I have done lost my mind!!

or so they say...

I took all four kids and traveld to NC by myself to go to Garran's sisters sealing. 

I did not think it was to big of a deal, but a lot of people were worried about me.. which I can appreciate. I have so many pictures from the trip.. I am just going to comment on each one. Some are out of order or mix matched.. so be patient. 

When I was driving to Garran's sisters house, he asked me if I would go by his old house that they used to live in when he was growing up. So we did. 

 This was a side shot and back yard shot. The people that live there now really enjoy decorations. 

 This is the front. They also did not have those palm trees when he lived there either I guess. But none the less, I think he enjoyed seeing the pictures I sent. 

Of course while we were there, my kids got pampered by their older cousins. 

I love this next picture. All the girls were doing nails and Shaleigh was doing Aylas. Ayla was so worn out from playing with all the kiddos that she just feel right asleep in the middle of it. I was laughing so hard. 

 This girl can literally fall asleep anywhere. 

 Here is Miss Jadelyn doing Briea's nails. You know she was in heaven. She loves having her nails done. 

 Even grandma got her nails done by Brina. 

 Tessa making her nails beautiful. 

 Like I said, these jump around. So here is Kristi, Jadelyn, Alina, Kael, Briea and Piper after the sealing when we went out to eat. 

 Here I am, wishing Garran was with me and missing him, but getting ready to go in for the sealing. Yes the sun was in my eyes, hence the lovely look on my face. 

 My kiddos. I love the look on Cullan's face. Cracks me up every time. 

 Here is everyone after dinner. It was a BIG crowd. I think there was over 30 people.

 Garran's cousin Kristi and his mom. 

 Garran's sister Michaela, Britt and cousin Kristi. 

 Kael and Alaina trying to decide what they wanted to eat. 

 Grandma and Grandpa at the kids table :O)

 This might be one of my most favorite pictures from the weekend. I love LOVE LOVE  that my nephew Blaine is totally photo bombing this picture. I laugh every single time I look at it. 

 The kids on Easter Sunday. Can I just say how much I love spring colors!!

 Ayla or should I say "Rapunzel" as that is what she told her Aunts her name was before she passed out. 

 All of the younger kiddos getting ready for the easter egg hunt!! We had so many eggs it was ridiculous. But everyone got some and everyone was happy!

 We went to go and visit Garrans Grandparents and Aunt and cousin while we were there. It kind of felt like we were invading there house, just because there was so many of us. But it was a lot of fun. Everyone had a nice time and the kids had fun playing and running around. The top picture has me in it and the bottom one has Garran's aunt Theresa. We switched so that we could each be in one. 

Below is a picture of Britt and I getting ready to watch a "Cousins Production". I will post that next. It was AWESOME!!

 We decided that on our last night there it would be fun to cook out over the fire pit and roast hot dogs and do smores. The kids of course had a blast. 

 The kids were so tired afterwords that they just passed out. Poor Kael got a sunburn. I said it's because they never see the sun. It is cold 75% of they year where we are at LOL

Briea too. Passed out on the couch, right next to Kael. 

 As we were leaving town to go home I saw this....

 I thought it was cool to find a street with our last name, so I took a quick picture. 

 Of course while were were gone we skyped a lot with Garran. We were all so sad that he could not be there with us.

 Here were all the girls that were there from the family. 

Britt, Michaela, Joan, Jerusha, and Me!!

 My niece caught this lunar moth while we were there. It was so pretty. Looked like a mix between a butterfly and a leaf. 

 This picture was during our visit to Great Grandma and Grandpa's house. Cullan was trying on Great Grandma's gardening hat. 

 Poor Blaine. So tired, he feel asleep standing up. Just leaning on his mom. 

 Briea and Aunt Jerusha getting some snuggle time in. 

 More pics from Easter morning. 

 Not with all the cousins, but some. 

I put this picture in here because while we were at Garran's grandparents house everyone was commenting on this picture. This is Garran's Grandfather. Everyone kept remarking about how much Cullan resembled him. I will let you be the judge. 

It was a fun trip and so good to see everyone. 

Easter Party!

There is a group of moms that I go to church with that have just recently started getting together about once a month and letting our kids play and doing a themed party when there is a holiday. 

This time when we got together it was for Easter!

 Here is Ayla, playing in a house that is meant for a baby. She sat in it pretty much the whole time. She is so funny like that. 

 Look at that. I captured Cullan showing love. It's not that he does not love his siblings, but out of all our children he is the least touchy feely. I just love this picture for that reason. 

Last but not least.. .the party crowd. It is usually not this big. However it was spring break and all of the older siblings were in attendance as well. It was a lot of fun though. We had a very spring themed lunch and then did an easter egg hunt. The kids had a blast!!

Briea's Easter Message

I thought this was to cute not to post.

Happy Easter from Briea!!

what you have missed...

if we were a tv show, this is what you would have missed if you had not been watching in the last couple of weeks.

 april 9th, kael lost his second tooth. 

this time he did not swallow it, so he was pretty excited.

 Briea got a hair cut!! When the stylist asked what we were doing, Briea said "please make me look like rapunzel". i thought it was super cute. 

and here is a mini collage of some of our easter. Lots of fun and grandparents visiting to boot!!

Easter!!

this year for Easter i had all sorts of fun things planned. 

first off, my in laws were here to visit.

so we were pretty excited about that.

of course we decided to dye Easter eggs.

 Briea looks a little skeptical....

 Everyone was working hard on their eggs.

 Everyone doing their different egg colors. 

 Grandma G wanted to try something different.

 We also tried this tie dye machine.

 It looks cool, but not that great. It really just mixes all the colors together.

 Guess who's egg this is?? 

Hmmm... Who loves a handsome man with those initials!!

ME ME ME!!

 here are all our finished eggs. 

so pretty right!!

next was the hunt for the Easter baskets. 

this year i made them work for it.

i took streamers and started at the front door. then i streamed them all through the inside and outside of the  house. they had to follow the streamer to find their baskets. 

Like i said we started at the front door. 

then they went up stairs.

they had to go up one side of their bunk bed and down the other. 

then back down stairs. 

 then around the living room and through the kitchen.

 out through the garage...

 around the cars...

 and some trees...

 back up around the house...

 oppss. we needed some help from grandma!!

 around the back of the house and the satellite.

then back through the back door. 

 then woo hoo!! they found them in a trash can!!

Happy Easter!!!

Later that night we did a night time Easter Egg hunt.

We gave the kids each flash lights and threw the eggs out in the backyard. 

the kids had fun running around looking for eggs in the dark. 

I only got this one picture of Cullan. I was to busy chatting to take to many others. 

This was Sunday morning before church. 

and.....

Grandma, Grandpa, and the KIddos!!!

We were so happy that Garran's parents were able to come and visit. We enjoy their company and the kids love to see them. 

We are also so thankful for this time of year and for the reminder it is of the atonement and resurrection.

that knowledge brings us comfort and peace.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter.