Easter Happenings

We had a terrific Easter this year. We had a full weekend with Chris's dad in town. Unfortunately it seemed I forgot my camera every place we went! So no pics to chronicle the fun, but we went to the Animal Safari in Stafford where you get to feed wild animals out of the windows of your car. It was pretty crazy actually! Camels, Zebras, Emus, and some very aggressive Donkeys all got a taste of our food, as well as several other varieties of animals. It was fun, but slobbery. We also went to the kids soccer games, and to the Chinese Acrobat show down in Branson. We had a great time and we hope Chris's dad did too!

We also got to spend Easter with him. We colored eggs the night before, and did a little hunt Easter morning. Conference was that weekend so we just hung out and listened to conference during the day, Chris smoked a pork butt, which was delicious! and I made about 10 qts. of strawberry freezer jam. It was a great relaxing weekend. Hope your Easter was the same!

Soccer Peaps

The kids are playing spring soccer this year and having a blast. Here's some shots from our game a week ago, where it was FREEZING cold, windy to chill the bone, and just plain miserable. But both kids played great and had fun despite the weather. Our game yesterday was perfect weather and much more enjoyable for both players and spectators. 4 games left, I'm sure we'll enjoy it while it lasts! Maci's team are the Wolves and Gavin's team are the Sharks.




We also built a little fire pit in our backyard last weekend. It was Spring Break and we had done nothing fun and Chris has been wanting to build one for a while, so we went to the local brick store and got some pavers, and built one ourselves. It turned out pretty good, nothing spectacular or fancy, but much cheaper than the fancy 260$ kit at the brick store. We christened it that night with some friends of Maci's and it was a big hit. It's a fun novelty to break up a monotonous week.

Other than that, we really didn't do much for Spring Break. Chris still had to work, we didn't have much money to go on a big trip, so we just hung around mostly. We played with friends lots, played the Wii too much, etc. Maybe next year we'll do something exciting.