{timeshare fun}

Yay! It was our year for the timeshare. Here is some of the fun we had there.

Starting with tennis....

Swimming....

Grazing by the pool....

Listening to the timeshare presentation for $150 in gift cards.....

Watching the fish in the koi pond....

We had a fun time spending time together and making fun memories. Or at least that is what the timeshare presentation told us we would do.

{legoland}

Busy season ended and we headed off on vacation. We started off at Lego Land. We had never been there so it was so exciting.

Ellie was happy to be there.

These cars were so cool. They don't have a track. I would have wanted to stay on this ride all day if they'd had it when I was little.

Leah was brave and went with Chris on this roller coaster. She said she had fun, but from the look on her face, it was scary.

The Lego cities were amazing. This is one of our favorite restaurants in SF. It made it.

It was a fun day at an exciting new place. We were really impressed at how clean and friendly it was. A great start to a really fun week.

{leah's performance}

Leah finally got her chance to be on stage and perform. She was in heaven and loved it.

She was in a class with 5 year old boys and girls. They performed the Hoe-Down Throw-Down. It was so fun to watch. And they even wore little microphones that really picked up everything they said. Like, "You're doing it wrong." and "Your hat looks like a backpack."

She especially loved going to class since her BFF Anna took the class too.

More to come, since Leah took to the stage too naturally. What are we in for?

{happy 90th grandpa mckinley}

We were so lucky to spend some time with my Grandpa and celebrate his 90th birthday. It was special since he fell and broke his hip, but was able to get out for the night to party.

The girls were of course happy to see Granny.

{twins}

These two redheads are too funny together. They dressed up themselves and came downstairs to dance. I got them to take a few pictures when they stopped rubbing their eyes from the sun.

Not to be left out....Leah needed some attention too.

Funny Girls.

{easter dinner take 2}

We celebrated our annual Easter dinner at our house a week after Easter. It seemed to work out better for everyone and we got to have Jess home.

Since it was a week after Easter, I was able to get some deals on some Easter stuff. For dinner, Chris helped me do some of the shopping. I asked him to get a filet of beef for dinner. He came home with a HUGE piece of meat. It was a little nerve racking to serve something for guests that you have never made before. I guess it turned out fine. Either everyone was so hungry that it didn't matter, or it was good. But they ate it and no one got sick.

One of my favorite cupcakes. Yummy coconut.

Since I knew the kids would get a little stir crazy having to be in the house for so long, and the adults would want to visit, so I set up a movie theater/play room in the garage. The kids LOVED it. So did the adults since we could still be close and keep them out of the way.

I looked over into the bathroom and saw this. I have been trying to potty train Ella, so a little toilet seat was out. But Lucy thought it was a beautiful necklace.

Brandon working his magic on Grandpa Steve.

Grandpa never passes up an opportunity to get adjusted.

It rained so hard that day, but at the end of it we had a beautiful rainbow.

A perfect end of our wonderful day.

{book club}

Brittany asked me to join her book club. I have never been a big reader and thought it would be something fun to start. For our first book we read The Help. I loved it. Perfect for a book club review. We had a fun time talking and reviewing the book.

If you have read the book, I couldn't decide if I should make caramel cake or chocolate pie. I went with caramel cake that turned out okay for my first attempt. Next up Hunger Games...

{gymnastic camp}

Over spring break the girls went to a gymnastics camp. They LOVED it.

They made some new friends and were able to have some active fun.

They also got to make some crafts. Which Leah liked.

It was a fun day. The girls want to start doing it more regularly.

They really liked it.

{easter}

The girls were so excited to get down the stairs to find their treasures.

The treasures!

Ellie couldn't wait to rip open her stuff and get playing.

Later we went over for dinner at The Foxy's House.

Britt did a great job. Yummy rolls, potato packets, and ham.

I made a chocolate bunny cake with a yummy ganache frosting.

I could drink that frosting it's so good.