Everyone has these on their face...

It's been a dream of mine to go to the tulip festival here in Washington ever since I heard there was one. While Amelia was here visiting we decided to go see the tulip fields. It was truly amazing to see the vivid lakes of color swimming before my eyes. The boys did not appreciate my dream (except for Jeremy) but I think all of us girls enjoyed the outing. I took a bajillion picture but I'm only posting less than twenty.

Sister Largey- Home From Latvia!!!

We flew Amelia up for a visit and had the bestest time with her! She had complied a slide show of her mission adventures to share with us and told us about some of her experiences. It was awesome to hear about all she'd been doing the last year and a half of her life, but mostly we loved getting to spend time with her. Jamesy was happy to meet her and kept looking around the house for her repeatedly after she left to go back to school. We love you Amelia and wish we could keep up hidden away at our house permanently!

Batting Practice

We've got baseball fever! Jeremy has been pitching to the kids whenever it's been okay weather-wise outside. Carter asks him the most frequently to come outside and play ball. Carter still hits the ball really hard, but Jeremy continues to bravely pitch to him. Seeing Madison take a swing today was fun as well. I asked her if she ever wanted to play a season and she said she prefers soccer over baseball.

My Two Lil' Angels

Carter's baseball coach from last year is allowing Grant to play up a year and be on the same team as Carter. So instead of another year of T-ball, Grant gets to play with the Angels coach pitch team. Seeing these boys in their matching uniforms almost makes me feel like they could do no wrong. However just moment after these pictures were taken and we were on our way to a game, they were arguing in the back of the van. Maybe if I put Angels shirts on them every day some angelic qualities will soak in?

Colored Eggs with Cheesy Pizza- YUM

We didn't set up the card table to do the eggs this year so I was disgruntled when clean up time came around and there was colored dye all over the countertops. But besides my grumpiness afterward we had fun dipping and decorating eggs. Grant's eggs kept jumping off the spoon spontaneously (kinda like Grant himself). Madison came in late to the egg-dying because she had been at a fireside with Jeremy so she kept her eggs simple this year. Carter dunked his eggs in almost every color he could (he seems to use this same decorating technique every year).


Later in the week we went to Carter's choir performance at school. He is a natural ham. He sang the songs with lots of expression and made me smile. One of the songs he sang went like this... Pizza, I like pizza, pepperoni pizza... with cheeeeeeeese!

Easy egg hunt? I Don't Think So!

I went a bit crazy hiding the eggs and the kids had to spend about 30 minutes to find all the tricky spots I hid the eggs in. Hey- my brother, sister, and I used to have pretend egg hunts at my Grandma's house for weeks after Easter with the empty plastic eggs. Hiding them is more fun then hunting for them (right Joe & Hollie?). I hide things from myself in my own house on a daily basis. Of course it's unintentional then...

"HOT Maggots"

Easter morning arrived and the bunny brought goodies AND snuggly sleeping bags. We stayed in them and listened to General Conference and were as cozy as could be. Carter was running around in his bag (yes you can run in a sleeping bag) for so long that he claimed he felt like a HOT maggot. We all laughed hysterically at this comment for way too long due to the amount of sugar we had been eating. I want to hug the person that came up with the Cadbury Egg. Thank goodness I can only buy them at Easter time. Since it was a GC day Jeremy also made Cinnamon Rolls (part of the reason our kids cheer when they find out we're having a GC weekend).

Jamesy didn't get his own sleeping bag because we knew he would burrow into one of ours and be happy. He does love a good snuggle, our little snuggle-bean.

Who Is Your Hero?

I got to dress up as Ruth and tell my scripture story at the Faith in God for Girls training we gave as a Stake Primary this month. The girls listened to the stories of Eve, Ruth, Esther, and Emma, and then made a modge podge frame of their favorite scripture heroine.

Our Favorite Park

When we have a spare moment to run off and play somewhere my kids request this park more than any other. Living so close to the water here is such a blessing. We recently got a small sailboat from Jeremy's brother and now were just biding our time until the weather is warm enough to take it out. Carter loves to take eels out from under rocks at this park and he's taught Jamesy how to catch them.

Critters at the Blue and Gold Dinner

Carter led the flag ceremony at the Blue and Gold dinner for Cub Scouts. He did a great job. Jeremy and I were proud of him. I got a mother's pin from Carter and he earned his Bobcat. If any of you are unfamiliar with Cub Scout lingo they have to earn the Bobcat badge prior to getting their Wolf badge, which is what he's working towards this year. He wanted to bring the critters he had built for the display of stuff Cub Scouts have made.

"New Beginnings" sometimes cause us to trip up!

Okay I think I mentioned in a previous post that Madison tends to injure her face more than any other part of herself... well here we go again. Her Ipod startled her while she was on my new treadmill (yes I have been inspired by my siblings health improvements) and she tripped and burned her face on the running rubber mat- along with her arm. Just a couple of days later she sang for the first time with Young Women's for New Beginnings.

Madison hasn't gotten on the treadmill much since the unfortunate incident, but I have- it's awsome!