The Dawsons Come to Town

Kyle & Brianna came to visit at the end of April. Brianna had a wedding to attend and so they made a long weekend trip out of it. The day after they arrived, we headed to the Discovery Museum and it was perfect timing because it was a free day! The kids, including Killian, had fun checking out the museum. After the museum, we headed home to put the kids down for naps and then met up for dinner at Black Bear Diner. It was a combined birthday dinner for me, Brianna and Kyle.

On Saturday, the 29th, we headed to Wheeler Farm in the afternoon and then had dinner at grandma's that evening. It was our first time to Wheeler Farm and it's a fun and free place to visit. It's a working farm, but we didn't do any of the activities that cost there. The kids had fun looking at the animals and playing at the playground.

Cross E. Ranch Baby Animal Days

On Saturday the 22nd, we met up with old friends Heather & Skylar and Natasha & Tom. They were friends that we met and hung out with when we lived in Provo. Heather & Skylar were in town from California and we found out that Natasha & Tom live here in Utah still. This ranch had an event called Baby Animal Days where you can go and hold all the baby animals that are there. There was also a little train and hay ride, a jumping pillow and homemade donuts to buy. It was fun to catch up with everyone and see our kids play with the baby animals.

They had these wagons that we could use for free.

This was a favorite activity of theirs.

The kids could have hung out in the baby goat pen the whole time.

Holding the baby chicks was super fun as well. Jordan had a hard time being soft and just wanted to grab and squeeze them. Haha. The baby ducks were resting, so we weren't able to hold them.

These jumping pillows are amazing. Our kids love these so much. This was fun to have there.

Friends! L-R: Scott & me, Skylar & Heather, Tom & Natasha.

Easter

Easter was full of fun and activities. Scott had to work through all of Easter, so we missed him. We spent the day before Easter having a breakfast with the Fletcher's and then having an Easter egg hunt at their house. We wanted to do the egg hunt that was at the breakfast, but we just barely missed it and so it was nice of Dean and Nadine to do one for the kids. Scott had clinical that morning, so he joined us in the afternoon and the kids had fun playing in the dirt pile and watching movies. We all had fun playing games and having an Easter dinner.

The activities we tried to do for Easter did not work too well. I wanted to make rice crispy treats and shape them into an egg, but the kids did not like touching the mixture too much. Also, dying eggs was a little hassle as well. Jordan spilled a whole cup of dye in just a few minutes and so I had to take over after that. Kylie really enjoyed getting to pick the color to dye the egg.

Easter morning was spent at church and then we came home and looked at our Easter baskets. We then headed to grandma's house for dinner and another egg hunt.