Does Easter come in the spring or winter?

The Friday and Saturday before Easter, we went to our annual Easter egg hunts. Jake and Wendy planned theirs for Friday, which is the one on horseback. We ended up getting the most snow that we have seen almost all winter. It was really windy and it snowed heavy enough to stick to the ground. Unfortunately we were unable to do the traditional hunt on horse back. Luckily we had our shop that everyone could go into and have our hunt there. Jake and Wendy did a great job with games to entertain the kids and organizing the hunt. It was really fun to get together with people from the neighborhood.

Saturday we went to our Easter egg hunt in North Powder. The kids had a blast and found lots of colorful eggs in the white snow.

Dying our Easter eggs in preparation for Jake and Wendy's Easter egg hunt.

Not looking to promising outside for horseback riding. Notice the horizontal snow and the angle of the swings.

Gage loving being in the center of it all!

Hunter showing off his lovely dye creation.

Playing games in the shop. There was a great turn out for the hunt, even though the weather wasn't the best.

Hunter with his found eggs.

Lindsey and Roper have met their quota.

Megan's age group on "the hunt."

Sierra's hunt.

Hunter and Gage at the North Powder Easter egg hunt. At least the sun was shining.

Hunter showing off his booty.

Gage only sure about one thing - it's cold!!

Everyone showing off their prizes.

For you Justin and Emily

Hey Justin and Emily here are the pictures of the house I was telling you about. Hopefully this helps. It was dark so I didn't get great pictures of the yard. If you would like I can go and get more.

Bathroom by the entry way.

Standing in the entry way looking at the kitchen and dining area.

master bedroom bathroom with shower.

Master bedroom walk in closet.

Office area in the master bedroom.

Bedroom next to the master bedroom.

Closet in bedroom next to master bedroom.

Living area. There are two entrances to the house. One by the kitchen where the washer and dryer are and this one in the picture. It goes out to the back yard onto the deck.

Bedroom at the end of the dining area.

Closet in the 2nd bedroom.

An attempt to get a picture of some of the back yard. This tree sits in the middle of the yard.

One of the sheds. A faucet off to the left for watering.

The larger of the 3 sheds.

Pine Wood Derby Time!!

Last night was our annual ward Pine Wood Derby. It is always fun, because this pine wood derby is a no rules or boundaries. It is always fun to go and see all the creative people we have in our ward and have great laughs. We won the award for the car most imitating a political figure. We call it our Shamoooove hot rod! The kids painted it and Jason cut it out. It was a lot of fun!

Shamoooove hot rod!

A line up of all the entries.

All the cars that raced.

Jason getting ready for our first race. Unfortunately we lost the first race.

Our cheering squad. Megan's friend Mattie holding our towel that says, "Shamu rocks".

Sierra and her friend Erin holding the other towel.

Lindsey and her friend Hailey getting ready for our Shamu cheer.

Hunter, Lindsey and Hailey.

Some of our competitors.

The yellow car was shot with the bow. It won this race and left a yellow spot at the other side of the gym. It was pretty hilarious. The red car has a fan on it and is ran by a remote control. It was very inventive.

Shamoove going on its second race. We won this one because the other car ended up falling off the track.

Our third and final race. How will it end?

It's a Tie!!!!

Ready for Spring!!

It has been a while since we blogged. It has been a little crazy busy. We had a week of beautiful weather in the 50's. It really gave us spring fever. Since we had the nice weather, we decided to make the most of it and played outside. Gage found the mud puddles and for some reason he stood on his head and put his nose in the puddle. It was the funniest thing I had ever seen. He only got mud on his feet and nose. Hunter loves riding his bike he got from Santa. Every time the garage door opens to leave he has to take it for a quick spin down the sidewalk and back before we can leave.

Gage with his muddy feet and nose.

Abigail and Hunter playing on their bikes. I hosed off the driveway so they were having a ball riding in the water.

A close up of Gage's nose.

For a family home evening Lindsey had a recipe for homemade ice cream in a bag. We decided to make that for our treat. Everyone had a blast and it tasted really good too. Hunter fell asleep at the dinner table and was out for the night. So, unfortunately he missed out.

Gage with his bag of ice cream.

The girls shaking their bags of ice cream. Hunter asleep on the couch.

Enjoying the finished product.

Gage trying on my swim cap and goggles.

Hunter wanted to try them on too and bust a move.

Sierra and I went to California this last week for her biopsy. We were really hoping for a 0 rejection. If she got a 0 that meant that we could go 3-4 months before her next biopsy and we could start going back to Boise for her in between echo's. Unfortunately it was a 1a, which means there are some white blood cells lurking around, so they want us back in 6 weeks. We were able to meet up with our dear friends the Thornton's. We went to the Discovery Museum on the Bay with them. It was the highlight of our trip. We ended up not being able to leave until Sunday due to the weather. Giving us an extra day to enjoy the weather in sunny Cali and Jason an extra day of stress with tax season and 4 kids.

Our angel flight home from California. It was a 8 passenger plane. Our first time on one that big.

Last Friday was our last day of skiing. We are so very sad. It has been sooo fun! Jason decided he was going to be an AWESOME father and come with us for the last day. We got up to the ski resort and it was terribly windy. They were not even opening the chair lift, which left the bunny hill our only option. We made the best of it and even learned to ski backwards. It was fun! Thank you Jason for sacrificing your morning for us! That is all we have to update for now. Until next time....

Jason and I on the bunny hill. Proof that he did ski with us this year. Even though it was windy and only on the bunny hill.