Easter Picnic

My Mom just sent me these cute pix from the Easter Picnic. Thanks Mom! =)

lady bugs, sand art, and choo choo's

Jonas is off on scout camp so I headed to Target last night to get us some fun stuff to do so we could keep busy and not miss him too much. :) As for Jaxon, I bought him a Thomas the train and we didn't even hear from him for 2 hours. It was just a little train peice, not even a set. That kid is addicted and it's awesome how happy he can be with a few cars or trains. A side story... he has been watching Thomas the train off Netflix for a few weeks but he doesn't have any Thomas toys. There is one at nursery that he has to play with every week. Well last Sunday as we were heading into sacrament meeting, he starts yelling "choo choo" so Jonas went to the nursery and grabbed the Thomas so he could play with it during sacrament meeting. Silly Kid! And when I pick him up from nursery I now make sure I have a car in my bag that I can hand him otherwise he will throw a huge fit. Oh, the joys of 2 year olds!! Anyway... Jaxon was busy with his first Thomas toy and us girls did some sand art and those shrink a doodle things. It was a lot of fun! And I didn't miss Jonas until after the kids were in bed. I can't sleep alone anymore! The girls (I) also caught a ladybug they are sooo excited about! Also, Kyla cut her hair the other day and you can see it in the pix. Basically, she always has her hair in her face now. I never cut Kyla bangs as a baby because I didn't want to deal with them and here she goes and cuts them herself. Atleast they aren't really short. I probably should take her in to get her hair cut kinda layered or something. And I am going private next week, so remember to let me know if you want an invite. I am off to exercise and clean the house!

PRIVATE

I hate private blogs and never wanted to be one of those annoying people with a private blog. hehe :) But I was just looking on my live feed and noticed someone who I don't know had been looking at my blog for a long time and clicking on pix from way back. This could be anyone that was just browsing but I started worrying that it was some psycho. So send me your email to jonasandmistie@gmail.com or mistielin@gmail.com or leave a comment if you want to be invited. I hate doing this, because I know there are people that look but don't really want me to know, haha! And it's so fun to run into blogs of people from back in the day and be able to check them out so I feel bad doing this. It's just too bad we don't live in a perfect world. :) I'm just getting all worried about some freak looking at pix of my cuties. But seriously, just let me know and I will invite you. I mainly think of my blog as keeping track of memories now anyway, it's not that exciting of a blog. :) On the bright side, I am excited to be able to be more free with what I post!

Rockin' R Ranch

I got to go with Maelie on her field trip today.  I went to Rockin R' Ranch on a field trip when I was little so it was fun to go there with her.  It was HOT but fun! 

spring time

Just some recent fun pix of the kiddos...  Kyla has been doing pretty good on her bike and now Maelie and Kyla can ride together.  We love playing "bean bag" on Sunday afternoons... which mostly involves a lot of tackling, chasing, jumping, pillow fighting, and diving... the pic of Kyla on top of the bean bag on top of Jonas cracks me up!!  Cutie Jaxon loves wearing his fireman hat.  He is so fun in the car, always yelling out "I see a truck!  I see a bus!  I see a bike! I see a tractor!" Kyla's friend Rebekah came to play recently, they are in Sunbeams together.  Her little brother Bryce stayed too, Jaxon and Bryce are in nursery together.  The kids had fun!  Jaxon and Bryce had a few fights over the trucks, but all in all did pretty good!  Maelie also had her friend Railie from her primary class come over after school to play. 

Last week we went to the temple, on a shopping/lunch date, to a wedding reception which the girls loved and have been playing wedding ever since, on a big family reunion picnic, and other fun stuff like cleaning and yardwork :) ... life is good, happy spring!

Happy Easter

Saturday morning the Easter Bunny came...  The kids found their baskets and then went on an egg hunt!  Jaxon got some new cars, Maelie got a lamb, and Kyla got a puppy with bunny ears... they all got some little toys and candy filled eggs, they were loving it!  I could tell Maelie was a little dissapointed that she didn't get a new basket this year.  The expectations were up because she got a new one last year.  She is old enough that she remembers exactly what happens each year.  She also knew to search for her chocolate bunny.  But she didn't complain about the lack of a new basket but just decorated her old one.  She is such a crafty thing, don't know where in the world she got that, I guess it skipped a generation. :)After both sessions of conference (conference was wonderful, it seemed there were a lot of talks on parenting and families), we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa's for egg dyeing and an egg hunt!  Jaxon actually got into it and just kept throwing his eggs into the dye, he usually had about 3 eggs in each cup.  Kyla really enjoyed it and was the last one at the table, putting stickers on her eggs.

The hunt!  Maelie and Kyla both loved hunting for eggs with their cousins.  Jaxon took some time to convince him that putting eggs in a basket was more fun than playing with his cars, but he got the hang of it and had fun too!

The kids had fun playing with their cousins!  Maelie made a cute belt out of the Easter egg stands.  Notice Jaxon's blue face and hands in the swing.  The kids loved their bubbles from Grandma and Grandpa!

On Sunday after conference, we went to Grandma and Grandpa's for Easter dinner.  It was yummy and great hanging out with family!  All the kids looked adorable!  Thanks to Grandma for the way cute outfits!!

Sunday morning we did the Easter Egg hunt with the numbers that had items inside with the story of Easter from the Bible.  It's great to remember the real reason for Easter and the kids really enjoyed it, too.  I am thankful for my Savior and all He has done for my family and I.  I know that we can be with those we love after we die thanks to our Savior, Jesus Christ.  HAPPY EASTER!!!

the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy

Maelie's front tooth has practically been hanging by a thread all week and she wouldn't let us touch it.  Well, this morning she woke up without it!  She found it in her sheets and she is excited because tonight both the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy are making a visit!!! I am hoping she will lose the 2nd front tooth soon because that makes the best smile!