May Day's

We love being in primary. Chloe loves her teacher's the Nebekers and is often found sitting on his lap. I still lead the music and Heath teaches a primary class.

It has been a really warm spring for Idaho. We have loved being outside all of the time. We did get that one spring snow storm. Kinley was so excited it snowed she had to go right out and play in it.

Chloe has loved preschool with Joy this year, preschool and Bonneville and a neighborhood playgroup. She is ready for Kindergarten!

Hannah played on a club volleyball team this spring. The traveled to tournaments to Ashton, Sugar city and Snake River. They were a small, young team but they learned a lot and had a great time.

 We celebrated Easter with the traditional dying of easter eggs, an easter egg hunt at Grandma's and finding their baskets on Saturday morning. It was nice to have General Conference all weekend and spend lots of time together.

Sara invited Hannah and Hayden over for a traditional Passover dinner. It was so nice she included them and they learned a lot while they were there.

 They have loved riding their ripsticks this Spring. It becomes a fun neighbordhood game.

 Hannah has done so well at gymnastics this year. She learned how to do her round-off back handspring all by herself. Flips was a really fun gym.

 Hannah competed in a 3 on 3 tournament for basketball for six weeks. It was a lot faster game only having three out there. They had a great time and won most of their games.

 This little one is growing up! She loves going to all of her siblings events and spending the day with mom. She loves after school time when she can go outside and play with all of the kids. She gave up her binky this weekend which was a big deal to her.

Hayden was so excited for baseball to start. After tryouts, he ended up on the majors on the Phillies. He has a fun coach. They started games this week and got killed the first game but the second game they were closer. He just loves to play.

Hannah's Birthday

 Hannah turned 11 this year. She was so excited to go with two of her friends, Hailee and Livy, to the beauty school. They painted their nails and did their hair.

 They had so much fun!

 Then we were off to the mall to walk around with their new do's. They giggled a lot and only got in trouble once on the escalator.

 Then it was off to orange leaf to end the night with a treat. Hannah got some fun gifts from her friends.

She woke up on her birthday to a decorated room and her favorite breakfast of German pancakes. Chloe didn't wake up before school so she had to wait until the night time to open her presents.

 We brought her lunch to school and she also gave her class ice cream. We had a picnic at Hayden's baseball game. She chose Rusio's.

 Finally it was time to open presents. A boogie board, a new chair, a neck pillow and some rubberbands for bracelets. She was a happy girl.

She wanted cheesecake instead of a traditional cake. It was our first time making it. It turned out pretty yummy. Happy birthday to this sweet girl who is such a blessing in our lives each day.

Baja Family Cruise 2015

 We had a great spring break! We were able to go with the Beck's, Sargent's and Cody's family on a Baja cr
uise out of California. We had a blast and were so glad for this family vacation.

 Kinley and Chloe loved flying for the first time.

 All of these cousins had a great time together on the boat. Everyone had a buddy and they were in heaven spending that much time together.

 So excited to get on the boat!

 We loved our dinners each night. The kids had a blast with the waiters and having all the fun food. They even tried some new things like alligator, squid, frog legs, escargo. Most of the time the little ones checked in to camp carnival. They loved all the games and crafts they did there.

 Our waiter was, Deddy. He was awesome and had great jokes and magic tricks.

 Our first stop was at Catalina Island. It was such a beautiful place. Very blue water and the beautiful city of Avalon. It was a very relaxing place to be.

 We played on the beach for awhile and then took a glass bottom boat ride. It was fun to look at all the fish that way.

 Then we grabbed our snorkle gear and headed to the water. They had fun looking at the fish. The best was when we threw fish food by Hayden and all the fish charged him. He didn't know what was coming.

 Hannah and I rented a Tandem bike and rode around the island. It was so beautiful with fun houses to look at. Then Hayden jumped on and we did it again.

 Cousins having a great time together.

 The next day we were in Ensenada Mexico. We were able to rent a bus for ourselves to go around the city. It was a great way to travel. Our guide was Jimmy and he was great to have around.

 First, we went to the beach to ride horses. It was awesome. Kinley especially loved it and still talks about her horse.

 Next was ziplining in the mountains. We were lucky enough that even all of us were able to go. Even the little ones. There were five different lines and a bunch of different bridges in between. Hayden got a little nervous on the bridges but he did it. Kinley loved the zip part. She got a little tired of her helmet and lost her binky but the nice worker went and rescued it for her.

 We finished the day by going to a blow hole named Beuf a Dora. It was okay but the shopping in the flea market right there was really fun. All of the kids got fun souveniers and it was fun to barter for the price.

 The last full day on the boat we spent on the boat. The kids had fun going to classes like learning how to fold towels into animals, partying in their clubs, swimming, sliding and mini golf. Of course there was more eating and the always open ice cream bar.

 We got off othe boat on Friday and headed to the beach. We had such a great time playing in the sand and the waves and collecting shells.

 Poor Easton got stung by a sting ray and was in a lot of pain. We were so glad when he finally felt a little better.

 We are so blessed to have a great family and friends to have enjoyed this week with.