Happy Birthday Declan!

Declan turned five at the end of April! The Egers and Bernards came over for pizza and cake, and Declan got the present he has wanted for the past two years: a power wheels car!

April family life

I'm not even sure how I have pictures from April, because we spent the middle week moving into our new house. Our first house was sold by the owner, so we had to find a new rental. It was stressful and exhausting, and extremely time consuming. But we managed to have quite a few fun times during the month.

We signed the whole family up for the By the Bay 3K, but I got super sick after moving, so Declan and I stayed home. This is on our new front porch/driveway.

In our new home, Declan being a goofball. I love his face.

A rare selfie. This is me pretty exhausted but happy the move is over. Still have a lot of work to do to feel settled.

Selfie of her own!!

My kids are always hiding in the paper towels when they go to the store with me.

Making jam. We were about to run out, and my kids won't eat store bought jam. It was a fun Sunday morning activity to do together (we have afternoon church this year). This is in our new house.

In our new backyard, we have a lot of deer. We have seen a few brand new fawns, which has been fun. We even got to see this one nurse!

I had a birthday! It was during move week, and even though I spent most of the day loading and unloading our possessions, I got to go out to lunch with Mr. B while Beth watched Declan, and I got lots of lovely attention. These books were my gift from Mr. B--super excited to read them!

Pacific Grove Good Old Days

Every spring, Pacific Grove host Good Old Days, a carnival/craft fair. We had a blast and saw many of our neighbors and friends. We watched the parade that kicked things off (PG loves parades!), then went on rides, played carnival games, ate yummy food, and bought some fun souvenirs. Can't wait for next year.

Visiting the Briens

After our visit with the Roods, we headed to Longview to see Grammy and Grandpa Brien! We went hiking with Grandpa one day and had a great time.

Visiting Aunt Carly

One day on our trip, we headed up to Seattle to visit Aunt Carly and her new baby, Thomas. Thomas is our kids' first male cousin! He is perfectly adorable, and we had a lovely day at Lincoln Park.

Spring break trip to WA

For spring break we hit the road and drove 14+ hours to Puyallup, WA to see our families.

McDonald's always seems to be a part of our road trips.

We finally got to attend my mom's Easter Egg hunt for her grandkids and my cousin's children. We had a lot of fun!

The weather was gorgeous, and we had some good outdoor time. This is Orting River.

Here we are at Owen Beach.

Audrey got some girl cousin time, which she needs after living with two brothers! This is Audrey and Jamie.

This is McKenna, Audrey and Lindsey.

 We also had a successful Rood family picture, Mr. B and I got to attend the Seattle temple, and we got some nice time with our parents and family.

Happy birthday Ian!

Ian had a great birthday and on the weekend had a wonderful Minecraft themed birthday at our home. All his dreams came true.

Portal to The End

Ghast pinata

Party guests: Boston, Claire, (Ian), Carter, Wyatt, Audrey

Party guests: Audrey, Declan, Mako, Gavin

Bonus: Declan posing in mustache from Grandma.