Today at Cub Scouts, Cooper made a buddy burner. He was so excited and said they cooked nachos on it. He so wanted to cook dinner on it, so we went and bought polish sausages for dinner. The kids were thrilled about cooking it on a can. They turned out great and Coop had a big grin on his face.
Tonight we decorated the Easter Eggs. Grace and Miles joined us and fun was had by all...there were a few disagreements as to whose egg was in which cup, but overall, it was "egg-celent!" My counter even looked like a dyed Easter egg at the end. (Cooper gave up on the spoon and went straight for the hands. Notice his hand in the cup in the above picture.
James
I asked Maggie to smile for me and this is what she gave me.
Cooper and Dayson--a friend of Miles'
Maggie and James (Aunt Linda's grandson)
Allie and Cole exchanging Candy.
Tate, Maggie, Cole, Allie, and Cooper
Lance and Teresa always host an Easter Hunt--but it is the opposite of regular ones. The kids put the candy in others' baskets. It is a fun way to do it and makes the kids find others to reward and serve. We helped put all of the candy out in the pasture, because they needed some help. They even had some new chicks that the kids thought were great. Maggie is still sugar-free, so she was really into helping James and Cole. It was a fun morning.
Winegar's, our local supermarket, always has kids' coloring contests. Our kids love to color and participate. Maggie has won a couple times, but lately Allie has been winning. (Alas, poor Cooper has not won a coloring contest...but he keeps trying.) Allie won the Superbowl contest and now she won the Easter one. This was her prize. She screamed when they called.
On Wednesday, April 4th, the kids and I went swimming with Aunt Stacy, Makayla, Alicia, and Cade. They dove for torpedos, played all sorts of games, and in the end, we all looked like shriveled prunes. That night Makayla and Alicia stayed the night. (I forgot my camera for this activity.)
Our hotel we stayed at. (I forgot the camera when we were swimming.)
Lots of fun fountains, pools, and creeks at City Creek Center.
The girls weren't as adventurous as Cooper--they stayed on the outside of the fountain.
Cooper trying to beat the fountain.
Inside the Conference Center--even the fabric on the seats has acoustic qualities.
On top the Convention Center--the high-rise to the right of the temple are $1 million apartments.
Where the brides stand.
We took the kids to Salt Lake on a mini-trip. We stayed at the Pavillion Hotel, went swimming in the nice, warm pool, and watched "The Muppets" in our room--on the laptop and not the 42" tv in the room. I forgot the cables to the portable dvd player. The next day, we ate breakfast at the hotel and then we went downtown and to the new City Creek Mall--with real trout in the stream that Cooper wanted to fish for, Temple Square, the Convention Center--over 1 million square feet with 6 acres of gardens on the rooftop, the Beehive House--Brigham had over 56 wives and 57 children, and lots of other stuff inbetween. We had a wonderful family day.
