April Highlights

Here are the highlights from April:

We celebrated Easter! First at Matt Mo's Preschool with an egg hunt...

Sadie found a few eggs too, but was much more interested in the cupcakes...

Yum!

There was more celebrating Easter morning when the kids got their baskets full of goodies...

After I managed to pry them away from all their goodies, it was time to get ready for church...

They sure did look cute, if I do say so myself!

We also got the exciting confirmation that baby #4 is a GIRL...yipee!

April in Texas also means time for bluebonnet photos. The kids were not being super cooperative (surprise, surprise) but I managed to get a few keepers...

Miss Sadie also got her first "real" hair cut...

Such a cutie pie!

Finally, at the end of the month, we decided to take a quick weekend road trip to Arkansas. The kids had a blast exploring and swimming!

John rented a boat one afternoon to take the boys fishing while Sadie I napped...

The boys couldn't wait to go swimming - it was the first thing on their mind when they woke up in the morning...

We all enjoyed our breakfast for dinner at Cracker Barrel...

Everyone's favorite part of the trip was the little beach area on DeGray Lake. We had it all to ourselves for most of the day and the kids were happy and entertained for hours...priceless!

And that was our April!

Summer Vacation 2011: Part 3

Warning: Very long post ahead...just had to get it done!

The next day we went on a little hike up at Cascade Springs with John's brother, Mark, and his family.  It's a quick hike, which is good since it was pretty warm up there on the mountain, but so worth it for beautiful views like this...

It's perfect for young kids...the cousins had a great time together.

 

 

These guys were my picture posing pros...

Sadie had it made in the shade...

But, of course, she had to get down and do a little exploring on her own too...

The other explorers managed to find a few fish swimming around...

We spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out at Mark and Candace's house - the kids played, the adults talked...it was great. We even got to help Emma celebrate her 3rd birthday that night (a fun little peek at what I'm in for as Sadie grows up - a whole lot of princess and pink!).


We met up with them again on Friday in Park City. John's mom (along with 6 more cousins...that's 12 total for this outing!) came too for some Alpine Slide fun.  Granny Sylvia watched Sadie for us while we took the boys up the chairlift...

The ride up was fun, but it's way better coming down! John managed to catch me and Matt Mo crossing the finish line...

Later, we met up with my brother, Josh, and his family for dinner. They happened to be driving down from Wyoming for the weekend - lucky for us! We ordered a pizza and let the kids run wild at a nearby park...

 Our kids are the same ages and they had lots of fun together. Sadie and cousin Zach are only 3 weeks apart...

 

It was fun catching up with them, we could've stayed all night chatting...especially the 2 lawyers discussing work (with a side of fishing/camping...yawn).

Our last day of fun before the LONG drive home was spent with cousins again...yay! This time, at Rock Canyon Park. There's a nice little river flowing through it from all the winter snow - perfect for the kids to go tubing down...

 

From what I was told, the water was FREEZING cold.  It obviously didn't phase the big kids, but Sadie was not having it...

She still had a good time though...

She was happy to chase the dog and run away from her crazy brothers...

Later that night, we met up with some of John's high school friends and their families. Sadly, I completely forgot to take any pictures! It was a great end to our week in Utah though. Definitely a summer vacation to remember. We're already missing the mountains and the cooler weather, but nothing beats home, sweet, home!