Other April Happenings

Because I'm playing catch-up, these posts aren't going to be as detailed or fun as they could've been, had I done them when they actually happened.  Oh well.

Also in April:

All three big boys started Soccer.  I say this was the year of the highlighters, because the colors of their teams were exactly like highlighter markers...Cam was blue (the most mild, by far), Gavin was yellow, and Owen was orange!  You almost needed sunglasses just to look at their shirts!  They all had great coaches who held regular practices and each of them improved this season. These are the only pictures I have from this season (and the color on them is not at all accurate.):

Between 3 practices and 3 games each week, Spencer was a busy soccer dad.  I have a part-time job in the evenings so he pretty much had to do all the running around.  We were thankful this month for the new car we got.  It's a Ford Expedition EL (extra long, like a Suburban) and we recently added a built in DVD player, which entertained the babies at cold games or when they were just riding from practice to game to practice to game...you get the idea!

Also in April, I held my first, ever Piano Festival.  I had all 23 of my students come to my house in 10-minute increments.  Two of my favorite and talented friends served as my judges.  The students played two pieces for the judges and then received some wonderful feedback.  This helped prepare them for the Spring Piano Recital, two weeks later. Thanks again to Hillary & Sylinda for giving up your Saturday.  I am forever in your debt.  You guys are the best!

Easter 2012

I'm not sure how or why I let myself get so behind in this family journal/blog.  It bothers me.  A lot.  But what can you do?  So, it's June 11 and I'm finally getting around to a massive update.  Will I back date this post?  Of course.  Sorry if that bugs some of you.

Easter:  My parents have the tradition of doing an Easter Egg hunt with fun prizes.  This year, we knew it wasn't going to work out to have the entire family together.  So they did an Easter Egg hunt with Ryan, No'el, and the girls in Blackfoot and then came to Utah to celebrate with Callie & Mike, Jeff, Emily & Miley, and all of us.  We realize how much they sacrifice for our family and appreciate it!

They got here on the evening of April 6.  Beidler's live in an apartment complex with a movie theater that tenants are able to schedule and use.  They had arranged for that and we were pretty excited.  But there was a problem with the projector so the complex allowed us to have the clubhouse for the night instead.  It's a beautiful area with a pool table, flat screen television, and great sound system.  We watched Puss in Boots and the kids played.

Saturday morning we met at Emily's for the Easter Egg Hunt.  They have a little park in their complex that is rarely used by others so we hid the eggs in that area and let the kids have a great time looking for them.  My mom goes to the trouble of assigning each child a color of egg to find.  That way, everyone gets the same candy, prizes, etc. and it's all fair.  

After all the eggs had been gathered, we went back into Emily's house to open them all up, collect their prizes from Granny & Grandpa, and have lunch.  The Easter Bunny ears came out and most people tried them on.  Enjoy the pictures of our event.  

(I still don't have a camera so my sisters were kind enough to send me their pics.  Some are similar but I'm posting them all. There are a lot!)

Granny & Grandpa went home that evening...we had worn them right out!

Grandma Tisa gave Madi the CUTEST Easter dress.  Did I get a picture of her in it?  Nope.  Will I get one next time she wears it and post it?   Absolutely!