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i swear the temperature has not been fair lately....we had family come visit a week and a half ago and it rained ALL DAY SATURDAY.

believe you me, we still went to Dixie Rock for hiking regardless of the rain!!  Ruby is acting like she is going to die-(she is the hunched over one in the black), it wasn't THAT cold but it was pretty chilly for St. George.

Brystun (my nephew) was Liam's little hiking buddy...Liam was in high heaven. hiking really is his thing...can that be a high school sport? :)

of course these two cousins love to be together, this is how i found them the first night.  they started out on the floor in sleeping bags.!  hilarious. 
i didn't get any other pictures with our guests, but we went to 'anti-gravity' after lunch on Saturday, since it was RAINING ALL day.  Lo and behold, Sawyer (my little nephew) breaks his arm there!  Poor trip for Ryan and Jaimi!  I am so sorry guys-
crappy weather + a broken bone=i want to scream! ha!
 please come again and re-try, i swear to make it up to you....

and then not a day after they left...it heated right back up again! 
this is Charlie's FAVORITE past time lately.{it's our man made sand box} and luckily we have our trampoline acting for a shade tree:)  it's perfect.  Charlie could stay out here for days.........

our roses in the front...we didn't get to enjoy these last year because we moved here in the summer.  they are so pretty!

Ruby's teacher appreciation gift. thank you pinterest! 
 although 20 other mommies probably put together the same gift!  ha!

Charlie on the 'train' at the {KITE FESTIVAL}.  it was NINETY degrees on this Saturday!  In April!!!  What the?!

yes, i had to ride with him...., it was bonding for us.

trying to find some shade, and trying out the kite...

cutest thing ever- watching your daughter run with her kite as she glances back every couple steps to watch it fly.
love it.

after the festival... in 90 degrees, in April...what do you do?  get wet!  and eat macaroni! 
and yesterday {monday} it got up to 97 degrees, so no, this was not the hottest day so far, we almost hit 100....in APRIL.
talk about zero to sixty!

e.a.s.t.e.r. spells...

the Sunday before Easter...we were going to be out of town for Easter...
so they dressed in their clothes the week prior..

Charlie, the mini-man, in this picture.

a we had an Easter hunt and lesson for FHE
on the Monday before Easter with some friends...

Ricki, Teresa and I

The weekend of Easter, Megan and Trevor came into town to go camping.  We met up with them at their campsite near Zions for some hot dogs; oh and marsh mellows:)

Ruby's so sad in this picture because I had just told her she was NOT sleeping over with her cousins...poor thing.

Ruby had no school Friday and Monday the weekend of Easter so we headed up north on Friday afternoon.
{Coloring eggs with cousins}
it was not, easy believe, me with all these cups of colored water and 5 small, eager children
who are very independent and wanted to do it all on their own!

Charlie was crazy over these eggs, he decorated more than the others combined.!

the not so calm before the storm...
my dad corralling the kids before they 'release the Crackin!' 

notice all the moms in the reflection with their cameras...

a curious find ..
...hot dog among the candy?..
(it was dropped off a platter just 30 min earlier, so still pretty fresh)

this basket looks totally normal to Charlie...he is a hot dog maniac.

so exciting...he was saying "wooowww.."

all the loot.........after its found, it all needs to be organized so the kids get a fair load...
my Mom is a very fair
Grandma and Easter Bunny.

Oh, brothers...
get along so well,
yet can fight like cats and dogs...

{the real Easter morn}
We played Easter Bunny on Sunday, leaving baskets by their beds.
In the future I am going to keep it all on Saturday and
leave Sunday to the real reason, focusing on just that.

{i love spring!}