Let's start with the grown ups.

Paul is doing great at work and is a fabulous husband and father. He takes great care of our family and we are super lucky to have him. Thanks again to his mom and dad for raising such an awesome man! He had the boys one weekend while I was at TOFW and all 3 of them had a great time!

Other than being sick right now, I'm doing fine. I had the opportunity to go to Time Out for Women this month and loved hearing all the speakers and feeling the spirit. I had had a rough week or so before hand with sick kids and potty training incidents and I really needed the recharge that TOFW gave me. Plus I went with several ladies from my ward and really enjoyed spending girl time with them.

This month was the one year anniversary of my father's passing, and while it was a very sad day, I was lucky to be able to spend it with my mom and we went to the cemetary and brought beautiful flowers we will later plant in moms yard.  I miss my dad a lot, but am grateful for all the wonderful memories we had together.  Love you Dad!

During Spring Break we went camping with several other families from our ward and had a fabulous time! There were babies, toddlers, teenagers and grown ups. The food was delicious and I swear I went back for seconds and thirds at every meal! Our family was in a little tent, and sleep was not as great as I would have liked, but what do you expect with Brian who tosses and turns all night! We had a great time though, just playing around the fire, walking to the lake, and playing in a grassy field. We hope we are invited to camp with these friends again next year!

The boys roasting marshmallows for Smores

Looking at the lake, trying to find fish or alligators

Aaron walking to the lake with his friends Isaac and Sam

Playing Duck, Duck, Goose

Hanging out around our campsite, playing games and having a great time.

Not much news for Brian. He has been happy and healthy and embracing the Terrible Twos. He loves to laugh and cuddle, but will also be as contrary as humanly possible saying "up" if you say "down." He really pushes my buttons some times, but I love him to pieces and hope he grows out of this stage before I kill him.

Aaron has had a lot going on this month. He started off the month by getting sick and staying home from school for a full week. He didn't act sick, just had a high fever for a week. The Dr. put him on some antibiotics and he was fine. I was happy to send him back to school though...I wonder how I'll survive the summer!

Aaron started piano lessons from one of the YW in our ward. She was quite impressed by what he can already do, mentioned how smart he is and that he has perfect pitch! He loves it so far and gets excited to practice his songs. It's totally cute and I hope he enjoys playing the piano for years to come!

Aaron also had his first T-ball game this month and while he still spends most of his time goofing off and not paying attention, he looks so cute out there in his little uniform. They had team pictures taken on Saturday (his birthday) and I'll post those as soon as we get them back.  It was really cold outside that day and so you can't see their cute uniforms here, but we'll post pics with them later too.

He was playing catcher here!

Lastly, Aaron turned 5 this month. He had his first real birthday party and it was a lot of fun. He got lots of birthday presents, including a new bike, a new booster seat for the car, clothes and LOTS of GAMES. At his 5 yr check up he was 41.5 inches tall (50%) and 37.5 lbs (50%). The doctor was impressed with him of course and was happy to report him being a happy healthy little boy. Kindergarten registration is this week and while I'm glad to see him progressing, it's a little weird to think my boys is so grown up!

The boys playing with ballons

Pin the mouth on the number 2

Musical chairs (with cushions)

An indoor picnic

Aaron blowing out his candle

His new bike (we plan on taking off the training wheels in just a week or so)

Blowing out another candle!

That's it for now, we'll post more again soon!