Happy Easter!

 I love that Conference was on Easter this year! The kids have been very excited for conference. I'm grateful for those who prepared talks, and I'm grateful for the General Authorities. 

The kids are always so excited to find their Easter baskets, this year did not disappoint.

 The Easter Bunny brought them Beanie Boos! I think that was their favorite.

 These two...

 I'm so grateful for my family! I love them so much. I love my Savior Jesus Christ and I'm so grateful for his atoning sacrifice for me. Because of him I can be with my family forever. I'm so glad I have the gospel in my life, and the plan of salvation. I am so blessed.

 This face!

 We love that we get to spend our Holidays with our extended families. The kids are so close to their cousins, they are their best friends.  I love it!

 For some reason Bensen really likes this statue.

 It's not very often me and Mike get a picture together, so here is our selfie. I sure do LOVE this guy!

 The Borgstrom cousins with Grandma and Grandpa.

 Later in the day we headed over to the Baileys.

 Bensen got in on the fun and picked up, maybe 2 eggs. He liked seeing what was inside.

 These boys...oh my goodness.

 The Bailey cousins with Grandma and Grandpa.

Getting together with the family is the best and it is even better celebrating the resurrection of our Savior.  Happy Easter!

Jaycee's Second Grade Program

Jaycee has been working on her term project for several weeks, and it turned out so cute! They had to do an Animal Report, she picked a dolphin. She had to sculpt a dolphin out of clay, then write a report, type a report, and then put the dolphin in it's natural habitat. Then at school she had to do an oral report.

 She did great.

 The same night was her second grade program.  She was so nervous I had a hard time getting her up with the rest of her class. Lately she has been having some pretty bad anxieties. This day one definitely manifested.

 The important thing is she did it. She didn't let the fear control her.  And she tried her best to look happy even though she was very scared. She really is amazing.

 It was really cute, they sang songs, each class had memorized a poem, and they had a little slide show.

I was really far away so I didn't get the best pictures. 

I can hardly believe that second grade is almost over. Time is going by way to fast! I sure love watching her grow!

Shenanigans

One night in February I was making dinner and accidentally knocked a big box of Nerds on the floor! Lucky for me this is one chore the kids were excited to help me with.

 Wesley thinks we should do this every week!

 This was Bensen's first taste of Nerds...Yum!

 I think Bensen was just shocked that I was letting him eat things off the floor.

 I think I have posted pictures of Wesley's food people before, here he is at it again.

We had some fun the other night right before bed, the kids were literally bouncing off the walls!

 Bensen has been working on blinking his eyes.

 He's getting pretty good at it.

 Bensen took his first bath in the kitchen sink.

 And he loved it! I liked it too, no bending down and getting all wet.  We might have to do this more often.

 Sunday night we had to take some picture because I did my hair straight! I really can't even remember the last time i did it straight.  It's been over a year at least.  Usually after I do it straight I chop it off because I can see how damaged it is.  It wasn't that bad this time.

 The kids love climbing on Mike.  He is such a good dad.

 Bensen was so tired, he wasn't really in the mood for pictures, but we made him anyway.

I sure love my family and I am so glad they are mine.  We have our moments, but I wouldn't trade them for anything!

Happy Valentines Day!

For Valentines Day we had a nice romantic dinner with the kids! They loved it.  Wesley wasn't feeling that well, but we gave him some medicine, so by dinner time he had perked up a little. The kids love getting heart pizza.  We tried out a new drink, 7up floats,  they were ok. The best part about them was the licorice straw!

We don't have a lot of family traditions, but this is one we have done for the last several years and the kids love it. Wesley loves having candle light dinners. Such and easy thing to do, and yet we hardly ever do it.

Mike did take me out on Friday, so we got to celebrate a day early. I sure love my family!

Hawaii! Part 2

The day after the Road to Hana was Sunday.  We woke up super early to go see the sunrise on top of a volcano, Haleakala. 

 It was super cold and windy, but very majestic.

 Me and my dad had tried to catch the sunset almost ever night we were there.  We finally caught it this night.

 Jaime and Matt came this time so they saw it on their first try.

 While on the beach we came across an awesome sea turtle.

On Monday we went back to mile marker 14 and did some more snorkeling.  

I didn't last very long, the water was pretty murky and I started panicking! So I watched the crabs for a while. They sure are funny little things.

  Then we drove to a National Park, Ioa Valley.  We found some Sassafras, when you pull the it out by the roots, the roots smell like rootbeer! Pretty neat.

 We hiked up to the needle, we walked around the botanical gardens. Hawaii really is a beautiful place.

The next day we pretty much just shopped for souvenirs for our families. I also found some more flowers for Jaycee.

 Me and my dads flight left at 7 pm and we arrived home at 7 in the am! 

Mike and the kids came and picked us up from the airport. The kids had made me some awesome welcome home signs! It sure is nice to be home!