Lightbulbs, football, conference, outside time

All summer long there were these large lightbulbs all around the city celebrating/spreading awareness for a local organization that helps teens have beneficial after school programs instead of making mischief! There were 51 in total scattered throughout the city, it was super fun playing treasure hunt for these all summer. They ended the public art display recently and gathered all the lightbulbs in one place for everyone to view and then they auctioned them off! Max enjoyed the first 5 lightbulbs and didn't care about the other 46. We had a great time chasing him :)

This one below was my favorite, so pretty! Max insisted on taking the pictures for us half way through the night.

There was free balloon twisting at the event. Max definitely was SUPER excited to get his balloon.

This was the owl lightbulb just a few blocks from out house! We finally took a walk to it just days before it disappeared! It sold for $7500!!!!!

I got to go to a flag football game of Casey's! This is his last year getting to play on intramural football! They lost but it was fun to watch him. Casey made one super excellent catch that game that I got to see!!!!

"The old guys" team.

And a few more from General Conference the weekend before.!

ANNNNNNNNND some park/outside pictures of recently.

We've been loving hanging out at this tiny park/green area next to the dental school while Max chases squirrels and birds!

More dad visiting during school breaks. How grateful I am for dental school being only a 7 minute walk from our house!

The boy gang in our neighborhood.

The babies are always trying to take things from each other. In this instance it was a ping pong ball in Quinn's mouth.

And then the baby getting stolen from starts yell-screaming.

Maxson is the best at holding one of the boys while in the wagon! So cute to see. If the walk is too long Max will start telling me his legs hurt, ha.

One park day day it began pouring rain on us! We all squeezed under the little ramada area for about 15 minutes while all the wild 2 and 3 year olds ran crazy in the rain.

We also walk to an area on campus quite often with cows and horses to visit. Max loves it so much.These cows are seriously HUGE and SOOO interested in people, it's the funniest thing.

And the end :)

Last week in pictures plus a tiny bit about General Conference!

Mischievious babies.

Sunday hair.

 Mid-walk break.

"freeze like a popsicle" to search for and chase squirrels, an absolute favorite activity of his.

Dirt eaters destroying my garden. 

 A little tomato harvest!

 Maxson loves our neighbor Chloe, he calls her "Ch-oh-ee" or "Coh-ee"

 BQ

 BQ

 This cute little sleeping Quinny, be still my heart.

 A busy park day on the swings.

 Here's our wonderful pregnant friend on her due date getting 25 lb babies to easily fall asleep on her. She is literally super mom.

 Conference crepes! 

 Nom nom

 a. Listening to General conference was the hardest yet this year, my 3 children were SOO needy and loud I didn't get to hear much and I was really sad. But I know that in time I will get to read those talks again. I was so happy to hear the words of our wonderful prophet, President Monson. I know he is a prophet of God who leads and guides this worlds today. My testimony was strengthened and reinforced as I watched 3 new men called as apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ and join the quorum of the 12 apostles. I got to listen a little more to the Sunday afternoon session which I thoroughly enjoyed. It was a wonderful weekend even amidst all the not ideal moments of conference listening. If you have any questions about my church and faith just message me or comment!

b. We went on a tiny walk while our daddy was at the Priesthood session.

And then after the Priesthood session Max threw up a few times and was sick :( Luckily it was only a couple times that evening and nothing during the night, poor thing. 

Conference and Easter weekend.

We were so lucky to have two favorite activity-weekends fall on the same weekend this year: LDS General Conference and Easter! It was wonderful being edified by our prohpets and apostles about ou Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as well as the gift and importance of families. Here's some peek-chas!

THe kids were overall pretty darn good during conference. Babies were asleep probably half the time and pretty happy if we were holding them. And Max slept during both afternoon sessions, score! When he was awake we built towers while trying to listen, let him play on the iPad,, and played with toys.

Our semi-annual picture with the Prophet! The best we could do with 3 kids this year, ha. Oh how I love President Monson.

Easter morning breakfast was green pancakes, we be fancy like that

Every time the choir sang Max thoroughly enjoyed it.

1. We made empty tomb rolls earlier in the week as well as for a big Easter dinner with friends on Sunday night.

2. Facetimed these cute people real quick, I love how happy those little girls get when seeing the babies smile.

More building. 

Baby Easter bunnies! BQ

Max came down stairs Sunday morning to find his Easter basket sitting there.

We did a little Easter egg hunt outside between session which Maxson thoroughly enjoyed, the following days he constantly had me hide the easter eggs throughout the house for him to find. 

Not pictured was A) a big General Conference breakfast with some friends, food was delicious and never ending, so fun to kick off the weekend with friends. And B) Sunday night ended with another big Easter dinner with friends. Glorious food and children galore (with an enclosed backyard for kids to play in, kinda felt like heaven).

Happy Easter and Conference! Until next year!