Easter

I have said before, it is all about the traditions!  My kids just love it.  There are some things we just do every year no matter what.  Easter is no different.

We begin with the Easter Egg Hunt:  Grandma Pincock does this for us every year and since they are on a mission we were going to forgo this activity.  However a few days before Easter I decided we better do it, and the kids were so grateful!  We missed grandma and grandpa and all the cousins though.

Braeden planned a date for Saturday night.  He went on a Egg Scavenger Hunt around town that ended at our house with a real Easter Egg Hunt.  Then they colored eggs and played games.

We colored eggs with Pincocks.  We have been doing this for years, as long as I can remember.

Some of the favorites this year

Todd always hides eggs in the house with money for the kids.

Our Easter baskets have our favorite Easter Treats and new church clothes.

     

 We enjoyed a nice day at church celebrating our Saviors Resurrection then had Todd's parents over for a yummy ham dinner.  It was fun to be with them.  The weather was perfect all weekend!  Fun times.

Broken

A couple weeks ago Braeden was planning one last snowboarding trip to Targhee with a couple of friends.  He had four tickets so all week he was trying to decide who he would take for the fourth person.  Carson kept telling him that he could take him but Braeden never really responded to him!  I had been thinking, I hope Braeden will take him, Carson really loves to be with him, but I didn't push it.  Friday came and Braeden still hadn't said anything to Carson, but by this point I was thinking, it's ok Carson really doesn't need to go, but I didn't express those feelings to anyone either.  Saturday morning the boys got up and Braeden told Carson he could go, and boy was he excited.  We got them off and on their way.  It was about 2 1/2 hours later we got a phone call from Braeden.  I knew as soon as the phone rang that something was wrong.  He said Carson crashed on the first run and I think he broke his wrist.  The nurse at Targhee put him in a splint and Todd drove up there to get him.  Braeden and his friends were able to stay and enjoy the rest of the day! Carson came home, had it x-rayed and sure enough it was broken.  Sad day for Carson.  He is on a Basketball team right now going to tournaments all spring and summer.  He is out for 4-5 weeks and will miss 3 tournaments in that time.  I guess I am just glad it wasn't worse!  I will take a broken arm over most other injuries!  However I mostly wish I would have listened to the promptings telling me he didn't need to go :-(

 

Spring Break Part 1 Mom and Boys

The Cheerleaders always go to Nationals which is in Anaheim, California.  This year it was over Spring Break.  We have taken our kids to Disneyland multiple times and have never had to wait in line.  So we were not too excited to go over Spring Break, but what do you do?  You go anyway.  We did decide since I took the girls there last May that they probably wouldn't love the crowd, and Todd wasn't wanting to go either.  So that left Tyson, Carson and I!!  This is the second trip I have taken with these two.  They are so funny, crazy, wild, embarrassing, sweet and enjoyable to be with.  There is not one picture of them with a normal face.  I guess when your a teenager its just not cool to smile normal???

We got a 5 day pass to Disneyland.  We figured since it was going to be so busy and the price difference from 3 to 5 days is not much we might as well!  It worked perfect we spent the morning at a park, took a break, sometimes went back and sometimes didn't!  

Thanks to these babies. . . . .

we always got on plenty of rides, without spending too much time in line!

Screamn- One day we even got to spend a few hours with Braeden!  

Me and my boys.  Tower of Terror- Back row, look how brave the mom is and how scared the boys are!

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Tower- Back row asleep this time

This ones for Grandma and Grandpa Pincock- Soarin

Toy Story- I won every time we went on Toy Story and Buzz!!!

Screamn

We were so scared on Splash Mountain!  The camera was down half the time we went on this ride so we only got this picture.  However Braeden has some great ones with his friends.

Jungle Cruise- I forgot how funny this ride was!

Then there is Cars Land!  

On the days we went to California Adventure we got to ride on Radiator Springs twice a day without waiting in line more than 1/2 hour!  One day we even got on 3 times.  Crazy thing is we rode the ride 7 times and we only won the race once.  What are the chances?

For years we have taken the art class.  This time we learned to draw Olaf!

We even saw Olaf in person!

Love the World of Color Show

And Love the Fireworks

When we would ride the bus back to the parking lot Tyson would stand those grip handles up and balance them.  I'm sure he entertained everyone on the bus.

Cheesecake Factory

So Friday night we had left the park early.  We spent the evening at the hotel.  The boys swam and played basketball.  We went to bed early around 8:45 because we were exhausted.  I had just fallen asleep and was startled by something shaking at 9:09.  I immediately knew what it was. . . . . . an earthquake.  I jumped out of bed told the boys it was an earthquake and we all got under the table in the kitchen.  It was wild.  I had felt one about an hour earlier but didn't know it was an earthquake because it wasn't as big.  It ended up being a 5.1  We felt aftershocks until Monday.  

We spent one afternoon at the beach with the cheer team.  Tyson loved drawing in the sand and they got a beach run in while we were there.  

I love these three.  I am so grateful they get along so good.  They are such good friends.

And for the whole reason we went, a 2 1/2 minute performance by the Cheerleaders.  

They did so great!  They came in 7th place in their division.  They missed 6th place by 1 point.  (They take the top 6 to finals which means they would have gotten to perform once more.)  But they scored the highest any Idaho team has ever scored at Nationals.  So good job Skyline!

Look at all those Cheerleaders on the floor waiting to hear the scores!

And now two tired boys who fell asleep driving our 6 miles from Disneyland to our hotel!

Thanks boys!  You are so fun to be with.  I love you.