Lot's of fun!

So it's been a while, so here comes a lot of stuff. My sweet girls, Taylin and Lilly, both had their birthdays (Taylin March 21st and Lilly April 5th) so we decided to have a combined Birthday party for them on the 4th. They wanted a Princess Party, of course, so we got them both a new princess dress and a box of new dress-up shoes to share. We made princess crowns with long ribbons down the back and a "Springyata" pinata full of bracelets, rings, and goodies. We added some gross, fake, gangly teeth and fake "Grubs" for the boys. It was fun. Kristal came and basically catered the party for me. She did an awesome job on all the fruit and veggie platters, she made cute little decorations out of the fruit excess stuff (palm trees, etc.). It was a yummy dinner and then we did cake. I made a Castle cake and was happy the girls liked it. As soon as I have time to figure out how to post pics on here I will :) It was a blast and I can't believe that they are 4 and 2! Time flies when your having fun...

Monday we went out to Mom and Dad Warnick's to do some spring readiness you could call it. We planted peas in the garden, pruned up some of the trees in the orchard, and burned weeds along the fence. It was good work and I think Jenn had the hardest job: she was inside making dinner with all the little kids! It was a nice break to be working outside and feeling productive! It is really weird that I have kids old enough to help do things like burn weeds! Hailey and Miranda were real champs! Kids grow sooo fast!

So we really enjoyed the beautiful weather this week and took full advantage. We went bike riding a lot and we are training our dog, Rhett, to run alongside a bike. He's doing good and it's a lot of fun now that we have our whole bike and trailer set-up! (Thanks Darin and Jenn!) :) It feels so good to be able to be in the nice weather. I actually have missed hanging clothes on the clothesline and am happy to be doing that again. Although I hate putting it away!

School for the kids and myself started up again this week so back to the long nights of homework. I am taking an accounting class and a law class. It's nice to get my brain out of hibernation!

Last night there was a little carnival in town. Rob, Wes, the girls, and I were all gonna go but Rob ended up coming down with a pretty bad cold so just Wes and I took the kids. It was a lot of fun. They rode every ride a million times. Taylin loved the carousel and they each won an animal playing a fishing game. Wes had to get them each their own bag of cotton candy, of course! After a while I took Wes home and the girls and I went back for a while. Lilly went down the "Big Pink" slide at least 10 times! I don't know how she did it. There weren't very many people there so she just kept running up those stairs, going down, and then headed right back up! Hailey and Miranda were big enough to ride the big rides and they rode every one, a few times! Once we got home, Miranda was not feeling well. (Betcha didn't see that one coming!) But after a bath she was good. It was a lot of fun and the weather couldn't have been better.

So we always do Easter baskets the Saturday morning before Easter so that the goodies don't interfere with our Sunday celebrations, and the kids are all sleeping together in Lilly's room tonight in anticipation. We will get that out of the way in the morning and have the whole Sabbath to focus on Christ. I am looking forward to it! Everyone have a great weekend and Easter!