The Spring Fair

We went to the Spring Fair today with some of our friends. Jackson loved being there. We saw a lot of animals, pet some animals, watched a magic show, had an inside picnic lunch, did face painting and art projects, and watch dogs jump in a big pool. The kids did really good and were pretty happy despite walking a a lot (or sitting in the stroller a lot if you're Jordan) and not having good naps. Although my kids were pretty grumpy tonight before bed. Hopefully they'll sleep in tomorrow :) We really loved the fair and I liked that there were a lot of things to entertain the kids and that a lot of those things were free.Jackson and his friend Bailey watching the magic show. Bailey's mom and I were both surprised that our kids sat and watched for so long. I thought they were so cute sitting there watching.

Jackson with a shark on his face. I was surprised that he agreed to get his face painted. I've asked him before but he's never wanted anything to do with it. I showed him some other little boys face paintings and he thought they were pretty cool so he agreed. He sat still and did very well while the lady spray painted his face which I think is much better then using a paint brush. It's a lot quicker.

They got to touch a real alligator. I thought they were pretty brave.

They also were able to touch a snake, which I also thought was pretty brave.

There were a lot of free projects for the kids to do. They made a bug hat, made a fish, planted a pumpkin, made a potato head, and crushed some corn to feed take home to feed the birds. Jackson enjoyed doing them all and spent a good amount of time on each of them.

Jackson working on his potato head.

I let Jordan get out of the stroller for a little bit to play this musical instrument thing. Then he played on a giant checker board and with some legos. But he kept trying to run away from and escape outside so I had to put him back in the stroller.

Makenna's Visit

My sister Michelle and her husband and their baby went to her brother in law's wedding Monday through Wednesday. Since it was such a short trip and they had to fly they left Makenna with me. Jackson loved having her here. Makenna seemed to like it here too. She would only get sad at night and was a little happier after saying good night to a picture of her parents and giving them a kiss. Makenna is a bit more active than Jackson is and brings out the active side of Jackson. They had a lot of fun running and jumping and talking and playing toys and watching movies. Doug said they liked playing the Wii with him. They played really well together and didn't really fight at all. We played at the mall, went to story time where they were the crazy kids that were running around at the end, and we went to the Market. We had a lot of fun with Makenna. She's a funny and cute girl.

Jackson and Kenna playing in the helicopter at the Market.

Jackson and Kenna watching a movie together. She has her arm around him. I thought it was really cute.

Natalie had troll hair when she and her parents came to pick up Makenna. This picture doesn't capture how much her hair looked like troll hair, but it was hard to get a good picture and this is the best I had. You can tell that it's sticking up though.

Opening Night

My mom and dad have weekend season tickets to the Mariners' games. With their weekend tickets they also get tickets to opening day even though it's not on a weekend. When I was young and not married I used to be able to go with them and I always loved opening day. It's always so exciting to me. This year my mom told me that my dad had gotten to extra tickets from work and that my sister and I could have them. Ashlee ended up not being able to go. But she also couldn't watch my kids because she had lots of other things going on and this meant that Doug and I couldn't both go. Since I'm not the kind of person that would go to a game and sit by myself I didn't think I would be able to go. But then my mom told me that she would sit with me and my dad could bring a friend and so I was able to go thanks to a loving husband who worked from home and took care of our two kids and our niece Makenna who was staying with us so I could go. We had so much fun and it was such a good game. The Mariners' won in extra innings. It was especially exciting because Griffey is back as a Mariner again. The fans gave him several standing ovations. It was fun to be a part of. I forgot my camera that day. Well actually I thought I had it with me since I put it in my purse that morning so I wouldn't forget it, but then it fell out of my purse in my car so I didn't have it. But I found this picture of Griffey to add to my post. I don't even know if it's from opening night. I don't really think it is. But oh well...
It was really so much fun and i can't wait until I can go to more games. I think the only negative part of the game was that I got hungry and since I wasn't well prepared to satisfy my hunger I bought I pizza. I thought the personal sized pizza would be about $5. But it wasn't. It was 7.25. I couldn't believe it. It wasn't even that great because it was cold. I should have just gotten cotton candy... It would have tasted much better and would have cost me less. Next time I'll just have to eat more before I go and bring more food. Thanks mom and dad for letting me have your tickets... anytime you have extras you know who to call :)

Easter

Coloring Eggs

Jackson and Jordan before the egg dying started.

We let Jordan try coloring an egg. At first when we handed him an egg he immediately through it on the ground. Then we brought the dye over and he kind of threw the egg in it. He didn't want to touch the dye though. And he didn't want to color eggs anymore either. I thought he's like it more than he did.

Jackson loved coloring the eggs. He liked to use the spoon to turn them over in the dye. He had a lot of fun.

Doug getting ready to eat the egg. Jackson thought he was pretty funny.

Jackson pretending to eat an egg.

Doug with the finished products.

Michelle, Makenna, and Jackson ready to color eggs. After coloring eggs at home we went to dinner with my parents and sister and her family since my sister and her family were in town. We then went over to my parents and colored eggs again.

Jackson had fun coloring with a crayon on the egg. But after putting one egg in the dye both him and Makenna were finished and wanted to play with grandpa.

Easter Eggs Hunt #1

Jackson loved finding the eggs hidden by the Easter Bunny. He found both hard boiled eggs and plastic eggs that had toys in them. He didn't really care about finding the hard boiled eggs. He just wanted the toys.

Jackson with his Easter basket. He and Jordan got a bubble machine. Jackson loves it and was very excited to try it out.

The boys both got new crocks for Easter too. Jackson loves his.

Jordan loves his too. He went from hating shoes a week before to loving them. Whenever he finds a shoe laying around he tries to put it on his foot. Whenever he finds his or Jack's crocks he brings them to me to put on him. He often walks around with just one crock on since that's all he finds.

Easter Eggs Hunt #2

We went to my parents house for Easter dinner and then the big eggs hunt. There were 35 people there. It was rainy and cold the whole night. But the kids still had a lot of fun finding eggs. Jackson didn't really want to pick up most of the eggs we found. I don't think he wanted to get dirty.

Jordan and Doug found this egg. Jordan must have thought it tasted good.

Jackson, Alli, Sam with their candy and money from the eggs they found.

Birthday Celebration

A couple weeks ago was mom's birthday so to celebrate my sisters and I took her to dinner and a play last Friday night. We saw Stunt Girl in Issaquah. It was really good. I haven't been to a play for a long time and decided I would like to go to one every once in awhile. The play was a musical which we all enjoyed. We sat in the balcony seats, since they were more affordable. We were able to see really well though. The theater was small enough that we weren't really that far away. Here are some illegal pictures that my sister took in the theater... (you're not supposed to take pictures in there. But she did it before the play started so we figured it would be ok.)

Michelle, my mom, me, Ashlee

Me (looking like a ghost), my mom, Michelle with the stage behind us.

Priesthood Session Baking

My mom and I baking.

My sister Ashlee and I continued our tradition of baking while our husbands were off at priesthood session for General Conference. This year my mom joined us too! I forgot my camera but I stole this picture from my sister's blog. It was the only picture she took. So we don't have one of all the food we made. We made a chocolate caramel (my recipe), scone type things and honey butter (Ashlee's recipe), a cinnamon biscuit thing that you put a marshmallow in and the marshmallow is supposed to disappear, but most of them didn't (also Ashlee's recipe) and a chocolate peanut butter cookie bar (my mom's recipe). We liked my mom's recipe the best. Mine was the worst. No one wanted seconds. I wanted to make chocolate balls with caramel inside but I couldn't find any recipes that looked good and that we'd be ale to make in the time we had. Maybe in the fall I'll e ale to find a recipe that will work... if anyone has one let me know!

Poll

I had a doctor's appointment yesterday. The baby seems to be doing very well. I heard the little heart beat and the doctor seemed to think that the heart rate was perfectly normal. I was hoping to be able to have an ultra sound while I was there and maybe find out if we're having a boy or a girl, but instead I found out that because of our insurance I have to go to another place to get an ultra sound now. My doctor said to schedule my ultra sound to be in 2 weeks. We're hoping to find out what the baby will be then and I added a poll so you guys can put your vote in as to whether you think we're having a boy or a girl... So go vote!