April Fun

Still working on 2024 - bear with me people.

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April 2024 was a diverse month. Birthday's, floods, new paint and softball. It seems like it was always one thing after the next, but we managed to have fun along the way.

I'm always on the lookout for a couch - we're going on years people, and I have yet to find one. Anyway, I convinced everyone to come with me to Modern Living, which has an indoor playground for the kids. Genius! Greg and the girls all played while I got to peruse the furniture by myself. No, I did not come home with anything new, but it was still fun to look.

2 months into being 2, and Quincey is at such a fun stage. She has such a big personality in her little body.

Poor Mittens. Some days he is starved for attention. He was willing to be the table for "Taco, Cat, Goat, Cheese, Pizza" - a slapping game 🤣🤫

Quincey discovered our neighbors swing and insisted we visit Every. Single. Day.

HAPPY 9th BIRTHDAY to SOFIA!

She had fun decorating for her T.Swift party and inviting 3 of her besties.

We cut out posters to look like polaroids. 

It turned out pretty cute!

Sof decorated her own cake - complete with whipped cream frosting and cadbury eggs. She did a great job!

She chose to get breakfast for dinner and was thrilled to get a pancake bigger than her head, which she finished, by the way.

Sofia is such a cute girl! Always giggling, smiling, and the best friend to all of the underdogs. Her teachers recognize her ability to keep the peace and often chooses her to sit next to kids who need extra help/attention (much to her chagrin). She is everyone's friend and continues to be the best leader to our little girl gang. She just keeps getting better with age. We sure love you, Sof!

Heidi's dream of painting the basement bathroom finally came true! It actually turned out really cute.

Greg did manual labor!
He had to fix his alternator and Serpentine Belt, not only once but twice! He's basically a pro and is up for hire (not!). Thanks to Youtube University, he was able to fix everything in record time.

The tulips finally bloomed! Here Quince is enjoying one [almost] as big as her cute face.

April 23 - and it's warm enough for Claire to jump on the tramp in a swimsuit!

The girls started Softball! The games were often at the same time, so we became pretty good at figuring out how to switch halfway thru - Quincey was happy to play wherever there was a park.

Claire was 1 of 2 girls on her co-ed team. She didn't love it, but was a good sport. The highlight every Tues/Thurs. for me was seeing what Claire chose to wear to her games. She's the best!

Someone slept good!

April was RAINY! We made the best of it by visiting Hondo and splashing in puddles along the way, always with Pooh Bear.

Date night with Greg! His eyebrows (or unibrow when he looks down) kills me. It completely covers his eyes.

We discovered the latest and greatest in sports(?) - Ax throwing! It took us a while to jump on the band wagon. I love it so much, I want to put on in our backyard. Talk about the ultimate stress relief.

We got so much rain the end of April that our basement flooded. It was not awesome. Pretty sure this is the 3rd time we've ripped up the carpet in this room since we moved in.

Sof is the best helper on Sunday mornings by helping do Quincey's hair for me.

Spring bike rides down the Hollow are one of the favorite things!

Sof took a back handspring class through the winter and did great!

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Spring Break 2024

Because Easter was on Sunday, March 31, our Spring Break ended up being that first week of April. Greg was still deep in Busy Season, but I somehow put it in his head that he could come on a trip with us anyway. All in all, we had fun and enjoyed the sunshine.

This is another cute thing Quincey started to do. She would say "Oh, Daddy ..." in her cute little voice. I'm pretty sure Greg was napping.

We stayed in Cedar at my parent's but spent a majority of our time in sunny St. George. Here is Quincey multi-tasking at her finest, soaking up some sun in Cedar before heading even further south. 

Claire: "Can you close the door?" She is not known as being patient on road trips .... she gets that from her dad.

Greg had a bike ride planned as soon as we got to St. George, so we dropped him off and headed to the infamous Tonaquint Park, where they miraculously had the water running. It really wasn't terribly warm yet. But, anything was warmer than Northern Utah.

All 3 are at such a fun age!

Meanwhile ...

It's good to know there is still some undeveloped land in St. George. Developers are snatching everything up left and right ...

Claire living the dream. In a swimsuit, in the sun, with a snack. 

After playing at the park for a while, and finally picking Greg back up, we found somewhere yummy to eat Dinner.

Because the girls hadn't swam enough, and because we love the place, after dinner we went to the Snow Canyon Aquatic Center, lovingly known as "the bra" to the locals :). Somehow I had forgotten to pack mine and Greg's swimsuits, so Greg took one for the team and following Quincey around in his bike shorts while I lounged from the sidelines.

This picture kills me 🤣.

There's something about a Swimming Pool locker room and my girls feeling the need to climb inside a locker. I guess I'll let them until the lockers no longer fit :).

It was a long day, but we had so much fun! I'm glad Greg was able to get out on his bike and that the girls were able to soak up some sun and swim to their hearts content. 

The next morning I about died when I came downstairs to find this scene ... Greg up working early to the background music of my Dad's snores.

The goal for today was to go to Zion. We're really good at going to Bryce, so we were going to try to hit Zion. It was fun, but Zion is so overcrowded. It's beautiful, but you definitely need to go on a national holiday or wait for the world to shut down again. It was a madhouse, so much so that we didn't even hike. We just hiked along the rive and called that good.

We found a giant rock to climb and some solitude along the river. All in all, we had a fun day.

We stopped for Ice Cream on the way out. A perfect way to end the day.

Oh to be in her head ... she is so fun!

We had a fun time in Southern Utah. It's always so hard to leave, and Claire cries for a good 30 minutes because she misses Grandma, but that is what makes visiting so much fun - the memories.

On the way home - traveling in style.

A Full Month of March

March. What a month - a fractured pinky, piano recital, pink eye, Jazz Games, and Easter. That pretty much sums it up. I'll let the pictures do the talking, but I'm just glad we made it through!

We went to McDonald's one night and had the place to ourselves, so naturally I climbed in the slides with the girls.

Greg surprised us by showing up before bedtime. It was a fun surprise.

This is how Greg prays.

I love her!

Our cute neighbor sent me this pic they snapped from their window. Quincey is in such a fun stage.

Sof had an Entrepreneur Fair in 3rd Grade and made her own Caramel Popcorn to sell.

Her packaging and branding turned out so stinking cute!

Zoo Day for Claire! She had so much fun on her first Field Trip.

Quincey was walking around the house like this one night. She sure loves that blankie.

I could hardly contain my excitement when I spied blooms among the snow on our tree one day!
Spring is on its way!

Minion hat, swing, and popcorn. She is one lucky little girly.

Claire was being a little old lady, and I was loving every single second! She's had good practice being "Rita" from Bluey.

Me and my boyfriend.

Happy 33rd birthday to me! Greg came home with a delicious ice cream cake!

Sof was in a mood at the Jump Park one night, and I may have been a bit too determined to make her smile ... Lo and behold, she ended up with a hurt pinky. After a couple of days of not being able to bend it, we finally made a trip to the doctors.

And came home with a shiny new splint - nothing showed up on the x-ray, but the Doctor was pretty certain she had some kind of fracture. 

Sof did great at her 1st Piano Recital with her new teacher. She is doing so many new and wonderful things!

We took advantage of a day out of school to have fun together at the Children's Tree House Museum.

This cat is hilarious! I never know how I'm going to find him.

Perks of Greg's job are the yearly Jazz Tickets that are right on the sidelines, complete with Dinner and mid-game snacks. These are the Jazz games I will go to. I don't remember anything about the game, but it was crazy to be close enough to realize how massive the players really are!

We found Rudy! He was injured, so he didn't play, but it was still fun to see him.

Sof is the best big sis.

Happy 1st day of Spring! Girls night at DQ getting our free cones.

Sof's cool new trick she does at recess had me curling my toes.

Guess who got DOUBLE pink eye? I was wracking my brain trying to figure out where I got it ... turns out the strain this year didn't actually turn everyone's eyes pink ... so lo, and behold I got it from Sofi! It was going around her school like crazy. There are other pictures, but I will spare you. Just know, it was awful, I was so swollen my eyebrows were uneven, and it lasted for 2+ weeks!

So much joy in this picture!

Quincey's newest trick, and it was a favorite!

The PTO fed us breakfast one morning in the cafeteria. 1 of the 2 was thrilled it was donuts. I'll let you guess which one that was ...

I think we keep the neighbors thoroughly entertained. It's a mystery what Quincey is going to bring outside with her each day.

Greg made it to a movie with the girls.

We ended March with Easter. It was early, but a beautiful way to end the month.

Greg is tired! I think he's mastered sleeping while looking awake ... I hate Busy Season.

Happy Easter!

Bubble Blowers for all!

Life hasn't slowed down. It has changed, but man is it fun with this cute family of ours!