Easter in St. George!

This year we spent Easter/spring break in St. George. It was so much fun to get away and enjoy some nice weather. My parents, along with my sister and her family joined us. We had a great time. Darin wasn't able to take off work the entire time, so he met us down there on Fri. evening. We missed him....and he definetly missed some of the excitement....I guess that is what you call it. On Fri. we decided to take the kids to this park that has a splash pad and a fun little river. We set our stuff down, and I took the next couple of pictures....Myah and Grady just enjoyed sittin in the sun...

Myah as usual enjoyed chewing on her shoe.

We had only been there long enough to put on sun screen when Camden told me he needed to use the restroom. I asked Carter if he wanted to come, but he was already having to much fun (I never got a picture of him, but if you want to see his excitement check out this picture.) Anyway, we went to the bathroom, waited in line for about 5 min. and when we got back, my brother-in-law was holding Carter and Lesli looked about as pale as a ghost. When I asked them what happened, they told me Carter slipped and hit his head, got up, walked a little and passed out and hit his head again. By the time Lesli was over to him he was blue and unconscious. It only took him a minute to come to, but it was long enough to give everyone around him a good scare. Unfortunately Carter has a reputation for holding his breath when he gets hurt and this isn't the first time it has happened. A couple of years ago was the first incident, and it scared us so bad the ambulance ended up coming and we headed to the ER for tests. (If anyone else has breath holders out their you know how scary it looks!) Anyway to make a long story short, we ended up in the ER for about 3 hours getting a cat scan just to make sure it was him holding his breath and not trauma to his brain. He was fine....but that splash pad turned out to be much more expensive than a free day at the park! One good thing...Darin was so worried he took off from work early and we were able to be with him that evening earlier than we expected!

This year we decided we would try inviting the Easter bunny to visit us on Fri. night instead of Sat. so that on Sun. we could focus more on the real meaning of Easter. I loved it! I think that will be our new way of doing things. We went Easter crazy on Sat. however and did all of the fun things you can do on Easter...

Camden was excited that the Easter bunny found us, even though we weren't at home!

Carter was thrilled as well!

And what girl wouldn't be thrilled with a new pair of pink shoes?

After we looked at all the fun things the Easter bunny brought and ate lots of candy.....we headed off to what we thought was another Easter egg hunt at the golf course by my parents condo. Well it turned out to be more of a candy toss.....just tons of candy all over the driving range and the kids had to run as fast as they could to pick it all up. The weather was not very cooperative, but the boys didn't seem to mind!

Camden was thrilled with his loot of candy!

Carter also has a sweet tooth like you wouldn't believe....you would never guess that he was my son :-)!

Camden, Carter and Clara.

Ok, so I didn't really care to have my kids pose with this sad excuse for an Easter bunny, but I had to get a picture! Isn't it the creepiest thing you have ever seen!!! I am surprised more kids didn't leave screaming!

After eating a few pounds of candy, we decided we needed some exercise. Since the weather was bad we headed for the indoor pool. Carter said he will go swimming still, but maybe no more splash pads for him!

Myah loved the fountains, she loved the pool, I think she will be our water baby!

I don't want to go home!

Easter Sun.

Easter was a beautiful day! We headed to church in our fancy duds, and Darin and I walked back a little later than the kids. When we got home Camden was already changed and I couldn't convince him to go and get dressed up for pictures. So I got a few of him in just his play clothes....he still looks pretty handsome...

Carter on the other hand LOVES to stay in his church clothes on Sun. So here are some fun shots of him.

Myah and Grady. Aren't they cute! We've been asked if they were twins...would you believe that he is 4 months younger than Myah? I think he will be tall and Myah will be short, but if you look at their parents, that is no surprise!Myah is at such a fun stage, and I get a little photo happy with her. My boys just don't think it is much fun to have their pictures taken anymore and Myah....well she just sits there! (By the way, no I didn't make Myah's dress, but a friend of mine did...isn't it cute! You can check our her darling dresses at jennijackson.com)

Carter LOVES his sister!

Clara Belle!

We had such a fun trip!!! We can't wait to go back!