One of those good days

Springtime in Utah

Easter fun

We went to the city Easter egg hunt and as you can tell Addie definitely found some eggs. Lizzie even caught on and got a couple.

Easter dresses

Addie found her basket in the dryer and thought that was the funniest thing she had ever seen.

Princess Party

What could be better then being invited to a princess party,

And getting to dress up as Sleeping Beauty,

And wave at all your neighbors,

As you ride along in Cinderella's carriage with all your friends?

Nothing. Unless you are Lizzie and then the answer would be "playing in lots of dirt."

Why I will be doing my grocery shopping at 6:30 A.M.

1. I look like a child abuser as I try to bend Lizzie's legs to get her in the cart and strap her down.
2. Lizzie then cries about being strapped in the majority of the trip
3. I end up behind the lady who knows the cashier and is price matching everything in her cart and takes 20 minutes to get through the line.
4. My children have escaped by this point and Lizzie is screaming and twisting in my arms and Addie is being "helpful"
5. Steering the cart with a screaming Lizzie in one hand and Addie hanging on the side of the other is almost impossible
6. Addie meltdowns at the car because she wants to get in a funny way
7. The car is dead when I try to leave because Addie turned the light on earlier.
8. I carry the kids home with Addie screaming the whole way in the rain.

What's for lunch?

Today I asked Addie what she wanted for lunch and she told me that she wanted a cricket sandwich. I asked her if she meant crooked and she said, "No, a cricket sandwich. We can go catch them by where the hose is and put them in the bread and I will eat them quick before they hop out, but they might be hard to find because I think they're nocturnal." Can anyone tell me where this came from?

Time Trial

While we were in California we went up to Solvang and watched the time trial in the Tour of California. For anyone (almost everyone) who doesn't care to see a lot of people they don't know and haven't heard of I will summarize- it was a lot of fun.
Now for a little more detail the time trial is a ton of fun to watch because you get to see a lot more of the actual race. We started at the finish line where you can watch the riders make their way through the crowds to start and then we headed over to watch the best guys finish. All the while finding our favorite riders, taking pictures, getting free stuff, and buying souvenirs.

I was really sad that one of my favorites dropped out after winning the first stage, but at least I got to see his amazing time trial bike.
Anyone recognize this guy? Yeah he just came riding by doing his warm up and then had to fight his way through the crowds to get back to his bus. Nick and I were getting pictures as fast as we could and saying Hi and generally freaking out when some lady said, "Who is that? Is he a good rider?" I told her that he won the tour last year and she said, "no Levi won the tour last year." I didn't get to explain to her that I was talking about the Tour de France not the Tour of California
Just a picture of Sastre and O'Grady.
This picture is for Poppi. I am not a Lance fan but he is and Addie was quite happy with her Lance paraphernalia.And the winner of the day and the tour.

This is Nick writing this portion. I have to explain that the picture above is of Natalie's sports crush, Ivan Basso. We stuck around there for a while to watch him warm up. After he was done my Dad got his water bottle and then, later, Nat got it signed by Mr. Basso himself. Pretty dang cool. Sadly he dropped out of the race that day. You can see the bandages on his knee. Apparently he crashed earlier in the day and had to call it.