Spring has finally sprung! We're loving the beautiful weather and getting outside. The kids loved getting the chalk out for the first time this year.
Happy birthday to Grandpa Peck! Jace and I ran over to his office and got to see him on the big day. We sure love him.
Just two days later was Hudson's sixth birthday! He was so excited. He got some nano bugs, books and a Lego Star Wars spaceship. Hudson is very much into Legos and Star Wars right now. His birthday request was the Jump Zone so we invited our cousins and headed over in the morning. The kids had a blast jumping around with each other. Then afterwards we had our family over for pizza and cupcakes. It was a wonderful day with our boy. Hudson is so tenderhearted and often tells me I deserve a ten hour nap for working so hard. He says the funniest things. The other day at my parents, my mom, when referencing what the Savior did during his last week on earth, asked the kids what they would do if they only had one more week to live. Hudson said he'd sit on the couch and enjoy the peace and quiet. He cracks me up.
Fun present from Uncle Cam and Aunt Mary.
Lately we've been switching date nights with Chris and Kristen. We'll take their kids one night and then they'll do the same. It's worked out great and the kids love their cousin time.
I peeked in on a job my brother's company was working on the other day. It was cool to see how they inserted the foam. I'm so proud of Nate for how hard he's working right now. It's incredibly difficult running a business but he's doing an amazing job.
My parents gave us a membership to the American West Historical Farm for Christmas so we were excited to use it for Farm Animal days during spring break. Usually it's incredibly crowded so I was a little nervous but we ended up having the entire place to ourselves! It was a little rainy which was probably keeping the crowds away. We had an absolute blast! Grandma Rigby, Em, Tyson and Lucy came with us.
We rode the train like five times!
These were the cutest little turtles!
Cute kiddos putting on a show.
Jace, Lucy, Hudson, Allie
The rest of Spring Break was so relaxing and we enjoyed not having to be anywhere. Allie worked on her crafts and made the boys crowns.
We love our visits with Great Grandma Rigby!
We ended our break with Conference weekend. Saturday night our bishop asked if we wanted two tickets to the Sunday morning session. Lydia and I took the opportunity and drove down early Sunday. It was her first time at the Conference Center so we had fun walking around the grounds and looking at all the art inside. She did awesome during the session and said she loved being able to see behind the scenes of how Conference really is in person. I love spending time with my girl. She's growing up so fast.
We got home from conference and watched the last session in Avon with the family. We celebrated Dad and Hudson's birthdays. Hudson was a little sad but Dad was so good to help cheer him up.
When I heard that Lydia's class needed volunteers to chaperone their field trip to the Natural History Museum and the State Capital in Salt Lake, I immediately wanted to go but knew it would be difficult to find someone to watch Jace all day. When I told Loren, he took off the entire day to watch Jace so that I could go. I was so grateful that he would do that for me and was excited to spend more time with Lydia.
The Natural History Museum had a lot of cool exhibits. We weren't able to stay too long but had fun while we were there. The next stop was the capital and it was probably my favorite. The building is beautiful and I really enjoyed touring all of it, especially the basement where they showed us how they recently updated the foundation to be earthquake proof. We learned a lot and had a great time. I loved that Lydia still wants to hang out with her mom during school events.
Last weekend my mom planned a special Easter program for the family. Everyone was able to be there with the exception of Cam and Mary's family. I'm so grateful for my mom in teaching my kids about Christ. She had them make their own "palm" leaves and we sang Easter songs and shared testimonies. It was a beautiful day and we all enjoyed being together. I haven't laughed that hard playing Masterpiece in a long time thanks to my brothers. Sure love our family.
The kids have been so excited for their school fundraiser, the Hawk Walk. They see how many laps they can run in 15 minutes for two days and then people can donate based on the total number of laps. For the first day Hudson ran 10 laps, Allie ran 17 and Lydia ran 20. The second day turned out snowy and cold so they'll finish up next week. I'm proud of my fast kids!
Before
After
Lydia got the explore the Family History Center for Young Women's the other night.
We're so excited for Easter Weekend! So grateful for the Savior and his greater love for all of us.
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