Lov'n Lake Powell

First of all a public Thankyou to Kelly and Becky for all of the money, time, cooking, cleaning, repairing and selflessness that goes into these trips. then a few explanations for memories sake of the first 6 pictures. #1 to remember all of the funny things that the kids say or do about Kelly's missing leg. (they like to inform him that its gone, sometimes stare or look away, sometimes jump or scream when he makes it jump at him etc)

#2- We have some awesome, funny, and smart kids in the family but mostly I think some really amazing Moms.

#3- Jake was one of the only brave souls to do the air chair this trip with out Eric doing his back flips, and he did really well!

#4- Lyndi is really fast to make friends but its not every time they can play so well and get along so effortlessly. Paiton was an awesome help in keeping Lyndi happy and busy.

#5- Jake and I found the most amazing mud pit, covered our whole bodies in it and let is dry (worked wonders on my skin...or maybe just dried it out) then we washed it all off except my face so i could show Lyndi, then jet skied back to the house boat.

#6- The pose with Lyndi wearing her visor and glasses was classic Lyndi. She got all ready for a little kids hike and I asked her to do her best hiking pose- that's what I got and I loved it!

Ok mostly the rest will just be to look at-
















This trip was the Macfarlane Family reunion. We had so much fun and love being with family and friends. The food is amazing and dessert was in abundance this trip since we were celebrating quite a few birthdays.

Also lots of cute and fun babies on the boat! Here are a few pictures of some of them. I somehow didn't get a picture of cute Kyler who was my favorite pee-er off the back of the boat! He was so cute!

Little Big Party

Lyndi's 5th birthday party was a blast! The theme was from a video game we play a lot as a family called Little Big Plant. In the game you have levels and collect points, and things to decorate your levels as well as the costumes for you "little sac guy". So the drawings that were hung around the house were of the sac guys in different costumes and then they were able to decorate themselves with a choice of face paint, and decorate a small rice crispy sac boy with fun treats. I was very impressed with the quality of face painting at another thing we went to so we hired them to come to the party and it actually took a lot of pressure off of us to entertain. My husband was amazing and we really have fun planning and getting ready for these parties. There is no way I could do it without him and family that helps.

Easters!!!

Easter turned out to be pretty amazing this year. Lately I have really been missing my family and wasn't looking forward to another holiday without both of our parents. Jake's Mom and dad were going out of town and my parents still live forever away in Texas so I decided we needed to do something fun with the kids that are here. We ended up joining both of our families for Sunday festivities and had dinner (chicken milanesa, gnocchis with red sauce, fried corn, salad and chocolate eclaire dessert) then a Easter egg hunt and some family pictures. It was a lot of people but turned out really fun to mix it up.

On Saturday morning we went to the Fruit Heights easter egg hunt to start off Lyndi's 5th birthday. I was so proud of her because she filled her basket really fast and then started giving some of her eggs to some kids who didn't get very many. She has such a sweet heart, sometimes she just needs a little nudge, but when she sees how it makes others feel she catches and almost won't stop giving.

Friday night before the in laws left we did the yearly egg wars and guess who won!! ME! I seriously never even get close but I guess I had to show the Macfarlanes how its done ; )

I am so very thankful for family, SPRING (which we haven't seen much of yet), and mostly my savior Jesus Christ who makes my life more full of joy and peace. He has given me so many priceless gifts and I treasure them with all my heart!

Bumble Bee Bash

Our sweet neighbor gave us some free tickets to go to the Bumble Bee Bash at Discovery Gateway and it was AWESOME! They had little bee headbands for everyone, face painters, a magician, rope/sash dancer (if that's what you call them), crafts, a puppet show and food w/ bumble punch (yellow juice with Hershey's syrup swirled on the cup). we had a blast and ended up hiring one of the face painters for Lyndi's Birthday party.

Daphne and Aunt Amber

This was so fun! Amber would pour water on her with her hand and Daphne would sigh and coo. We had so much fun taking pictures and videos but then realized only a few things were internet appropriate because we didn't want to bare her cute lil girl parts. I feel so blessed for everyday I get with my little girls. They are rewarding and challenging in very different ways and I wouldn't trade it for anything!

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