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I love Spring! It is sooo pretty here. I just had to get the kids out and take some pictures. I really had a hard time deciding which one I liked the best. So ya'll have to tell me your favorites. IT IS TOO HARD! I am just way too biased.

Here is the main event of our vacation!It was really fun to start calling her Amy Marlowe.

There really are just too many photo's to talk about. So with out further adieu, here they are.
















We really had a awesome time! The girl's got to perform a dance with their cousin's at the reception. I got to see a lot of my family I haven't see in a long time. It just was fun!

Most of these pictures are for my sister to see. So I am sorry if they bore the rest of y'all! One thing I can't get over is that the day before we get there, Beth gets a dog. I always thought I would be the only one in the family to have a dog. I have the breed picked out already. But after being around a dog, I think I will wait till all my kids are potty trained. The only picture I have of the dog is when she is with Adelyn. Elena was the one with her everyday, ALL day. She loves Missy (the dog).Elena really like having the job of feeding her cousin. I truly think she will love being a mom.
Nathaniel saw Hyrum in these p.j.'s and realized he had some just like them. In fact, they are the same size. It really didn't bother him that they were one size too small.

I love this picture of Lannea. She is such a cute little girl! We really bonded there at the end of my visit. You really have to work to get her to like you. My trick to her heart, break your back helping her to walk. All you moms know how this goes! I was there to help her take her first steps. I truly am a GREAT aunt. I totally take all the credit for her ability. It had nothing to do with her being 13 months old!
She is just my little model child. She loves the camera!

Hyrum won a cake at the Easter egg hunt in Broulim's. He was just so proud. It is just too bad he never got a piece of it.
All the rest of these pictures are from my sister's friend's (April Carter) house. We grow up in the same ward as her. My kid's had a fun filled day in good ole St.A!

I just had to show photo's of the trip to get to Idaho. It was such a major event. I drove to Dallas and stayed the night there. In the morning we were up at 4 and on a plane at 6 am. John meet us at the airport. We flew to Seattle and then to Boise. Here we went to my brother John's house for 3 hours and then on to Idaho Falls. I think we ended up getting to Beth's house at 11 pm. If this wasn't bad enough, the trip home was even worse. First, there was a blizzard and schools were canceled. Then our plane was canceled. We went another flight later and made it to Seattle. Oh yea, I forgot to tell you we were on standby. So we got stuck in Seattle. luckily, I have some great cousin's there. Josie and Paulina were so wonderful to visit. I sure have missed them. So it turnout nice to see them. But then we tried the flight at midnight and got stuck there in the airport overnight. My new sister in law was with us the whole time. She was just GREAT! Alright, I think I am mumbling so to cut it short we ended up spending another $1500 to get back. And then I still had to drive back to Houston. I now swear I will never do that again. Maybe I should rethink have more kids also?!

Elena is learning to bike ride. I am not a very good teacher for that! Luckily, my dad came to visit. He did most of the teaching. I just wish he was here longer. But I am going to see him and everyone soon. Here are a few pictures I took of the lesson. What you don't see is Elena getting mad at the bike. She wasn't very happy with falling down. :)