April Showers---Or Snowstorms!

Family:
We enjoyed the first weekend in April watching General Conference and enjoying Easter Sunday as a family! The girls got lot's of fun things for the summer at the pool and some adorable dresses!

Colby:
Let's just say that the stress of this spring semester came to a head during April. Colby was incredibly busy studying for finals every Monday but he, yet again, sailed through it and completed his third semester of PA school. Just one more didactic semester then the rest is clinical rotations. He is looking so forward to being able to be out instead of stuck in classrooms all day Monday through Thursday. He is learning a lot from his Friday clinics in Provo and has had to really try and learn medical spanish since 90% of the patients he sees there are hispanic.

Megan:
I spent the month getting ready for Easter, then Hayden's birthday party. It was so much fun, but a lot of work, to host a friend party. I have decided that they can have friend parties on their odd birthdays and family ones on the evens. I was so grateful that I had Nikki and Chelise there to help me get set up and then Crystal and her kids were there and helped with the clean up. I really don't know what I would have done without them.

Hayden:
I can't believe that this little stinker is 5 already!! Where did the time go?! She requested a Unicorn and Rainbow birthday party and wanted a new big bike. She is loving gymnastics, she loves to try and use big words like "disappointed." She has been very curious about her body and where babies come from and that has been a struggle for this mom to try and figure out how to teach her these things in the right way. She is starting to ride her big bike pretty good. We didn't put the training wheels on it because she has been using the strider bike for a while. It wasn't too long into the practice that she said, "Just leg go mom!" I can do it! It made me very proud. We still haven't gotten the starting and stopping on her own because the bike is a little big, but I'm sure she'll get it in time.

1. What is your favorite color? blue

2. What is your favorite toy? (this changes every day) Elsa idol
3. What is your favorite fruit? Strawberries
4. What is your favorite tv show? Curious George
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Mac N Cheese
6. What is your favorite outfit? Dresses
7. What is your favorite game? Tag
8. What is your favorite snack? Chocolate Milk (bunny milk)
9. What is your favorite animal? Horse
10. What is your favorite song? Let It Go
11. What is your favorite book? Scriptures
12. Who is your best friend? (changes every day) Kinley (neighbor)
13. What is your favorite cereal? the one with the marshmallows
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Ride my scooter
15. What is your favorite drink? Milk
16. What is your favorite holiday? Valentines Day
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? All of the stuffed animals and soft blanky
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Corn Flakes
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? White Soup (potato chowder)
20. What do you want to be when you grow up?  A nurse

Hanna:
She turned 16 months and is learning new words. This month it was please which sounds more like a high pitched peas! It is pretty cute. She also went through another dang round of Strep. It seems like the past couple of months if it's not one, it's the other! I feel so bad and she doesn't know what is going on she just knows that it hurts!! She likes to lay down on the ground to drink her milk from her sippy cups. There is a pillow that is either on the couch or chair all the time and she will grab it and put it on the ground to lay on while she drinks. It is pretty funny and she is pretty protective of that pillow. She didn't quite know what to think when there was a big snowstorm (the biggest of the year) and Jacey got them bundled up and went out back. She loves having her shoes on and says it so cute. She is pretty independent and likes to wrestle with her dad.