Trip to Mount Spokane

In February we decided to take a drive up to Mt. Spokane for the first time since we have lived here. The drive was really pretty. The sky was clear and vibrant blue. It was a beautiful day....

The trees were packed with snow, and so was the roof of the bathroom...

Here are two of my little "angels". The other two were off on a hike with their dad...

Look at the size of this tree in comparison to my kids. I was worried the whole time that a huge hunk of snow was going to fall out of that tree and knock my family unconscience. The entire time we were up there, you continuously heard snow falling out of the trees. I guess because the sun was up and melting all the snow. It really sounded neat.

Todd pretending to throw Nathan head first into the snow...

Here's all my handsome boys

And here's my sexy husband.

See how blue the sky was and how cute the smiles were?

How could you not have a good time?!

Isn't this unreal? We saw this on the way home. And the windows were even open. Yep, there was quite a bit of snow up there!

We had a really fun time together! The kids had a blast just playing in the snow...

And needless to say, we were all exhausted on the way home...

Easter fun

Easter sure came fast this year. On Saturday we had an Easter egg hunt at the Wagstaff's house. They live up in the hills and have beautiful property with hills and trees and rocks. All the things that make for a great egg hunt. Kids actually have to hunt for them instead of 600 eggs being laid flat out on the grass. It was fun and the view was amazing!

We actually colored Easter eggs this year. Everyone is in their pajamas, but at

least we got it done.

The Easter Bunny came and left Easter baskets for the kids...

Funny thing happened on Easter morning...The Easter bunny brought the kids an Easter basket with a HUGE can of pringles,(this is not the regular size but a much, much bigger can) a chocolate bunny, another big box of candy, etc. Well, Tyler had eaten his ENTIRE can of Pringles and his whole chocolate bunny before Todd and I were even out of bed! The pig! Well, I always take a picture of the kids and then one of our family right before we leave for Church....

Notice that Tyler and Todd are missing from the picture. Why, do you ask? Tyler was soooo sick from eating all those Pringles & candy(and he had oatmeal for breakfast) that he was crying in the bathroom, thinking he was going to throw up. And after our Christmas program barfing by Brandon (yes right during Sacrament meeting), we didn't want a repeat for the Easter program. So they stayed home and the rest of us went to church. Tyler was perfectly fine by the time I got home, and ready to eat again. Boys...

I may not be able to dress my kids in cute little pink dresses with bows and flowers in their hair, but it just doesn't get much cuter than this...

Happy Easter!

(Nathan was very concerned about the Easter bunny coming to visit. He does NOT like Santa or the bunny. He definately did NOT want him to leave the basket anywhere near his room. So, the Easter bunny left the baskets on the stairs this year.)

"Basketball Season Ends on High Note for Hornets"

Tyler has just finished up his basketball season with Upwards. It was a great "season" (like 8 weeks) and we were even a little sad that it was over. Upwards does some really neat things with the kids. Before the start of every game they have the parents line up and then then have the kids run out one at a time. They run out through the tunnel, there is a smoke machine, and an announcer that announces each kids name. That was my favorite part! The kids would then run through all the people that had formed the lines and slap every one's hands as they ran through. It was a very positive experience!

The Team

Tyler in "action". Notice the pictures are blurry because he is just so fast!

They would say a prayer as teams before the start of the game...

The Ref's were great. (I swear this guy is like 7 feet tall. In fact most of the pictures with him and Tyler in it cut off the top half of his body because he is just so tall!) They did a really good job and would even tell the kids what they did wrong, so they knew for next time.

Look at that form!

On the last practice, the coaches had the parents play against the kids. Well, Todd wasn't there, so that left me, wearing slip on clog like shoes. It was like 5 adults against 10, full of energy,

wild kids. It was fun. It was hot. I sucked.

After each game the kids were given stars. Each one was a different color and meant something different: Best defense, best offense, most Christ-like, etc. I was "supposed to" iron on each of the stars on his shirt. Some of them made it on, some didn't...so sue me.

The coaches did a great job and it was a wonderful experience.




See ya next year. Now on to baseball...