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Happy 30th birthday Joe!  We love you sooooo much!

Random pictures

I noticed some random pictures on my camera and since I don't blog very much, I decided to just post these.

Keelie and Hads next to the trophy Joes team(mt. view) got for winning the Desert Mt. tournament a few weeks ago. It was pretty cool because alot of the top teams in the state were there, and they won!

taking pictures of ourselves making funny faces

playing dress-up

the girls LOVE to go to the temple and see all the flowers. One time we went and there was a gardener guy that told us all the flowers were coming out in the morning so they could plant more, so he said they could pick all they wanted. They were in heaven!

I just thought this picture was funny. Hadlie trying to suck the snot out of both nostrils at once.

Easter

Our Easter celebration lasted about a week this year. It started conference weekend, we had the usual beans and bread at Joes parents between sessions on Sunday, but we also did the big Easter egg hunt as well. The girls got tons of candy, of course, and ate most of it that day.

Pausing for a smile while devouring their candy

Cousins
The day before Easter we had dinner and an Easter egg hunt at my parents house.

Keelie finding an egg

Hadlie finding an egg

Hadlie, Kendal, and Keelie. Carver was too busy digging in the dirt to get a picture.

Easter morning, the girls looking for eggs in the backyard.

Looking pretty cute in their Easter dresses

Spring Break

Why is it that holidays or any break from school take so long to get here and then are over before you know it? I had been looking forward to spring break for so long because Joe has the week off. We had a lot of fun but it went by way to fast. Not only is it great to have Joe home to help with the kids but he also helped with the housework. I got my wisdom teeth out the week before so I was a little behind. The break started off a little crazy. The Platt kids were in town from Prescott Valley so Karrie could recouperate after having a baby a week or 2 before. Hannah spent the night Sunday. Then on Monday we made a deal with Joes other sister Dyan that all the kids would spend the night at our house that night so they could have date night and then Tuesday they all spent the night at Dyans and Joe and I were able to go out. It turned out fun and we are talking about trading again sometime.

Annie, Keelie, Hannah, Kate watching a movie before bed

I did 5 little girls hair the next morning. It was alot of work! They all wanted side ponytails, but Keelie and Hannah were the only ones with hair long enough.

After I was done doing all that hair we went to the Az Museum of Natural History (the dinosaur museum). The kids had alot of fun. Its a really cool museum, I hadn't been there in years. Hadlie was so cute when we were walking around the dinosaur part she kept saying "mommy wook, mommy wook!" (mommy look), a bunch of times. I guess she thought the dinosaurs were cool.

digging for bones

panning for gold

They had room dedicated to all the movies that were filmed in Az. There were actually alot! Who knew? I assume this stage coach was from one of the movies.

We didn't even get to see the whole museum cuz the kids were all starving so we went home, ate lunch and put the girls down for a nap. Then later dropped them off at Dyans and Joe and I got to go on a date! It is so weird to wake up in the morning with no kids. I didn't get to fully enjoy the kidless morning cuz I had to go to work. The Platt kids went home later that day and the rest of the week was actually petty low-key. This morning was a little depressing when Joe had to go to work. The girls were sad and begging him to stay. I guess we will just start the count down to summer now!

GNO

Last night I got to go out with my friends to celebrate Krista's birthday. Well, I say we went out but we just hung out at Oregano's all night eating and talking. We were literally there for over 6 hours. After about 4 hours we ordered seconds of their pazookie. Finally they were closing so we had to leave. I'm pretty sure we were the last ones there. I'm sure our waiter was annoyed, but we tipped him pretty well. Then we were walking out to our cars and decided we weren't ready to leave yet so we all jumped in Evonnes suburban and talked for another hour or so. I didn't get home until almost 1 am! I felt bad leaving my family for so long, but Joe was so sweet and kept texting me "you alright?". He was just worried about me cuz I'm never gone that long. We had so much fun and I'm glad I got to catch up with all these girls who I don't see nearly enough.

Hadlies surprise!

So today while Hadlie was eating lunch she said "mommy I poopy". I checked her and she hadn't pooped yet so I put her on the potty and after a few minutes she pooped! I know she isn't anywhere close to being potty trained but maybe I'll start thinking about it in the near future! Isn't she so cute!

Christmas

We had such a fun and busy Christmas break! This is the first I've had time to sit down and blog about it. We went to the park quite a few times, went hiking a few times, and were able to hang out with family alot as well. Of course I didn't take very many pictures though. I think the best part though was having Joe home for 2 weeks! We were all sad when he had to go back to work today.

Keelie opening her presents.

This is the best picture we got of Hads Christmas morning. They got suckers in their stockings and she ate about 10 of them that morning.

Christmas Eve decorating cookies for Santa

This is at the Taylor family Christmas party. At first Keelie was scared of Santa (of course), but then she figured out it was just my grandpa and said she wanted to take a picture, but she would only stand next to him, she wouldn't sit on his lap.

This is just a random cute picture of Hadlie. Keelie got a bike for her birthday and Hads loves to wear the helmet around the house. She is so cute and silly!