Today I found a few moments to capture my little girl. She's getting so big. I love this one with her mouth open. It truly captures her personality.
Here is our little "Elle" (what her nickname has become) She has already rolled over a few times but is actually enjoying her stomach more.


I love this pictures because if you look at the bottom you will see her little feet. BABIES FEET!!! Gotta love them.

Yesterday Ashlyn wanted her picture taken with her sister. Here's a cute one of the two of them.

Scott is out of town for the next few days. Of course those days seem extra long. He will come home Thursday evening. Over the next few days Ashlyn has a lot of homework. We need to write 2 more book reports. It would be easier if she didn't read such difficult books. But she is a great reader and is enjoying reading. I went to Target today which is a place I can easily spend our money. I can always find some cute clothes for the kids and just enjoy looking at all the stuff. I then kept telling myself NOT TO GO TO OLD NAVY!!! But I did it. But they had all their Easter Dresses on sale. So I bought Brielle one for next summer.

Britton and Treyson have been outside all day playing. We turned our drinking fountain on (we have one outside) and all the kids in the neighborhood are coming over for drinks. I am sure the excitement will wear off in a few days.

The Rest of Spring Break

THE GRANGES



Yesterday's post was a trial post because I hadn't done this yet. So I thought I would let everyone know how the rest of our Spring Break week was like.

On Monday we decided to take a easy day and just let the kids play all day. But of course the weather wasn't the greatest. We then decided to go to Ice Age the Meltdown as a family that evening for FHE. They sure enjoyed that. Especially because they got popcorn and candy.

Just as a side note-We have been asked to be a host family for "Flat Mackay". Flat Mackay has gone on most of these adventures with us. Flat Mackay is a picture of my nephew that lives in Minnesota. There is a book that is called Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. It is about a young boy named Stanely who is accidentally flattened by a bulletin board. Stanley is flat, but otherwise fine. The story goes on to tell how he discovers real advantages to being flat. One is that he goes to California in an envelope. So we have been asked to take our "Flat Mackay" with us on our adventures.

On Tuesday I took the kids swimming at a local swimming pool. They sure enjoyed playing in the water and going down all the cool slides. Here is Britton with Flat Mackay

On Wednesday we went to the Hogle Zoo. The kids enjoyed seeing all the animals. It was sad though because the lions and tigers were all gone. They are redoing the park to allow the animals more freedom (which was greatly needed) so they are away at this time. But the kids enjoyed the elephants and the giraffes.
Once again here is "Flat Mackay"

We then went to Moab on Thursday through Saturday. Here is Mackay at Arches.

Sunday we were back to Church. Scott had to talk in church. Of course both the Stake President and First Counselor in the Stake Presidency were there. We have a HUGE WARD. We have over 700 people so it already is like Stake Conference. But he did a wonderful job and had several people want him to email his talk to them. Way to go Scott.

We then headed to Grandma Jans for Sunday dinner. It was YUMMY as normal. My sister in law Heather took a few pictures of the kids. Of course the kids WERE NOT IN THE COOPERATING MOOD. But I love the way they are and it sure is a true representation of how they act.

Today it is raining and we are back to the normal stuff. Ashlyn has to write three bookreports this week and is getting ready for State Testing. I have tons of laundry to do and lots of things to clean. Oh the joys of housework.

SPRING BREAK TIME!!!!

For Spring Break this year we decided to do a mini trip to Moab, Utah. We weren't sure how it would go with 4 children all in ONE hotel room. Especially with Brielle. But it was a wonderful and fun trip. I think we exhausted the kids through the day that they easily fell asleep.

The first day we arrived and went and checked in our hotel. Just a typical hotel but the kids were really excited. Mostly about the swimming pool.



Here is a picture of the kids swimming with their daddy. That was what they really enjoyed. They also thought it was cool to go and have breakfast at the hotel lobby. On the way home Treyson kept saying he wanted to go back and live at the hotel. Sorry our house just isn't as much fun.

After we checked into the hotel we went to Dead Horse Point State Park. The kids loved climbing all the rocks and enjoyed the beauty of God's creations. The kids and Dad spent the evening at the pool while Brielle and Mom just hung out.

The second day was a busy day. We arose and after getting all ready decided to make a day out of it at Arches National Park. We went to the visitors center and the kids decided to try to become Junior Rangers. They had to watch a movie, pick up a bag of litter on our adventure and do 3-5 activities out of a work book. The kids sure enjoyed that. It took a little time but in the end they got a certficate and a cool rangers badge. We also did this at Canyonlands National park.

At Arches we did a lot of hiking. We just put Brielle in the backpack and the other kids just hiked with us. We enjoyed hiking do the Double Arches, to the North and South Windows and a distant hike to Delicate Arch. When we finaly got to the end of the trail there were a few more hikes but the kids were pretty tired. But Britton wanted to see one of the largest Arches in the world. So he and I went on a mile and a half hike to see Landscape Arch while Scott and the other kids went to Pine Tree and Tunnel Arches.

That night we went to the Bar M Wrangler Chuckwagon Dinner. We enjoyed the gun fight to begin the night and had a yummy Cowboy dinner. The kids especially liked the lemonade. We then enjoyed a fun night of music and songs. But by the time we got back to the hotel the kids were exhausted.

The next morming we got up early and started the day with swimming. All of us including mom and Brielle got in. It was a beautiful and hot morning even at 9 a.m.

We then went to a cool park in Moab that we heard of. It has a lot of zylophones for the kids to play with. They sure enjoyed that park.

We then headed out to lunch at a yummy mexican restaurant. The rest of our time in Moab was spent driving around Canyonlands. It is only a few miles away from Arches but so

different. It was a beautiful park.

Overall it was a very fun trip. I think the worst part was the drive home. We drove on Highway 6 which is one of the scariest roads in the nation. It was long because everyone was tired. But we made it home safely and have lots of new memories.