Easter Pictures

What the kids have been up to

Today I was reorganizing the kids bedroom, I put Charlotte in her crib to play all of a sudden I look over and there she is standing up holding on the rail! I couldn't believe it, at first I thought Nicolas had helped her since he and Caidence were both in the crib. I sat her back down and sure enough she reached for the top and pulled her self up.

So cute!

Quite pleased with her self!
She tries to crawl...

Such a happy girl in the morning!

Charlotte's favorite thing to do besides stand

Nicolas on his first day of preschool!

Nicolas loves his bike helmet!

So cool with Uncle Adams glasses. I especially like the pose!

What Caidence does while she is supposed to be sleeping...

Caidence loves to make brownies, she asks for them almost every day

We had a very nice Easter Sunday, the kids looked so cute in their Easter outfits! The Easter bunny did visit our kids the night before and the morning was spent eating candy and pancakes.
Nicolas' asthma was acting up the poor thing coughed all through church but once we got to grandma and papa's he was doing better. We spent the day with family, it was nice that my family joined us at Janet and Steve's for dinner. It made the day not so hectic. It was wonderful to see Ana, Frank and Carter. The kids haven't seen each other in a few months, they had so much fun playing. The food was great, the men grilled the food while everyone else stayed inside to play with the kids and get the tables ready. Dessert was amazing. I made an apple pie, Aunt Joyce made cherry pies and Adam made chocolate mousse with a thin mint crust. I have to admit that I ate a slice of the mousse and apple pie...and I wish I had more mousse...Anyway it was a nice Sunday. We missed all of our family that lives out of town!

Miss Charlie is now seven months she is so chunky I love it! She loves to eat, tear things apart, giggle, scream, stand and say mama. She already has four teeth and I discovered two more on top moving down quick. She is not really interested in crawling, she will move herself backwards and roll a little. All she wants to do is walk, I swear she will walk before she crawls. She looks more like Caidence now with Grammy's eyes. She can sleep through the night however still finds the need to wake up at 2:00. I need to let her cry it out I have just been to exhausted to care right now. And since all the kids share a room I am not in the mood to put them all back to sleep. I am hoping once these teeth come through she will be a little more settled.

Other news in our household is I finally feel like I am getting my running groove back. My three mile time is just a few minutes off of what it was before I got pregnant. I need to do speed work. I also a new suit and goggles so I can start swimming at the gym. Marc has been swimming a few times a week and has really enjoyed it. We are trying to loose weight together before the summer. This is the first time in almost three years that he has been able to exercise. His foot is doing really good. He actually jogged the other day on our way to the park. We are hoping that he might be able to run with me. He is trying to talk me into a triathlon however at this moment I do not have the desire. I would swim and run but bike riding is not my thing. That is about all the fun stuff we've got going on.

Nicolas and his bike, Matthew gets a call!

Saturday was the first that Marc and I have been able to spend together in probably two years. We decided that it would be fun to run together while Nic rode his bike and I pushed the girls in the stroller. We ran over to Mom and Dads to get his bike, then to Sport Chalet to get him a helmet. We found a black helmet with red flames that he thinks it is so cool. After parking at Elephant Bar we set off on our half mile adventure to the park and he did so good! We made it to the park and let the kids play. Marc offered to take off Nic's helmet but he wanted to wear it. Just picture him bike helmet and sunglasses all afternoon. I forgot my camera so I will make sure I get a picture of him, its so cute.

Another exciting thing that happened on Saturday was Matthew got his mission call! My parents got it in the mail and emailed it to him (with out looking). We got on a conference call with him and my sister to find out he is going to SALT LAKE CITY (no joke)!! We are really excited for him, I think it will be a great mission. He enters the MTC on July 8th and my little sister Ashley returns from her mission July 9th...It will be a party week!! We are really proud of Matthew, I think his destination came as a shock (I know I didn't see that one coming) but it doesn't matter where a missionary serves the Lord, it only matters that he is willing to serve the Lord. We love you Matthew!