Pump It Up!

Okay...yet another post that I forgot to blog about. Several weeks ago we went to Pump It UP with some friends of ours. It's this big blow-up slide/jumping place. As you can see the kids all had a blast and us mom did too! Thanks for going with us, guys!

My friend Britni was amazing! Here she is, 8 months preggo and still going down the slide with the girls! You're awesome, Britini. I'm so glad that didn't induce early labor!

My friend, Joanna, and her daughter Kate.

Kiki and Me!

Going down the slide. At first Caysja was a little apprehensive (it was pretty steep) but after a while she started to love it.

Arizona Museum for Youth

So yeah...these pictures are a little old...I kept on forgetting to put them on my blog. When my parents were here in March, we went to the Arizona Museum for Youth in Mesa. It was smaller than I had expected, but we still had a fun time together and Caysja loved it.

I loved this little "Van Go" bus!

Puppet show with Grandma.

This was Caysja's favorite part--the little kitchen with tons of fake food, dishes, etc.

They had these cool stone statues and Caysja thought the elephant was the best.

Caysja and my dad pretending they live in Africa.

Caysja and my mom coloring away.

Milestones

Well, I don't know if it counts as a milestone or not, but here's a pic of our little "thumb sucker". (Oh, and I never should have posted about Crew sleeping so well...the last four nights he's gotten up at 5 am...go figure!)

Crew is holding up his head so well now that we decided to get out the little jumper. Even though he can't really jump yet, he still thought it was fun to sit in it. I think he looks like a little green frog! ( I'm so bummed...his hair is falling out and coming in blond. I really, really wanted a little brunette! Oh well.)

I think it's a pretty big milestone when your kids learn to ride a bike for the first time. I have been looking and looking for a bike for Caysja and I finally found one at a garage sale last week for only $10. It is just PERFECT and she loves it! Notice the baby seat on the back...her favorite part. She is doing SO well riding it too! I was going to save it for her third birthday in about a month, but where was I supposed to hide a bike? (How can she be old enough to ride a bike already?)

Caysja refused to wear her helmet because I accidently pinched her chin once when putting it on her, but Daddy convinced her that wearing your helmet is the "cool" thing to do!

(I'm so bummed that this picture turned out so blurry. I have no idea what I did wrong when I took it.) Recently Caysja's hair is finally long enough that I can do french braids in it and it's SO CUTE! That's a pretty big milestone since she had hardly any hair for sooooo long. I love it!! I've waited my whole life to have a little girl with long hair that I could braid like I used to braid my Barbie's hair.

Phoenix Zoo

A couple weeks ago we went to the Phoenix Zoo with our friends. It was a hot day and the kids had a great time in their splash pad. (Can you believe it's April and we're reaching temps. in the 100's??)

They also loved the carousel! (Thanks Kristy, for letting us use your punch pass!)

Halle, Miah and Caysja are the best of friends and they do everything together!

The "farm" part of the zoo is always a popular place with all the things they can climb on and "drive".

BFF's!

Happy Easter 2009!!

We had a wonderful Easter!! (Sorry these pictures are posted in reverse order--oops! Why do I always do that!?)

On Easter Sunday our friends the Jensen's had us over for dinner. Everything was SOOO delicious. (Thanks again, Diane, you're fabulous cook!) She had the cutest little kid table all decorated with eggs.

The "Easter Feast"

We took some family pictures after church on Easter, but unfortunately our camera was a little far away (we just used the timer).

Me and my kiddos!

Love that Kiki girl!

Love that Crewser man!

Love that cheesy grin!

Thanks for the "sparkly" eggs kit, Grandma R. We had a lot of fun dyeing them. Kiki and Daddy took care of that on Easter morning before church. It was the first time Caysja had ever dyed eggs and she was so excited. (Plus she got to wear the new apron I just made for her!)

The day before Easter (Sat.) Midwestern puts on a HUGE easter egg hunt for all the kids...the only problem was that this year is was raining!! (So unheard of for AZ!) Anyway, they held it inside, but we thought maybe they would still try to have it outside--hence the rain boots!

After Midwestern's egg hunt, we came over to our apt. complex where they had a delicious continental breakfast as well as another egg hunt. Miah and Caysja had lots of fun!

On Wed. the week of Easter, we were able to go to the Mesa Easter Pageant on the temple grounds. It was fabulous and we were only 5 rows back!! (We went last year but we were way in the back.) We took our kids and they were great! Caysja could see Jesus and she enjoyed it. I think she really started to understand the true meanting of Easter this year and that was so wonderful.

Crew was a great baby and fell asleep through most of it.

Our playgroup also held a little Easter egg hunt in my friend Becca's backyard. The kids had a blast!

I am so grateful for this time of year. I KNOW without a shadow of a doubt that our Savior died for each of us and suffered for our sins that we might be able to repent and live with Him again someday. I know that He was resurrected the third day and He lives today. He hears and answers our prayers. What an incredible blessing in my life the Gospel is.