Baseball

Kyle is playing baseball this year.  It has been so fun to watch.  His favorite position is catcher although he has not caught a single ball.  He loves to wear all the equipment and it makes him pay attention instead of kicking dirt in the outfield.  He is excited to go to every game even if it is just for the snacks at the end.  It will be fun to see where this goes in the future.

It's Not Disney...

 We miss Disney!  We are counting our blessings that there is a small theme park just north of where we live to help ease our pain.  

We spent last Saturday there and I think that it will be a regular activity this summer especially once they open the water park.  These kids had a blast and I will do just about anything to catch these smiles.

Birthday Boy

This kid is FOUR!!!  Zac loves Rescue Bots, Transformers, Legos, Kyle, the iPad, Abby, mac and cheese, Emma, Rescue Bots, being read to, ice cream, making car sounds, ninjas, hide and seek, fruit snacks, Rescue Bots, doing anything Kyle is doing, the wiiU, making silly faces, sleeping during sacrament, and spreading smiles where ever he goes.  We love our buddy.

Womens Conference

 My sisters and I had our first ever sisters weekend.  We started the trip out right with some legitimate Mexican food at the Red Iguana.  I love Karina's face in this picture.  She looks a little unsure but the food was fabulous.

 The first of MANY selfies.  We were not very good at them.  After dinner we headed down to Provo to see Kaylee.   

The next day we spent shopping and then went to the Payson temple open house.  It is a beautiful temple full of gorgeous paintings and architecture.  It was a really cool experience and the Spirit was strong.

After dinner we went to comedy sports and laughed hard enough to burn off some of the calories we had eaten that day. 

We ate A LOT.  There are just so many really yummy things to eat.  Of course we had to take a trip to the creamery for the best ice cream.  I was so full that I could not even make myself eat a mint brownie.  Good thing I got one the next day.  

 MORE FOOD!

 We also did a lot of this.  Games with these people has to be one of my favorite things.  We also attended womens conference at BYU which was an awesome experience and I can't wait to do it again soon.

I never hiked the "Y" while I lived in Provo so I had to finally do it.  It was a tough hike and I am old but it was so much fun and there is no one I would have rather done it with.  

 It was a great weekend with fabulous people and I can't wait for our next sisters weekend!

 I almost forgot to add this picture...So Emma asked be before I left if I would look for some of the actors from Studio C one of her favorite shows.  I laughed and told her Provo was a big place and there was no way I was going to see anyone famous.  Well Karina spotted her in a store but we were too late to catch her.  We ended up going next store to Desert Book and were surprised to see Mallory in that store as well.  Well she was busy shopping for temple clothes so we did not feel like we could interrupt...the store was also closing so we decided to wait outside for her like stalkers.  After about 15 minutes she came out and we asked her if we could take a picture.  She was super sweet and it made Emmas day.  It was a really fun experience,  

 So the fates have been against me as I have tried to keep this blog updated.  Lots of computer issues mixed with an impatient and busy blogger makes for not many post.  Here is a random update of our last few months in no particular order...

We had a fun Easter with cousins.  Grandma set up the funnest egg hunt.  Along with candy in the eggs there were special tickets for the kids to redeem at Grandmas store for bigger items that would not fit into the eggs.  Fun was had by all!

During spring break we make a trip to the Kroc centers rock wall.  I knew the girls were experts but I was suprised to watch Kyle climb with ease.  He almost made it to the top several times and only stopped when it was pointed out how high he was and he got a bit nervous. We will be making many more trips there this summer I am sure.  

 We also tried roller skating for the first time.  The boys even got into the action with the help of a skating buddy.  There were LOTS of bruised legs the next day but those faces tell you it was worth it,

 Zac enjoyed our trip to the bowling alley.  With the help of the ramp and bumpers he had one of the highest scores.

 A favorite spring break activity was hiking Tubbs hill.  We had glorious weather and these awesome kids did the whole hike on their own.  Zac started saying about halfway through that he was no good at hiking and that we should turn around but with the help of some bribery and good friends he walked the whole trail.

Of course no spring break would be complete without a trip to Dockside for ice cream.  They were enjoyed by all.

 The best thing spring break brought us was a visit from Grandma!!!  As much as we love our new home we miss our California family. It was so nice to have her here.