Big Hair

Avynlea let me put french braids in her hair after her shower and the next morning we took them out and I brushed them out for fun. What resulted was a huge amount of big and fluffy hair on top of her head. After she took a couple of pictures of herself she had me fix it so she wasn't such a cloud of fluffy hair. What a cutie pie.

On Saturday Avynlea was invited to a friends birthday party and after the party was over her Mom sent me this Photo Booth photo she had taken of the two friends. I love it and love how easy it is to share photos with one another. Makes my picture loving heart happy!

Maddie Wall and Avynlea

A Night of One Act Plays

Kenedy had to drop out of the Adams Family play she got into because it conflicted with cheer competitions but luckily she got to participate in A Night of One Act Plays. These plays are for the beginning student actors to audition for and are directed by the advanced acting students. Kenedy got a part in a play called Scuba Lessons. She was lucky enough to get cast in the play with one of her best friends Megan Warner. Kefford, Ryker and Avynlea went on Thursday to watch but Rylee did not want to miss activity days and so I stayed home so I could take her where she needed to be. Rylee and I went to watch her on Friday night after dance. We had to rush to leave the studio right when class was over to make it. Luckily my friend Deena saved us some seats. We watched three plays that night and Kenedy's was last. I loved watching hers the best, probably because she was in it ;). I thought she did so good and looked beautiful. I was really impressed with her, she remembered her lines, she stayed in character, she did awesome!

Vivienne and Kenedy                                           Kenedy and Shelby

Kenedy and Lauren                                           Megan and Kenedy

Easter Egg Hunting

Sunday morning after the kids found their baskets and finished getting ready we headed out to the Farm to celebrate Easter with Keffords family. It's always fun to see Sara and Dustin and their girls. They live in Utah and we do not get to see them as much. I was surprised by how big Charlotte had gotten already. She is the prettiest baby and I would take her home in a heartbeat, she is so mellow and chill and an absolute little angel. Avynlea thought the same thing since I found some pictures of her on my phone.

We watched conference in the morning and then had lunch and then watched the last session of conference before the kids got to do their Easter Egg hunt. Alison and I were the only ones to supply filled Easter Eggs this year and so the kids did not get such a wide variety. The babies went first and they all got jelly beans, which is what we brought. The next group, Rylee's group, got a lot of jelly beans as well. They also got some sixlets, what Alison had. Kenedy, Ryker and Avynlea went last and after they were done, Grandma Alison took them into hr work room and gave them each a handful of chocolate m&m's.  So not a wide variety at all but all the kids were happy and had fun and that is what matters most.

Avynlea got to help hide eggs for the younger groups and I think she really loved being part of the older kids group and being treated like a big kid. These kids are growing up!

After all of the hunting the kids got to go outside to smash confetti eggs on their heads and play with bubbles.

Kenedy, Sadie, Qiana, Isabelle, Asher, Brielle, Rylee, Audrey, Avynlea, Charlotte, Madison and Tayvia

The brothers had a lot of fun playing video games and doing some brotherly bonding.

It was a nice Easter Sunday being able to watch Conference, feel the Spirit, celebrate the Resurrection of our Savior and be with family. 

Easter Baskets

On Sunday morning Rylee, Avynlea and Ryker woke up ready to see what the Easter Bunny left them. As they were waiting around for the rest of us to be ready they got dressed and had their hair done. Avynlea finally went in and woke up Kenedy because they could wait no longer. This year the Easter Bunny filled their baskets with less candy and more different items. They had to search for their baskets and then they got to see what was inside. Rylee's Basket was made for her by her old lady friend Carma Hamp as a Baptism gift. 

Pictures and Easter Eggs

Saturday afternoon Lana, Aubree, Rylee and I headed to the Boise Temple so that Lana could take Rylee's Baptism pictures. While Lana was photographing Rylee, Aubree wanted her pictures taken so I snapped a couple with my phone. She had her 4 year old pictures taken earlier and was still in the "having her picture taken" mood. She cracks me up!

When we got home, Kefford and Ryker were getting ready to leave for the Priesthood session of conference. It is so cool that Ryker is old enough to go with his Dad. I had planned on dyeing Easter eggs and asked if Ryker wanted us to wait for him. He did not have a desire to dye any eggs and so after we ate dinner the girls and I started dyeing.

 I bought some ice-cream so we could have a treat after the dyeing. Rylee got done first and couldn't wait to dish up some mint chocolate chip.

After we were done we cleaned up, got ready for bed, dished up bowls of ice-cream and sat together to watch "We Bought A Zoo". It was a fun evening with my girls. 

Goats in the Backyard

On Saturday we had two goats live in our backyard for a very short time, 5-10 minutes. It was not long but it was long enough for them to poop in the yard a lot! Kefford and Kelsey bought the goats to have on the property they bought in Emmett to eat the grass that is too hard and time consuming to mow. The kids loved having the goats this short time in our yard and enjoyed riding with their Dad to deliver them to the property. Kenedy was at play rehearsal all day and missed out on the fun.

Hot Hot Pink

On Tuesday my friend came over to do my hair. I have had Atomic Tourquoise in my hair for almost a year and had decided to change it up a little. This time I went for the hot hot pink and I love the change. It is such a fun color and apparently glows under a black light. Can't wait to try that out!

April Fools Day is one holiday that I cannot get into. I am not a fan of pranks, I think they could so easily go wrong and really do not see a point to them. Lots of people love this day and that is fine for them as long as I am left out of it. My friend sent me a picture of a positive pregnancy test her friend sent her because she thought it would be funny if I sent it to Kefford to "explain" why I have been so tired. No thanks, not my style.  I did get sprayed by the sink sprayer because Kenedy tied a rubber band around the handle thinking it would be Ryker who got sprayed. She did not anticipate me wanting to wash my hands after dinner. I was not thrilled but just went up stairs and changed my sweater.

Ryker did have a trick played on him and the other youth. Someone brought a box of doughnuts to mutual and when Ryker saw it he asked if he could have one, they told him sure and he opened it to find it was filled with Broccoli. Not finding a doughnut in the box did not faze him one bit as he grabbed handfuls of broccoli and said even better!