Date Night with the kids

For family night last week we decided to take our kids out on dates. I took Delaney (& Crew) and Trent took Kai. I think I reminded Trent like 3 times to TAKE PICTURES while on their date. Boy did he show me up. I think I spent so much time worrying about the pictures from their date that I forgot to take any good ones on ours!

The boys went to Maze Craze for their date and did laser tag, a mirror maze, and some laser mission.

 Afterward they walked over to Barnes and Noble to look at books and get a Cheesecake Factory Cake.

Peeking out of the dressing room at Justice

Delaney and I went shopping. She ended up with a new swimsuit, a pair of fake glasses (apparently those are cool in 3rd grade) and a fun little coin purse. Afterward we went and got smoothies.

I thought she'd want to do something more fun, but this was her dream date: Shopping & Smoothies

with our peach & strawberry smoothies

It was so much fun spending one on one time with the kids. I know that they loved it too! I think this will be something we do on a more regular basis.

Easter

This was an interesting Easter Sunday. Trent decided along with his Bishopric to go ahead and hold an early meeting before church because they hadn't met in a while with General Conference being the week or so before. That left me on duty to get the kids to church by 9 on my own like I normally do on Sunday... with the additional job having our Easter Egg hunt to see what the good bunny left us. Did I mention I did all that with 3 kids and arrived at church before 9??? Just checking.

Lovin' the fake smiles
 

One of the things I failed to do before 9 was get a decent Easter picture of the kids:

1st attempt: Kai is eating

2nd attempt: more fake smiles

3rd attempt: more interested in the neighbors

And we're DONE!

Hope you had a great Easter!

What we're up to...

Gosh it's been awhile... I really want to get back into the swing of it with blogging, but for now I need to play catch up. Here's what the Church Family has been up to:

Delaney was asked to attend the Shamrock Invitational- her first gymnastics meet. She did wonderful! 

1st Place Overall in her division

She LOVES 3rd grade, loves her friends and is a great big sister. I am so thankful that she was born first in our family!! I can pretty much guarantee that at some point during church Crew will get rowdy and I will have to step out into the hall. I can also guarantee that Delaney will be reverent, act like Kai's mom by telling him to be quiet, and will clean up all the stuff out of our church bag by the time I come back in. 

Kai started his second season of soccer recently. He is doing significantly better this time at listening to the coach and being where he is supposed to be. He is older now, but still the smallest on his team. Every one always comments on his killer smile and dimples and I just say "I know. It saves his life every day."

I'm also happy to report that Kai is doing well in kindergarten. His teacher tells me that all the kids really like him and that if he does get in trouble it's because he's trying to make them laugh. Hmmm... sounds like his father's son.

And guess what this little man is up to...

That's right. I can barely believe my baby is 2!! He is growing up way to fast, but he has us cracking up every day which is the fun part about this age. He is OBSESSED with sports. I have to make sure I'm on time at church because our ward is huge and if we are late we have to sit in the overflow where the basketball hoop is. He will shout "SHOOT the ball!" over and over again.

He counts to 10, knows his body parts, sings "twinkle twinkle little star" "I am a child of God" and "Happy Birthday to you." He calls fruit snacks "naks". He wants to go outside 24/7. He loves his binkie and blanket and doesn't want one without the other. He is super affectionate and snuggly. He takes a 2-3 hour nap and says "night night mama" when I lay him down. He has a temper and will stomp one foot if necessary. 

Trent is the busiest man on the planet right now. He works 12 hour days M-F and puts in about 7 more hours on Saturday on top of being the Bishop of our ward. He is a good husband and daddy though. He loves his family and makes sure to give us focused time when he is home. The best part is that he makes sure to take me on a date once a week.

I have loved staying at home with Crew during the day, doing play dates and getting to go on field trips or volunteer at Delaney and Kai's school. My nights are busy with running kids to and from practice,  date night, girls night, or work.

Life is great. When we focus on our family, things just go smoothly.