Resurrection Sunday at the Labat's

It's becoming a tradition for our family to spend Easter lunch with the Labat family.  We have known them for 6 years now and we are so thankful for them.  My girls adore Lauren and whenever they see her they are ready to play!  We had a great time this year eating yummy food and playing some fun games.  Thanks Labats!  We love you guys! 

Brae and maybe her 6th chocolate covered strawberry!
My family!
The girls on their scooters!
Most of the gang!
Lauren,Brae and Tori

Our 5th Annual Neighborhood and Friends Egg Hunt

The Saturday before Easter, our faithful neighbor Donna held our annual egg hunt at the park down the street.  It's a highlight for our kids every year!  

Brae, Abby and Ashlyn

All the little hunters!
Kaylee and Tori
Little ones got to go first!
Ellie Sue and Dayton Richard
Checkin' out all their goodies!
A parent pic.  We always have pics of the kids, we needed one of the parents!
The Quincy St. Dads.... John, Dan and Bryan!

A quick visit with Colleen!

In April I had a chance to see Colleen for a few hours.  She was down on the central coast visiting her family, so we met half way in Santa Barbara.  It was a really quick visit and between our 5 children we had many interruptions, but it was so worth it!  Colleen is such a great friend, and even though we can go quite awhile between seeing each other, we always pick us where we left off!  We hung by the beach for a few hours and then had a quick lunch at Chipotle on State street.  It was so fun to watch our kiddos interact and have blast together.  Even though it was quick, I always cherish my times with Colleen!   

It was a bit chilly, but they of course didn't care!
Brae and Harper sharing a snack!
Running from the waves and really cold water!
We loved this pic with our kiddos playing in the background.

We love Chipotle!

Spring Break Slumber Party

We threw a "just for fun" sleep over party for Tori and a few of her friends over Spring Break.  It was a lot of fun, and pretty successful for our first official sleep over.  I survived and wasn't totally sleep deprived so I think that was pretty good.

Eating Mac n' cheese for dinner!  and salad too!
Being silly with the glow sticks!

Had to have a pillow fight!
Dance Party!
Sleep Time!

Kaylee, Maryn, Alyssa, Tori, and Morgyn!

Our Spring Break Hike

This year we just stayed home for Spring Break and did lots of things close to home.  It was so nice and relaxing.  For the first time Tori didn't want to go back to school after a break.  Usually she is so excited to go back.  This time we had so much fun, it had her itching for summer break to come.  Below are pics from our family hike in Towsely Canyon.  It was a lot of fun to be out amongst the green hills (before they turn brown) and looking at some of the wild flowers.  My girls were little troopers, though I did have to carry Brae for some of it.  We finished off the afternoon with a lunch and went home to take naps!  

My silly girls!
A fellow hiker took this family shot for us.
Up high with Santa Clarita behind us.  Brae snapped this one, pretty good huh?
Our dog Kobe was lovin' life!
Checking out the stream

Tori's First Lost Tooth!

We finally ventured into a whole new world of lost teeth....  or tooth so far.  Logan never lost a tooth before she went to heaven, so this was a first for us as parents.  It happened while Daniel was out of town at the Final Four so I had to capture it on video for him.  I really didn't think she would do it, but to my surprise she did!  Enjoy the video! (Remember to scroll down and mute on the playlist so you can hear the audio)

Our little Runner!

Track season is coming to an end here pretty soon, but had to put up a few more pics of our little runner.  Tori absolutely loves running!  We knew the girl had endless energy, but she is blowing us away with her endurance!  Below is a pic of her running and then a video of her winning an 800m race in Simi Valley.  There were 16 kiddos in the race and she got first place, with the second place person 18 seconds behind her.  It was pretty amazing!  Some sentimental value to this race is that it was held at Royal High school is Simi Valley, where I ran when I was in Junior High.  Of course they have a newer tartan track, but nonetheless it was kind of fun to think that I ran in that same place many a years ago! (You can mute the music by scrolling all the way to the bottom and muting the playlist)

Lovin' the new computer!!!

Just want to tell you that we got a new computer that is so much faster then my old one!!!!!!  I did not realize how much time I was wasting.  I only would make updates if I new I had time to sit here for awhile.  Well, with my fast computer, it's so much easier to upload pics, etc.  I know you may all be laughing at me, thinking ,"It's about time!"  Just had to share my joy in the blessing of a fast computer!!