Peacocks

There's this great little park by our house that has peacocks at it. That's right full fledged peacocks just waltzing around. It is mating season so they are a bit feisty and loud but still beautiful. The park is surrounded by some trails with streams and rocks and they were so fun to just explore.

Also there is a gorgeous flower garden with ponds in it that have turtles. The kids loved looking for the turtles and following them around the pond. I was so afraid one of them was going to fall in.

 This was as close as I could get the kids to the peacocks.

 This one followed us to our car.

Casey's Snowballs

Trying the best snow cones in Austin. We had so much fun and they were, of course, as delicious as advertised. 

Fun Times with Dad

Just a few shots of the kids doing some fun stuff with their Dad. Aaron is so great about making his time with the kids count and even when he is tired or busy he always makes time for the fun stuff. Like taking the kids to McDonald's for ice cream after dinner or reading the scriptures with Carson on Sunday afternoons. These kids sure love their time with their Dad. 

Easter

We were lucky enough to spend Easter at our friend's house this year. We had a great time eating delicious meal and then sent the kids to play upstairs while we hid eggs. The kids were so excited as they lined up on the stairs to find the eggs. 

 

Camilla and her little friend Jane got to go first. They loved finding the eggs and putting them in the basket. 

 

It wasn't long before they realized there was candy inside those eggs. These two girls sat down in a corner and just started eating together before the others came down. 

The 3 boys came next and were equally as excited to find eggs filled with delicious treats when they started the search. 

It was a fun evening. We also had a special lesson about the resurrection of Christ and tried to talk to the kids about how much Jesus loves them. We especially felt like Carson was old enough this year to really try and learn about the Savior and think about how special this time of year is. Church was great and I am grateful for the knowledge that I have a Savior who lives.

Love. This. Girl.

Oh yeah its adorable

When she scales the rock climbing wall on her first try at the park its adorable, when she scales her crib flawlessly on her first try...not. so. adorable. We have entered a new phase of our lives where bedtime has become party time and the kids are living it up. I need a new plan.

And a few happy pictures from my marathon

I've finally come to terms with my marathon and feel like I can put up a couple happy pictures to prove that it wasn't all doom and gloom. Especially once I found out that I ran the race four weeks pregnant I realized that perhaps I had a pretty good excuse for not being able to run my best. Boston will just have to wait for now, maybe next year. I did have a good trip up to Phoenix and it is a beautiful race. I hope that I can run it next year.