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 The children wanted to do something special for our rabbit's first Easter. I asked my creative friend, Katie, what she thought and we ended up having a photo shoot at her house with Marshmallow as the star photo prop.  He did great!  I was so worried he would do something in an agitated state like bite their two month old baby girl, but all was well!  Here are my 4 favorites.  I am grateful to Scott & Katie for helping me make this happen.  We were so busy on Easter Sunday it was nice to not have to worry about buying matching outfits or taking pictures. In the morning the children were greeted with Easter baskets and an indoor Easter egg hunt.  The girls were totally in love with their $1 sunglasses.  Danny, on the other hand, was super excited he got Tic Tacs instead of hair clips.  lol. After church we baked a cake for dessert.  Little did they know that later I would make them sing an Easter song to my paren...

My sweetheart 6-year-old daughter changed the theme of her birthday party from Doc McStuffins to Star Wars so the boys she wanted to invite could have a good time too.  She wanted to invite her entire kindergarten class, but I convinced her to par down.  We had 7 guests, most of whom had never been to our house before.  Her kindergarten class, her primary class, and her GS troop all had representatives.  Her amazing primary teachers, Brother & Sister Brady, even came late for cake and gave her a card and gift.  She was more than happy to give them big hugs.  Her friends seemed to have a great time and gave her such wonderful presents.  She was in heaven.  I am so happy to see such an angelic girl have such a good time celebrating her birthday with friends.   The next day my parents came over for a special birthday dinner.  M picked out drumsticks to eat and got to tell them all about her Star Wars party and receive even more present...

 We love a little green in the last part of winter.  Although our leprechaun trap was quite good this year, the little guy managed to escape, pee in our toilet, and led us on a scavenger hunt to find candy of gold (aka Rolos).  The next week the children had a snow day after 15" dropped down and the wind blew.  We made sure to wait until after lunch to attempt the sledding hill this time, but still got a bit bogged down.     A day later it was sunny & 50* so we played in the snow -- K even just had short sleeves on.  It was a glorious way to spend time after school.  We got oven more snow a few days later and our neighborhood Easter egg hunt was postponed until April. M & K each got a ski day with Dad in March and he reported they did great and had lots of fun.  I'm so happy to have a husband who takes my kids skiing one-on-one.  He is just the perfect husband for me!  One last thing: the 2016 Tour of Nati...

We got to attend 3 choir concerts this month -- K, 1st, and 2nd grade.  K & D were dutiful and looked bored to tears but M looked like she was having the time of her life.  K & D's were on the same night and we celebrated with St. Patrick's Day jello afterwards.  After M's concert they convinced us to go to TCBY since I hadn't made a special dessert for that night yet.  Our children were begging to go hiking again so we spent a chilly but neat afternoon in the foothills before feeding the missionaries for dinner.  We are so excited to go camping again this summer.  This two-year-old loooooves her siblings.  She is so happy when it is time to pick K & D & M up from school.  She often insists K carry her for a little while after they greet one another.  The weather was also warm enough to try the rabbit on a leash.  It was unsuccessful but provided the neighborhood kids with some entertainment. ...

In compensation for parent teacher conferences, my kids had an extra Friday off school in February.  Per our neighbor's recommendation, I took them to the chocolate exhibit in Denver while husband was at work.  We had a blast.  K had gotten sick on the DM of N&S so I had promised her we wouldn't go again for a long time.  We didn't, but hearing about this exhibit made us all want to return.  It was a great day and sooo easy to be there with my 4.  They were super and all we did was have a good time.  Made me even more excited for spring break with my kiddos!