Spring has sprung!

I love spring. I love warmth in the air, change in the seasons and an overall feeling of glee as we become less and less quarantined indoors. Being outside makes my kids happy, therefore, it makes me happy. Here's how we've been spending our spring so far....it's a little backwards, since Easter pictures are first, but whatever. The truth is, I don't have any decent pictures of that day or much of anything, so it is what it is. 

Easter Weekend

There was egg-dying

as well as egg-hunting with our ward peeps (ha, peeps....Easter...I'm funny.)

Addie picking her lollipops on Easter morning. We planted "magic jellybeans" the night before and they grew overnight! She was in awe.

My handsome boy at church. Let's pause for a moment and dwell on the awesomeness of his suit. I'm basically in love with it. Jed is jealous of it and wants one his size ;)

Best shot I got of the two of them, ah well.

Addie and Eden at great grandma Margaret's house hunting (A LOT!!) of eggs.

Easter egg hunt at grandma and grandpa Rees's house

My messy-haired, worn out, over sugared, and almost-funned-out kids.

This was our last visit of the day, at great grammy Lynette's house.

Even at the end of a long and busy day I think they're pretty cute.

 Other Springtime fun

I have so many pictures of my kids on swings. 

I think it's because I love the looks of pure joy and laughter on their faces. 

They both love to swing!

Addie "assisted" Dalton on his 4x4 getting down our little hill while I ran inside for 45 seconds. 

this is how they rode down....hey he was fine, but I was a little bit concerned when I walked outside and found them halfway down the hill without me.

Dalton LOVES books. He especially loves books with flaps. He opens the flaps and says "hi". 

Bedtime story time is a favorite time of day for both of us. :)

Oh heavens....I wish I'd never discovered Lucy's heavenly bites cupcake shop in Ogden. 

They are SO GOOD. My neighbor brought me SIX one day for watching her daughter. I contribute them to half the cause of me putting on 4 freaking pounds in the past month! *facepalm*

These would be the other reason....

City Creek.....

I ended up going down to City Creek the evening of its opening with my friend Megan. 

Oh my is that place just awesome. Someday, if I'm rich, I think I will just live there. And shop. :)

Come on, even the Harmons grocery store is pretty....

Needless to say I've been back twice more since then. 

I love how the retractable roof closes when it's too chilly for outdoor shopping. Sorry gateway, there's a new sheriff in town....

My mom and I went and spent a few (um, 5) hours there one Friday afternoon. It was fun to see all the stores, try clothes on without kids, oh and eat at Gourmandise :)

Let's face it, we don't go there just because they make a decent sandwich.

I ended up going back the next day, the day before Easter, with my kids and Ashley. We weren't there nearly as long ;) Addie was in love with the Disney store and if I'd left her there and come back 4 hours later I don't think that she would have even noticed. 

She's always been a shopper and she was right at home at City Creek. 

Dalton wasn't as amused and kept looking at me like, are we done yet?

 A couple of days before that, it was freezing and snowy. Addie wanted to have a play date with some friends, so we decided to bake some Easter sugar cookies. They all loved cutting out the cookies, frosting them and of course eating them.

Gotta love a bunch of kids playing outside. Dalton will walk the whole length of the open space behind our house with his walker. Tristan thought  the mower rocked and Addie can be happy with a shovel and dirt for hours. This is why I love spring. There are endless options when you can play outside!

I should also mention that Dalton doesn't really need that walker....he's walking. 

How did my baby get this big already?