Spring Time

I love spring in Utah.  It is my absolute favorite season.  The warm days are so welcome after a cold winter.  I love spring showers.  I LOVE spring flowers.  There is just something about spring flowers that makes me so happy!  The flowers in my yard were gorgeous this year!

 Even when they were covered in snow...

 Yup!  We had a few of those crazy Utah spring snow storms :)  The nice thing about those is that we get the pretty snow and then it melts within a few hours.

 Baylen and I have been looking into getting a nice picture of the temple for our family room.  My visiting teacher suggested we take the picture ourself since the ones you buy are so expensive.  So, one Sunday after church we headed down to temple square.  It was a beautiful evening and the flowers were gorgeous.  Did I already say how happy spring flowers make me? :)

 Here are some of the pictures we got.  Baylen wouldn't be happy if he knew I posted them before he edited them.  But, oh well.  I think they look good even without photoshop.

 This is one of my favorites.  I asked Baylen to take a few from this angle.  He looked at my like I was crazy.  He said it definitely wasn't his cup of tea.  But, I love it!

 I think this one is my favorite!  I can't wait to see what it looks like when it's edited.

We had such a fun night.  It's funny, the other day we were playing a game for family home evening.  The question was, "If you could go anywhere with your family, where would it be."  Most people were saying things like Hawaii, a cruise, etc.  But, when it came to Hailey's turn, she responded, "I'd want to go back to temple square to see the flowers again."  She must have loved the evening as much as I did!

Picture Time

We did these Whipple family pictures at Barnes Park here in Kaysville.  Baylen was our photographer (which got tricky at times… since he was in the pictures, too).  After the pictures, we went back to our house for a dinner.

Leslie and Seth

 Corey, Cherice, Raylee, Jackson, and Ellie

 Dave, Emily and Bailey

 Jared and Kirsti

 And of course, us

This picture was entertaining to take.  Baylen had to hit the camera button and then hop a fence and run over to the bridge.  We got a few pictures of him in the process of getting there.

2nd Swim Meet

Tanner had quite the cheering section at his second swim meet.  Grandma and Grandpa Sillito came.  As well as Seth, Leslie, and Grandma Whipple.

It was a super long meet.  Tanner and I got there at 4:00 and he didn't finish his last race until 9:15.  It was a lot of sitting around.  But, he did AWESOME!  

In the 100 IM Tanner came in 1st in his heat with a time of 1:40:98.

In the 50 butterfly he came in 4th with a time of 47.36.

In the 50 freestyle he came in 2nd with a time of 39.27.

In the 50 breaststroke he came in 1st with a time of 52.92.

He got ribbons for being in the top overall in two of the events!

He sure loves swimming and he LOVES swim meets!

After the meet, I took him up to Ogden for a scout camp.  It was POURING rain.  When we got there we found all of the boys sleeping underneath tarps (not even in a tent).  It looked cold and miserable.  I was tempted to just take Tanner home with me.  But, he stayed.  He said it was fun other than waking up at 2:00 in the morning to get warm by the fire.

A Special Guest

Leslie and Seth came down from Rexburg for their spring break.  Seth had to go to one of his Military trainings for a few nights.  So, Leslie came up to spend a few days with us.  The kids were so excited to have a sleepover with Tweety!  She is so good to them.  They spent almost all evening outside playing ball, tag, and other games.  It was funny to see how many neighborhood kids came out of the woodwork to play with her :)

The next day we decided to do a few of the free things we could do with the kids' report cards.  We went to Chuck E. Cheese and then went to Krispie Kreme for donuts.  After that we met up with grandma for Hailey's soccer game.

Spring Break- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday

On Wednesday, we spent most of the day playing at grandma and grandpa's house.  Ashlyn made a special April fool's mystery dinner for all of the kids.  She did a great job!  Here are all of the kids eating their "dirt."

 That afternoon we went swimming at the South Jordan pool.  It is a really fun pool.  I love that even Ashlyn can touch everywhere in the pool!  She was even able to go down the big waterside by herself.

 Here are the girls relaxing after a tiring day of fun!

 On Thursday we headed down to Lehi.  First, we went to Trafalga.  We did mini bowling, arcade games, the rock wall, laser tag, rides, and the play place.  Have I  said how much I love the pass of all passes? 

 After Trafalga, we went on a picnic to Neptune park.  It was kind of cold and pretty crowded, but we still had fun.

That night we headed home to hang out with Baylen.  On Friday, we went to Golden Corral.  The kids sure love that place!  We sure had a great spring break.  It was a lot of fun spending so much time with the cousins and grandma!

Saturday and Sunday were General Conference.  We all look forward to General Conference at our house.  The kids love our traditions like sticky buns, bingo, and lots of candy and prizes.  We also did a few new things.  Grandma was sweet to provide us with these fun pictures that the kids punched out.

 We also played tick tac toe when the different general authorities spoke.

The kids did amazing at listening to the speakers.  I love that they always wonder why their friends would want to play outside during conference.  I'm glad that they love it so much!  I keep thinking that one of these days they will announce a temple in West Kaysville.  However, it didn't happen at this conference :)

Spring Break- Monday and Tuesday

Baylen had to work a portion of our spring break this year so we weren't able to travel.  But, that didn't stop us from having a good time right around home.  We kept very busy having fun!

Baylen had Monday off, so we decided to use some movie passes we had to go see Oz.  It was a really good movie that all of the kids enjoyed!

Baylen had to work Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.  So, the kids and I headed down to South Jordan for a mini vacation with grandma and the cousins.  On Tuesday we hit Ikea with grandma, Bailey, and Emily for lunch (kids eat free on Tuesdays).  After lunch, we all met Cherice and her kids at Hollywood Connection.  We were able to do the rides, miniature golf, and skating for free with our pass of all passes.  We spent all afternoon there and had a great time!

That night we got pizza, played outside for awhile, made cotton candy, and watched Wreck it Ralph.