First Church talks

Maddie had her first sacrament "youth" talk the very same day Ryder had his first primary talk.
Both of them spoke about Eternal Families. You can imagine Maddie's was a little longer than Ryders.
:) They both went well and both of them survived and did great jobs.

Maddie will hate this picture but she got her braces off yesterday! Look at that smile, definately worth the money. I can't believe she is in middle school. Her class officially moved into the middle school building a couple of weeks ago and she has - A LOCKER!

Ryder's preschool pic

Look how old he looks! He is in the 3 year old class in preschool , another year of preschool before he moves on to kindergarden. Where did my baby go? He still thinks I should carry him. At 47 lbs. that is pretty tough to do.

Ryder doing stretchs

Not really sure what was going on here.. Ryder kept hoping off the bike and doing this.
We aren't sure if he was doing a trick or if he was stretching. He was trying out a lot
of tricks on his motorcycle. He is almost too big for this motorcycle and his four
wheeler, but I am not sure if mom is ready for him to move up..
The tricks were scaring mom. What is Scott creating..?

Easter at the Sand Dunes

Trip to the Sand Dunes....

We left for the Sand Dunes on Wed. to avoid the crowds.. they still found us. We had a great little place all to ourselves. That might be Scott and Ryder's favorite thing to do. Go out in the RV. It was sunny and warmer than at home.
We hid some eggs there and Ryder had fun finding them and then turning around and hiding them from us.

The New Room

The new room is finally done. It isn't completely, obviously from the pics we need curtains, new furniture and speakers so we can get the old ones off the floor. But hey good enough for us to sit in there and enjoy and enjoy we do. We love the fireplace. Maddie packs all her homework in by the hearth. Ryder loves to snuggle and watch movies.