Winter

In January I got to go to Seattle to meet this little cutie!

In Missouri they got a big snow so Daniel sent me these pics.

I missed them while I was gone but meanwhile, it was a gorgeous weekend in Seattle!

They're such great parents, I'm so excited for them...and she is so sweet!

I didn't get a good picture of us while we were together so I borrowed this picture from last summer because I love it.  It was so nice spending time with family.

Andrew had his first band concert. He plays the clarinet.

Ethan loves eating any type of dough

Hannah had over a month with this little guy and now he's back with his owner.

I had surgery the end of January and I was unable to do much for about a month and a half. I'm so grateful for all the help I got. Ethan was so sweet helping me walk up the stairs.

Hannah and Eliza were excited for the father/daughter Valentine's day dance at school, but unfortunately  Eliza got sick right before it was time to leave and couldn't go.

She worked hard making Valentines for her class.

He got injured on his head but he wasn't too sad about it because he thought it made him look pretty tough.

Their school did a food packaging service project and they had fun helping.

We left for our big road trip in the middle of March and we had a lot going on after the trip so we decided to do Ethan's birthday party before the trip. He had a bunch of friends over for nerf wars again so here they are running around.

Daniel used his skills to turn this heart-eyed emoji pinjata into a cool lego ninjago pinjata.

Andrew went to Subway for his first time on one of his friends birthdays and he was so excited about it.

Eliza hates storms but big sister and cousin brought her out afterward to see the rainbow...its hard to see it in the picture but it's there.

Eliza and her teacher were matching at her parent-teacher conference. All of the kids are doing so well in school, I'm so grateful for their teachers.

Spring, Visitors, and Easter

Just a little walk around the neighborhood with the neighbors

Hannah has been figuring out how to sew

She made a purse!

Happy 8th Birthday Ethan! We are so grateful for the wonderful boy he is.

Instead of cake he requested crepes :)

Grandpa came to visit!

Hannah loves doing art.

Ethan is into pocket knives and is excited that now that he is 8 he is allowed to have them. Grandpa was showing him some things to do with a pocket knife and a stick :).

We went to the wild bird sanctuary one day and saw some really cool birds.

Ethan is working on making a book.

He loves playing basketball.

Hannah planted a tree in the garden

I'm so proud of Ethan for making the decision to be baptized! He was very excited!!

Grandpa taught the girls how to make Aunt Lyn's famous and delicious rolls.

We're so grateful that Grandpa was able to come for Ethan's special day.

The kids had the day off school on a preschool day so we took a field trip to the park that day. Eliza is a good helper with the little ones. The families came also so there are some younger siblings in this picture.

General Conference time- My favorite!!

building legos while listening to conference

Spring is finally starting to come.

Andrew's first priesthood session of general conference

We were so excited that our friends the Johnsons came to visit us for their spring break. The first day they were here we had fun listening to general conference together.

Afterwards we drove to the temple.

It was so fun spending time with Paige!

We also went to the arch. It was so beautiful with the sunset reflecting off it. There was also a storm coming in so the sky was really cool looking. 

One of the days they were here we pulled the younger 3 out of school and went to the zoo.

Little cubs asleep in their den

My kids loved playing with their kids! The older ones remembered each other well but the younger ones were pretty young when we moved so they didn't really remember each other.

Hannah has been into photography and has had fun taking pictures with an old digital camera.
Come back and visit us again Johnsons!

Daniel ran a half marathon in Kansas City so we joined him for the family run. We had fun even though it was really early in the morning. Andrew got first place in the family run!

Daniel did great too!

love it

I love Easter! We spend the week focused on our Savior and all he did for us, but we also have fun with Easter eggs.

Purina Farms

Ethan was so excited to get scriptures with his name on them.

I don't have a climbing tree in my yard like I wanted, but our neighbors have one :).

Eliza playing with eggs during one of our Easter week discussions.

I love spending time this week looking at beautiful art. I'm so grateful for my Savior!

It was a beautiful morning for an egg hunt. I love egg hunts!

I meant to take nice pictures of him before his baptism but it didn't happen until after.

I love these kiddos!...and their daddy :).

A cub scout

I went on a field trip to the zoo with Eliza.

The girls had a recital and had to memorize their pieces. They did great!