Time flies so quickly. I can't believe Easter already came and went. We spent it in St George where the weather was warm and sunny, vs the snow that was falling in good ole Northern UT. Kaden really got in to the Easter egg hunts this year and so we have done about 5 of them. We went to one that was done by our property management and Kaden got outrun by older kids. Every time he would go for an egg it would get snatched out from under him. He would turn to be with tears in his eyes and I would tell him to just keep looking. Dang big kids, I wanted to go take their baskets and dump them out for all the little kids. I didn't. Luckily the eater egg hunt at grandmas house had no bullies to steal the kids eggs. They made a haul and filled their baskets to the top.
Conference was wonderful this weekend. I am always so amazed at the tender and loving way the leaders of this church are able to deliver such important messages. Definitely a lot to read and study in the May Ensign.
Kaden is such a character. He is becoming more and more dramatic everyday. This morning I said "Kaden, what do you want for breakfast?" he said "pancakes", I said "no lets do something different." ( we've had those 6 out of the 7 days this week.) He said "waffles" I said "no buddy that's the same thing." He let out a huge sigh and said in a put out tone "Come ON MOM!" Later he was sitting at the table and stretched his arms above his head he let out this huge dramatic yawn and then relaxed and said "now that's better." A few days ago he was eating and let out a loud groan while patting his tummy. Chris said "are you full" he looked at us and with a strained voice as if he was about to burst said "yes I'm full." ( He had taken about 3 bites.)
4 more weeks and school is out. It will cut down on my stress level immensely. I don't regret going back, but it does make life a bit more complicated. My kids will enjoy having their mom back during my normal "school time." Hopefully we can get Kaden potty trained with all that extra time I will have on my hands. All in all life is good. A while ago Chris and I were laying in bed and the clock struck 11:11 I said "make a wish" to Chris and then tried to think of a wish myself. I couldn't. I have everything I want. Not to say I couldn't wish for money so we could pay back all the student loans this PHD is costing us, heaven knows we could use more money... or a huge beautiful house, or that Chris could somehow get his PHD and still be home with us more often, and there are a million things I could wish for for other people... but when it comes to the realistic things that really make me happy, I have it all. - so life must be pretty good.
Easter Pics to come.
love,
Us
This wasn't Easter but for documenting sake I'm adding it in.
This is what it looked like when we took it all out that night.
