Lori's Wedding

Brian's sister Lori got married over Mother's Day weekend and Brian and I were lucky enough to fly out to Washington for the wedding. Ezra came with us since he can still fly free and Maybrie and Thomas stayed with our good friends the Bunkers, who they love. All had a good weekend. We flew to Pasco, WA Friday night and stayed at Lisa and Jaime's house.

On Saturday morning my mom watched Ezra while we went to the temple sealing (she was in town watching my sister Jessica's kids next door while they were in Hawaii! Crazy timing!). It was so neat to be able to see both our moms over Mother's day weekend. The sealing was wonderful... so great to be there with all of Brian's siblings and their spouses. I forgot my temple recommend... oops! Luckily they got a hold of my bishop and I made it in with no problem! Lori and Stuart make a very good looking couple, and Lori was simply glowing all day, such a beautiful bride! We had a luncheon at the church, tacos at Brian's parents house and then the reception at the church that evening. Lisa headed up the decorations, Emily made the cake and Christy made the daisy cupcake toppers... all turned out beautifully. I loved the daisies and burlap... so Lori! I was really excited to figure out printing on Burlap for their wedding gift, one of my favorite Pinterest finds! 

The next day we went to church with Brian's parents and celebrated Mother's day with them in Grandview. We were able to visit with my sister Jessica and family later that night in Pasco before we flew home the next morning. During our layover in Salt Lake we volunteered to delay our flight to receive a $400 travel voucher each and spend a few hours with my family. My brother Spencer picked us up from the airport and we met my parents and two sisters Ashley and Noelle at In 'n' Out... heavenly food and company, so lucky! It was a quick but fun weekend and we are so grateful to our friends who cared for Maybrie and Thomas so we could be with Lori on her special day! And P.S. Ezra traveled SO much better than we thought he would, slept pretty much every flight! Yay!

  

        

 

 

 

Maybrie's Spring Break

Here in Indiana the public schools have a balanced calendar, giving us a shorter summer and longer breaks in the fall and spring. So for Maybrie's two week spring break we enjoyed the sunshine and playing outside as much as we could. Ezra is climbing the playground stairs and loves going down the slides by himself... he's a little dare devil!

I got to take Maybrie on a special mommy/daughter date to see Cinderella which was awesome! We both loved it so much! 

We went to the children's museum with some friends (Wilsons and Dahls) where we got to see Bumblebee transform "for real," showed Maybrie the new Transformers exhibit, watched a Dr. Suess musical in the Lilly theater, and Maybrie got to be a helper in Playscape for the first time now that she is 6. It was one of the best trips I've ever had with all three kids by myself. Ezra was finally interested and interacting with things... he loved Babyscape and Maybrie really stepped up into her helpful big sister role. It was a good day!

We enjoyed a windy play date at Southwestway park with friends.

We went to Connor Prairie for the first time. Maybrie and Thomas had a lot of fun and Ezra was a good sport getting carted around in his stroller. Some of the exhibits are more interesting for elementary age kids, so Maybrie was more interested in listening and learning than Thomas who mostly wanted to run around. We enjoyed seeing some live animals, especially the new baby lambs and the turkey that strutted around the streets of Prairietown. 

We dyed eggs for Easter and had our annual Manchester Easter egg hunt that was a big success yet again.

We enjoyed watching General Conference from home and are grateful that the kids were pretty well-behaved allowing us to hear most of the talks.

Ezra has figured out how move chairs to get into drawers (the silverware to be specific) and can now climb onto the kitchen table! Things just got a lot busier and crazy around here with our little busy body Ezra!