Happy Easter

This year the Easter Bunny stopped for a visit to our home on Saturday morning.  It worked out well since we had all day at home yesterday with Lincoln recovering and I had to speak at church today at 9:00 am.  The boys were quite excited to follow their trails from their rooms to downstairs to find their Easter basket filled with goodies.  I think this is the first year Logan actually got it.

Despite Lincoln's recovering foot, he was determined to crawl along his trail, collecting the chocolates as he went to find his basket.

Today we colored Easter eggs and had an egg hunt in our backyard. It's already quite warm here so the eggs for the hunt were filled with coins, silly bandz and a few non-melting candies. Lincoln was lucky enough to find a dollar bill in one of his eggs.  Since he couldn't walk around to collect eggs, Daddy was a trooper and carried Lincoln around to gather eggs. He went exactly where Lincoln told him to go. Logan was even nice enough to give Lincoln a couple of eggs that he saw first but couldn't get to before Logan. It was a great moment for me to see them show love and kindness toward each other.

On a side note, my talk went well - I think.  My topic was the How the Atonement applies in my life as a Mother.  I only spoke about 10 minutes but I covered everything I wanted to.  It was a really nice Sacrament service filled with great music and I'm glad I was a part of it. (I can only say that because now it's done!)

Surgery #2 - Left Foot

Today Lincoln had surgery to implant the screw, fixing his flat feet, on his left foot. He had the right foot done back in January. He did so well. The nurses and hospital staff oohed and awed over his cuteness and how good he was as a patient. I'm not surprised by the reaction because he is adorable and a perfect patient. Surgery went well and according to plan. I'm so proud of Lincoln. He is SO brave and a such a trooper. We're hoping for a speedy recovery!

We had to check in at 5:45 this morning.  He wasn't really excited to be up that early.  

 Thank goodness for Star Wars Angry Birds. 

 He liked his little mask because it smelled like bubblegum. 

 He was less happy this time waking up from the anesthesia. Notice Teddy had sympathy surgery too. 

 He was excited to get a popsicle but unfortunately that came back up before we left the hospital. 

 X-ray of left foot implant from side view. 

X-ray of left foot implant from top view. 

Little Dragons

For the last month Lincoln has been enrolled in a karate class.  He's been attending once a week.  We did it as a trial basis to see if it's something that he would like and it turns out he's really enjoyed the class. Considering he had no exposure to karate before he started this class, he jumped right in and picked it up pretty quickly. Earlier this week we got to go watch his last class where they showed their sparing skills. I definitely think it's been a good thing for him and we'll look to start it up again in the fall once he fully recovers from his foot surgeries.

Lincoln on far left. No uniform until we are permanently enrolled. Mr Guffy is his teacher. 

Grammy Turns 60!

Mom made it clear a long time ago that she wanted a family reunion style birthday for her 60th.  She wanted everyone to just hang out at her house, play games, eat and take family pictures...and that's what we did. Six out of the eight kids were there along with mom's best friend, Aunt Alice and her cousins Jenny and Patrick. She even had a couple of neighbors come for dinner. Lincoln kept busy the entire day playing with Caden and Vance.  Logan mostly did his own thing (i.e. running around everywhere) and we all just hung out.  The boy did swim for a bit with Talicee and Grammy too.  It was a nice day and we all managed to get along without any major drama.  That's good for my family.

Sunday morning we all went to church together as a request from mom.  That's what she really wanted as a birthday present.  Once that was over we headed back to our hotel to check out and head home.  The trip went about as good as we planned for it to go.  The boys were sad when we had to leave to come home but they both slept really good last night in their own beds so I'm glad we're home.

Logan had a great time playing with tape and Uncle Tevye. 

 

Auntie Genesis and Uncle Forrest spoiled the boys with a bag full of goodies which made the time at the hotel and drive home much more fun.  Lincoln had everything GI Joe themed. 

Logan got SpongeBob and Bubble Guppies themed toys.  

In the hot tub with Aunt Talicee.  

 Grammy was helping to teach Logan to swim, which he did with his floaties on. 

Mom blowing out candles with her friend from who's birthday it also was that day. 

Disneyland

We had a great day at Disneyland.  It was so crowded (remind me not to go again during spring break) but we still managed to do a lot.  We counted a total of 14 rides and two parades - not bad. The boys got to see Cars Land for the first time and we rode all three rides there, including the racers.  Logan was barely tall enough to go (40 inches) and maybe only because he may have stood on his toes a wee bit.  He's a smart kid. He knew what was going on when that cast member told him to stand up tall.  Logan also got to ride Soarin' Over California for the first time too.  He loved every ride and he was of course mad after each ride finished and he couldn't immediately ride it again. Logan ran from place to place the entire day. I couldn't believe how much energy they had. We met up with the Draper's for the afternoon and Michaela, Jared and Talicee met up with us for a couple of rides too. All in all it was a successful day.  Fun memories made!

This was on the tram ride into the park. Funny boys. 

In DCA with the Draper's

This is the only spot we were able to capture everyone together!

 The boys and Madison waiting for the parade. 

 The kids were captivated by a duck that Maddie found a duck in the grass.

 Lincoln feeding the duck. 

 Me, Mom and Teri

 Me, Maddie and Teri

 Minnie and the gang

 Logan didn't sit down much that day but after Monster's Inc at about 1:00 pm he hit a little wall and decided he was just going to sit down in the middle of the park for a bit.  I love this picture. 

 Logan on the ferris wheel.

 My boys with Chip and Dale in DCA. 

 Grammy on Ariel's Grotto ride with the boys. 

 Logan's first time on Soarin' Over CA.  He has a fear of heights and I don't think he knew what to expect. 

 Monster's Inc was definitely one of Logan's favorite rides. 

 On the Pinocchio ride - it was the first time the boys rode a ride together and Rick and I got to ride together in the back. It made me realize my little guys are growing up. 

 The carousel is still a favorite. I remind Lincoln everytime we go on it how much he loved this ride as a baby. 

 I got to ride with Logan.  

 By far one of Lincoln's favorite parts of the day was seeing the Storm Troopers. 

 Maddie and Lincoln on the Jellyfish ride. 

 Logan and I went on the Jellyfish ride together.  I was surprised he liked it so much considering it went pretty high up but he was brave.

Our picture on the racers.  Poor Logan couldn't see over the front seat but luckily he could barely see over the sides. It was Maddie's first time to ride as well so it was a good time by all.