Easter and Such

Pictures, pictures!

Who wants some pictures!?!!

So one time

(literally, ONE time)

it was cold and snowed.

Kale and I had some yummy 

hot chocolate

(AKA I had hot chocolate and 

Kale ate marshmallows 

covered in lukewarm chocolate).

And we built a fort to

stay warm.

Because forts are always awesome.

St. Patrick's Day was fun.

I did a little scavenger hunt

with Kale.

I cut out pieces of 

a rainbow and made them into clues.

Each clue was found on

it's coinciding color.

For example, the red clue was found 

on our red cabinet.

At the end he found

the green rice krispy treats

attached to a pot of gold.

He thought it was awesome!

The scavenger hunt.

He couldn't have cared less about

the rice krispy treats.

We played this games for 

days and days after St. Patrick's.

Which became difficult.

I don't have a ton

of different things that 

are orange.

Look how cute Ellory is:

 A while back Tyler's

track travels took him to Seattle:

 And he was able to meet

up with Dave and Stephanie

(I'm jealous!)

 We went to Grandma Pam's 

for dinner one night

and Kale was so cute playing

with her legos

Look at that concentration

Speaking of cute,

these two are the cutest 

kids in our church building

every dang week:

We went to hang

with Grandpa Pat one night

and snatched a few

pics of him with the kids:

 

We had our traditional

Easter Egg Hunt at

Janie and Mark's house!

It was a blast.

We had a delicious brunch

full of waffles and bacon and sausage

and all kinds of toppings

for said waffles.

YUM.

The weather was BEAUTIFUL

so we all enjoyed

the outdoors!

Here are all the kids with 

Grandpa Pat!

Here's the whole Patterson Clan!

 

Here's all the kids with 

Grandma Pam!

 

Ellory had no problem 

napping outside

Grandpa had a special yummy

treat for all the kids from

See's Candies

(Trust me, they were delicious.)

 

Ellory cuddled with

Aunt Janie:

Gracie was adorable with

Ellory:

The kids made out like bandits:

 

And Tyler and I crashed

at their house for the rest of the day

so I could go to the Women's Broadcast

with Janie and Rubie!

The weather continued to be 

gorgeous,

so me and the little ones took advantage!

We love the sunshine!

And otter-pops.

This girl couldn't look more like

her brother if she tried.

It's so nice having a good 

park within walking distance!

Kyle and Heather came 

over for Easter dinner.

I ruined the ribs, 

but they were still edible

so it wasn't a total failure.

 

Kale was silly

and put a million stickers

on himself at once:

Ellory climbed in our

basket all by herself:

This last Saturday I took 

the kids to check out the 

Provo Spring Festival

while Tyler was at Utah State

for a track meet.

It was really cool

but there were just so many

people there and it was

super windy, so we

didn't stay very long.

Kale played a few fun games and

got to meet Spider-man!

When I told him he could go talk to him

he just walked right up to him and 

tried to fight him:

Spider-man was a good

sport and pretend to 

fight with Kale for a bit.

Then they took a good picture for me:

 

Batman was there too and

came over so Kale could take a picture

with him,

but Kale said, "I don't like Batman."

He later told Tyler that he 

is scared of Batman.

Totally understandable.

There was a game there called

"Foot Croquette" 

that Kale loved

And now

we are all caught up!

Lots of life changes headed 

our way.

My mom is coming out 

to visit this week.

YAY!

 

Bathtime and Milkshakes

 Hello Hello Hello!

This path month has 

been full of it's ups and downs.

We've had unusually warm

weather, which has been

great for playing

but has come with sick kids.

Tyler has been able to go

on some cool trips!

And we've had

some all around good family fun.

But why am I even

talking about this,

when there are pictures

to be seen!?

First up, bath time.

I'm loving bath time with 

these little tykes lately.

They take baths together

now, which is A-dorable.

On this particular day,

Ellory took a bath alone because

she'd just had a MAJOR 

blowout.

I didn't want Kale to just 

hang out by himself in 

the living room,

and I wanted to keep the bathroom

door shut so it would

stay nice and warm.

So, I improvised:

 That's right.

Ellory loves her bath time:

And Kale loves his computer time:

 

So, Tyler recently got to

travel to New York City

with the track team!

I was (ok I still am)

insanely jealous.

 This is the indoor track

they were at,

called The Armory.

He got to see the USA set

a new world record in the

Distance Medley Relay.

Pretty sweet, huh?

The hotel he stayed at was just 

up the street from

Radio City Music Hall:

 Like, literally up the street.

When we skyped he showed 

me the view from his

window and I could see the sign 

for it.

While he was there, he got

to go see Les Miserables

with a bunch of the track team.

Ya. 

Les Mis.

On broadway.

In NYC.

I couldn't be any more jealous.

 

 

His hotel wasn't far from

Times Square, so he

got to experience that madness

While he goes on trips

I try to send him

lots of pictures of the kids.

We went to the library one day:

And Ellory was adorable

on another day:

Kale and I went to the

indoor swimming pool

and he was pretty exhausted

afterwards:

Ellory was silly one time:

And another time she looked

like a mob boss:

That picture kills me!

Look at those cheeks!

So, whenever Tyler travles,

he's started a tradition of

getting me earings from whatever 

campus he's on.

After NYC, however, he got

presents for all of us!

A cute dress for Ellory that says I <3 nyc="" p="">

a Statue of Liberty Minnie Mouse

for Kale,

And then for me he was able to

find really cool earings that have the

Empire State Building on them,

but he couldn't find them for a

while so he also got me

this really cool beanie that says New York on it.

Ellory might steal it from

me though.....

Ellory and Kale were adorable at the same time

one day:

We had a picnic one time, too:

Kale decided it was Ninja time

(He says 'Inja')

Elory swung in a swing for the first time

and loved it

She also wore some adorable clothes:

Kale got a haircut.

I had to bribe him with 4 whole quarters

in order to get him to

comply

The weather took a turn for 

the even more gorgeous

And then one weekend

Tyler was home!

So we had a really fun family night out.

We took the kids to the 

Provo Beach Resort

and had a yummy dinner,

let Kale play in this 

cool giant playplace,

and then topped it off with a delicious dessert.

Kale had a hard time sitting 

still waiting for our food,

so I walked around with him

to check the place out,

while Tyler and Ellory looked

all cute:

Tyler and I took turns playing

in the playplace with Kale,

but Tyler was the one who

took pictures of it:

They have this really cool

little retro looking

ice cream parlor

that we got ice cream at,

and it was delicious!

That was such a fun night.

I love my little family!

Last Saturday was Jordan's

birthday!!

(Jordan is my cousin Kristen's daughter)

She turned 6, which is nuts.

She invited Kale to come to

her birthday party.

We went to this fun

bounce-house place

called Kangaroo Zoo

and then did pizza and presents

and cake!

It was an all around great time:

 

While I was at the party with Kale, 

Tyler was at home with Ellory:

 

Little update on Ellory:

She crawls like a boss.

She pulls herself up on 

EVERYTHING.

She has two teeth coming in

on the bottom.

She has discovered how 

to blow raspberries.

She loves sweet potatoes.

And ice cream.

And I won't be surprised if she's walking next month.

Tell her to slow down!!!!

 

Last night, something happened

that was both unexpected

and wonderful.

A little back story first.

So, I was in the check-out line

at Wal-Mart a few days ago

when I got a picture text 

message from my best friend 

Brittney May,

and it was a picture of

the Salt Lake Temple with the

caption "Guess where I am."

I was floored!

She was in town for a conference

and so of course we made plans

to meet up!

There was going to be a 

Mormon Tabernacle Choir Concert

and she had an extra pass.

I was a little bummed that she

didn't get meet Ellory

or see Kale,

but I was more thrilled that I got 

to see her!

 

It was so hard to go home,

we could have talked all night.

This was just really special

and came at a time when I needed it.

It's so great to know that

even though we live far apart

and can go years without

seeing each other,

and aren't the best at keeping

each other updated on our lives,

it's still easy to hang out together

and just love each other

for who we both are.

I couldn't ask for a better best friend.

 

Special thanks to my mother-in-law,

Pam, for watching the kids for me.

I got home later than I'd expected,

but she just said it was all

fine.

She helps me out so much

all the time!

And that's about it.

Nothing super major happening

right now, but Tyler is 

on the job hunt,

so things will be happening 

in the not too distant 

future.

Until then, adorable

pictures of these

kids will continue.