St Patty's Day parade and family dinner:)

This weekend we decided to hit up the St Patty's day parade at the gateway with Aunt Lexi, Bailey, Braxton and grandma and grandpa.. The kids had a great time watching the parade, (it was a little LONG for me).. Who knew you could work up such an appetite watching a parade?! Since we were all starving by the time the parade got done we decided to hit up the food court for lunch.. MMM.. 2 hours and 3 different food stores later we finally finished lunch and the younger kids were SOOO READY FOR NAP!! Kaj and I took the younger kids home and Brax and Bailey decided they were done with the parade and wanted to go home to, so Grandma stayed with the older boys and let them do the cake walk and the attempt to watch the dancers (that wasn't very successful, since there were WAY to many "pubs" set up and it was soo crowded). Ryker loved the cake walk and even won a cupcake, Bri was way to shy to get on stage and didn't want to join in the fun so grandma just bought him his cupcake:) The kids spent the day watching movies and hanging out at grandma's house and then we had a "family dinner" Saturday night so we could all get together, the kids love seeing there aunts and uncles and they always love going to grandmas, so it was fun!!

Briyler kind of confused to begin with.. I guess I don't take them to enough parades :)

Dugi was excited. Not only for the parade but for the candy grandma kept sneaking him:)

Bri and Ryker hanging out

Kyn and Dugi, they were pretty good for most of the morning

Yep MORE CANDY from grandma:) No wonder they love her so much

Tui wondering why I am making crazy faces at him:)

He was SOOO TIRED!!

The gang watching the parade.. Kaj and I had to stand in the back with the baby

FAVORITE PICTURE EVER!! Love that smile :)

The kids fav part of the parade was the fire truck!

We have a busy next couple of weeks, and we couldn't be more happy about it:) As you know my grandparents left for the MTC last Monday, they were able to sneak away for another family dinner on Sunday!! It was SOO nice to see them with their missionary tags on and they seemed to have that special missionary "glow" about them:) I am soo happy for them.. My cousin Brock is coming home from his mission on Wed, (YAYAY) so the MTC is letting my grandma and grandpa stay to see him get home from the airport but then they will be leaving for sure:) We are soo excited to see Brock and hear all about his experiences! The family is getting together wed for dinner and then Brock will be giving him homecoming talk on Sunday so we will be having brunch on Sunday, Hello Breakfast casserole: GOODBYE healthy eating.. :) Hopefully we can make it on wed but if not we will be anxiously awaiting Sunday... Soo proud and happy to be apart of such a wonderful family!!

Just missing Uncle Al and Aunt Lexi.. Poor Lex wanted to be there but couldn't make it... I cant believe the kids are ACTUALLY SMILING!!! Look at Bri's smile, you don't get that everyday:) Love seeing them happy!!