Since we had planned on being out of town for the long Easter weekend we painted Easter eggs and planned an egg hunt in our back yard. The kids loved coloring the Easter eggs though after dipping them in every color imaginable, they all sort of looked different shades of brown! The kids got some beach toys in their Easter baskets so we had to go to the beach and try them out. They love digging in the sand and hanging out at the beach so the toys were a huge hit!

Check out Gabe’s airborne picture.

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Our babies turned 4!!! It’s hard to believe that Gabe and Zara have grown so much in 4 years. They are smart, funny, and energetic and bring so much joy to our lives. We can’t imagine our lives without them!
March was full of fun activities. We celebrated Gabe & Zara’s birthday at home with their favorite treat – a doughnut then we had a great celebration after school at their favorite play area. We had so much fun celebrating with our friends.

We also enjoyed many trips downtown to ride the trolly and the monorail and to go swimming at the gym. The kids love to swim and are not afraid of the water.

View our March 2014 pictures.

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January brought lots of snow to the mountains and we loved playing in the snow. We made several trips for cross country skiing and sledding.

View our January 2014 pictures.

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Some pictures Amy’s friend took for our holiday card.

View pictures from our holiday photo shoot.

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We had a fun December getting ready for Christmas. The kids decorated our tree and enjoyed the traditional holiday movies on TV.

We got in the holiday spirit at the Jingle Bell Run, a race through the city where people dress up and sing holiday tunes while running through the tunnels. Amy’s work had a large group of people at the race and we went to breakfast afterwards.

This year we celebrated Christmas a few days earlier at home because we travelled on Christmas day to Grandma and Pappy’s house. Santa Clause brought the kids new bikes for Christmas and the weather was so nice we had a chance to try out the new bikes before we left town.

View our pictures from our December photos.

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