April 2012

We went to St. George to celebrate Easter. Since Easter was before the tax deadline, it meant Mike had to stay home and work, so the boys and I went down with Rebecca, Mariah and Nick. Rebecca was really nice and drove down with me and stayed at the condo with the boys and I. Mariah and Nick stayed over at the Barker's place. We all went down Thursday night. Friday, everyone went on a bike ride in the morning and so the boys and I ran a few errands and went to the park. We did a little shopping after they got back and went to dinner at the Pizza Factory, where Mariah and Nick treated. (It was sure nice of them.) Saturday, we went to an Easter Egg Hunt at the park. It was over in about two minutes, but it was fun. Owen was pulling a little tantrum right when it started, so he was only able to pick up 1 piece of taffy. He didn't seem to care, plus Caleb shared some of his candy with him, so he was fine. Later that morning, everyone decided to go on another ride, this time Rebecca stayed back with the boys while I went. It was about 18 miles up to Kayenta. It was an absolutely gorgeous ride, reminds me again why I love St. George so much. We went to the park again and Mariah watched the boys while Nick played Pickle Ball against Rebecca and I. (If you've never played Pickle Ball it is really fun, like tennis but easier.) Anyway, Nick won every time, except the game Rebecca played against me and then Rebecca won. :-) We ate Cafe Rio for dinner and played card games.
On Sunday we went to church. The talks were on the Savior and the Spirit was so strong. I'm grateful for my Savior and the wonderful Plan of Salvation and that we can celebrate his resurrection at Easter. We drove home that afternoon and the evening was spent at the Slade's house with a yummy dinner and all the cousins. All the adults sat around after dinner and played Catch Phrase there were a lot of "high fives" going around and we had a great time together.
The weather was really nice during the month, so that meant we could bike ride our little hearts out. We usually went once or twice during the week and rode 15-18 miles and then on Saturday we would ride a longer ride and ride about 30 miles.
Mike worked hard and finished up the tax season. He usually was working until about 9, which wasn't great, but not too bad either, considering past jobs he's worked until 11 just to get back up and be at the office at 7.
We went to my dad and Kim's house one Sunday for dinner and it was delicious. Whenever the boys would get down from eating at the counter my dad would make sure to wipe there hands and faces off every time. Kim and my Dad also tended the boys a couple of times for me. Kim tried to take the boys to the movie by herself, she said Caleb did great and would have probably sat and watched the whole movie, but Owen just wanted to run around. Another time, they each took a boy and ran errands with them. My dad and Owen pulled weeds at his house and then to In N Out burger for lunch where he ate a whole hamburger and half a fry. It sure is nice of them to take the boys and spend time with them. 
Owen and Caleb stayed busy with preschool, play dates and going to the park. They have become obsessed with chu-chu's (trains) and they love watching the movie, "The Little Engine That Could".
At the end of the month we got together with some of our 'old' neighborhood friends for a game night. It was a lot of fun to see and talk to everyone from the street (Ashland Rose Dr) and play games. Mike got a rousing game of Risk going with some of the guys, that lasted most of the night, while the rest of us played Telestrations (super fun game) and Ticket to Ride. Luckily Mike was the third person out, so we didn't have to wait around for the game to finish. We stayed until about 11 and I was amazed at how well the boys did. They just played the whole night and went right to bed when we got home.