Easter 2011

We took the kids to the Tonaquint Nature Center for an Easter Egg Hunt the Monday before Easter. Sloan still had her stitches in.

 Guy's bucket says his name and it helps to find him in this picture.

 Jack returned from Florida that day. He spoke at a national conference for adoption with Candy Finnigan. She is an interventionist on the TV show Intervention on the A&E Channel. They got great reviews on their presentation. Jack brought home some seashells, a starfish, and an alligator head for the kids.

 While he was out of town, Sloan had to get stitches and I got into a fender bender in the McDonald's parking lot. The other driver is accepted liability and now I can get my bumper fixed.

 The week before Easter was my week to host Joy School and our last week of school. Here are all the kids eating lunch before an egg hunt the final day of school.

 The sandbox is always a favorite.

 Jack got a bike rack hitch mounted onto the back of our pop-up tent trailer. Now we just need to go out and use it.

 On Friday, Sloan got her stitches out. She woke up that day and decided she was completely potty trained. She hasn't had an accident since, including throughout the night. Wow! Girls are easier.

We attended the city Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday. Guy wanted to dress like Indiana Jones. Now he just needs a leather jacket. He said he was going to whip the eggs and put them into his satchel.

 After the egg hunt, I took the kids to the BLM office to learn about becoming a Junior Ranger. We are working on the activities in the booklet so the kids can go back and be sworn in.

 Easter Sunday 2011: The kids found their baskets in the master bathtub.

 Then they went out back to find the eggs they colored and many candy-filled plastic eggs.

 Sloan painted this hatching egg at the last Community Ed class I taught. Cute!

Spring Time

Spring is unpredictable. Some days are warm and we eat ice cream in shorts, while other days we stay in doors watching snow flakes melt as they hit the ground. The kids are having their favorite - Superman ice cream.

 We went fishing at a free fishing derby in Santa Clara last weekend when it was snowing and raining.

 We didn't catch anything, but it was fun.

 The kids did win new fishing poles. Awesome!

 Later that day we went to Las Vegas for an Indian Bhungra Festival to see En Karma. Our friend Ricky Thinda plays bass for the band and traveled from Vancouver BC to play in the festival.

 Bhangra is music and folk dance of the Punjabi Sihk farmers to celebrate the coming of the harvest season. Sloan liked to dance to the music.

 

 My friend Harmony took us to a farm in Leeds, Utah. Here is Sloan and her best friend Macy.

Guy didn't want to milk the cow or hold the large bottle for the baby calves to drink, but it was still a great learning experience.

 We saw a sow ready to give birth, dozens of kids with their mommy goats, puppies, horses, and chicks starting to hatch.

 Maybe we will get to go back to see more chicks hatching and to see the piglets.

 Later that day we went to an Easter Egg Hunt with some friends in the neighborhood.

 Sloan was more interested in opening eggs she already collected than finding more eggs.

 Guy has traded in his Superman shirt for this Batman shirt that he must wear every day.

Two weeks ago Sloan slipped at the park and cut open her chin. I bandaged it up, but it was taking a long time to heal. Today she slipped on the exact same spot at the same park and busted the cut open again. This time I took her to the pediatrician who put in three sutures. Poor Sloan had to be strapped to a board, but it went fast and she is tough.

 M&Ms help!

I love my kids and I love this time of year!