These last 2 weeks have been super busy and exciting.  Lots of Easter traditions and adventures to keep us busy during spring break.  We made sugar cookies, died Easter eggs and went on an egg hunt (thanks Grandma, Grandpa, Spencer and Mckay for the eggs and candy!).  Grant took a day off and we visited Great Seneca Creek State Park, went swimming and took an adventure to Baltimore.

The state park is right by our house.  The boundaries for it start just across from the creek behind our house but we half to drive to the entrance about a mile away.  They had a really neat recycled tire playground with a zip line that Emma and Leah loved.  There is also a lake that we walked to and threw rocks into.  This was Becca's favorite past time.  She would get really close and then throw her rocks in.  I was just sure she was going to throw herself into the water but she managed to stay mostly dry.  The indoor swimming pool here is lots of fun.  There are alot of slides for the kids of all sizes and a big area with water like a foot deep for the babies like Becca.

Baltimore was fun.  We visited Fort McHenry a battle site during the war of 1812 which inspired the writing of the Star Spangled Banner. The girls loved walking all along the tops of the walls and into the jail areas.   It sits right on the inner harbor which has lots of fun things to do.  We will definitely be going back and exploring some more.  While in Baltimore we decided to go to an italian deli we saw on Diners Drive In and Dives.  We have been dying for a granatos kind of sandwich and this looked like a similar place.  The food was great but the location... well I was a little concerned the car would be gone when we got done.  All was fine though we made it out safely. 

Emma went back to school on Wednesday.  She is super happy because I have found a friend to watch her sisters and I get to go and volunteer one morning a week in her class.  She doesn't like being there all alone while we have fun without her at home she says.  Leah started a soccer clinic on Saturday.  It was her first experience with an organized sport like that and we left with her in tears and she says she isn't meant to be a soccer girl.  Oh well, we will try again this Saturday.  Leah has decided her new favorite color is purple and wears it everyday she can.  Unfortunately she has a limited supply of purple to choose from, which makes getting dressed traumatic somedays.  Becca has finally started saying no.  She is frequently grabbing things and shaking her finger and saying no no, uh huh.  She loves to play with her sisters.  She loves piggy back rides from Emma and unluckily for Leah loves to whack her with various objects.  She also is full of hugs and kisses and is frequently running up to hug you or climbing on your lap and honing in for a wet and juicy mwah right on the lips.  Emma especially dislikes the on the lips kisses.  The girls love saying the da da daaa! from the croods movies and Becca even does it!  It is really cute and funny.

We had a good conference weekend.  We are still adjusting to the new conference times, but we are grateful we can still watch from the comfort of our living room.  We are grateful for the gospel in our lives and especially for the instant family you have when you move to a new place.

Dancing

We took this video a few weeks ago but finally figured out how to upload it to the blog.  The girls love to dance during the credit music after movies.  Thought this was a cute video of Becca and Leah dancing. Enjoy!

Sisters!

Sorry for not posting last week.  We have had sickness going around, again.  The last 2 weeks have seen 3 trips to the doctor, 2 ear infections and one sinus infection.  Hopefully we will recover and be healthy for a little while.
This week is spring break for Emma.  It is actually this week and 2 days next week.  She goes back to school on April 3rd. We started spring break off with a bang-the biggest snow storm all winter! The girls had fun playing in the snow this morning.  On Saturday we went and saw the new movie The Croods.  It was pretty good.  Becca almost watched the whole movie, just missed the last 10 minutes or so.  The girls enjoyed it and I enjoyed listening to Emma laugh really loud and make funny comments during the movie.
We decided to make today Make-over Monday and curled all the girls hair and painted their nails.  It was Becca's first time getting her nails done and she sat really still and watched.  I officially have 3 princesses in the house!

Becca dressed up as a bee with her favorite boots on!

Leah making rice krispie pops!

Sisters enjoying an after nap snack on Sunday

Playing in the snow

Making pink pancakes for breakfast

Princesses!

Gettysburg

This last weekend we visited Gettysburg National Military Park.  It is only an hour away from our house and the the weather was good.  We drove around and saw all the different monuments and we even got out and went on a little hike.  It was nice to get out and enjoy the warmer weather and sunshine.

Just another week

This last weekend was exciting at least for Emma and Leah.  They both had a birthday party to go to on Saturday.  It is fun that we actually know people and they get to go be with friends! We spent most of the last week still recovering from the stomach flu.  Now I am trying to catch up with all the things I got behind on being sick and taking care of sick kids.  Gotta love laundry and cleaning :)? 
Friday night we went a major costco shopping spree.  We are trying a new approach to grocery and meal planning this month-one trip for the whole month.  I spent last week planning out enough meals and making lists of what we needed and what to eat when, you know the freshest stuff at the beginning of the month and the things that last longer or are frozen towards the end of the month.  We will see how it goes! 
 The pictures this week are from Sunday.  We had the girls in their matching holiday dresses (thanks mom!) for the first time at the same time and took their pictures.  Becca has grown attached to a certain beanie hat and even had to wear it during story time with dad so I just had to take a picture-so cute!
Our alphabet "days" are few and far between lately and we have only made it to G so far.  So today we made giant ginger cookies for our FHE treat and made green collages-hence the picture of Becca with green marker all over her!

Oogies

So this week I am a little late in blogging.  We have had the oogies or stomach flu at our house.  So far just Emma, Leah and Mom lets hope that is all! 
This week has been pretty normal except with a plethra of scouts.  Saturday was the Blue and Gold blanket. Hot dogs and cheetos yum!  True cub scout food.  My girls were in heaven.  I don't think they have ever eaten so much at a ward function.  The best part of the night was the angry bird sling shot game and other angry bird activities.  The girls had lots of fun and I got a nice thank you gift and my trained badge. Last night at den meeting we did strength activities.  9 year old boys trying to do yoga poses-priceless!
Emma got to paint on canvas and make a junk mobile as she calls it in her art class.  She loved both.  Leah has been busy being sneaky and experimenting with various things around the house.  The best one was giving her squinkies a bath in the bathroom sink and then losing them down the drain! I guess water isn't too bad to clean up but the cornstarch goo we made last week was a beast! Fine little powder all over the dining room and kitchen!
Becca is busy busy busy.  She is very concerned with details.  She makes sure you turn lights off, use your toothpaste and even insists on having blush too when I am putting on my makeup. She even helped set the table last week. I was yelling at someone to set the table, can't remember who since they take turns everyday, and look over to see Becca in the middle of the table putting her plastic play dishes around the table! At least she listens to me for now!

Setting the table for Dinner!

Becca fell asleep during lunch in her high chair!

Funny journal page from Emma. "I was playg tempolrun on my Dad's tablit." Translation: "I was playing temple run on my dads tablet." Thought youwould appreciate this Spencer and McKay!