Happy Spring

What beautiful weather we have been enjoying here in Utah! It is officially spring after spending two days of completing what my boys call "the big switch" - dumping out all the drawers of clothes and sifting through out grown sweaters and pants. The process continues as we scurry around the garage and through the mini van looking for lost mittens and hats. Unbelieveably we found them all - even William's Spider Man glove that has been missing since last Winter.



















After much begging and bribbing I got the boys to try on some of the stowed away spring/summer clothes to see what fit who. I let them "shop" the old plastic bins. Peter was so excited to inherit William's old Shark bathing suit and green lizard shirt. Likewise, William was happy about the cool army cargos and orange shark t-shirt from James. Everyone was excited to once again be reunited with their faithful adventure hats! So after a quick trip to Old Navy to fill in some "missing links" the boys are set for Spring and Summer. Lets hope we don't have a May snow storm!

So the kids, now geared up in their adventure hats, have been playing outside non-stop. They love their scooters and bikes and are now pitching balls to each other and playing one on one soccer. Poor Maryanna has a view of it all from the window across from her crib and resists her nap with all the energy of a determined toddler- climbing out of her crib and trying to kick down the door. She especially likes the new dome shaped climbing structure we got from Costco this weekend. James recieved the first injury of the season when he lost half his toe nail and a chunk of skin off his big toe. He ran over it with a scooter and now knows why I always tell them not to take their shoes off. We have great plans to plant a vegtable garden, get a fence and maybe even the inflatable water slide from Costco. We are just so happy for Spring!

These pictures are from the annaul Mapleton Easter egg hunt hosted by Mike and Rayanne. The kids ate half their candy in the time it took us to drive back to SLC, the other half melted. But we all had fun and were inspired by Rayanne's gardening. She kindly dug up some rasberry shoots for us...now its time for us to really get to work in our back yard.