Truck Touch

Garrett's preschool held a fundraiser event this last Saturday. I originally wasn't planning on going because of how pregnant I am. I just wasn't sure if I would be able to keep up with all the activities the kids would want to run around and do. Once we found out Rick's schedule and that he miraculously had Saturday off, we decided to go ahead and buy tickets! I'm glad we did, because the kids had the time of their lives. We spent 3 hours at the event! 

It is called the "Truck Tough" fundraiser because they get all sorts of different vehicles from the community to come and park their cool vehicles in the parking lot of the church and allow the kids to climb in, on and/or through them. For example, there was a post office vehicle, a tow truck that had its ramp down for all the kids to run up and down it, a fire truck, an ambulance, a school bus, a bomb squad vehicle, four-wheelers, a race car and several others. The kids thought it was so neat! 

Around the corner from the parking lot were bounce houses, pony rides, a face-painting station, a train ride, a center for making a truck out of clay and painting it, a photo booth and all sorts of food stands that you could purchase food from to help with the fundraiser. I think the pony rides were a huge hit because the line was insane. But Rick stood in line with the kids in the direct sunlight while I went and stood under some trees in the shade. After being out in the sun and heat for 2+ hours I was starting to feel a bit lightheaded and needed to stay cool. Anyway, they loved everything about the event.

At the end we let the kids pick out something to eat for lunch. The girls each wanted a hotdog with veggie straws and Garrett just wanted a bag of Chex, haha. He is such a picky eater... Rick and I had a date planned for when we got home so we didn't want to eat anything then. Cosette had offered to babysit so we could go on a date before Rick would have to start a stinky schedule doing night shifts for 2 weeks. I think the even was a huge success and it was a fun day that we got to spend together as a family.

I cannot believe Brenna went down the 24ft tall
bounce house slide by herself! She was fearless!

They also really enjoyed doing the obstacle course!

Garrett thought this truck was so cool since it had his name on it.

Easter

The kids both had Easter egg hunts at school. Garrett's preschool invited parents to come to the hunt and then afterward we could just take them home.

Garrett found a ton of eggs along the back fence.

Kimbri came home and had some fun bunny
ears that she had made at school.

Brenna wanted to try Kimbri's bunny ears on...

Easter baskets!
L to R: Cosette, Kimbri, Garrett, Brenna.

The Ryan's invited some neighborhood families over for an
Easter brunch and egg hunt for the kids. The kids all had a blast!

After the brunch with friends we came home and watched General Conference and it was so great! It was the first conference with President Russell M. Nelson as the prophet of the church! They also sustained 2 new apostles, Elder Suarez and Elder Gong. This was the first conference weekend that Rick has actually had off and it was such a great weekend spent with family, friends, and listening to the leaders of the church.