Early Easter Fun

First off, I hate this flu season. Our kids have been sick soooo much and I am tired of sick kids. Dexter just got another ear infection, some throat problem that isn't strep, but has white bumps, and is beginning to get conjunctivitis. I feel like we have used more antibiotics in this house this year than I have personally in my whole life. I am sick myself again and once I get over this I am sure allergies will be kinking in. Happy happy joy hoy!

OK enaough of the bad- lets talk good. That's why you're here anyway right. Today we had a great primary activity for Dexter at the Church building to celebrate Easter. The lesson taught by sister Dunn to our kids was absolutley wonderful and I couldn't help but smile watching the kids get closer and closer to her as she was teaching. I got the camera out and tried to snap some pictures, but 90 percent turned out blurry. I still don't know how to increase the shutter speed on my DSLR to get those shots to be clear and sharp. Sorry. If the slideshow below isn't working go here.


We all got to play outside today as well. Dexter and his buddy Jimmy raced around in the street on their bikes while the babies crawled around in the yard and ate dirt. Dexter said to my wife today that she should work too. When she asked who would watch him during the day he said "How about Gummy! She is a real good babysitter." He never forgets. I love him sooooo much. Anyway my wife got a new gardening hat and the kids did a little photo shoot with it on. Here you go.
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The sun brings fun

Wow, what a great weekend. It was such a beautiful weekend and we had some real nice weather out here in Utah. The kids were chomping at the bit to get outside so we decided to spend a few hours on Saturday doing some family gardening. I have been trying to irradicate the tulips in our front planter but it seems that every year a new bunch pop-up so my goal was to seek and destroy. Dexter became the worm hunter and was hunting around finding all different sizes of worms. He finally found one that met his criteria and decided to keep it as a pet. So we got out a jar and put the worm in the jar. Dexter then wanted to give the worm something to play with so he put in a golf wiffle-ball for the worm to crawl through. When his worm was all cozy in his new jar he turned to my wife and said,"I want to see him every day when I wake up." So now his pet worm is waiting for his little wake up call every day. True to his word he got up this morning and went to greet his worm. What a great little boy.
Lucy was looking at all the works that Dexter was digging up and singing to them. The song she made up was real cute and went something like,"you are so cute, you are such a nice worm." It was super cute.
After a few minutes of gardening Dexters friend came screaming by on his bike so Dexter wanted to join him. That turned the focus from gardening to riding. We got out the bikes and away they went.
We also did haircuts this weekend and both Dexter and Lucy got a turn with the clippers on dear old dads mop. They were suprisingly gentle and we all had a good time with it.

The Baby Speaks!

That's right! Just a few minutes ago I heard clear as day a little baby voice say "UP!" Of course, I ran over to her and picked her up and repeated (as well as signed) "up?" And she got a big smile on her face and said "UP!" Yeah!!!! She has said it a few times since but I am afraid she will be mute when Rich gets home from his meeting. He is going to be so surprised. Of course she has said mama and dada, but still it is exciting news for me! She is such a fun baby. Hope you all are having a good weekend.

Spotted Princess

Our little princess has been sick all week and now she has become a spotted little girl. I feel so bad for her, but even though they cover her entire body her personality hasn't been effected. It makes me so happy to know that she isn't suffering much because of it. The doctor said that Dexter an Hazel will probably get it next because it will spread by contact and despite our best efforts, that little Hazel contacts everyone and everyone's things. I just saw her sucking down some of Lucy's water so she will be a spotted little monkey soon too. See if you can "spot" the problem... Hah ha!

Family Home Evening

Last night we had our family home evening and we tried a new activity suggested by one of my co-workers. It was a popcorn race and the object is to push a piece of popcorn across the floor only using your nose. The kids were giggling like crazy and ended up eating the popcorn instead of pushing it. This turned the whole thing into a competitive eating contest instead and they were diving for the popcorn to get it first. It was fun, thanks Brandon for the suggstion. Next time we will get it on video and post it. Unfortunately there are no new pictures to show so stay tuned for those.