April Fools

Oh April Fools, how I love a practical joke!  We invited a couple families over for dinner and FHE last night for April Fools.  When they got here and we got ready for dinner we told them what we were serving.  Fish and chips, peas, cupcakes and kool aid.  We had asked one of the other families to bring dessert so I just said we were having dessert twice tonight!  So they started serving up their plates and all the kids started trying to drink their kool aid (which was jello) and I just lost it.  I started laughing so hard.  It didn't take long after that for everyone to figure out the joke.  But they were so relieved as they all hate fish!  It was a fun night.  

Actual food

Fish Sticks: Vanilla wafers with a little peanut butter and rolled in crushed corn flakes

French Fries: Bread Sticks cut to look like fries

Ketchup: Seedless Strawberry Jam

Peas: Tootsie rolls rolled to look like peas

Cupcakes: Meatloaf with mashed potatoes for frosting

Kool aid: Jello

Easter Weekend

 What a great weekend!  We did it all.  The weather was beautiful and we enjoyed a lot of time outside! 

Everybody working hard!  

 

Cupcake Baskets Grandma made!

On your marks. . . . Get set. . . . 

Go!!!!

Spirit Week

This week is Spirit Week at school.  They haven't done spirit week for a few years, so the kids have been really excited to participate.  The days were as follows:

Monday- Pajama Day

Tuesday- Crazy Hair Day

Wednesday- Dress for Success Day (Nice Clothes)

Thursday- Dress like a Twin Day

Friday- School Colors

Our favorite has been the Crazy Hair Day!  The kids looks great!  However Ashlynn called home about 45 minutes before school was out with a headache! As soon as she took her hair out she felt much better! And Analee kept hers in for the day and everywhere she went people were taking pictures of her! Such good memories :-)

Carson 6th grade  Ashlynn 4th grade  Analee Kindergarten

Biking

I have really enjoyed racing the last few years.  I have tried 5k's, 10k's, half marathons, triathlons and a couple 50 mile bike races.  They are all fun in their own way.  I am registered to participate in the Little Red bike ride in Logan Utah again this year with 9 friends.  Oh boy what a party.  I am very excited and this bike is going to help me ride the 100 mile route!!!

Todd and the kids gave it to me for my birthday!  I am so excited for the weather to warm up so I can start riding.  I am one lucky girl, bring on the rides! (I say rides because I am not much of a racer, my goal is just to finish!!!)

Hawaii

How I love Hawaii.  This made trip #8 for me to the Islands.  #5 with Todd and #2 with our Kids!!  We stayed on Oahu this time (not my favorite Island but there is lots the kids wanted to see) and we had a blast.  We stayed at the Marriott Waikiki Beach Club for the first half of the trip and then went out to the Marriott Ko Olina Beach Club for the second half.  Our trip consisted of:

- Many hours at the beach

- Hiking Diamond Head

- Snorkeling

- Parasailing

- Football

-Surfing Lessons

-Pearl Harbor

- Baptisms at the Temple

- Polynesian Cultural Center

- Biking North Shore

- Watching the surfers

- Boogie Boarding

- Shopping

What a blast.  The boys loved it all.  Our day at Pearl Harbor was a fun experience.  They still have survivors that come and tell their stories.  It was so neat to be able to talk to them and take pictures with them.  The boys are so easy to travel with and are so enjoyable to be with.  We had a great week together and have so many fun memories to share!

Good Looking Boys

Only Tyson walks on the beach with shoes

View from Hotel in Wiakiki floor #30

Enjoying the view and warm air

View from beach looking at Diamond Head

Surfing Lessons

Great experience at the Temple

Biking North Shore watching the Surfers

I think Todd is asleep

Who will climb the highest? Braeden?

Tyson?

Or Carson?

                                   

Pearl Harbor

The Rainbows were awesome while were waiting to go out to the Memorial

Talking with Herb Weatherwax he is 95 years old He witnessed the destruction on Dec 7th 1941

Sterling R Cale is 91 years old He worked in the Hospital and actually saw the first Japanese planes coming in.  Thought it was a mock attack until one of the planes turned and he saw the "Rising Sun" on the wing tip.  He helped pull men from the water and was in charge of the burial party removing bodies from the USS Arizona.  What an honor to meet these men.

Oil still leaking from the USS Arizona

Hotel at Ko Olina this is one of four lagoons

Playing football

Parasailing Braeden, Tyson and Carson went 1200'

Todd and Christian 1200' Getting dipped in the water

Shannon and Annette 800'

View from the plane of Waikiki on our way home.  So sad