Strawberry Jam

I LOVE strawberry jam!
Not just any kind of strawberry jam,
but HOMEMADE strawberry jam!
YUM!

I made 18 jars of strawberry jam

Easter

Our colored Easter eggs!

...and this is what happens when a 4 year old is in charge of putting the eggs in the carton!

They're so proud of their eggs

Alex had to take a picture of me with some of my eggs.

Nanny came over to help color eggs.

Easter at Oma and Opa's house

Alex

Caleb

Leah and Mai

Jon and Opa

Easter at Nanny and Papa's

Alex

Caleb

Leah

Grandpa and Grandma Holt, Jon, Papa

Easter at our house

Handsome Caleb

Handsome Alex

Pretty Princess Leah

One of the best Easter pictures to date...they're actually all looking!

We got CHICKENS for Easter

Leah's not too sure about the chicks

Caleb LOVES holding them

Alex has the job of changing their water. He's a big helper.

All NINE chicks!

WICKED

Since we were in Salt Lake most of the day today I thought we could go as a family to stand in line for Wicked tickets.

Two hours before each show they give out 10 sets of 2 tickets through a name drawing. We put in Alex's, Caleb's, Leah's, Jon's, and Bill's names. I had forgotten my picture ID at home, so I put Jon's name on my card so he would be able to use his ID. I thought 6 chances to be drawn were pretty good odds.

Jon's name was the SECOND name called! Yeah! I immediately called my mom and told her to get on her way to SLC because we GOT TICKETS! She was shocked. She was with my dad at Wal-Mart in Springville when I called her. Although they live on the same street as Wal-Mart, they had to take a round-about way back to their house because of construction.

After my mom dropped off my dad and got her Jeep she was on her way. The show started at 8pm and she got there at 7:45pm! We had AWESOME seats! We were in the orchestra section on the third row! I could see the actors and actresses breathing (and sometimes spitting as they sang) we were so close! AWESOME seats for only $25/ticket.

Jon told me later that the name that they drew had MY handwriting,
so I'm really the one who WON!

A quick picture of my and my mom before we rushed in to our seats.

I was so giddy the whole time! I LOVED Wicked! My favorite parts were "Popular", "Defying Gravity" and, of course, the classic "For Good".

What a Smart-Looking Kid!

Ever since Caleb was 3 years old we knew it would be inevitable that he would wear glasses one day. That day is today! Caleb went to the Optometrist yesterday and his eyes were borderline for needing glasses. The Dr. let us choose if we wanted him to start wearing them now, or to wait a while longer. I talked to Caleb and let him decide what he wanted. He chose glasses so he could see. Smart boy! He only has to wear them part time (whenever he needs to see farther away). I think he made a wise decision and they are so stinkin' cute on his little face! He has great style too, because the frames look perfect for him.

He has been so funny ever since we picked up his glasses. He'll look outside and notice things he couldn't see before. Alex liked testing him. Caleb would look at the neighbor's car out the front window without glasses and read the license plate number. Then, he'd put on his glasses and he would get it perfect! Alex was amazed that he could see so much better. Leah's reaction was different when she said, "he looks weird". We let her know that he definitely looks cute and smart with them.

Our Disneyland Trip

Here are some pictures from our vacation to Disneyland. It's taken a few days to get it posted on here because our camera memory card got full after our trip to Legoland, so I had to wait for some pictures from my brother before I could post any. Thanks, Shane, for letting us have some of your pictures!

The Mickey Mouse statue in front of the Disneyland Hotel

"L" for Lanier at California Adventure

Right after we all got off the Tower of Terror. Even the kids went!! ha ha ha!

Waiting for the parade to start in California Adventure

What a cute family.

Autopia (that's Aw-toe-pee-a, Shane)

I've always hated Space Mountain. Nothing has changed.
My kids all LOVED it, so I had to go too.

Jedi Training. Caleb fighting Darth Vader

Alex fighting Darth Vader

Leah, cute as always. She loved doing Jedi Training until she faced Darth Vader. She was the first one to fight him and started crying! It was so sad. She was only 1/4 the size of Darth Vader. The trainer said, "Oh, princess...don't worry. We'll do this together." But, she still wasn't going to fight him.

This was the kids waiting and hoping to be picked for Jedi training.

Fantasyland

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Winnie the Pooh

Jon, Braydon, and Shane on Splash Mountain. Braydon had to be bribed to go on the ride.

Braydon's reward for not throwing a fit on Splash Mountain.

We had a TON of fun. I'm so glad we won a trip to Disneyland. There is no way we would have stayed at the Disneyland Hotel if it wasn't free. We decided to bring my mom along with us too. It was fun to have her there, and Shane, Katie, and Braydon too.