April

I've actually taken a lot of photos lately and we've kept ourselves busy with all sorts of fun, but I guess I'll throw them all together in one long epic post.  Cody turned the big 2-9 this month (so old, at least I can say that for another 2 weeks ;)  The guys at work surprised him with decorating his desk and they went out to lunch.  We went out to Red Robin as a family and opened presents at home.  Code got some games-the big cahoona Railways of the World (the thing doesn't fit on a table and takes 2 hours to play haha).  Ever since Jake has started singing Happy Birthday and pretending to blow out candles ever since haha.

It's been a lot warmer lately and Jake has loved his firetruck squirty hose toy thing.  Riley?  not so much....

Code and I went on a fun date night the other week to a great sushi house in American fork-it was SERIOUSLY SO YUMMY!  I'm craving sushi and it's weirding me out, but seriously SO good.

Then we went on a walk nearby on some trails and could see the Mount Timp temple in the distance.  Such a pretty temple!

The next day we went with Jake up to the Farm Country Museum at Thanksgiving Point.  Jake rode the ponies and basically wanted to do it over and over but the line was too long.

We had a freak winter storm the other week.  This robin seemed a little put out...

it was a nice way to break up the week and Jake, who only got a couple of snow days around Xmas was super excited to play in the snow!  Riley too :)

Some of my Favorite Things

So recently we've tried seeing some of the movies we've missed lately: Imitation Game, Into the Woods, and.....maybe that was it....I can't remember.  Anywho, they were ok.  Into the Woods wasn't my favorite but I HAVE had THIS song in my head ALL day-the only part I liked from the movie.  I listened to the original broadway cast and actually preferred the movie's arrangement/style of the song which is unusual for me.  I just felt in the broadway rendition the singers used so much vibrato that it was hard to really hear the notes/harmonies they were singing.  The movie's singers were singing more simply, purer tone etc.



Other than that, I'm reading Pope Joan which is really interesting.  It definitely makes me SO grateful to be living when I do-yeesh, we've come a long way in women's rights/opportunities.  Also, it really makes me grateful for the restoration of Christ's church.  I also got Jane Austin's complete works in the mail so I'm excited to move on to that after Pope Joan.

Easter Weekend

I'd say the highlights of the past week would include a surprise visit from my dad (here on business), Easter, and General Conference.  Dad was only with us for a day but Jake def didn't mind.  They walked over to feed some local horses, played in the park, and we went to Rubio's for lunch.  It was definitely a fun surprise (one that I kinda wished came on a Wednesday during my mid-week slump).  But our Friday went by very fast.

Unfortunately Dad couldn't stay for the Easter weekend, but we still had lots of fun with family in the area.  We kinda did it in shifts this year: Cody's sister Megan, Eric, Sarah, and Olivia (or "ia"  as she's known around here) came over along with Sarah's parents on Saturday for General Conference.  In between sessions we had a mini egg hunt in the backyard (that morning Jake had to find his basket.  For having NO idea what was going on he found it pretty quickly.  That's the benefit of being a kid, I guess- always up for  games.

Jake and his basket

Excuse the plethora of Andy photos but they're all just so cute, I couldn't decide.

some impressive cookie decorating skills by Sarah:

Andy enjoying the stuffed bunny

Jake hunting.  He was on top of it this year-I was impressed

yeah....we did some redistribution after the hunt...

Jake's reaction to me asking him to slow down on the chocolate

thumbs up, Easter was a success I guess

Olivia enjoying her basket

The kids thought Uncle Eric was pretty funny and loved his new game- pretending to get hit/hurt by the swing.  What is it with kids thinking other people in pain is so hilarious?

It was a BEAUTIFUL day weather-wise.  Megan, Steve and Rosie came over for Sunday sessions.  It was probably the perfect way to spend Easter Sunday-listening to prophets and apostles testify of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  It was a great weekend!

Jake loved the easter stickers from Gma Kathy-I'm sure he'll be sad once Andy is old enough to want his own.

In between sessions on Sunday we went to the great open field across from our house to fly our kite, and we weren't the only ones with that idea- I felt like I was in Mary Poppins with the whole neighborhood out flying kites together haha.