Traditional Easter hike.

Every year for the past several years we have enjoyed a family hike on either the Friday or Saturday before Easter Sunday. Today my parents joined us and we hiked in the Superstions. It was so pretty!

Good Friday cookie baking

As our kids get older, we are moving away from some of our long standing traditions as they aren't totally age appropriate anymore- our kids are growing up! So when asking our kids what we could do for something special on Good Friday, they wanted to make cookies from scratch. Well, two of them wanted to make cookies, the oldest one was only interested in eating them. So we gathered supplies, bought a new rolling pin and cooling racks and off to the kitchen we headed. We had so much fun! Here is a preview of our cookie baking day. The pictures at the very end are of Anna dyeing Easter eggs. She was the only one interested in this activity but she still had fun with it. And we enjoyed eating some of those pretty eggs on today's hike, another long standing tradition that we can enjoy for years to come!

iPhone photos from Feb. thru April

Here are some photos from the past few months. 

This is what he thinks of school on some days.  

Mom and son selfie 

Taking these fun people out to dinner before heading to worship night at church.

Annagrace giving her science fair presentation to her class.  

Seeing him read brings pure joy to my heart.  

Our new spool table, LOVE it. 

The kids have been having a blast playing in the warmer weather, spring is upon us!

Spring cleaning us underway!

Having a good hair day, got to document it!

Best buddies, these two. 

Pepper doesn't enjoy our new high top table, makes it hard to beg for table scraps. 

This is what happens when Anna sings "Let it Go!" over and over and over and over again. 

 Camden helped me reupholster our chairs. 

Some days we do school on the run. 

Jadon at his friends birthday party. 

Annagrace is so excited to have been accepted into Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies. 

Loving my new bird feeder. 

One of our families favorite meals. 

Anna has put me in charge of babysitting her Teddy on several occasions. :)

Camden is now officially as tall as me. And Anna is a great photo bomber. 

Our old man. 

I have spent two years leading these girls in lifegroup, they are such gems. They will be heading off to high school in the Fall. 

Tater Tot taco casserole is the best!!!!!

We repainted our bathrooms, we love how they turned out. 

The master bathroom. 

Another view of the main bathroom. 

Love the morning sun in our backyard. 

Anna's teddy needed a bath so here he is sunbathing. 

Our little bookworm. 

Lazy weekend, we so needed one. :)