Sarah's birthday, April 2015

Sarah's birthday baby from Grandma and Grandpa Luke:

Sarah decided she wanted a haircut for her birthday.  Who was I to refuse?

 Très jolie!

 Sarah chose to go to Chuck E. Cheese and ride "the terrible ride."

Austin named this "the terrible ride" and it often appears in bedtime stories.

 
 
 Make a wish!

 Sarah brings so much happiness to our family.  She loves dressing up and surprising us.

 
 
 
We love you, dear Sarah!

April 2015

Buying a new washing machine is a family affair.

 
 Mary's birthday "Katty Kitty" tried out lots of appliances.

 
 An Easter Egg hunt at Sister Jordan's.

 
 Tyler liked Easter.

The kids like taking pictures of General Conference speakers:

 
 We hosted the family Easter dinner.
 
 Grandma Joy and Grandpa Wolf came out for Tyson's baptism.  On the way, we went to see "Meet the Mormons" together.

 
Congratulations, Tyson!  We are so proud of you!

 Welcome to my dancing table!

 Un bonhomme de neige:

 Mary's class was on the news for collecting one million pull tabs (Mary is on the top right):

 They donated the tabs to the Ronald McDonald house.

 David took me out to a ball game!  Tyler loved the mascot.

 
Sarah's joy school class took a trip to the farm.

 
 
 
 Art night at school:

 
 
 After a full year of hating bananas, Tyler pointed at one and screamed.  He now loves them.

 He also loves his Pooh Bear.

 David took a work trip to Lake Tahoe.  Next time, we want to come along!

 

Mary's 10th birthday and March 2015

Unfortunately, I lost all the pictures of Mary's birthday party when Tiki broke my phone.  She had a cat party where we solved the "Mystery of the Missing Cat."  The mystery came from this Boxcar Children book, and I dressed up as a bunch of characters and used recorded phone messages so the kids (plus Naomi, Hinarei, Jodi, and Jessie) could figure out who had stolen Granny Evans' cat.  Granny Evans gave them each a stuffed cat and some jewels to make collars for them after they solved the mystery.  The kids also made cat balloons and cupcakes. 

 

That night, Grandma and Grandpa came for a family party.

 The kids gave a piano recital to Grandma and Grandpa when they came.  The kids have been learning so much from Miss Fleur!

 Happy birthday, dear Mary!

The kids went to a Jazz game with Dad and finally got on the "Dance Cam!"

 
 David took another trip to the East Coast.

 
 Grandpa Edstrom had a party for his 88th birthday.  He's an amazing man.