Easter Weekend

Easter weekend was a week ago but I thought I'd better get some pics up before too much time passes. We had a whirlwind Saturday filled with egg coloring, sugar cookie decorating, Parker's basketball tournament and egg hunts! 

Anna looked so pretty in her new dress. Well, ONE of her new dresses. I bought her 4 "Easter" dresses! Hey, only girl. What cha gonna do?

Easter day was lovely. We were invited over to the Molifua's for a wonderful dinner. It was great seeing them and catching up. Its been WAY too long!

ALSO, on Saturday I succeeded at running a full 6.2 miles! Not bad for only running 8 weeks. I am not going to say I loved it by any means....but I did it and I felt very accomplished. Running is HARD. It HURTS. But I feel SO good when I am done and its neat to watch me check off some goals. Also, it feels so good to sneak in some time for ME for once. My first official 5K is only in a few more weeks! Hooray!

The new office

A few weeks ago, Nate moved into his new office He and his partners built it out so it is a perfect fit for them. It is close to the old one but it has more room to grow and expand. It is in a perfect location and a great place to be in the years to come!

We still need to hang up all of Nate's diplomas and certificates on the wall and get a few more pieces of art to hang up. It is so beautiful and I can't help but be so proud of all of the hard work that he has done over the past 8 months. I am grateful for his partners and for the goals that they continue to set and accomplish. Leaving the old firm was the best decision ever. "Having a bad day when you work for yourself is better than any day working for someone else." Love it!

Anna, what do you think?

Someone needed a nap. Hehe.

St. George. Last Day.

The last day we headed to Snow Canyon since it was somewhere I have never been. It is a very small canyon but it was very beautiful. We got out and hiked a little bit but it didn't last too long with two cranky babes. Later that afternoon we went to good old Swig's for a tasty treat and then went back to the FUN (and free) Children's Museum again. It was the perfect easy going Spring Break for a mom with too many children. We stayed busy but were able to squeeze some good naps in every day and we were able to see Grandpa Whitaker one evening which was great too. Lots of work, TONS of boys fighting but we made some good memories so we'll focus on the positives. ;)

St. George Days 3-4

If the boys were good on the drive down to St. George EE promised them a fun surprise. The gifts she bought were SO darling. Look how cute these boxes are! New books and games were all a hit!

Gotta love the little photobomber Tyguy in the corner! 

Sunday while EE took a nap I took the kids over to Tornaquint Park to feed the ducks and walk the nature trails.

 Later on that day we flew kites because it was so breezy. Good thing we bought dollar store kites because they all blew away or broke within an hour. Long enough to enjoy them but no disappointment. ;)

 We ate at Golden Corral. (Puke) The boys thought it was the absolute BEST place they had ever been in their lives. They are STILL talking about it.

 During the evenings while the babies were asleep, Ee would look after them while I would take the boys on some night swims. So fun to spend some time with just the boys.

 I was also able to squeeze a couple of runs in which felt amazing. Running outside is seriously the BEST.

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Great to spend time together and enjoy the beautiful surroundings!

Spring Break 2014 Day 1

Getting behind again! Aggh!

I was a tad hesitant to travel without my husband for Spring Break this year. I knew I would go and pick up EE and that once she was with us we'd be fine. Then I realized that I DO have an 11, 9, and 6.5 year old. They are old enough to help me with the babies and they really do a good job of stepping up at home when I need them to.

It started HAILING as we were packing up the family truckster which was even more motivation to get out of town! QUICK!

We made it without incident and in pretty good time. The next day we stayed in Salt Lake to play a little. We met up with Ash and her girls at the zoo which was SO much fun. We were pretty much the only ones there for a good hour or so. We got to watch the elephants paint and the sea lions do all sorts of fancy Sea-World type tricks!

After the zoo, I forced the kids to go up to the University of Utah to the Museum of Natural History. I had a free pass that was expiring in just a few days and even though they were all tired from the zoo, I just wanted to see it....even if it was in fast forward!

Both babies did pretty well for about the first 3o minutes and then they started to self destruct. We ran through the entire thing and we saw some really cool things. We'll definitely have to make time to go back and enjoy it for a longer amount of time. The boys loved the chocolate exhibit! Honestly though....who wouldn't?

And that.....was day 1!