dance recital

Rylie had her spring dance recital.  They were the little ballerina's on top of a jewelry box.  She has grown so much and loves going to dance class.  She knew all her steps and did such a great job.

My little ballerina~

 

We ended the BIG night by making banana splits at our house and hanging out with Grandpa and Grandma Smith, Grandpa and Grandma Beckstead, Sharon and kids. 

What a fun night for such a sweet little girl

may happenings..

 

Black and White Day Parade in Richmond.  It rained hard right up until the parade started, but then it turned out to be a pretty nice night.

Rylie and  Bode showing off the their favorite couch at Grandpa Beckstead's store.

Great, Great Grandma Thelma turned 98 this month.  My kids are so lucky to enjoy all this time with great grandparents.  Rylie was a little annoyed that I didn't give Grandma a present at her birthday party, I told her that at her age she just wants us to come visit her.  Then I told her when I am 98, I want presents and she agreed to that.  Happy Birthday!

sold!

It SOLD!  We were extremely fortunate and sold our house with two days of putting it on the market.  We are building.  YAY!  Super excited and cannot wait for our new home.  Its been a bit of a whirlwind since we decided to do this!!   We are moving in with my gracious parents for a few months until ours is ready.  We are blessed and so fortunate with this oppurtunity!  I love this home, I love my neighbors and ward and will miss it/ them so much.   

lately!

So much going on lately.  Seriously, I wonder all the time where time goes.  I try to enjoy Each day and the small moments with my kids.  Time just flies right on by...

 

Rylie and Bode at the annual Heath Day Parade.  Love it!  We carried on the tradition of going to the parade, BBQ lunch after wards with family, blue sox game and Fireworks.

 Bode was too busy to have a picture with me at Health Days and poor Mike had to work.  but Rylie was nice enough to take one with me! 

 And my cute parents at Health Days.

 

Rylie has grown a ton this past year. She got to go to mutual with me the other night for a little sister party and she was my partner.  I love her so much and enjoyed spending the evening with just her.

 

 

Spring Break

 

A week without school, YAY, but it went fast.  We sent swimming, played with friends and neighbors, hung out and slept in and went to Hogle Zoo!  The kids loved it!  They are at such a fun age and love the zoo.  Just enjoying time together

I love this picture of Bode and Mike, of course Bode was just as interested in the construction going on at the zoo as much as he was in the zoo.

Can you believe school is about to wrap up in a few weeks and next post... big news!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!  WE love Easter around here and for some reason our Easter bunny LOVES Easter too.  Its just to hard to stay away from all the spring colors and fun when winter just barely got over. 

 

Bode had to be woke up Easter morning so we could make it too church.  He was a very tired boy from all the fun we had the day before and was good with one egg!  

 

 

Easter bunny puts eggs and baskets all over the house, in the kids bed, and all over the backyard.  Yup, we are spoiled and love it. 

Rylie was determined to get the egg out of the tree.

  Even if it meant using a bat.

 

new Church clothes, they are so adorable!! I love these kids of mine! 

 

 

Posing in their new spring clothes.  Love the bright colors

 

 

My mom and dad go all out for Easter.  We had such a good dinner, I mean the BEST Easter dinner ever.  Her potato salad and devil eggs are the best.  I got assigned to bring rolls this year which was easy enough for me to buy!  But my mom always makes home made rolls at Easter and they are the best for a ham sandwich that evening.  I braved making homemade rolls and they turned out SOOO good, I even made them again.  

 

Ready to do the Easter Egg hunt.

 

 

 

 My cute family, love Easter!

and of course US! 

Happy Easter!

easter happenings...

Easter happenings... life gets rolling by sometime and its the little things we get to do together that mean the most.  I love holidays because it gives us reasons to do little things.

like Coloring easter eggs!  Who doesn't love that mess.

 

We love picking Rylie up from school and spending the rest of the day with her.  When she got home from school, they had an easter egg lunch.  They were pretty excited.

We tried something new this year and hope it too becomes a tradition! 

 

We went to the town easter egg hunt in Weston.  It was so fun and the kids were excited to be with their cousins.  That always makes it more fun.

Annie, Taylor, Bode, Holly, Rylie, Josie, Addy

 Grandma Kay was helping Bode open his eggs.  I couldn't resist this picture of them, isn't it so cute. My Children are SOOOO lucky to be able to spend time with all their grandparents.

 Hopping down the bunny trail!  2013 and 2012  Pretty cute kids!