Category: Holiday

Christmas Eve

Ready to open one present on Christmas Eve

Going caroling
Paul had put together this trailer for us to ride in, from an old manure spreader
It was a little cold but still fun
Singing some songs
Kids loved these little chairs
Talent show
Playing some games
Tired girl

 

We don’t put very many presents under the tree until Christmas Eve, so the kids always love bringing them all down
Kids all in red

4th of July

We didn’t do much for the 4th this year, which was fine to have a more laid back celebration. I had a few fireworks we did earlier in the day, though Samuel and William were pretty scared of those. We then went over to Kryssi’s parent’s house that night for dinner and then they took Lucas and McKinley to bike into the fireworks. Kryssi and I went home and watched the fireworks from our front yard, which was nice.

Doing poppers. William wasn’t scared of these, though Samuel was
No one wanted to get any closer than on the deck for fireworks

Sparklers!

Easter

For Easter this year, we went to the easter egg hunt at Taylor Park. It was a little chilly but not too bad. The kids all got lots of eggs and it was all done in 15 minutes, which is always nice.

Then after watching conference, we went to the Gregory’s and dyed easter eggs and did another easter egg hunt.

Dying eggs

Ready for another easter egg hunt
Looking for some eggs
Finding eggs

Enjoying some of the candy he found
Waiting to look at their easter baskets
Checking out their easter baskets
He got more candy!

Easter best (the week after easter, since it was conference)

Aquarium

We decided to head to the aquarium on President’s Day, since the kids were out of school and I didn’t have to work. A new aquarium opened fairly recently in Idaho Falls and we decided to go check it out. It’s definitely a work in progress and not nearly as nice as larger aquariums, but it was still a lot of fun and they had quite a few hands-on exhibits, which the kids liked.

Checking out the lizard the mermaid was holding
Kryssi was brave enough to hold the snake, at least long enough for a picture

Sam really liked these big fish
Feeding the lizards