Dreams

Camden has told me a few funny things lately about his dreams. I didn't think he would understand yet what a dream was- but apparently he does, because he keeps talking about it. He told me that he dreamed about a "Bee-U-tiful temple. It was sooo pretty and then a scary, black cow came. He was so scary! Then you came and you went through the spooky forest and you hit your head on a rock and you died. It was so sad. Then we took you to the church. You died." Hmmm.... not sure what I think about that one! How does he even know what dying means? And that you go to the church when you are dead? Maybe I should make sure I don't go into any spooky forests- just in case he knows something I don't. :)

Sports life

It is spring- and now our crazy life begins. That may explain the lack of posting. The boys are involved in lots of sports every spring. They love it. And I am glad they get to participate- but I get tired of having somewhere to rush off to EVERY night. I know it's great for them and I'm glad they like to be involved and stay active. I am always ready when the seasons end though. :) Dillon is playing Lacrosse for the first time. The games are all over the place. Sometimes I think we need to make a day trip out of it, because they are so far away. Logan is playing baseball and soccer. And- really all of his games are nearby, so it's not too bad. Love these boys that like to keep busy and active!

Easter pictures

You know a Dad loves his kids when....

You know a Dad loves his kids when.... he plans a trip for spring break, and it is the type of trip he despises, but knows it will make the kids happy. What a good guy! Matt planned to go to Minnesota to the Mall of America for spring break. Morgan and I went several years ago, and has talked about it every since. The boys have heard so much about it, that they have been dying to go to. There is a hotel with an indoor waterpark right next to the Mall of America. It claims to be the "biggest indoor waterpark in the USA."

The mall also has an amusement park that is huge. It is not just a ride or two. It has tons of rides. The little kid rides are all Dora/Swiper/Diego and Spongebob themed. Which is perfect for Camden, since he is the #1 Dora fan.

We hadn't told the kids that we were going anywhere. We woke them up at 3:30 am on Sat. morning, for a very early morning flight. Of course they were so excited- and none of them fell back asleep. I didn't really expect them to, since they don't sleep unless they are in a bed. I just hoped they would!
Driving to the airport in a blizzard. Way too early!

Anyway, we dropped our bags off at the hotel and went straight to the Mall, where the kids rode rides all day long. On Sunday, the hotel had a breakfast and pictures with the Easter bunny.

We had brought plastic eggs from home, and hid them in the room.

Doesn't she look ecstatic that I made her take a picture of the egg hunt? :)

Camden pointing out the eggs he sees. Love the drool on the chin. :)

The Easter bunny had also brought Easter baskets, and sent them on a treasure hunt for them. Afterwards, since it was Sunday, we just hung out in the room. By about 4:00 though- the kids were dying of boredom! We got some games from the front desk and played games, and took it easy the whole day. Then on Monday, we went to the water park all day long. The kids had such a great time! They loved all of the slides, and play areas. For dinner we went to the Rain Forest Cafe in the mall. On Tuesday, the kids wanted to go back to the amusement park, and we spent the majority of the day there, then swimming again that night.
Have you ever seen a kid having more fun on a ride?
Wed. we did the water park again, and spent a few hours in the mall before our flight left that night. The kids loved doing the mirror maze, and the ropes course as well.

The ropes course. Morgan, Dillon & Logan are all up there somewhere.
We shopped a little, but since none of the boys like to shop, (including Matt) we walked more than we shopped. The kids had so much fun! They are already saying things like, "Next time we go back, I want to ...." I think it may be a long time before we can convince Matt to go into another mall again, let alone the Mall of America. :) We had a great time spending time together as a family though!

Fondue

We decided to do a fondue dessert night with the kids. Lets just say they LOVED it. I think we need to have a few families over next time. There was so much left over- but it's safe to say, I think we will do this again.

I have no idea where Morgan was- she was here.

Scripture time funnies

We were reading in 2 Nephi 21:8 this week. It says, "And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’s den." Matt asked Logan if he understood what that meant. He said, "When the second coming is here, you can put your hand in a hole, and not get bit." Logan quickly chimes in, "I knew that! I was just testing to see if the second coming was here yet." Too funny!

Egg Drop

Dillon's class participated in an egg drop at the school. They had to take a raw egg and protect it from breaking, when dropped from the top of the school. They had lots of different rules, size, couldn't use tape on the egg, couldn't use any food products to cushion it, etc. I got to go watch the drops, and it was so much fun. They'd drop one at a time, and based on the sound of it, the whole crowd would ooh or ahhh.

I am happy to report that Dillon's egg survived the drop. Good job Dillon!

April Fools

I have a love/hate relationship with April Fools Day. I really don't love all of the pranks, but since my kids do, they expect them from me. I do "harmless pranks", and feel obligated to do that for them. However, every year, it seems that someone still gets upset, cries, etc. This year, I froze their cereal and juice in the freezer and then poured a layer of fresh stuff on them after they came out of the freezer.

I thought that was harmless enough, right? There were some tears. And then when Logan didn't have enough funny pranks to play on his friends, there were more tears. A friend lent him some crutches to use, and then there were tears from Dillon. He wanted the crutches. The boys had some fake parking tickets that they wanted to put on parked cars in the road. However, when they went out and realized there were no cars parked on the street there were more tears. I think I am done with these pranks! And please....remind me of that next year!