Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone. Easter is my second favorite holiday after Christmas. We were glad to remember the atonement today and just be grateful for our families and our knowledge of the gospel. Thanks Grandma Cady for the Easter dresses, the girls looked precious. (keep scrolling for the spring break run down)

Spring Break 2009

We were spring break warriors this year. We started out with a trip to Mexico. Then we went to Orlando to visit the temple and play at Disney world.

Steve and Julee came to visit. We took them to see the alligators. Madison has no fear when it comes to alligators. I'm not sure that she knows they can truly eat her.



Did I say we went to Mexico? I meant to say West Palm Beach Zoo.

Lily thought it was fun to growl at the tigers. The tigers also seemed impressed by Lily.


Angela loves these pom-pom flowers.

Madison

Just a really cute picture of Madison.

Weekend Wariors

We have been taking advantage of the good weather. Our Saturdays have been so full of fun. As mentioned in our last post we went to Shark Valley. It was fun seeing all of the alligators, and also riding our bikes with the girls. Here are a few more picture for your viewing pleasure.
The girls were ready to strike a pose even when a large alligator is sitting in the water behind them.
This is close enough for Angela. She was not thrilled about the big meat eaters.
A day at the beach is always a great way to have some fun and get a sunburn. Today we went to Hollywood Beach. The water was beautiful but the temperature low. Lilly and Madison thought they were going to swim. I guess the water is not always warm in Florida. We still had a great time. Angela took some really great pictures.




The City of Hollywood built a new recreational center by the beach. They have racquetball courts, play ground, and a new splash pad. It took Lily a while but she warmed up to the idea and had fun. Madison jump right in. Of course she got cold and needed a towel. Some thing never change.
Interesting Fact: There were hundreds of Canadians from Quebec at the beach today. If anyone knows why please let me know?

Aunt Becca, Disney, and other cute stuff

We had so much fun last week during my sisters visit. (Thanks for coming Becca) The highlight of her trip was a weekend at Disney World. It was so fun for us to be their with her. Mike gave us an afternoon alone at Epcot and of course having another adult means we got to go on adult rides, a big plus.
Lily's favorite part of the trip was her Mickey Mouse ice cream sandwich.

Madison's favorite part is chatting with the princesses and Lily even got a kiss from Belle!(above)

This is inside the brand new American Idol experience at MGM studios. They have try outs at the park just whoever happens to be brave and in the park that day then they choose three people to sing for your vote. It was pretty cool the set looks like an exact replica just on a smaller scale. They even had Randi, Paula and Simon look alike judges.

Now for the "and other cute stuff" portion of the post. Madison and Adella started their cheer pom-pom class last week. The class room and teacher was awesome. They were happy girls that day and it was stinkin cute to watch.

Lily 's favorite things lately are baby dolls, strollers and anything with buttons: ipods, cell phones, remote controls, laptops... I caught her the other day with my cell phone to her ear in one hand pushing her stroller and holding her purse in the other hand. She is going to be one techno savy mommy someday.

We finally got a chance to use our bike trailer on Saturday at Shark Valley. It is a national park in the Everglades that is actually crawling with alligators not sharks. No fences just a big bike trail with gators everywhere. I don't have any pictures of the gators they are all on Mikes camera but here are the cute girls in their trailers.

Exciting News!

Mike just came home with some super exciting news and after calling my family I still need to shout it from the roof tops. Mike got into the Periodontics honers program for 4th year!!! They only choose 4 students and there was something like 70 students apply. It means he gets to learn periodontal procedures and even do surgeries! It's like a built in periodontal residency. That would have normally been an extra year after graduating. It also hugely ups our chances of getting into a periodontal specialty program. It would be 3 more years of school (gulp) but also triple the income when we get out. All I know is I am super proud of him he totally deserves it and it just confirms what I already know--Mike your amazing!!

The Cruise

My parents watched the girls for us this last weekend and Mike and I were able to go on a three day cruise to the Bahamas. I really can't thank them enough it was a fantastic break. Unfortunately we had a cold front come through so the weather was kind of cold (68ish) and it was super windy which is really weird for us, it is rarely windy here unless their is a storm coming . The wind made us miss our stop at Cococay because it was to windy to get us in, I guess you have to tender in on smaller boats. Even though there was a few disappointments 3 days with no kids, diapers, cooking, cleaning etc. was total bliss. The boat was amazing the food was super good and it's all free you can order whatever you want, as much as you want, any time of day. Oh and I got to have uninterrupted conversations with Mike and take 2 hour naps every day. I have been daydreaming about it all day -sigh.This is me trying to hold my dress down so it doesn't come flying up from the wind.

We spent a day in the Bahamas. The water was amazingly blue the picture really doesn't do justice. We rented this awesome red scooter so we could see everything on the island. It was scary because they drive on the opposite side of the street. I can't believe we were that brave but we made it back alive and it was super fun.

Formal night

Here is one of the cute towel animals they leave on your pillow everyday.