April's Little Things

The highlight of April was the first week of the month when we enjoyed our spring break vacation. 

It was kind of hard to leave beautiful San Diego, but we were welcomed home to this beautiful tree in our front yard. 

Spring in Utah can't be beat. 

The temple grounds are especially gorgeous this time of year. 

Khloe is full of two year old attitude.

She LOVES her purses, shoes, and jewelry. 

Only a couple more weeks of Kindergarten for Kyler.

He is becoming such a good reader and has grown leaps and bounds this year. 

Khloe attended nursery for the first time during the month and 

LOVED it. Church has been so much more enjoyable now that I only have to wrestle her for 1 hour instead of 3:))) 

We've spent a lot of time during the month of April prepping our yard and flowers beds for the season. Kids are always so much help when working in the yard!!! 

Kyler has been really interested in the scriptures lately and has been wanting to get a quad. One night for FHE we went to the DI to see what we could find. Afterwards we enjoyed some icecream from the Frozen Utter for our treat. 

Kyler loves Science and is very curious with how things work.

He checked out a library book full of experiments and on those nights when I go to zumba, him and Jason do some together. 

We did a little spring cleaning during the month and decided to participate in a yard sale that my grandma was doing.

Of course Kyler wanted to get in on the action, so he sold some treats too. 

During the month of April I had a change in callings.

I was released from Young Women's and put into scouting.

I've really struggled with the change and I'm hoping I learn what I need to from the new calling real quick so I'm not there for too long!!!!

The weather has been pretty hit and miss during the month.

We tried to take advantage of the good days.

The kids enjoyed doing a little fishing at Pioneer Pond even though the didn't have much luck catching anything. 

Jason is already counting down the days until next ski seasons begins. He couldn't miss the opportunity to hit up the slopes during the past storms. 

I'm looking forward to one of my favorite months of the year and one of the busiest!!!!!

Planting flowers, celebrating Mother's Day, TaVaci concert, preschool graduation, field trips, Kyler's kindergarten graduation, and a trip to St. George just to name a few. 

Wide Open Spaces

Kyler asks me on a weekly basis when he 

can be free and go wherever he wants.

Unfortunately we live in a day and age where he can't just go and explore and be free. 

So any chance he gets to hang out in the country for the day, 

he jumps at the chance. 

A few weekends ago we spent the day in portage.

It was branding day and we were excited to get out of the house and let the kids play and experience the country lifestyle. 

Spring Break...St. George

We finished our Spring Break Vacation in St. George.
We left San Diego Saturday morning at 5:00 a.m.
The kids slept for most of the drive which made it so nice:)) 

We arrived in St. George around noon and of course the rainy weather had made its way to Utah. 

We spent the afternoon doing a few of our favorite things:

Children's Museum.

Center of town merry-go-round.

Swig Cookies.

Dinner at Pasta Factory. 

I guess all good things must come to an end:(( 

Spring Break...San Diego

Day 4 and our last full day in San Diego was spent 

at Sea World. We worried the weather wasn't going to cooperate, but it ended up being the perfect day!!!

This was our 2nd time at Sea World and it didn't disappoint. 

I love that it offers so many things: Shows, hands-on exhibits, animals that you don't typically get to see, and even rides.

As you enter the park they have a couple of different tide pools that you are able to touch different sea creatures. 

We touched sharks, sting ray, and our favorite cleaner fish. 

This is the last year that they will be doing the One Ocean show with Shamu at Sea World so that was a must see show. 

We also enjoyed watching the Sea Lions Live show. 

The dolphins always seem to be a favorite, but we also really enjoyed watching the polar bears. 

Such amazing animals!!!

Daddy spoiled the kids with a stuffed animal of their favorite animal from the day. 

Kyler chose a dolphin and Khloe chose a polar bear. 

That night we met back up with my parents and sisters and enjoyed our last night of vacation.  

We enjoyed eating pizza while watching the sunset. 

This trip ended up being so much fun!!!

It makes me wish it hadn't passed so quickly, but I guess it's time to start planning for the next one:))