Soccer & Easter

Garrett played soccer again this spring and it was so great to see him make progress from last year. He is still more interested in just being there and visiting with the other kids than actually playing the game. That sounds just like my soccer career--I wonder where he got that from? He did kick the ball more in the first five minutes of his first game than he did the entire previous season, so I guess we could say it was a success!  

As always, Easter did not disappoint! We kicked off the season early with a little egg-coloring party at David and Mallory's new house.

The town Easter egg hunt is always a treat. They do such a great job making it fun for all the kids, even if it is freezing and they have to wear their winter coats!

We happened to run into the Easter Bunny while grocery shopping. I think it's safe to say Reese is a fan.

That Easter Bunny is tricky--and fast! Somehow he managed to leave our Easter baskets at our house while we were seeing him at the store.

 

My sweet Aunt Paula's family invited us all over for an Easter egg hunt and classic Easter ham dinner. The kids were old pros by now and loved gathering their eggs.

I remember LOVING to get a fancy new dress for Easter Sunday when I was a little girl. My sister and I always got matching dresses and we just loved it. It made a special day seem that much better, and I love carrying on this tradition with my own little family. It is ridiculously fun dressing the kids in coordinating outfits. I know they won't always appreciate it, so I plan on fully enjoying it while they let me. We had a wonderful Easter Sunday. Of course, we try to talk about Jesus on more than just Christmas and Easter around here, but these holidays do have a special feeling with them (if you let them). I'm grateful for this special day we have to remember our Savior. Because of Him, we can have a happy family while on earth and are so blessed to know we can be together forever.

Spring Break Parts 1 & 2

Spring Break was awesome this year! Garrett got out early in April and had a whole week off of school. Everybody else in Greg's family had Spring Break a few weeks later and planned to come home to Utah. Because we only get to see some of these uncles/aunts/cousins once or twice each year, we decided to let Garrett miss a week of school and enjoy Spring Break Part 2 with the whole Phillips Family. He was doing well in school and hadn't missed a day up to that point, so we figured it was okay to let him miss for this special occasion. It was so much fun and so worth it!

 

Spring Break Part 1: We spent the week in SLC with Greg's parents. Greg was working down there and we all stayed at his parents' house. The kids hadn't been swimming since the previous fall and were so excited to go--as you can tell by this picture of Abby in her swimming suit.

Garrett woke up with a serious case of scare-hair one morning. This pic doesn't even do it justice, but it was hilarious and he kept looking in the mirror and giggling at himself.

We had lots of fun playing and swimming with our awesome friends, Lisa and Camden. Lisa took us to the coolest pool in Herriman. The kids loved it and couldn't get enough!

Apparently, I didn't take pictures of anything else and can't remember everything else we did, but I do know the rest of the week was super fun!

 

Spring Break Part 2:

The whole family came up and spent a day playing at our house. The kids (including Eric) had a blast going for skidloader rides and playing on the dirt hill.

Garrett came in and said he had a loose tooth. He has been hoping to lose a tooth for awhile now and I didn't really think his tooth was loose, but he was persistent and so finally we checked it out. Sure enough, it was loose. The brave little guy pulled it out himself and was so excited for the tooth fairy to visit. He was thrilled with the two shiny quarters he found under his pillow the next morning.

We ordered a ginormous pizza from Firehouse and totally cracked up when we couldn't even get it in the house.

Abby attached herself to Aunt Irina and couldn't get enough of her. Irina was so sweet and patient and even painted Abby's nails--a sure way to move quickly to the top of her list!

Grandpa and Grandma took the kids to feed the ducks at a cute little pond by their house. The kids loved it and we couldn't figure out why we hadn't been doing this for years!

We had a family swim day at the Bountiful pool. A good time was had by all!

There was a fun little climbing wall outside the pool. The kids were actually great little climbers and it was a perfect way to wait for everybody to finish changing and getting ready. Brilliant planning by the Bountiful Recreation Department!

We were so sad when the week was over and we had to say good-bye until Christmas. It can't come soon enough!!!