Saturday April 2nd
After we watched General Conference, we took the whole family over to the Portland Temple grounds to take pictures of Bella for her baptism pictures. I'm not sure why we did it so early, considering she wasn't going to get baptized until May and she wasn't even turning 8 until the end of April. But it was such a beautiful, warm day so it worked out perfectly.
We got some really adorable pictures of her. I really love her hair curled like this.
I made this to hang in her room.
I love the temple doors.
It's the fam...
After we took pictures, we went to the Visitor's Center and looked around for a bit.
Sunday April 3rd
Watching General Conference--morning session
The McKibben Men
Jim and Georgia came over in the afternoon to watch the afternoon session with us and eat dinner. I think Noah is getting the most out of conference out of the 3 guys. :)
Friday April 8th
Paige's friend Hailey from school (she also lives in our neighborhood) found out that her family was moving, so Paige and some other friends got together and planned a surprise Goodbye Party for Hailey. The funny thing was that she would tell Paige a date that they were moving and then it would change because of one thing or another. Paige kept trying to plan a date for the party, but then kept having to change it. So, she finally had the party, but Hailey didn't end up moving for like another month it seems like. Or at least a couple of weeks. Anyways, I was really proud of Paige and her friends for doing this for her. I think she was genuinely surprised.
One of the kids made the cake and some other kids brought some other goodies
Paige made some banners
and put up some decorations
Hailey walking in to all the friends jumping out at her. Hailey is the one on the left next to Maggie.
Here she is with her hands on her face.
Top: Peyton, Ashley, Mason, Riley, Sarya Bottom: Katie, ? I can't remember her name, Paige, Hailey and Brooke.
They played some soccer games because Hailey loves soccer.
Paige, Brooke and Hailey...these 3 were pretty close.
After most of the kids left, Paige, Bella, Hailey and Brooke decided to play in the water.
Friday April 15th
The Young Women put on a fundraiser each year to help pay for Girl's Camp. This year it was an 80's dance with games and stuff for the kids. The YW were supposed to dress up 80's style, but Lydia didn't want to. These were pictures from the photo booth.
They had face painting for the kids. Paige was obviously Harry Potter and Noah was Pikachu and I can't tell what Ashley had on her face.
Garrett and I dancing. There weren't a lot of people that actually got up and danced.
April 12th
I thought this was so cute...Maggie wearing her prom shoes around the house to get used to them before the dance.
Saturday April 16th
Mormon Prom
This was Maggie's first date...and yes it is a week before she turns 16. We figured she was close enough and didn't want her to miss out on this experience.
Curling her hair
Her friend Emma came over to help her do her hair and her make-up, since I'm really not very helpful in those areas.
Pictures of Maggie before Nathan arrives. She's so beautiful!
Showing off her silver shoes. They have like 3 inch heels.
Maggie and Emma
Look how much taller she is than me in her heels!
Nathan arrived right on time and looked nervous and very handsome in his matching blue. Instead of having to pin on his boutonniere, it was a handy magnet. I remember being so nervous and trying to pin it on my prom date. This was really nice!
They doubled with their friend Tyler from their ballroom dance class (and I can't remember her name either, but I think she was from their class, too.)
They had their mom's (I think) cook dinner for them and they ate it at a park near Nathan's house. They had salad, steak, potatoes and rolls. Maggie said it was really good.
Kind of a blurry picture, but I thought it was cute of them from afar. I'm pretty sure Nathan's mom took this one.
I had them take one of Maggie's hair because I forgot to get one while she was still at home.
Decorations at the dance...
Picture of them from the dance. I thought it was funny that he didn't put his arm around her at our house, but did at the dance. I'm sure he was nervous with Garrett there. :)
April 21st
We got a new rug for our kitchen!! We had been searching and searching for a blue square rug for so long!! There are not a lot of square rugs out there--so hard to find. But I really love it!
Tuesday April 26th
Cub Scouts were having a carnival at their pack meeting. Since I'm in primary, I sometimes go to Pack Meetings. The kids liked the donuts on a string!
Thursday April 28th
Noah had a loose tooth. He actually agreed to let Garrett tie a string around his tooth and a string to a nerf bullet and let Garrett shoot the nerf gun. None of my girls would ever let Garrett do such a thing!! Unfortunately after shooting it 2 or 3 times...it still never came out. I'm not sure why. The string was still attached to the tooth and the bullet.
Then Garrett tried to pull the tooth himself, but wouldn't come out. Maybe the tooth wasn't ready. Garrett was a little disappointed, but glad he was able to try. I was impressed with Noah for being so brave to let Garrett try. It would've been cooler had the tooth come out, but whatever.
Friday April 29th
Father/Son Campout
Noah really likes sleeping in tents...it's such a novelty to him, since he's used to sleeping in a bed in a trailer every time we go camping.
I'm glad that they are able to go and do this once a year and get to bond together and get away from all the girls! Love their funny faces!
Next up will be birthday posts for my 3 birthday people in April!
