Girls Night Out!

My friend Jullian organized a much needed girls night out. She invited practically everyone in our neighborhood and ward, so we had over 20 people there. It was great to get away and let the husbands take care of the kids.

Pictures, Birthday, Surgery, and Conference

This past week has been a long one! Adam got hernia surgery last Wednesday and had 2 hernias repaired (this was his 4th surgery since we've been married, 3 of them being hernia surgeries!). It was same-day surgery and it went well, but the anesthesia really did a number on him and it took him a long time to completely wake up. He spent the next 5 days drugged up and passed out on our couch. But luckily he is feeling better and went back to work Monday.

The boys had pictures taken Thursday by a lady named Mindy Young. She does amazing pictures. We did them outside and it was windy and cold, so Ethan REFUSED to smile for hardly any of them. And as soon as we finished and got in the car he started crying and telling me how badly his stomach hurt, so that didn't help the smiling either. She's still editing them, but I've included a few that she's posted on her blog already. I'll put more up when she gives them to me.

My dad's 60th birthday was last week, so we went out to dinner at PF Changs Friday night to celebrate. It was delicious. My dad still looks and acts like he's 40 in my opinion.

And Sunday Mr. Mac got us tickets to General Conference. We were on the sixth row, so it was amazing to be soo close! Thanks so much to Eric and my mom for helping us out with the kids that morning.

Children's Museum

On Adam's day off this week, we decided to take Ethan and Austin to the Gateway Discovery Children's Museum in Salt Lake. The boys loved it and could've stayed all day if we let them. Austin had tons of fun crawling around the toddler play area, and Ethan could've played with the balls forever.

They have a special section of the museum right now with a Sesame Street theme that teaches you all about the human body. Well, one part was about digestion, showing how you chew, your stomach, intestines... and then poo. Yes, look at that picture of Ethan. You push the red button and you see "poo" come down. So gross. Ethan thought it was hilarious.

Easter part 2

Here are a few more pictures from Easter.

At church the Primary kids got up and sang. I thought Ethan would refuse to go up (like he refuses to go to Primary), but he happily got up there and sang along even though he didn't know the songs. After we came home and ate lunch and napped, we went my parent's house for dinner. They had a hunt for Ethan there and he got soooo much candy (mainly Smarties, his favorite).

Easter Fun

Last weekend, our neighborhood had an Easter egg hunt. It was a lot of fun, but soooo cold!






We went to my parent's house a few days ago to dye eggs. It was Ethan's first experience with it. He had a lot of fun, but 4 or 5 eggs, he was ready to get up and play.


On Easter Sunday, we got up and Ethan saw all the eggs and candy that the Easter Bunny had left him. As he looked around the room at all the eggs, he said, "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!" It was so cute, he had so much fun.

New photographers in the family

My sister Kristin and my brother Ryan (http://www.blueskymediautah.com/) have both gotten into photography in the last few months, so I've been lucky enough to have them take some pictures of my kids. Here are a few of my favorites that they've taken and sent me.




What a sad picture, huh?

Loving the Warm Weather

I absolutely HATE the long, cold, snowy, dark winters here in Utah. Lately we've been seeing some kind of warm weather (low 50's, which is great compared to the 20's and 30's) so we've been spending some time at our neighborhood park. Ethan FINALLY pedals his tricycle. Last summer he stubbornly refused to even try to pedal, but now he is a pro and goes so fast. He got a bike for Christmas, so we are going to start working on that soon. Austin loves going down the slide and crawling up and down the playground. And I love taking them to the park because it wears them out and makes them ready for an early bedtime.

This is when I knew it was time to go home. Poor Austin went to the doctor today to see what the bumps on his eyelid were (just excema it turns out), but we also found out he had an ear infection. Poor kid. He had so much fun at the playground, but when you're sick you can only stay happy so long.

Superman!

Our friends Jullian and Jeremy watched Ethan last week and she took these cute pictures of Ethan and Cohen playing Superman. They ran around the house with their capes for 45 minutes.