First Carousel Ride

Matthew and I met up with my mom, Grandma, Kellie, Livi, Sophie, Carrie, and Josh for lunch at the mall a little while ago. Matthew went on his first carousel ride. He liked it but also liked trying to lick the pole :) Here are some pics.

Someone loves their dad!!!

Discovery Gateway

Matthew and I went with Devon's family to Discovery Gateway. It was so fun and soo cute!! They had so many neat things. Matthew wasn't old enough to enjoy it all, but he had fun. If you have little kids, definitely take them there, it's awesome!! Here are some fun pics from the day.

Easter!!!

We had such a wonderful Easter! It was so nice to have Conference on Easter weekend. In our Easter baskets, Dev gave me treats and I gave him a little bit of candy and a clue to his big present at the end of the year. The clue is "E". He's foregoing his presents throughout the year cause I'm getting him something he will LOVE for Christmas!! Matthew got a bouncy ball which he loves!! He also got a stacker, binkies, an egg and a new outfit. He was so excited as I'd hand him the things from his basket. We went to Grandma Griffins for an Easter egg hunt Saturday. Matthew got to hunt for some eggs, he mostly wanted to suck on them, it was adorable. It was fun. My parents gave him a bubble blowing gun and The Foot Book. Grandma and Grandpa Butterfield gave him a stuffed bunny. My parents gave Dev and I our favorite candy bars, candy and a Training Table gift card. My Grandma and Grandpa Sandquist gave us all sorts of candy and marshmallow eggs and gave the baby a chocolate bunny. Sunday we went to Grandma and Grandpa Sandquists'. Matthew and I went shopping and to dinner with my mom while the boys went to the Priesthood Conference. The rest of the weekend we watched conference and just relaxed at home together.

Weekend Cabin Trip!

Last weekend we went up to the cabin. We had called ahead to make sure the road was open since it was so early in the year. We were told it was, but it might be muddy. Well, we figured that we could conquer a little mud if we had to. We started up the road and it was just fine. After driving a little the road suddenly was covered with snow. We started over it and got stuck. We had a fun time trying to dig the tires out with branches, lol! The main part of the road was packed, but we had gotten a little to the edge which sunk really far down. I decided to walk to the cabin and get a shovel. It was about a mile up the road, boy did it seem like longer though :) Either because I was out of shape or cause I was trudging through snow, or both! The driveway down to the cabin was to my knees! The snow was almost to the railing! Anyway, when I got to the cabin I had to go to the bathroom so bad!! The water wasn't turned on yet and I wasn't sure how to flush the toilet without the water on. I was able to get service here and there so I called my dad. He told me to pour water into the tank. I started walking to the stream. I used the shovel to help me stay on top of the snow or help me out when I sank :) Anyway it was hard to get to the stream so I used my brilliant mind and decided to melt snow to put in the tank lol. Snow takes a long time to melt haha. I was so worried about Dev, Mimi and the baby, but I couldn't leave the cabin in it's current state in case we decided to turn around and go back home. There was a guy who drove by on a four wheeler and asked if I wanted a ride to my husband. I told him I had to get things together at the cabin first. He went down and picked up Matthew, Mimi and Devon and our stuff. So sweet of him. He helped Devon get the truck out and park it off the road. He lent us his four wheeler(Rhino) so we could pick up our friends that night. He was such a sweet guy! Dev picked up Dan, Elise and Matt later that night. After that it was smooth sailing. We had a lot of fun! Spent a ton of the weekend just having conversations. Watched a movie, played games and enjoyed being snowed in! We love being able to use the cabin!