Pink Eye

Yesterday morning Alaina woke up with a swollen, pink and goopy eye.  We took her to the doctor and she is now on antibiotic drops for her eye.  This morning she woke up with two swollen, pink, and goopy eyes.  We are being good about putting in the eye drops 4 times a day and they are beginning to improve.  Even though she looks awful she's acting pretty much like herself, thankfully.   

Family

Some pictures taken during our Easter Day Festivities

Me and the Kiddos 

The whole family on our front step

me and Charlie

My parents came to visit this year.  It was so much fun having them here.  Mom and Dad just celebrated their 36th Wedding Anniversary and by the looks of it as happy as ever!  

Easter Egg Hunt

 Helping Alaina get the high ones.  Silly Daddy and Grandpa hiding eggs way up there.  

 Carson getting the "easy" ones.  Don't you just love his outfit?  Brown shorts with black dress socks. 

The kids with their loot!  

Easter Morning

We try not to go too overboard with Easter Baskets.  Usually the kids each get a toy and some candy.  The kids are always thrilled.  The Easter Bunny was nice enough to replace Carson's Backugon that he lost a school last year.  Alaina got a ballerina barbie.  Charlie got a new toy that lights up and plays music.  

Dying Easter Eggs

Saturday morning the kids, Grandma and I dyed eggs while Daddy and Grandpa went and ordered Daddy's new rifle.  Anyway we had a good time without the men.

 Carson trying to be grumpy and not show us his eggs.  It's not working too well.  

 Alaina decorating her egg.  

The finished product.  I think they look pretty good!  

Adventure

This year we were able to buy a Pontoon Boat for Tony.  He got it about two weeks ago and was so excited that he almost immediately set it all up.  Yesterday, Tony and Nathan had planned on taking it out on it's maiden voyage.  Tony is currently enjoying a week break between semesters.  Nathan has Monday's off and yesterday the weather was absolutely beautiful!  Sun shinning, slight breeze, and warm temperatures.  The plan was I was going to drop the boys off somewhere on The Henry's Fork so they could float and fish.  Well, just as they were ready to put into the water we discovered that the seam on Tony's boat and ripped out.  What a total let down.  After days of planning and hours of preparation a day of enjoying the outdoors ruined!  I felt so bad for the boys, especially Tony.  He needed this day away from school, work, and family responsibilities.  So back home we went.  When the guys started to unload all the gear we discovered that Nathan's Pontoon boat was deflating.  His had a leak in each bladder.  We are thankful that these malfunctions were found before getting into the water, but it was still a major bummer. Thankfully the manufacture is going to replace the faulty parts of their boats. The guys ended up getting out their old float tubs and went fishing at a local pond.  As Nathan said, they had fun but not enough to make up for the disappointment of the day.             

 Tony's  boat shortly after he got it.

The morning right before going on their fishing trip.

Enjoying Conference

Every April and October I look forward to watching General Conference.  And it's not just because I don't have to get up super early to get a family of 5 to 9 a.m. church on time.  But it's the opportunity we have to listen to modern day Prophets and Apostles speak with us about what our Heavenly Father and Savior want us to know and do.  Unfortunately, no matter how hard I try I always end up falling asleep sometime during conference.  I think every member of our family was asleep sometime during conference.  Tony definitely held the record though.  But I really can't blame him.  He was so exhausted from school and work.