King of the Jungle

At the end of second grade, the whole second grade put on a musical called "It's a Jungle Out There."  Liam was excited to tell us that he got the lead part, Leo the Lion, king of the jungle. He had to memorize lines and even had a solo to sing. I was so impressed- we didn't have to remind him to practice his lines- he did it all on his own and had each word memorized.  They did two performances of the musical and I was able to attend to both. He did so amazing both times! In fact, I really teared up when he sang his solo- he was perfect! He sang nice and loud and was very clear and put emotion and expression where it needed to be.  He truly was the king of the jungle!

GG and Grandpa-Great and Aunt Beth were able to make it to the performances as well.  Finn and Addy thought he was so cool in his costume! Finn couldn't stop staring. He was pretty cute!

A Princess

Grandma surprised Addy with her own custom made princess gown, in pink, of course, because it's her favorite color. :) And it even has sparkles. Addy thinks it's pretty special that her grandma turned her into a princess.

Party time!

We enjoyed having lots of family and friends coming over and celebrating Wes' success! Wes picked the menu and decided to smoke ribs. He did a killer job- they were delicious. I actually didn't get many photos of the celebration because we were having such a good time, but at least I got a few. We also headed over to Aunt Bethie's pool for a swim when Wes' family was in town. (Finn hated the pool that first time and spent the majority of the time screaming or sitting in a poolside chair with me)

Daddy Graduated!

We are so, so, so incredibly proud of Wes! He finally graduated with his bachelor's degree. He embarked on this journey 10 years ago when we got engaged.  He supported me and worked MANY hours of overtime to get me through nursing school.  The last couple of years it's been my turn to support him as he pursued his degree.  He worked so hard. It's not easy to obtain a bachelor's degree and in the middle of his schooling we got married, had three kids, bought a house, a couple cars, and I finished my degree. He obtained his degree in secondary education with an emphasis in English. He'll be student teaching this fall at Spanish Springs High School. Here are some photos from his big day!!






The kids weren't too entertained with the 90* weather and the 3 hour ceremony, so they entertained themselves. But you better bet when he walked across the stage we whooped and hollared like crazy!






























After the ceremony we all went to the Nugget buffet for a yummy lunch. It was also Chris' birthday so it was a fun way to celebrate. We didn't have Finn come to the ceremony because it would have been a little much for him. But he was definitely at the big BBQ celebration the next day. (that will be another post)


Again, I just can't so how proud of I am of my guy!  He's such an awesome example to our children of what you can accomplish with hard work and perseverance.

Happy Easter!

We had a jam packed, super fun Easter weekend! We kicked off the weekend Friday night by dying Easter Eggs with whipped cream. Sounds crazy, but it was fun, and tasty and made for some really pretty eggs! I think Finn loved it the most.














Saturday morning we went to the Egg hunt at the Yerington ward building. The kids had so much fun and Finn loved earning the art of egg hunting! The kids were so thrilled to see Corie too!












Saturday evening Nana and Papa did their annual egg hunt with the cousins! The kids had a BLAST this year. It was fun because we were able to hide the bigger kids' eggs harder this year.  They all helped eachother out and found some pretty awesome treats!





















Finn discovered Peeps. He loves them almost as much as Nana.





We then dyed some MORE eggs and took a really crazy bath!





Sunday morning the kids searched and searched and searched for their baskets. They finally found them. Addy's was hidden behind "that big guy" as she calls by giant bunny, although she wasn't too fond of having to search for her basket. Liam's was hiding behind his new towel on the coat rack. And Finn found his in his high chair.  We then went to a lovely Easter program at the Yerington ward.
 




















And our annual egg hunt was a little sad this year because Liam was too old to participate and wanted to stay home and work on his new legos and Finn was cranky and needed a nap. So Addy and the cousins were the only hunters this year.  BUT they had a blast seeing the Easter bunny and the firetruck and hunting for eggs of course. It was fun to see my high school friend Mallory and her sweet little girl, George!








 
We had such a lovely weekend celebrating with family. We couldn't ask for more.