Sprink Break, Conference and Easter

We had a fun month and have been super busy.

Spring Break

Christopher had spring break during the second week in March. We had a really fun week doing things around town. To start of our staycation Cory went camping in the backyard with the boys. Well, Christopher was the only one that slept in the tent with Cory. Drew was kicked out around 8:30. He wouldn’t lie down and kept asking to go sleep in his room. Ha, that’s my kid. Why sleep outside on the hard, cold floor, when you have a perfectly good bed inside the house?

During the rest of the week we got to spend time hanging out with friends, going to Chucke Cheese, the park, and going to Pump it Up. The week culminated with a church Easter egg hunt and flying kites at the park. This is the boys at Chucke Cheese with their vampire teeth prize.

Ward Easter activity. Umm, candy for breakfast. Who could ask for anything else?

Conference in Utah

For general conference this year Cory and I decided to surprise my parents and show up in Utah to spend the weekend with them. They were in town only for that week and didn’t have time to come fly down to Phoenix to see us, so we decided to come to them. We drove all day Thursday and got to their house at 1:00am. We rang the door bell, woke them up and totally surprised them. This is a once in a life time opportunity for us, since surprising them with a trip to Brazil is pretty much impossible. My sister also bought last minute tickets to go to Utah so we ended up having a really good time playing with cousins and visiting with grandparents. Near my parents house there’s this trampoline place, and since our kids are all still 3 or younger they got to play for FREE!! They loved jumping around in between conferences, and we loved being able to walk in and walk out of the place without having to pay anything.

Outside Tucano's (Brazilian restaurant). When we go to Utah we always have to eat at 3 places. Tucano's, Cafe Rio, and Chuck A Rama!!

Drew and Sabrina (cousin) at the trampoline place.

My mom with Clarissa

On the way back home we stopped in southern Utah to visit Great Grandma Garrett. The boys really enjoyed eating all of grandma’s candy and Clarissa enjoyed a short little nap on grandma’s lap. I didn’t realize, but that was grandma’s first time seeing the baby (and she was already 7 months old).

Easter

The Easter Bunny stopped by our house this year and left the kids some yummy eggs. The day before the” bunny” had threaten to bring the boys only strawberries and grapes in their eggs because they had already had too much candy. When Sunday morning arrived Christopher ran into our room and the first thing he asked was “Did the Easter bunny leave me strawberries or candy?” Then we went outside for the egg hunt and he was very pleased to see that the bunny had left him candy. Clarissa also got some eggs, but her eggs were filled with baby puffs. She loved eating it all up!

(Christopher is in this new phase where he refuses to take pictures)

Quick Updates

Clarissa is already 8 months old and she’s crawling (army crawling) all over. She can go anywhere and is having a great time being so mobile.

Drew and Christopher are as terrible as it gets. These boys are going to make me go gray way sooner then I should. They are constantly getting into trouble. Christopher knows how to open all our 5 locks and escape out the front door. Drew happily follows, so now I have to keep a constant eye on where they are at. Christopher still loves to climb and his newest idea is to climb on our backyard wall. One of these days I’ll find him roaming the busy street behind my house. He’s still totally obsessed with Selena Gomez (I guess buying him a Selena CD doesn’t quite help him get over her) and his new favorite music video is Michael Jackson “I’m bad”. I am seriously getting tired of it, I much rather listen to Selena Gomez than to have to listen to Michael Jackson and have my son dancing like him (although it is VERY funny to watch).