Friday: Spring Break begins the second I pick up Nathan from school! We wait for dad to get home, have dinner, and go for a family walk to Kohls and Albertsons. Come back and eat dessert: Strawberries, Kiwi, Blackberries and Bananas. Kids are tuckered out so we put them to bed and mom and dad watch a movie ...which eventually puts mom to sleep as well:).
Saturday: The boys and I head to our church building to meet dad who is up early playing basketball. It is our turn to clean! We head to Mammy and Papa's to play and take naps on the grass. The weather is beautiful! Dad sleeps and Nathan and Kendall have a hot game of "secret weapon" going on so Mammy and I don't interrupt. Instead we go on a power walk and head to a baby shower. A quick trip to Deseret Book, Target, and Sunflower after. Later that night the boys watch a new episode of Ben 10 and I head to the very "clean" stake center for a Young Women's broadcast.
Sunday: Early church...the BEST! Lunch and naps after. Justin goes to choir practice and the boys and I go to ....Mammy and Papas for a bar-b-que! We spend tons of time on the swing outside and Mammy and I take a small stroll down the streets of their neighborhood. The boys fish with their homemade fishing poles in the imaginary river and play a another game of secret weapon with dad and Papa. We finish the night up with a movie.
Monday: Spring cleaning! Justin heads off to work and the boys and I make the house sparkle! The table and chairs have been detailed and the boys make a huge nest out of a pile of clothes. A trip to Michaels for some last minute preparations for Nathan's birthday. We head off to meet the Gillelands for hamburgers and ice cream. Quiet time. Naps and a show. No bake cookies are made for FHE and a few loads of laundry done in between.
Tuesday: Cartoons and spring break breakfast! We head off to a dentist appointment for Nathan resulting in good news and a new tooth brush. Back home to back a yummy picnic lunch. Turkey sandwiches, cuties, bananas, chips, icy cold water, and no bake cookies. The next 4 hours are spent at Clement Park with some of our favorite families. Bikes are rode, mud is played in, soccer games, bubbles and the playground was used! We head home for some much needed quiet time. Naps and a surprise from Justin. Date night! We drop the boys off to Mammy and Papas for dinner and Justin takes me to see the Hunger Games. Super Target after...this girl is in Heaven!
Wednesday: Happy Birthday Nathan!!! Today you woke up to everything decorated green. We celebrated first off by having Nathan's favorite cereal...Trix and opening presents that were on the table. We got busy and decorated cupcakes, pick up the sub sandwiches and headed to another park! We stayed and played for another 4 hours!. I TRIED to learn how to ride a rip stick from Tay and Amy and all the kids played a giant soccer game at the ranch house field. We headed home to meet Joey for dinner and pirate cupcakes and headed off to JumpStreet, with Kendall in tow. We played for a couple of hours. I admired the energy of these small boys as they bounced off the walls and flew into the foam pit.
Thursday: CRASH! I realized when I couldn't do the "hill of death" on our morning walk that today would be a day for recovering. Back home and spent most of the morning on the couch with the boys. By noon we got it together and headed out to the park to meet some of our friends and one of the boys favorite babysitters. It was much needed therapy for me and was so relaxing and uplifting as we chatted on the picnic blanket. Home for more quiet time. Dinner: pot stickers and rice, kiwi, and graham crackers with milk. The perfect combination to get us ready to go watch dad's basketball game at the church. Lots of cheering and visiting. Dad's team won making it for a pleasant ride home. Kids to bed and hanging out for mom and dad.
Saturday: The boys and I head to our church building to meet dad who is up early playing basketball. It is our turn to clean! We head to Mammy and Papa's to play and take naps on the grass. The weather is beautiful! Dad sleeps and Nathan and Kendall have a hot game of "secret weapon" going on so Mammy and I don't interrupt. Instead we go on a power walk and head to a baby shower. A quick trip to Deseret Book, Target, and Sunflower after. Later that night the boys watch a new episode of Ben 10 and I head to the very "clean" stake center for a Young Women's broadcast.
Sunday: Early church...the BEST! Lunch and naps after. Justin goes to choir practice and the boys and I go to ....Mammy and Papas for a bar-b-que! We spend tons of time on the swing outside and Mammy and I take a small stroll down the streets of their neighborhood. The boys fish with their homemade fishing poles in the imaginary river and play a another game of secret weapon with dad and Papa. We finish the night up with a movie.
Monday: Spring cleaning! Justin heads off to work and the boys and I make the house sparkle! The table and chairs have been detailed and the boys make a huge nest out of a pile of clothes. A trip to Michaels for some last minute preparations for Nathan's birthday. We head off to meet the Gillelands for hamburgers and ice cream. Quiet time. Naps and a show. No bake cookies are made for FHE and a few loads of laundry done in between.
Tuesday: Cartoons and spring break breakfast! We head off to a dentist appointment for Nathan resulting in good news and a new tooth brush. Back home to back a yummy picnic lunch. Turkey sandwiches, cuties, bananas, chips, icy cold water, and no bake cookies. The next 4 hours are spent at Clement Park with some of our favorite families. Bikes are rode, mud is played in, soccer games, bubbles and the playground was used! We head home for some much needed quiet time. Naps and a surprise from Justin. Date night! We drop the boys off to Mammy and Papas for dinner and Justin takes me to see the Hunger Games. Super Target after...this girl is in Heaven!
Wednesday: Happy Birthday Nathan!!! Today you woke up to everything decorated green. We celebrated first off by having Nathan's favorite cereal...Trix and opening presents that were on the table. We got busy and decorated cupcakes, pick up the sub sandwiches and headed to another park! We stayed and played for another 4 hours!. I TRIED to learn how to ride a rip stick from Tay and Amy and all the kids played a giant soccer game at the ranch house field. We headed home to meet Joey for dinner and pirate cupcakes and headed off to JumpStreet, with Kendall in tow. We played for a couple of hours. I admired the energy of these small boys as they bounced off the walls and flew into the foam pit.
Thursday: CRASH! I realized when I couldn't do the "hill of death" on our morning walk that today would be a day for recovering. Back home and spent most of the morning on the couch with the boys. By noon we got it together and headed out to the park to meet some of our friends and one of the boys favorite babysitters. It was much needed therapy for me and was so relaxing and uplifting as we chatted on the picnic blanket. Home for more quiet time. Dinner: pot stickers and rice, kiwi, and graham crackers with milk. The perfect combination to get us ready to go watch dad's basketball game at the church. Lots of cheering and visiting. Dad's team won making it for a pleasant ride home. Kids to bed and hanging out for mom and dad.
Friday: Up and ready for a quick spiffy around the house. I run to the acupuncturist while the boys think they "help" Papa build a wall unit. Off the meet Grandma and Grandpa Hillan, Uncle Joel and Aunt Lisa, And cousin Cara for a quick lunch at....Chick-fil-a. Ice cream cones with sprinkles and fun in the play place make the boys ready for some quiet time at home. Naps on the couches and a few shows while we wait for dad to get home from work. We have date night as a family filling up our cart at Costco and then run to Walmart and get supplies for our general conference basket. Dad puts the boys to bed and I run to Kohls and the grocery store with Mammy. Score, we find some shoes! Dad goes to workout and when he gets back we watch a movie we have had recorded since Christmas.
Saturday: Conference basket and activities are ready for conference. The boys rode their bikes to Mammy and Papa's while I ran to keep up. On our way over, I knew Kendall was ready to take his training wheels off. We started off the first session and the boys made a college. After, we had a sandwich bar and took the boys to the park. Dad took off Kendall's training wheels and Kendall learned how to ride his bike! We came back and watched the second session. It was so good! We snacked a bit and then Mammy and I went to Target to go Easter shopping. Later, Dad went to the priesthood session and we laid around and watched Hugo. Good day.
Sunday: Mammy had breakfast all ready: banana muffins, turkey bacon, and scrambled eggs. We finished eating and played several April fools jokes on each other. The boys made their tents and we headed down stairs to watch the morning session of conference. Afterward, we grabbed some snacks and water bottles and took a ride up to red rocks amphitheater. So beautiful! Got back, Nathan got bit by a dog, cleaned the wound and held dad back from breaking the dogs neck. We fixed a late lunch and watched the final session of conference. Then we went on a walk and talked about our favorite talks from the weekend.
Monday: Last day of spring break. A cold front blew in and we wanted to go out with a bang. Chuck E. Cheese's with the Alvarez family it is! We loaded up on coupons and stayed for hours. We joked that it was our version of Disney Land and had an anything goes attitude. Everyone got plenty of prizes and pizza. We took Elena to our house after and had some quiet time. The kids did some bowling in the hallway and I got our up coming week ready to go. We ran some errands and got back too late for FHE. Bowls of cereal for before bed. I felt a twinge of sadness that spring break was officially over but it sure got me looking forward to summer and the boys being home ALL DAY LONG!
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