Spring Break and Catching Up

Okay, so my starting again didn't quite work out the way I had planned, but at least this time I have let a little less time pass between posts.

Looking back, I see that I started many posts that I never finished so I am going to start finishing those posts as I get time. They will all post in order of the date I started them, they won't show up as new posts, so as I finish them I will post a link to them for anyone who is interested in checking them out. The first one I have finished is Emily's 4th Birthday. My goal is is to finish a few of those along with new posts about what's happening in our life.

A couple of weeks ago we headed to Grandma and Grandpa's house for spring break. We had a great time! The first day we were there we went to the Museum of Natural Science to check out the butterfly exhibit.

We were lucky enough to have all the cousins on that side of the family together. Here they are (except Brandon) sitting on the caterpillar outside of the exhibit.

Emily and her cousins Rachael and Emma

This is Ethan pretending to be sad because he didn't want his picture taken

This is Emery really sad because he didn't want his picture taken.

This one is a little better

At the end of the exhibit they had a vending machine where Eric purchased some yummy bacon and cheese flavored crickets. Then he tried to convince everyone to try them. Most of the kids pretended to eat one but I think Eric and his brother Jared were the only ones who really tried them. Yuck!!

Ethan pretending to eat it

Jared, just before he chomped one down

Outside of the museum there is a rose garden and a little park that we went to. Only a couple of the kids were interested in smelling the roses, but they all played a fun game of tag and then Eric helped them climb up into the tree.

Everyone was worn out by the end of the day, but we all had a great time. The next day we decided to go check out all the action at the annual livestock show and rodeo. We didn't have tickets to the rodeo, but we let the kids go check out all the animals and ride a few of the carnival rides. Unfortunately we forgot our camera that day so I don't have any pictures. But like the day before the kids had a great time!

The last fun activity for the kids was an Easter egg hunt and BBQ with Grandma and Grandpa's ward. It was at the park so they got to run around and play on the playground and they each came away with a basket full of candy filled eggs. After they got all hyped up on sugar, the adults were lucky enough to turn them all over to babysitters for a night out. One of the main reasons for our trip was Paul's (Eric's dad) retirement party. We are so excited for him and had a great time at his party!

I was also lucky enough to get together with a few of my friends that still live in Houston for dessert! I miss girls night out with them so it was so fun to be able to go out and catch up. Definitely something I wish we could do more often

Lastly I just wanted to add a couple cute pictures of Emery! Grandma gave him is first Twinkie while we were there. Needless to say he loved it!