Just trying to catch up with a few fun things the kids have been up to. This was Beth's field trip to Snow Canyon. It was great, the kids learned about different desert animals and then they got to take a fun hike. Simpson and I were both able to go on the trip with them.

water park

Well today we went to our first water park of the year. I expect there will be many more water park days in the coming months. Last year Dennis refused to play in the water at the parks, you can see in the pictures he was not so reserved this time around. This was Quintin's first trip since he was an infant. I think he is enjoying it much more this year too.

update

I know it's been a while since my last post so I thought I would try to update a little bit. We are all doing well. Beth and Nick are in soccer and loving it....well Nick is LOVING it and Beth likes it enough to keep doing it. :) Nick is so competative. he loves any opportunity to "Win" at something even if they don't keep score during the games, he knows exactly how many goals each team has at the end.

Easter was fun. we colored eggs, then on Sunday we went to Robin's house and had an easter egg hunt with some of Tana and James's family. In the pictures each of the kids are holding their favorite egg that they colored. You can see also that we didn't use that little metal tool that comes with the egg coloring kit to put the eggs in the dye and to take them out. there were lots of kids and LOTS of eggs. Good thing Robin had so many eggs available for us to use. Some of you might be shocked by this next bit of news, but the easter bunny litterally came to Robin's house while the kids were looking for the eggs. It was fun. Dennis and Quintin werent too thrilled about it, but I thought it was cute that Beau did that. he is a great Uncle and cousin!!! the kids love him.

Dennis turned 3 this month. can't believe it. I was just looking at him the other day and it seems like he has grown several inches in the past few weeks. he is really growing up. He loves Transformers (especially bumblee) so I attempted a cake that at least had a transformer on top of it. It worked for the 3 year old...he loved it

Quintin is almost walking. He is getting confident to let go of things and start walking and actually he can stand up without holding onto anything. should be running in a few days.

I've spent the last few days at a training about domestic violence. Not the most exciting topic, but it was a really good training. I sure appreciate everyone who helped me with the kids so I could attend. It is challenging being on my own while simpson is at work, I am so appreciative of the support my family and friends give so freely.

First tooth finally out

Nick finally lost his first tooth this week. He has been SOOOO excited.

More spring break fun

well here are a few more pics of some fun things we are doing here in beautiful St. George. we had so much fun flying kites with Ricqui and Beau. harpo even got in on the action. Also it was a fun family day by the river. It always cracks me up how fun it is for the kids to just to throw things into the water and watch it float away.

these two crack me up.

Spring Break

Today was the first "nice" day of spring break. We were finally able to get out of the house and do something fun. We decided to go for a hike in the Redcliff Reserve Recreation area. It was a beautiful day, a bit chilly (only about 55 degrees) but we decided to go anyway. the kids had fun running and exploring. Also Maile came with us, she loves to run on the trail with Bethany and Nick. Some guys on horseback passed us at one point and she kind of went crazy barking at them, but other than that she did great. There was still some mud on the trail in some places, we had to retrieve several shoes along the way. quite an adventurous day.