Last week of March, First few days of April

Here are some highlights from the last week of March, going into April.

I love the blossoms on our trees!  They are so cute and make me happy.  With the nicer weather we've been going out on walks again.  Hudson discovered the wagon and thinks it's the best!  Carter had a cough so we had him wear a mask.

Funny thought.  Silly Piper w/ her head off her bed.  Wednesday evening we were able to go to the temple and do sealings w/ Dave and Joann.  We put Hudson down for bed, then our neighbor Jacob Anderson came over.  Nyles and Carter played w/ him, then went to bed.  It was wonderful to do sealings, and even better to do them w/ Steve's parents.  The temple is such a wonderful place to be!

Going on another walk.  Piper enjoys coming along of course.

Cute boys!  Steve teasing Hudson about his binky.

Hudson loves his binky and blankets and carries them around.  Hudson also wants to sit at the table w/ everyone.  Here he is eating a Gogurt w/ Carter.  He did surprisingly really well.

On Friday, the boys had a marital arts graduation.  

They showed off the skills they've been learning, then received their next belt.  

Carter went from a white belt w/ a yellow stripe to a half yellow/half white belt.  

Nyles went from a yellow belt to an orange belt.  Everyone w/ their new belts.

Good work Nyles and Carter!  They both have been working so hard and have done a great job.

 We are so proud of them!

Saturday morning the boys got a call from Mickey Mouse telling them he's excited for them to come on the cruise w/ him in three weeks!  We then watched and listen to General Conference.  We passed out a few white pieces to each Primary kid to make a temple during General Conference.  We also passed out packets to keep the Primary kids busy.  We talked about ways to "Build" your testimony.  One activity was included while you listen, as you find key words, you can get a Lego piece to build something.

3 ways to build a strong testimony:

Prayer - He knows, loves & wants the best for us.

Scriptures - Strengthens our faith and testimony.

Service - “When you are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.” Mosiah 2:17, from President Thomas S. Monson

A little temple I built, Nyles large temple he built w/ all the white pieces we had, and Carter's temple.  They did an awesome job and kept then busy for the whole morning session!

The boys took the boat out and went fishing Saturday evening.  

They didn't catch any but still had a great time of course.

While the other boys were gone, Hudson, Piper and I played outside.

Hudson LOVES to play with water and is so happy we have the water table out again.  

Piper loves getting a drink in it too.

On Sunday we were privileged to continue to listen to General Conference.  

The boys continued w/ their Lego building.  We had a LOT of Legos out, to say the least!

Sunday evening we went up to Centerville to Stacie/Phill's place for our family get together dinner and to have an Easter Egg Hunt.  Jeff got a picture of all the grandkids w/ his drone.

Left to Right Back: Cameron, Ethan, Isaac, London Claire, Noah, Nyles, Conor, Carter and Chandler.

Left to Right Front: Lynsie, Alexa, Olivia and Hudson.

While the adults were hiding the Easter Eggs, Hudson had fun picking up his Easter Eggs twice!  The 2nd time he figured out something was inside, specifically chocolate, and then he just wanted to eat the chocolate.  Cute boy! 

Nyles and Carter did a great job finding their eggs.  They even helped others when they needed.

Some great quotes from General Conference.  

We are so blessed and thankful to have a living prophet today!

4th Week of March

 Here are some highlights from the 4th week of March.

Hudson typing at my desk.

The 3 boys going down the slide together.

Our Daffodils are blooming; I'm so excited!  Cute Piper, so ladylike while chewing on her bone.  Hudson wanted to come sit on my lap at my work desk and type.

Nyles went to Martial Arts on Monday night instead of Tuesday night so he could attend a swim birthday party on Tuesday at the rec center. 

We ordered snorkeling gear for each of us to take on our cruise coming up at the end of April.  The boys wanted to practice with their snorkeling gear, so we thought the pool would be a great place to try it.  Nyles mostly played w/ the kids at the birthday party (and snorkeled some), while Steve helped Carter practice swimming and use his snorkeling gear.  He is catching on quickly!

Carter snorkeling.

While they were gone at the pool/birthday party, Hudson and I played outside.  Hudson drew w/ chalk for the first time.  Then we went over to the sandbox and played a while.  He LOVES to throw the sand!

Great quote.  More Daffodils in bloom.  Carter at preschool where they did a Magic Show.  My work, Fidelity Investments, sent me another package.  This time I chose some fitness equipment.  So fun!

Nyles and Carter also got another stripe on their belts.  They're working hard and doing a great job!

The weather warmed up later in the week, so we enjoyed more time outside on the trampoline.

On Friday, I took work off so Steve could attend a virtual conference (a test prep course).  Nyles had online learning that morning as well.  After lunch Colin and his brother Austin came over to play for a couple hours.  They are the same age of Nyles and Carter, which is great!  It got up to 80 degrees that day, but they still went outside and played for a while.  Nyles and Austin went on a bike ride then played w/ the water guns.  Carter and Colin played in the sandbox.  They all played on the trampoline as well.  More of our Daffodils are blooming in the front yard as well.

On Saturday we walked over to the school to play on the playground while Steve was doing his conference.  The boys had a lot of fun, especially on the Spinner.

Great quote.  We got the water table out since it was so warm, hot really.  Hudson LOVES playing in the water!  Speaking of water, we were downstairs while Steve was listening to his conference on Saturday.  I was organizing the toys and the boys all went upstairs.  I asked Nyles and Carter to watch Hudson for a minute while I finished up.  I was talking to my mom and noticed it was quiet, so I went upstairs to see what they were up to.  Nyles and Carter we playing in the living room, but didn't know where Hudson went.  I went up by the kitchen, other living room, and upstairs, but still couldn't find him.  I came back down by Nyles/Carter and noticed the door was closed by the laundry room.  We usually keep it closed to keep Hudson out, especially out of the bathroom.  I opened the laundry room door, then opened the bathroom door, and found him like this.  He was playing in the toilet (you can see his hair is wet along w/ the trash can), and he unrolled all the toilet paper off the roll.  The floor was wet and half of the toilet paper was wet and some of it was even on the wall.  Oh Hudson!!!  We have to keep our eyes on him at all times, that's for sure.  He's getting better at walking though, and reaching things.  We love him so much! 

Friday night we went over to the church to play Pickleball with our ward.  It was a lot of fun!  Nyles and Carter played w/ me too.  The boys practiced shooting the Carp bow as well.  On Sunday we went over and had dinner w/ LuDean, Diane, Dave and Joann.  Steve cooked up ribs; yumm!

3rd Week of March

Here are some highlights from the 3rd week of March.

On Monday, March 14th we had our entire roof taken off and completely replaced.  They were at our house by 6:30am, and started by 7am.  It's an understatement to stay it was noisy.  Thankfully I blocked out most of my calendar so I didn't have many formal appointments.  I had 2 in the afternoon and they were almost done, plus the clients were understanding.  The noises were pretty loud at times.  It felt like you were in a war zone or something.  It made us all a little tense, including Piper.  We were really happy though they were able to get it all done in a day and we didn't have to deal with it any longer.  Ironically Hudson slept through the noise and actually took his naps.

Taking off our old roof, which was over 30 years old.  Steve counted they had 8 men working on our roof at one time.  The rest of the time they had 6 men working on it.

 

Making good progress.

Just about done.

On Tuesday, we had people come and replace our rain gutters as well.

Cute Hudson playing w/ a play chainsaw.

Carter drew this truck.  Good work Carter!  Good quotes.

Our new activity to do during my lunch break is to go blow bubbles w/ Carter and Hudson.  They LOVE it!  They enjoy going down the slide as well.  More of our Crocuses are in bloom again!

Hudson found a new "pooping corner" between the couches.  Great quote.  

Cool moon above the mountains.  Hudson playing w/ Steve's shoes.

Hudson playing w/ the chainsaw.  Good quotes.  Blowing bubbles again.  Hudson is getting it!

Carter and Hudson playing in the sandbox.  

Hudson figured out how to pull out the vacuum cord.  More Crocuses!

St. Patrick's Day fun: the boys had green pancakes for breakfast, then the boys had fun activities during school, including making rainbows.

Piper waiting outside our bedroom while I work.  She likes to join me in our room, especially in the afternoon when the sunshine is coming in.  Yep, more beautiful Crocuses.  Carter made a treasure map during preschool.  Good work!

Thursday night I went over to Pauline's house to visit w/ her, Barbara (who came down), and Rose.  It was great to see them all and visit for a while.

Friday afternoon, I got off work a little early so we decided to go on an adventure up in Ogden.  We were debating if we had time to stop by the Hill Aerospace Museum since it closed at 4pm, but we decided to go, even for 35 minutes.  Ironically right as we got off the freeway there was an accident.  Soon we could see a firetruck and ambulances coming up the freeway, since the museum is right next to the freeway.  We were thankful we decided to get off and go through the museum.  It definitely makes you think we could have been in the accident had we not gotten off.

We were all amazed how BIG the planes were!

It was really neat to see the different planes from history.  We didn't have much time, so we'll have to go back another time.  Thankfully it's a free museum so we can go anytime.

We then went on the side road around the accident, which was still backing up traffic.  We then went over to the Ogden Nature Center.  The boys earned some free passes by reading, so we decided to go.  It closed at 5pm, so we also only had 30 minutes, but it was still fun.

We went over to the observation tower and saw different birds.  They also had Golden Eagles to see, which was neat.

They had cool birdhouses along the path too that people made.  Plus other spots to see different animal life.  We saw mostly birds.  It was great to get out and see something new.

Cute Hudson sleeping w/ his legs between the bars of his crib, then up on them.

Sunday we had dinner w/ LuDean and Diane.  Diane helped the boys make St. Patrick Day magnets (the week before actually).  Thanks Diane!  We played a game then stopped by Dave/Joann's to drop off a few things.  Carter wasn't feeling well, so Dave helped Steve give him a blessing.  Earlier, Hudson thought it was funny to take my shoes.

2nd week of March

Here are some highlights from the 2nd week of March.  

Nyles had 2 birthday parties that he attended this past week.  The first was a pool party on Monday evening at the rec center.  Steve took Carter along as well, and helped teach him more about swimming since he technically hasn't had lesson yet (due to Covid).  They all had a good time and Carter did awesome learning how to swim.  Then on Saturday, Nyles went to another birthday party at a Ninja course place.  They got to do different obstacles along the course.  Nyles thought it was a lot of fun.

Carter and Nyles got another stripe on their belts.  Good work boys!

We got a little snow again.  Hudson likes to throw his food w/ a little attitude sometimes.  He thinks it's pretty funny.  He's got a pretty good arm I'd have to say.  At least Piper is a good vacuum so we don't have to sweep as often :)

We're getting ready for our Disney Cruise next month.  We found Steve's old snorkeling gear and all the boys had to try them on.  We got out a carry on suitcase to start packing and Hudson wanted to pull it everywhere.  He thought it was pretty fun!

Silly Hudson playing before settling down for bed.  More snow.  Carter's class and another preschool class at his school were visited by the Draper Fire Department.   He thought it was awesome!

More pics w/ the firefighters.

Great quote.  Carter and Nyles having so much fun playing cars together.

Hudson loves to give Piper treats.  Hudson is starting to walk more thankfully.  He also likes to move things, such as this trash can, or my oven mitt.  You never know what he's going to grab.  He's a busy body so you have to keep your eye on him all the time.  He's been teething again, but even through it, he can find a smile :)

Hudson loves the vacuum and trying to learn to use the scooter.

On Saturday, Steve took Nyles and Carter out on the boat for the 1st time this year.  He met up w/ Josh Featherstone at Utah Lake and took 2 of his 3 boys as well.  Rob came along as well.  They had fun going for a few rides on the boat, but unfortunately didn't get any fish.  They had a good time though.

Hudson looking up at the camera before going to bed, and sucking on his toes before taking a nap.  Dave and Joann stopped by after they went to the temple.  They had dinner w/ us, Steve gave Dave his shot, then we played a quick game of "Apples to Apples Jr."

Cute Hudson just clapping before going to bed.

Another time getting air before his nap.