Big Girl Bed

The last few months Rachel has been sleeping HORRIBLE. Sometimes waking up 4-5 times a night. She slept through the night since she was about 6 weeks old, so this is totally new for us.

Finally at my wits end, I moved her to the twin bed in her room. She slept good  that first night and she only woke up once. Since then she has been sleeping better. We have only been waking up one or sometimes two times a night. We have even had a few nights that she slept all the way through. The end goal is to get her sleeping through the night again.

She loves her bed as you can see, I have been trying to get her picture but she can’t sit still, so this will have to do.

We still have the crib up, but it will soon be coming down and then we can reorganize her room and get some of the toys out of the family room.

Easter Fun

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. We had a nice quiet Easter here at home. We colored eggs, found the eggs the bunny left hidden, went to church and had a nice dinner with my aunt and her son.

We missed being with all of our extended family, but did get a chance to talk to both sides and share a few minutes with them.

Here is our weekend in pictures. (warning- lots of pictures)

Rachel was to little last year to really enjoy the whole Easter Bunny experience. This year she totally got it and loved trying to find the eggs. Once she figured out they had chocolate in them, she kind of lost interest and just wanted to eat. Chocolate is her favorite food.

You would think now that the kids are getting older it would so easy to take a quick picture before church. Not so much. We did a few shots that are pretty good.

Zach’s Party

April was a really busy month and every weekend has something on it so Zachary was such good sport and celebrated his birthday with a few friends a week after his real birthday.

He got to pick 2 friends and go with Bob and the other boys to Stratum and play laser tag.

After they came back here for pizza, video games and just hanging out.

Here are a few pictures of the day.

For Sale

My parents have put their house on the market!!  Since my Mom’s stroke in January, life has changed dramatically for my parents.  One of the changes being made is to sell their house to get into something more accommodating for my Mom.  So, here it is:

Please feel free to forward this information to anyone you might know looking to move to the Sacramento, California area, please share the link below.

9948 Pleasant Grove School Rd, Elk Grove, 95624

Boxes

What is it with kids and boxes?

Bob got a new lawn mower, and Ethan and Rachel played with the box it came in together so well. They even watched a movie together in it.

Why can’t they play together that well all the time?

11 year old camp out

A few weeks ago Zachary had the chance to attend our Stake sponsored 11 Year Old Scout Campout.  It was held at the Riparian Preserve here in Gilbert.

He had lots of fun and it was his last activity with the 11 year olds. He turned 12 the next week.

Here are some pictures from the weekend.

Happy Birthday Zachary

I couldn’t let the day go by with out wishing Zachary a Happy 12th Birthday!!

We sure love you and are glad that you are a part of our family. You are so patient, loving, gentle, kind and caring to all those around you.

We are so excited for you to be a Deacon and receive the priesthood. And for all the new experiences that will come your way.

Happy Birthday!!

Conference Weekend

We really enjoyed General Conference this weekend. It was nice to have a weekend together as a family with no extra meetings and activities. It was also nice to be able to listen to the prophet and apostles speak.

Saturday we had to go out and also buy a new refrigerator as ours starting making really loud abnormal sounds. We also got a dishwasher too, since the inside of ours was falling apart.

Sunday we also continued our tradition of making donuts for breakfast. The kids look forward to this every conference.

Thanks to Ethan our lovely photographer of the morning.

Rachel was so cute during conference for a few minutes she actually sat still.

I found these really cute “paper dolls” of the First Presidency online and made them. So she sat and played them for just a few minutes, but she is only 2 so that was good.