Grandma and Grandpa Jensen put on a little easter egg hunt at their house too. Everybody was assigned a certain color and got to find all their plastic eggs of that color. The kids thought it was great cuz they weren't worried about not finding any eggs and as an extra special surprise some of the eggs were filled with a little moo-lah...possibly the one thing better than candy. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa! 
Friday, January 22, 2010
One More Time
Easter Morn
After the hustle and bustle of the Easter Bunny, it is so nice to get ready for church and spend the day thinking about the real reason we celebrate. We are so grateful to our Savior for his atoning sacrifice for us and we know that because of his suffering in Gethsemane and his resurrection we have the possibility to return to live with our Father in Heaven. And through, faith, repentance, and keeping the commandments, we can and will be together forever as a family because of our Savior's atonement.
Yes, as long as they will let me I will dress them in "matching" outfits...it's just one of my little OCD obsessions.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Happy Easter
Our Aunt Amy got to stay with us this Easter weekend because Grandma and Grandpa were house hunting in Utah. Each of the kids got to dye a dozen easter eggs, which I am considering maybe doing a week before next year cuz they always end up with more dye on their hands than the eggs. Especially Parker, he was loving throwing the eggs into the dye and then removing them with his hands...I think his hands were blue for about a month. Of course the Easter Bunny came and brought lots of goodies and other fun stuff in the baskets and the kids had fun finding all 60 colored eggs.
Easter Egg Hunt
Our neighborhood has a crazy-big Easter egg "hunt." Although, "hunt" might not be the right word...basically it is just hundreds of plastic eggs spread over about four lawns and 20+ kids dashing around trying gather as many eggs as their bags could hold. Yeah, there were soo many eggs we had to graduate from easter baskets to grocery bags. Thanks to all my great neighbors for making this fun memory possible!
Precious
Emma was giving a family home evening lesson and the other kids were right up there listening so attentively, like they couldn't get enough of it. These rare moments make it all worth it. 
Happy Valentine's Day
It's time for our annual Valentine's party. The kids love (and lets face it, I do too) the chocolate fountain and the heart shaped pizza is just a classic. We also got to play a mean game of HEART-O and we watched the Valentine's edition of Alvin and the Chipmunks. We love getting to spend this special day with the little ones cuz for right now they love spending it with us and we know that somewhere in the not too distant future it won't always be that way. Yeah, Matt and I will just have to settle for a nice, quiet, romantic night out all by ourselves---hopefully we can manage. :)
Let's GO Mini Mites!
Caitlyn decided to try out a little cheerleading. She is a Mini Mite and gets to cheer at basketball games for kids her own age. She did great at her first game. She was even so brave when a wild shot bounced right off her head---she just kept on cheerin. :) Except for a couple of random cheers (get your freak on?) and no pom poms (she was really looking forward to the pom poms, but her age doesn't use any) it was a great experience.
Special Day
It was finally Caitlyn's turn to bring home a special friend from preschool. She got to bring home Teddy for the weekend and she had lots of fun with him. They started the weekend off with a trip to the library and then a late night watching movies. In the morning they colored pancakes and then Teddy came with us to run errands. They ended the weekend making bracelets at grandma and grandpa's house. Caitlyn had tons of fun and was so excited to tell all her friends at school about her fabulous weekend.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Cruisin
Parker got this plasma car for christmas and he loves for Caitlyn to take him for rides around the house. 
All Good Things
Yes after a very exciting and busy holiday season we were basically wiped out, but it was definitely worth it, getting to spend time with all our family. Luv you guys! :)
Alladin
There is a little theatreby my parents house that really does a good job. They do anything from Les Miserable to kids theatre. We took the kids to see their production of Aladdin, and it was so cute. They keep it short and sweet, just an hour, but they really make the characters and stories come alive. The kids enjoyed it and even Parker sat through all but the last 10 minutes. 
Lovin Legos!
Who couldn't pass up a trip to LegoLand? You have to admit it is pretty neat what they make out of legos. Everything you see here has been made out of Legos.
This is the spider that was awaiting us at the end of the jungle maze, and yes the entire jungle was made out of Legos; plants, animals, water, everything.
This was the entire downtown Chicago made out of Legos.
Grandpa sat and made race cars with the kids so they could race them down the racetrack.
Party-poopers.
Field Trip
With everyone in town we took a field trip to visit Sue, at the Field Museum. I have to say she was pretty cool and the kids were impressed. Although they were confused that they couldn't find DUM DUM from the Night at the Museum movies, sorry kids, wrong museum.
Hi Jerry!
This is my favorite picture. Parker with his bamp-pa.
Bowling Mania
Grandma and Grandpa Jeppsen came down for a visit the day after Christmas. Among the many hours we spent opening and playing with all they toys, we were able to slip away and do some bowling! From the looks of it, Dad and Grandma did the best.
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