Easter at the River

I love Conference Weekend. Who doesn't love to stay home in their pajamas for church and soak in a ton of good information? The day was so relaxing we realized by 3pm we hadn't even had our Easter Egg Hunt. We lined the kids up, had a rocking earth quake that was forever long (Chad mentioned he thought he was getting sick during it and he LOVES earthquakes. For real.), and then ran out to collect eggs.

My Dad spent a lot of time studying for his mission.

I saw this idea to fill Easter Eggs with rice krispy treats. They loved them. Plus, they were great snacks in their school lunch the week after. I spray the inside of my eggs with pam so they'd come out easily. But I missed spraying one egg and it's pictured below.

I love this picture of Owen. He is constantly checking to see who is holding him. He doesn't care who it is...he just wants to flash a huge smile at you for showing him some love. He is very social.

Alexis and her cousin, Chelsea. These girls are a big ball of energy together. I said BIG, right! I'm a little scared they will be in the same ward and school soon. They are fun, rambunctious, playful, bossy, and both want to be in charge at all times. Good luck to those teachers!

Chad loves getting his picture taken. :)

We did a lot of swimming.

And a lot of tubing. (Clark, Carter and Sadie)

Chelsea, Emily and Alexis

This picture is CLASSIC. Can you see BOTH of Chelsea's thumbs up to go faster, Emily's thumbs down to go slower...and Alexis busting up?

This was right before they caught air and Chelsea flew in front of the girls catching a handful of hair on the buckle of Alexis' life jacket before flying into the FREEZING river. (That will teach her to hang on with at least one hand.) She was laughing when we turned the boat around to pick her up. PURE ENTERTAINMENT!
Owen in all his cuteness!

If only he could be hanging out in a boat throughout the NIGHT. Then I might not have bags under my eyes.

Owen loves getting kisses. And so do we!

We had lots of fun minus Amber accidentally eating hot cocoa powder and Alexis' run in a with a large white poisonous scorpion!

She was helping my mom clean up the toys in the garage and reached in a kids golf bag and felt a little pinch/scratch on her finger. She didn't know what it was but she quickly pulled her hand out and got my mom. Smart girl! That's when we looked inside the bag and saw...a flaming mad scorpion with it's tail curled up in the air ready to sting the next thing that came near it. So Chad put an end to his life. We think his pincher claws barely got Alexis. Just enough to make her nervous. My mom said, "Wow, Heavenly Father was definitely watching over her!" We think so too.