March

The kids had two weeks off of school for spring break. We went miniature golfing.

It was the first time that we have gone and all of the kids have a enjoyed it. William did much better then we thought he would and had a blast getting the ball in the whole by any means necessary haha.

We also played at the park a lot.

One day we had a picnic with Aunt Sarah, Jackson and Gavin and then went to the fire station to visit Uncle Jeff.

The girls had baking lessons with Grandma Miller and made cinnamon rolls! They were delicious!!

Grandma and Grandpa Miller provided some more entertainment for the boys by donating a cardboard box! They were so excited they slept in it.

Grandpa Clayton took Chad and the boys to a monster truck show. They loved it and William fell asleep part way through, but he insists he stayed awake for the whole show! Grandma Clayton made the boys some cute bags to hold their ear muffs.

William loves his so much he has to wear them every time we use the blender.

Sophie earned a trophy at school for excelling in all of her AZMerit subjects!

The kids were so excited to have cousins visit from Idaho! They hajd a sleep over and just had so much fun spending time together.

February Mini Vacation

Chad's is so busy during March and April that he won't be able to take any time off. So the kids had Rodeo break and he took off Friday and we headed up to Flagstaff for a mini vacation in the snow! Apparently it was one of the biggest snowstorms in over 100 years. So a 4 hour trip turned into 6 and a half as we followed a snow plow for quite a ways. And we found out all the roads closed right when we made it to Flagstaff. Heavenly Father was definitely looking out for us! We woke up to 35 inches of snow!!

It was so deep William just had to crawl the whole time which he loved! We found a park close to the hotel to avoid getting stuck somewhere since it was supposed to snow all day. There wasn't really any hills at this park but we did find a little one to play on.

The kids thought all the Icicles were so cool.

While playing our neighbor sent me a text and our house got about 8 inches of snow! Guess we didn't have to drive all the way to Flagstaff.

The kids were worn out from playing so we headed back to the hotel and went swimming in their inside pool. It was fun swimming in the nice warm pool and watching the snow fall outside. The kids laughed and said we were enjoying both winter and summer this trip.

Then they were ready for some more snow fun!

The next day the snow stopped and it was nice and sunny. Perfect day for sledding! We headed to a larger park with a huge hill and wore ourselves out for hours. We had so much fun I didn't even think to take pictures. William loved sledding but climbing the hill was too much for him so Chad and I had to carry him up. And I finally convinced him to go play at the park while Chad and the other kids continued.

We headed back home and checked out some bakery's on the way. One in Flagstaff we were not impressed with but one in Phoenix called Urban Cookies that was super delicious!

Such a fun mini vacation!

January

On new years day the kids were so excited to wake up to snow!!! We had to get creative with gloves since well....we don't own any. But socks covered in ziplock bags work just fine for Arizona snow.

Easton was so excited to make an Olaf snowman!

The snow mostly melted mid day and we went back to our normal lives. Then we woke up the next morning and had twice the amount of snow!!!!

William was not thrilled when he woke up a second time to snow. He says its too cold and stayed inside while the other kiddos played all day in it. Arizona boy....

Grandma Miller made Lydia's GORGEOUS baptism dress and we thought it would be perfect to take pictures in the snow!

Lydia was baptized on January 12th

Grandma Clayton made a BEAUTIFUL quilt in Lydia's favorite color!

William is officially a sunbeam! He was very worried not going to nursery but ended up loving his new class!

We went to a transportation event and the kids got to see firetrucks, tractors, electrical trucks, ponies, garbage trucks and more!

We went to go on a hike and our van acted up so I took the kids on an adventure in the wash by Grandma's house while Chad worked on the van.  They loved climbing all over the rocks and dirt piles.