Thinning the peaches...

Time to thin the peaches.  I was trying to hurry and thin the peaches while the kids were at school.  Mark was "helping" and pretty much took over the ladder.  I still managed to get a fair amount of thinning finished and snapped a couple cute pics of my cutie!

I thought this was a happy pictures but now I'm not so sure.  

His eyes kill me.  Green on the outside and flecks of yellow in the middles.  I never thought that would be attractive but I'm loving them!

Kidlets...

I think it's so sweet when I come out in the morning and the kids are bundled under the same blanket watching cartoons.  :)  It makes me believe that one day, they will be more like a team instead of individual kids.

Merril's 37th birthday...

Merril turned 37 this year.  I planned ahead and made his cheesecake earlier in the week so it had plenty of time to age and get delicious.  We blew out candles as a family and then had friends over on the weekend.

I forgot to get lots of candles.  Oops.

We had friends over for a Mexican fiesta.  Salsa, 2 kinds of tacos, beans, rice, delicious.  Didn't I get pictures?  Hmmm, must not have.  Oh well, it was fun.

Plain White T's Concert...

The Plain White T's came to St. George and I kind of wanted to take the kids to a concert.  The Plain White T's are know for "Hey There Delilah" and "1,2,3, I Love You".  We got lots of kettle corn and treats and I brought ear plugs because I worry about things like that.  ;)

There were bounce houses for free and Jack and Juliet took off to play in them about half way through the concert.  Max and I stayed and listened.  

It was supposed to be family friendly but they swore a couple of times.  Woops.  It was still fun to go and listen to the live music!

Easter Sunday...

Oh it's time for Easter.  Time to remember the sacrifice of our Savior and the gift of the Atonement.  Time to listen to General Conference, feel a spiritual charge and renew our commitment to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  This year General Conference and Easter fell on the same weekend.  I wish it could always be like that.  We listened to Conference as we cracked hard boiled eggs and ate jelly beans.  Wonderful wonderful wonderful!

Reese's pieces carrot themed candy.

All lined up!  Ready....steady....

Mikayla is just fun to watch.  She still gets a head start and then the older 3 jump in.

GO!  Juliet seemed the most eager this Easter Sunday morning!

See what I mean about eager?

Such a frenzy and then it's over.  Everyone pours over their baskets, trading eggs

Dyeing Easter Eggs and the Winchester Hunt...

Poor Mikayla.  She's trying to drop her afternoon nap.  Most days it's fine.  And then there are days when she falls asleep on the couch at 6:00 p.m. and is up until 10.  It's a hard to be 3 when you have 3 older siblings who don't take naps.

That was just a side bar but we're here to dye some Easter eggs.  Mikayla dyed her hands too.

Mark loves to walk on the dining room table and push around the chandelier.  I promptly put him down for a nap.

We all love to dye eggs.

We love to find eggs as well!

Grandma Campbell's ward is the favorite egg hunt.  It's the biggest and the best!

This is Maxine's last year finding eggs on the lawn.  Next year she graduates to the 13-17 age group that searches for eggs in the desert adjacent to the lawn.  A REAL egg hunt!

Everybody loves the Winchester hunt.

Juliet was the only one to score prize eggs this year, which is unusual.  She shared prizes with all the kids and everyone was happy.

Mikayla scored some unclaimed fairy wings towards the end of the hunt.  I'm just showing off my new scarf Emily U. sent to me.  I felt pretty wearing it.  :)