what day was this?

i know it was in april, before the 23, but i have no idea when!

so it is going to be the 23.

it was SO nice outside we got the sprinkler out.  kale wasn't so sure about it at first.  but once he figured it out, he didn't want to stop.

kale starting to rehearse for his action movies.

silly mallory.  this is her "normal" smile!

robot arm olivia.

apparently, olivia and the camera didn't like eachother today! 

getting warm break.

both olivia and mallory filled up the little pink chalk bucket about, hum, 1000 times to water the flowers!

watering the tree.  tree huggers already!

what a great day!

dad!

sweet, huh? 

i just love this. 

they love their daddy.

this is the scene when brett is mowing the law. 

olivia follows him around like a puppy. 

i couldn't help but get some pictures because i think it is so sweet.

liv would pick up any sticks or move toys.  it was adorable.

they didn't even talk to eachother because the mower is so loud.

olivia just wanted to be with her daddy.

i'm showing this one because these toes are too cute not to show!

spring here we come!

~walk for the cure~

wow.

what an amazing morning.

i don't know if i can really tell you how i felt this morning.

we decided to only do the family 1 mile walk with the kiddos.

the RACE, where people actually run, started at 9 AM.

the family run started at 9:45 AM.

i didn't really understand why we, families, had to wait so long to start.

umm, yeah, because there was OVER 41,000 people there.

we waited the whole 45 minutes and this is what the street looked like

THE WHOLE 45 MINUTES!

 can you believe that.

UNBELIEVABLE!

we did the race this year because

my mom

just found out she has breast cancer.

i needed to do this to show my mom how much i love her and support her.

i have done "the race" before in utah.  i did it just to do a 5k.

i didn't even think about the reason all the people where there.

this time it was a little different.

when we got there, i couldn't believe the number of people there.

i felt a fabulous connection with all of them.

their moms, their sisters, their daughters, their wifes had this cancer.

i felt as through everyone was there for MY MOM.

i was there to race for their mom too.

i was overcome with emotion.

it was amazing.

i think we will do it every year from now.

i AM going to run the 5k next year!

singing in the rain!

it rained the other day and the kids were DYING to go play,

so i let them.

i remember when i was a kid, my mom would let us play in the rain all the time.

I LOVED IT!  thanks mom.

i think my kids love it as much as i did.

this boy can NOT get enough of outside!  he would be out there all day if i let him.

he cries when he has to come in and whenever anyone opens the door.

HE IS ADORABLE!

our mallory.  she is getting so big and much more outspoken.  i can't believe she is 3!

 

kale has to have a stick in his hand, if not both when he is outside.

pure boy!

mallory ALWAYS puts her shoes on the wrong feet.  so funny and so mallory!

 

 

silly olivia.

 

after the rain, they came inside to have a hot bath. 

they were worn out.  they all slept good that night!

BARBIES!

the indy children's museum has a barbie stuff right now.  the girls were dying to go!

they were in heaven.

pretty!

mallory on the run way.  she didn't really know what to do. 

i showed her my best walk that i learned from tyra.

too bad i don't have a video of it, eh?

all olivia wanted to do was barbies hair. 

i did force her to go on the run way.

she decided she would dance. 

mal making a sick beat.  we're getting her a turn table for christmas now.

kale wanted in on the hair styling.

notice the 2 combs in his hands.

he likes to have something in both hands at all times!

we also stopped by playscapes.

look at those eyelashes.

we have passes to the children's musuem and the zoo

+

we can get 2 other people/kids in free too!

call if you want to go on a playdate sometime! 

happy easter, part 2

what a great day we had this year. 

 the kiddos were super excited to get their easter baskets and find some eggs. 

here is the loot.  brett and i did get a basket with all the leftovers!  yum!

the kiddos getting ready to go outside for the egg hunt.

olivia, finding some eggs.

mallory finding eggs. 

sweet kale wondering what is going on.

brett and i, being mean parents, left kale in the sunroom to watch the egg hunt. 

next year buddy!

it was a little chilly.  sister hug.

these are the lambs i made them.  the tutorial is here.  they turned out SO cute.

the girls love them and even sleep with them.  CUTE.

i made a little one for kale the next day.

we watched conference and had a nice relaxing morning.  the madsens came over for lunch and then watched the second session with us. 

megan and i hid the eggs for the kids again and then the kids hid the eggs for megan and i. 

it was really fun.  i think we will start doing the kids hide, parents find egg hunt every year!

it was so nice to have conference on easter and be able to here from our prophet and church leadership on this special day.  conference was so uplifting.  i can't wait for the ensign to come out. 

happy easter!

hope you are all having a great day!

easter reminds us of the Savior and how grateful we are for His sacrifice.

we are so thankful for the gospel in our lives

and that families can be forever!