Spring Break #2 - Aaron's Birthday and Baptism

On to spring break #2. Aaron's 8th birthday was on the 7th. He had to go to school for the first time on his birthday - normally it's during spring break. The girls were out of school though.

Decorating Aaron's cake. Aaron's first day at cub scouts on Tuesday. A thrilled boy!

On Thursday of that week, Paul decided to take the kids up for one last ski day. The snow was still quite amazing, with fresh powder when they got there. The ski season was ending on the 13th, so how could they pass up on the opportunity?

Aaron had his birthday party on Friday. We ended up with 8, 8 and 9 year olds, at our house for a party and a sleepover. I know, we're not all that smart!

Then, on Saturday afternoon, Aaron was baptized. We had a nice turnout and a very nice program. Grandpa Leavens and Brianna gave talks and Brie and Carly sang a special song. It was quite the eventful weekend!
Us outside the Stake Center after the baptism. A beautiful day! Mt. Pilchuck in the background.

As you can see - a very busy week. We breathed a sigh of relief when it was all over and we had a peaceful Sunday.

Spring Break #1 - Zoo Day

We've been having internet problems, so I'm a couple weeks behind. Thus, I'm going to make two postings today to separate events.

We had two, count 'em, TWO weeks of spring break around here. Aaron was two weeks ago and the girls just finished theirs last week. So, really, there was no real, BREAK, around here. During Aaron's spring break, Aaron had a few play dates and during one of the days, I picked the girls up a bit early from school and we took a trip to the zoo with our neighbors. Here are a few pics from that day. We lucked out and had decent weather.

Mitchell, Bernadette, Carly, Samantha, Aaron and Mackenzie - standing next to a very stinky lily. Supposedly it smells like rotting flesh - I wasn't interested in verifying this fact...

Notice the baby gorilla in it's mom's lap. It was SOOOO cute! Such expressive eyes and I swear it smiled at us at one point!

This is an orangatan. This one was cracking us up. It had it's face, I kid you not, shmooshed up against the glass with that piece of burlap over its head. It was just staring straight ahead, looking at no one in particular. At one point, this 2 year old little boy, was right in front of him, kissing his lips against the glass. Very cute!

Ok, this may be tricky, but can you figure out who the REAL monkeys are?