Kids having fun with the camera

 Jordan said "That one is the super best one I took!"



Classic grumpy and check out Owen giving Brooklyn kisses
These picture are the girls having a super good time taking pictures of themselves. That is all the explanation I can give. 

This  is Owen is his new Easter outfit. Its a 12 month outfit and already the collar and sleeves are too tight on his fat little neck and wrists.
I have no idea what Jordan is thinking. At least they all look cute in their dresses.

This year for Easter we did it low key because the whole week leading up to Easter Mae, Jordan and I were very sick. So I wasn't as prepared as usual. 

We did have an indoor egg hunt...raining weather... and we invited friends over to enjoy dinner with us. I think the best part was that the girls understood more about the real Easter and not just the Easter bunny. At night time prayers Jordan prayed that she was" thankful that Jesus died so that we could live." Deep thoughts for a 6 years old.  

It was just a great day to ponder about the true meaning of Easter.

finding a little humor

This is just a funny event that happened last night...We were having FHE and Owen really hadn't been to happy for the evening (no big surprise there). Owen than had a bust of energy and decided to try walking across the front room. He did pretty well walking half way and than crawling the rest. The girls loved watching Owen learn a new skill. 

Than he was tired and Neal was assigned to change his diaper. Well Sunday Neal announced that he was all done changing diapers that "it wasn't his job any more." So the girls needed to step up. That did not go over to well in my book. So he was asked to just change Owen's diaper before he went to bed. Neal decide to do the lazy man way and just change Owen's diaper while Owen was standing up next to him. Neal got the diaper off and did a little wipe and while he was trying to figure out how to put on a new diaper Owen decided to point and pee right at Neal. 

I call that sweet justice!!!!

Spring Break

 Neal and Owen at the Airplane museum
 Owen enjoying some time out of his stroller
 A ferry ride around Seattle

 The kids at the Seattle Zoo

This year for spring break we decided to go explore Seattle. Just a nice little 3 hour road trip.

We had a lot fun fun. The girls only request was that we go to the zoo, so that was our first stop. than we took full advance of our hotel's swimming pool for the rest of the night.

The next day was our big sight seeing day. we saw the aquarium (which was so crowded that the girls really didn't enjoy it). Than off to a ferry ride where Mae fell asleep. Than a short walk over to Pike's Market where they throw the fish and sell a lot of cool things. The girls saw pussy willows for the first time at the market. Our last stop for the day was the Science museum. Owen really loved this place because they had a toddler place that he could get down and crawl around. He really loved playing in the Helicopter and pushing buttons that lit up. Now as we are heading back to the hotel we discover that Mae has a raging fever and a croup sounding cough has started. So our last stop for the night was to the drug store for some cough medicine.

On Wednesday, our last day in Seattle we stop off at the flight museum which had some really cool airplanes there and some fun hands on things for the kids. And of course Mae was running a fever and coughing like crazy but she had taken some medicine before we left the hotel, so she was a trooper. But Wednesday was really MY spring break... I found a great deal on tickets to the Broadway play Wicked playing in Portland Oregon. So I convinced Neal to extend our road trip by a night so that he and I could go to the play. My sister was also willing to make a little trip to Portland to babysit the kids for us. (thanks Megan) It was good have have someone there who knows our kids. 

Than of course on the ride home we had two sick kids and a baby who was done being in the car to end off our trip. Those last few hours in the car really make it special to be home.