world book night...

Turn off the TV week is difficult.  However, the kids school did something different this year.  Every night there was a something fun to do, including gardening at the school's community garden, a nature walk and square dancing (we weren't able to attend all of them).  Monday happened to be "World Book Night."  We decided to make that our FHE activity because they wanted families, and not just kids, included.  We got to school and every kid got a new book, as well as one adult per family.  The gym was set up with little reading areas everywhere.  We shared our spots with our good friends, the Olsen's.  It was fun and something different to do.

Here are the kids with their librarian, Mrs. Jones.

easter...

We had a lovely Easter Sunday.  We had a good time at church and then we went and had dinner at a friends house.  And then came an egg hunt.  The kids had so much fun!  We let the littler ones go first, just to make things fair.  I think they got more candy during this hunt than they got at Halloween.  Maybe. 

at the beach...

We got a call from a friend this morning who asked us if we would like to join them at the beach today. We haven't gone to the beach in awhile so we decided to go. Today was absolutely perfect. It wasn't too windy or hot or cold. See how pretty it was? My kids are mingled in with their friends. I just picked out a few of my favorites from today. Enjoy.