Hannah's Friend Party

Because Hannah was off track for her birthday we had to wait a week to have her friend party. She handed out invitations the first day back to school and her party was on Friday March 22nd. She had a good showing of friends, 6 total, and had so much fun playing games, going for a treasure hunt, opening presents, eating ice cream, and just goofing off. I can't believe she's already 7. Where has the time gone?

Hannah and our neighbor Bri.

Hannah and Paxton

Hannah and her cousin Cadence

Hannah and Miley from our ward.

Hannah and her friend Trevor

Hannah and our neighbor Rachel

Listening to the first clue of the treasure hunt.

We had the kids go fishing off the deck for paper fish. It was a huge hit.

Hannah wanted a Easter themed party so she got a bunny cake.

Blowing out the candles.

Eating cake!

Hannah doing the Easter egg obstacle course.

Miley and Cadence enjoying the obstacle course.

Gracie and Sarah doing the obstacle course.

The Easter egg hunt.

Hannah and Trevor looking for Easter eggs.

Goofing around in the basement.

Riding the Bike Ramps

After some work, Kenny and the kids (mostly Kenny) were able to get some of the bike ramps finished and ready to ride. Kenny built a little track in the back yard for the kids to try them out on. It took a few tries, but the kids were able to ride up and down them and had a lot of fun. We decided it probably wasn't a great idea to turn the backyard into a bike track so Kenny called the owner of the empty lot by our house and we moved the ramps over there. Kenny put a lot of work into building a really neat bike track over there for the kids.

Ben riding the bike ramp Daddy built.

Hannah riding up the bike ramp.

Helping Daddy Build

Daddy found some old pallets of wood at a nearby business. He checked with them and they were find with us taking them home so he's been busy building bike ramps for the kids to ride on. In March, our back yard was full of old pallets that Kenny and the big kids were taking apart and putting back together to for big bike ramps. The little boys wanted in on the action too and had fun hammering the wood and nails.

Adam showing me his hammer.

Dan and Adam hammering the wood.

Adam saying cheese.

Birthday Donuts For Breakfast

Hannah blowing out 7 candles on her birthday donut.

Because we were out late fishing for Hannah's birthday, we didn't get her birthday donuts decorated and eaten on her birthday. Instead we figured birthday donuts the next morning would be wonderful so before church on the 17th we let the kids decorate birthday donuts. They had a blast, as always, and Hannah was thrilled to have her birthday extent one more day.

Adam decorating his donut.

My cute DanDan.

Happy Birthday Hannah!

Fishing For The Birthday Girl

Daddy and the kids fishing at the pier.

All three big kids got fishing poles for their birthday and so we thought it would be a great idea to take the kids fishing for Hannah's birthday. The weather was decent, for March anyway, and so we headed out to the lake by our house for some fishing. The kids had a lot of fun and as evening approached the fish started coming into shore so we saw more and more fish jumping. Ben was the only one to catch a fish, which Daddy helped him bring in. The kids all took turns touching the fish before we put it back in the water. It was a successful trip and one we'll have to do again.

Hannah fishing for the first time.

Ben casting out his line.

Adam wasn't much into fishing, but he really enjoyed walking the sidewalk.

Dan loved fishing.

HAHA!  Gracie getting way into it.

Cute Sarah with her fishing pole.

Ben with his fish.

Holding the fish. Good catch Ben.

Hannah Turns 7

Hannah with her birthday presents.

March is birthday month and Hannah's birthday is the last kid birthday of the month. She turned 7 on March 16th and was so exited to be so big. Her birthday happened to fall on the Saturday before the kids went back on track. All three of the big kids were either off track or had their birthday on a holiday. They were pretty sad to not get to go to school on their birthday, but they lived.

Hannah had a lot of fun opening presents. She got a Skylander, a small treasure chest, a fishing pole, some Lego's, and a pillowcase with her name on it from Grandma and Grandpa Newbry. She was pretty excited and pretty pleased with all that she got. It's great to be 7!

Opening up her Skylander.

Looking at her treasure chest.

Happy to have new Lego's.

The pillowcase Grandma made her.

Our Last Day in Zions

Daniel loved playing in the dirt and singing songs. He just came alive while
camping and it was so fun to watch.

We were so sad to see our last in Zions come. The we were all having a great time and enjoying the weather, camping in our tent, the dirt and hikes, the beauty and so many other things. We decided to make our last day a good one by going on another hike. We began the morning with baths for everyone, which worked really good in our shower tent. The warm water was great and we'll definitely be using it again. After baths we packed up camp and headed to the visitor center to choose a hike.

Dan and Adam ready to take their bath.

Bathing the little boys 

The hike we settled on was Hidden Canyon. It was a longer hike with some intimidating spots (next time we're definitely bring harnesses for the kids) but the kids did a great job. We hiked to the arch in the canyon, but it was quite cold in the canyon so we didn't stay too long. The kids were cold and tired by the time we got  out of the canyon, but they all said they really enjoyed it. 

Dad and the kids headed up to Hidden Canyon.

Dan and I at one of the chain areas.
Dan was an awesome hiker on all the hikes we went on.

At the arch inside the canyon. Sometimes when you ask someone to take a picture for you, your never know what your going to get. In this case, we did not get the arch.  Oh well!

After going down the really scary chain area. The kids did great, but we'll never do it again without harnesses.

Walking down the stairs. Dan's favorite part.

Walking down the switchbacks.

After our hike to Hidden Canyon we weren't quite ready to go home. We decided to head back to the Emerald Pools one last time to hike up to the upper pools. It was a nice hike with a beautiful pool at the end. Zions is so beautiful and the Emerald Pools didn't disappoint. The waterfall falling into the pool was beautiful and the kids had fun splashing around in the water. It was a perfect way to end our first family vacation.

The kids pretending to pose for a picture by the Upper Emerald Pool.

Ben and Sarah by the waterfall.

My cute kids on our last day in Zions National Park.