Mackenzie had her dance recital the other night. She did so good and she even smiled!! Usually she just stands up there with the most serious look on her face. Isn't she adorable??
Mackenzie with her best friend Jaydee
GIRLS NIGHT OUT!!!!!
I have the best friends ever! We do a girl's night out every month and since I live so far away, I am not able to go all of the time but I go as often as I can. We have so much fun and I just love these girls!!
Ashleigh, Joni, Ashley, Stacie, Danielle,
Becka, Shalom. Lindsay, Rachel, and Misty.
This month, we went to dinner at Chilis, then we went to a play at the Hale Theatre. It was called "The Hasty Heart" and it was pretty funny. We even got our picture taken with the cast afterward.
The guy sitting behind us was nice enough to give Ashley bunny ears..
Those that could stayed in a hotel, and Saturday morning we got redy to do am MS walk.
You can't tell by this picture but there was a TON of people there. It was really fun. Misty's cousin is in the orange shirt. He was just barely diagnosed with MS. We did this walk on him and his wife's first anniversary. They were so fun!
By the time we were done, it was cold and snowy. Is spring never going to come??
We had a great time! I am so grateful to have such great friends in my life. I don't know what I would do without them!!
Avery came running into the living room the other day- She was so proud of herself. "Look mom, Look Dad" she says.. Once we tried taking the potty seat off of her head, she was not so happy anymore. I don't know how she got it on there because it was not coming off. We pulled and pulled then it got to the point that if we even came near her, she would start screaming. I really thought we were going to have to cut it off of her. After about 30 minutes or so of fighting her, I finally got it off. I think it's safe to say that she learned her lesson and she won't be trying to wear her potty seat as a necklace anymore! 
This past weekend, the kids stayed with their Grandma Sill for a few days so Dallas and I could go do some things for the pioneer trek we are going on next month. The kids had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa and Gavin came home with a new bike. Dallas ran over his other one so Grandma surprised him with a new one. He sure was happy!
To save the best for last.. Avery is potty trained!! Woohoo!! No more diapers! She got her potty chart all filled in and earned a trip to the toy store. I told her she could pick out anything she wanted and she chose some barbies. We tried the potty training thing about a month ago but she just didn't get it. She tried and tried but I ended up giving her a break for a few weeks then we tried again and this time, all it took was a couple days and she was done. She is even wearing panties to bed without any problems. After the trouble Gavin gave me, I think I deserved an easy one!! 
Here's the birthday boy!! 
Avery was so excited! Last year she was so young, she didn't really know what was going on. This year she ran and grabbed as many eggs as she could!
Gavin and Kenzie were in the groups with the older kids so I didn't get to watch them but it looks like they managed just fine! 
Mackenzie and Sara
All the kids opening their eggs
and look who stopped by after the egg hunt... The Easter Bunny came to say hi to all of the kids!
We were all there except for Erick, Leslie, and their kids- I wish they could have been there!
The kids got to have another egg hunt at Grandma's house. 
ready....set....Go!! 
Of course, Grandpa made his famous homemade ice cream.. It was SO GOOD!! 
Avery and Gavin thought so too!
The rest of the day the kids spent playing. I think they all had a good time. At least I know my kids did! 
The kids all fell asleep on the way home so we just packed them in, but a dry diaper on Avery and put them in bed so this is what they looked like Easter morning..
The Easter Bunny brought the kids a big cardboard playhouse and markers that they can use to color it! They were pretty excited! 
They also got baskets with a few treats, books, and movies in them. Mackenzie got Ramona and Beezus and Tangled, Avery is OBSESSED with Tinkerbell so she got 2 Tinkerbell movies, and Gavin got Bambi and Megamind. They were all pretty happy! The Easter Bunny even brought Dallas and I something- a new pocket camera. I LOVE my SLR but it is so big and I wanted something that I could just throw in my purse instead of having to pack around this huge camera all of the time. We got it a few days early though so I could try it out Easter weekend. It doesn't take as good of pictures as my other camera but I am happy with it. For things like "easter egg hunts" it will be nice to have a little camera to take along.
After opening Easter Baskets it was time to get cleaned up and ready for Church. We were in such a rush that I didn't have time to get any decent pictures of the kids. I snapped a few of Avery while the other kids were getting ready.
Avery in her easter dress 
As soon as we got home from church, Avery wanted her dress off so she could put on the tinkerbell dress that grandma Sill gave her for Easter. 
Mackenzie's Easter Dress 
Gavin dissapeared outside outside so I snuck a picture when I got the chance! I will have to be a little more prepared next time they wear their easter clothes so I can get a decent picture of them all together!
