Backtrack...what fun!

I don't have any pictures for this one, but I just wanted to tell THE GIRLS what a fun time I had on Thursday night. My sister Karli, Sis-in-laws LeAnne and Debbie all met for dinner and had a great 3 hour conversation-full of laughs, tears, advice, news, and so much more! With NO kids!!! Thanks to our hubbies for watching/babysitting so we could have a girls night out.

Debbie was here visiting from Cali, because she was running in the Salt Lake Marathon, with some of her family. I soooo admire her ambition and I hope to ONE DAY have the drive to do something like that! (I would even be proud of myself to do a 1/2 marathon)

Way to go Debbie

AND thanks again girls for a fun night out!

the MOVIE they've all been waiting for

Friday, Quinn's sister Haruko and I met in SLC

to take the cousins to see THE movie.

I was actually pleasantly surprised that is was a good as it was.

No Oscar, but a cute wholesome movie.

It was good we waited a week to see it,

cuz I think there was a total of like 15 people

at the 3:30 showing we went to and we were half of that 15. Quinn's sister is WAY into the movie!

As you can kinf of see she is texting :)

(I actually think this was the previews)

Olivia (5), Ella (7), Ame and Kaipo.
All of them were either eating, drinking or dancing and singing through the WHOLE movie.
It was fun to see them all so excited!

Easter Day

There was no BUNNY received this year,

but the kids were prepped for that so we didn't

have too much disappointment.

They were pleasantly pleased with the simple things

they got, so our Easter Sunday started off well.
Out of the 20+ pictures we took of the kids
these 2 are the best shots we got.
And don't they look charming???

After church we headed to Logan to spent the

rest of the day at my brother Jason's home.

We had a relaxing afternoon playing, talking and just

having a good time with family (Karli and her fam came as well).

Without fail we had a fantastic dinner

(if only we would have had some corn, haha-Kar).

But of course dinner couldn't get over fast enough

for the kids, so they could begin....

THE HUNT

LeAnne's creativity brought all sorts of fun to this

Easter Egg Hunt. Each kid was assigned a certain color

egg to find, as well as other BONUS eggs.

And they're off...

Of course Ash was easy to please

and would stop to enjoy the treats inside each egg

as he found them.

Of course Ame was in it for the WIN.

Kaipo didn't like being assigned to the color

PINK, but with only one girl (who was assigned to purple)

to really find eggs somebody had to go for the pink. Didn't take long

for him to get over the color issue though.

And here's cute little Ella havin' some fun

Don't they have a such a beautiful BIG backyard?!

Just perfect for the hunt!

and here HE is again, enjoying the goods

Ryan and Ame sorting and counting

3 loving, bundles of JOY

So, the fun wasn't over with the hunt.

LeAnne's family tradition is to have a

Easter Store, where the kids can trade

their eggs for prizes. LeAnne was so good

to think of everyone and what they would

like. This was just as fun I think as the

actual hunt for the kids.

And the less candy the better I SAY!

To Jason and LeAnne thank you so much for your

hospitality and generosity. We so enjoy our time

together with you and your family. We look forward

to MANY more good times to come.

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Our family is so blessed and we feel so thankful for the love

of family and wonderful friends. We are even more

grateful to our Savior for his tremendous sacrifice and

overwhelming, endless amounts of love.

Life is good, full of happiness and many surprises!

One last picture from our hunt at the park on

Saturday. The fun just keeps going and going...