On to Davenport!

First of all.....

if you haven't read

"First Stop....St. Paul Temple"

you should scroll down and read it first!

Thursday, 4-2

Charlotte has started pre-school and
attends on Tuesday & Thursday
so today...in honor of Easter/Spring....


she came home wearing this
cute Bunny Headband.

Debbi was leaving this afternoon so

she made good use of the time

she had left with the kids.

and of course that included a fun

"selfie" 

with little Cora Mae

When Wyatt got home from school

he decided to do some studying

for his spelling test tomorrow by

doing a little....

"Sweet Spelling"

(drawing his words in sugar)

Friday 4-3

Wyatt was at school and George at work

but the rest of us went shopping

and came home with

some cute

Easter Cupcakes

We all had one then after dinner

Cora pulled the container with the rest

of the goodies in it onto the 

kitchen floor and the dog

 ate them all!

Several years ago when Cami was little

Linda made this Princess Dress.

It has been passed down and well

used by all the little granddaughters

and now Cora is wearing it.....

ALL THE TIME !!

no matter what it goes on over her

clothes and is worn all

day!

Saturday 4-4

Saturday's are made for

Just Hangin' Out!

in the garage....

working out on the play mat....

riding bikes.....

playing the piano.....

growing dinosaurs....

swinging.....

covering toy box lids.....

finished product!

Sunday 4-5

Easter/General conference

three Easter baskets for

Charlotte, Wyatt & Cora

Belle magic wand and shoes for Cora

Candy and....

jewelry for Charlotte

and a book for Morgan.

After conference we did a little

hair cutting....

Charlotte's new do!

Trudi went from this to.....

to this!

cute little Morgan enjoying his

crib mobile

 

Cora, Wyatt & Charlotte

Let's Dance 2015

fun times!

We even colored some Easter eggs

getting the dye ready

taking turns with each color

and the finished product

All ready to hide these colorful eggs

both indoors and....

outside.

Yay .... we found them all!

Monday, 4-6

FHE

Our family home evening lesson was

this fun activity...

"Empty Tomb Rolls"

The marshmallow represents Jesus

roll him in butter (oil) and

cinnamon (spices)

then wrap it up in crescent roll dough

(linnen) and place in the tomb (muffin tin)

After baked we cut them open to discover

an Empty Tomb.....the marshmallow

had melted and the roll had an

empty center.

As if that wasn't enough fun for one night 

we decided to play a few rounds of....

ring around the rosie!

Tuesday 4-7

A New Dessert

melt marshmallow's & butter in microwave

smash up a package of Oreo cookies

and add to Marshmallows

mix thoroughly and 

refrigerate....next....enjoy!!

Morgan didn't have any of our new dessert

but he seems to be happy

in his Oregon outfit!

The girls enjoying the new 

toy box lids

Wednesday 4-8

Cora's Birthday Celebration

Cora's birthday is actually tomorrow

April 9th

But we are leaving for home then

so we celebrated today

Both Cora and Charlotte dressed

up in their Party dresses

 

Then everyone put on a party hat

 we finished decorating the cake and.....

gathered around to blow out the candles and.....

eat Cake & Ice Cream!

Next it was time to open presents

Wow!  all these presents for me?

let me at them!

Satin gloves and jewelry....now,

how do these things work?

a new dolly

a story book pillow

a new dress

and a project for daddy

Yay!  daddy did it!

this is FUN !

It was a fun day for everyone but

especially for Cora

Happy 3rd Birthday Cora !!

Wyatt and his mom went shopping

one day while we were visiting

and they came home with this new

Sunday suit....pretty snazzy!

Thursday 4-9

Heading for home

We said our goodbyes last night

because we had an early

flight this morning.

We left at 5:45 a.m. and after

some weather delays and

a missed connection in Minneapolis

we were still able to make

 it home by 2 p.m.