Indian Echo Caverns

Brianna and I had a fun little field trip on Friday. We went to the Indian Caverns near our house and checked out the cool formations. It was a fun little afternoon with just her and I. She is getting so fun to be around!

April Fool's Day

We had a really fun April Fool's Day. We woke up and made peas (rolled up laffy taffy) and fish sticks (vanilla sugar wafers rolled in peanut butter and cornflakes) and delivered them in these silly outfits to our friends. The kids were laughing all morning. They had so much fun!

ROCKING OUT with ROCK BAND!

Darin's Murder Mystery Party

Our friends had a fun Murder Mystery Party. The food was fabulous and the friends were even better. We really had a great time. I went as a reporter and Brian was a wealthy gambling mobster!

St Patricks Day Dinner

Sunday

This is me teasing Brian because he never smiles in pictures.

SEE???

Such a little poser!

She is such a good girl!

SO handsome!

Our cute little family! I came downstairs from getting ready for church on Sunday and our kids looked so darn cute sitting there eating cereal. It made us late but I had to get pics of them. These kids are SOOO much work but SOOO worth it! They are so much fun and make my life so worth living. I am trying to be a better mom lately. I am trying to be more consistent and strict so that they learn self control and hopefully turn out to be decent people. It is so stressful bringing kids into this crazy world where there is so much ugliness. I am so thankful for the gospel and for the guidance we have.

ARIZONA!

Bart, me and Tamara are all addicted to qtips! Sweet Randi took the picture and thinks we are all crazy!

Brianna playing at the park with cousins! They were teaching her how to heeley!

Visiting Grandma and Grandpa--they are so sweet!

Swinging at Mom's park while it is a snow day in PA! Hooray!

The kids just before a bike ride. My Dad bought them bikes so that they have some when we come to visit!

We had such a fabulous time in Arizona. It was a trip that was not planned and that was the best part. Basically my Mom said she would pay for one of our tickets since she was supposed to visit me in March but it wasn't going to work out. I got online and they were like $800 round trip for all of us and I said what the heck! Brian was working 12 days straight and I got flights leaving the day he started the 12 days in a row and returning the day he ended it. It had been 9 months so we were really missing everyone. It was so fun! I did get just a teensy bit sick (haha) and ended up in the ER one night but other than that it couldn't have been better. The weather was PERFECTO! Thanks Mom and Dad for everything! Thanks Tam for watching my kids a few times a giving me a break!