a road trip & pauls grandparents

paul, jack and i took a little road trip to idaho to see his grandparents. i had never met them, and paul really wanted them to meet jack and i. we left friday when paul got home from work and picked up paul's mom betty on our way (we stayed with her sister ann and her hubby wayne, and they would have a chance to visit). about 1.5 hours from their house, jack started getting really fussy. we pulled to the rest stop to change his bum and he threw up! it was disgusting. i don't do throw up at all, but somehow got through it. after that, i drove and paul sat back with him and watched a little winnie the pooh. we got to wayne and ann's about 12:30 that night and went straight to bed. the next morning, i awoke to bacon, pancakes and eggs. paul, jack and i got a few things ready for our 1.5 hour drive further north to meet his grandparents. i dropped paul off (so he could visit with them out of the cold) and i took jack to a park nearby. i realized that my phone had died, so i had to borrow a nice man's phone to call paul and tell him where we were. paul and his grandparents showed up about 20 minutes later and it was really nice to meet them, to put faces with names. we then took them to lunch at red robin, (and yes, i got a chocolate malt) and headed to the warhawk air museum so jack could get some of his wiggles out and of course to see some cool history. we had a great visit with them and then took the 1.5 hour drive back to wayne and ann's home. we had a great dinner, fruit and cookies, jack took a bath, looked at all of ann's bird photos, and talked and talked. i am grateful for family and appreciate wayne and ann's hospitality. we slept great and we ate great. they have toys there jack loved to play with, and even played with jack. jack was a champ. he did such a great job in the car. actually, i think i was a little worse than he was. it's always nice to be home:)
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happy easter

i started out the morning with a 6:30am easter morningside at the church. it was a really good way to keep easter focused on jesus christ, and yet still have the fun tradition of the easter bunny. we gathered together as a ward family and read from the new testament about the resurrection of jesus christ. i have so much to be grateful for, and i love my savior. i love knowing he died on the cross for my sins, and was resurrected three days later to give me hope. we had my dad's parents over for dinner. we had, tostados (seriously). we were going to have ham and cheesy potatoes, but the bigelow family doesn't care for those, so we had tostados instead. not your traditional easter dinner right? it was nice visiting and playing with the kids, and just relaxing. from our family to yours, happy easter.
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1 blanket and 2 pillows

something that jack and lucy love doing, is pulling the blanket off the couch, each grabbing a pillow, and getting into the perfect position to relax.it is sweet to watch. they move around and around and around. reminds me of little puppies trying to get comfortable. i love watching these two play. they are at each other's throats a lot, but then they can be the best little friends. while they lay down, they pull and tug at the blanket, they take turns at lifting their heads to look at each other. it really is adorable.
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lettuce anyone?

jack is a picky eater. he may fool some people, but i know full well, he is picky! for breakfast and lunch, some days, it is a nightmare to feed him. the one thing he loves, is his veggies. i loves broccoli, green beans, lettuce, peas and corn. if he is at katie's house, he will eat hotdogs. if i make him hotdogs he won't eat them. if lucy, conrad and phoebe eat something, he will eat it...if not, forget it...he won't eat it if i make it for him.
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a wrinkled nose

i took this photo of jack as we was beginning to fall asleep. i am not sure who he is making the face too, but i love his little wrinkled nose.
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testing sprinklers

grandpa came home from work today and tested the sprinklers to make sure they're ready for the summer heat. there are a couple that need new heads, but other than that, they look fantastic. now jack, when there is water, cannot resist. i guess he's like his grandma birrell that way. i thought when the sprinkler would hit him right in the face, it would scare him, or he would hate it, but he loved it, and ran for more. when he was finished, he was soaked to the bone, and his poor fingers were blue. i love hearing him laugh.
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