at work and going out to lunch. Grandma spent a lot of time playing games and coloring with Lucy while the older kids were at school.

When everyone got home, Grandma did some Yoga with the kids

We had a small birthday party for Grandma and the kids loved helping her blow out her 6 candles.

*Grandma & Grandpa bought pizza for dinner with a cinnamon and sugar pizza for dessert!

I am a slacker and did not make her a birthday cake.

Noah had a music concert at school that evening and he was so happy that Grandma and Grandpa were able to come to that before heading home. Thanks for a fun visit Grandma and Grandpa! We miss you already and can't wait to see you this summer.

PB&J

Huge breakthrough today. Jake ate a PB&J!

Jake has been my pickiest eater. He gives most foods one look and throws them across the room. Sometimes he will actually touch a new food which is usually followed by a look of disgust which is followed by the food being thrown as far away from him as he can manage. But today was different. I have tried pb&j's before with no luck. But today Jake actually tasted it and he liked it.