Raising A Reader

Landon got a really cool inventions book for Easter. We were in the car for a short road trip and he decided to bring it. He has been looking at it and skipping around in the pages just reading it. We also like to sit down with him and read it. I can be found laying around the house with my nose in a book quite often and the kids are really used to seeing that.

So anyways we were in the car and he had his book in his lap and said:

"I am going to start at the beginning and read every page just like you do mom."

That brings the biggest smile to my face. I hope all of my kids inherit my love of reading good books.

A Little Late??

Marcus and I finally bought a cell phone. I finally broke down and wanted one. Haven't ever had one before. Marcus did have one at his last job, which was nice. I finally decided if we were going to be traveling a lot and boating all summer long that I wanted one. So we got a prepaid one. Pretty excited. Okay so we are about ten years late on this but oh well.

Easter

Alissa and Benjamin


More Grandkids


Landon and Gabby


Kylie


All the baskets lined in a row and Grandma and Grandpa Simons' house


Landon and Kylie checking out what they got.


Landon loves his new book


Kylie is excited to play with her new book.


Doesn't Tannen look thrilled?

We had a great Easter. We have the Easter bunny come early on Friday night. We got to spend the night at Grandma and Grandpa Simons' house and got to play with cousins Joshua, Adam, Mason and Aubrey. They had a fabulous time. As always there was chocolate hidden through out the house in the morning, and everyone had a great time looking for it. After presents Grandma made a great breakfast. I think that was the only thing my kids ate that was nutritious (maybe a roll at dinner).

After breakfast we headed over to Grandpa David and Grandma Vernae's house. We had more cousins to play with Benjamin, Naomi, Gabby, Gavin, Abby, Aleah, Ryan, Clayton, Corinne, and Alissa. Plus Great Grandma and Grandpa Woodbury were there as well. We had an Easter egg hunt with all the kids. The kids got to play for a while and then we headed on over to Rochelle's house. We had our traditional Easter dinner, Ham and Potatos. Plus we had Oreo Treat and Cheesecake for dessert - My mom and Justin's birthday request. The kids got to hang out and play some more. Then by the end of Saturday my kids ended up getting sick so we headed on home.

On Easter Sunday it was pretty low key. Marcus stayed home with the kids from Church. I went and really enjoyed the quite time in Sacrament Meeting. Then I was a sub for Sunbeams. They are so cute. For the rest of the day we just hung out.

Easter Egg Hunt

Measuring Up

Landon loves to measure against me to see how tall he is. He has been doing this for a couple of years and I think he started around my belly button. A few days ago he wanted to measure. After placing my hand to where the top of his head landed he stepped back and said "Look I'm as tall as your milk."