Soccer Games

We have had so much fun this past month because our Craft Cousins from Cedar City have been coming down every Saturday for soccer. It is such a fun Saturday activity, we get to go run around and play outside in the warm weather and hang out with family! Ella is absolutely OBSESSED with her cousin Sydney. All week I have to hear, "I wanna see Sydney mom!" Now she knows that she sees Sydney on Saturday, so I hear, "Ella see Sydney on Saturday!!!" Madeline, Julia, Lauren, and Syd are so dang cute with my kids, they are the best little babysitters. I always get to sit and relax when they are around, they take such good care of them.

Kash and Julia

Sydney is such a good little mom to Ella.

If Kash has a ball he is happy. It was just unfortunate that we were sitting on a hill....which of course means we were chasing after it the whole time!

Lauren, Kash, and Julia.

Whitney is ENGAGED!!

My little sister Whitney is engaged! About a week and a half ago it was finally official, but I am just now getting around to blogging about it. She is marrying Ryan Jackson, who is also from Glendora and his family is actually in my parent's ward! We both new him in high school but they never really dated until after his mission. They have been dating for about 3 years off and on.....it has been KILLING me! I was pretty sure this was going to happen(and I think Ryan was too) but Whit took her time to figure it out :) haha. They are so happy and we are so excited to have another boy in the family! Matt has been the only brother in law for a long time, so he is especially happy to have Ryan to hang out with! This past weekend I went up north with Whitney and my mom and she bought a dress, so now we all feel like this is really happening and we can plan the wedding. They are getting married in the LA temple on July 25. I am so happy for them and love them both so much!
She also graduated this past weekend from BYU.....Congrats Whit!

Kashy Man

I don't know how Kash got this nick name, but EVERYONE calls him Kashy Man. He is such a boy, he is obsessed with balls, and can REALLY throw. I swear he HAS to stomp his feet as he walks, he growls constantly, he is SO strong, and obviously HUGE.....I could go on and on, but basically he is a BOY! He is so rough and tuff but then he is also such a lover, he gives the best hugs and kisses! One night Matt was blowing up the air mattress for one of my sisters to sleep on and Kash wanted his face as CLOSE to the pump as possible.......

He thought this was so funny, and so did we. When he was done screaming and laughing hysterically, he had some time to give his famous, huge-lipped KISS!

LOVE YOU KASHY!

Kite Festival

Last year was the first year that we went to the Kite Festival, but by the time we got there they were closing most of the things down. So this year we went and were so surprised to see all of the stuff they had! The kids loved it and we wished that we had more time to spend but we were in a hurry. Here are some pictures of what we could fit in:

Matt went on the train with the kids, Ella was so excited when she saw this thing, she spotted it from far away and said, "choo choo train!"

Then we hit up the bounce houses, they had a TON there.

Kash was so funny on the ferris wheel, he kept smashing his face against it and we could hear him saying, "ohhhhh."

Sharing a snow cone.

Ella was all about the snow cone but Kash preferred my $5 drink! I love this lemonade but it is such a rip off!

Kash flying his spider man kite.

Ella and her Dora kite.

Becky was volunteering at the festival and was in charge of the hoola-hooping. We talked Matt into trying out the hoola hoop, he was actually pretty good.....but Becky had all day to practice...she is a pro! :) (and so lucky that the pic I took of her didnt turn out.)

Easter or Carnival?

The Craft Family doesn't have the basic Easter egg hunt.....not with my crazy husband MATT in charge! For the past few years Matt has been the coordinator of the Easter activities. You would think that would mean stuffing a bunch of eggs with candy and hiding them around the yard, right? No way. Every year he has gotten more and more extreme, and this is definitely the best year yet. He wanted to go out with a bang because he said this would be the last year of the craziness....next year we are back to the good old fashioned egg hunt! So when the kids were finally allowed to come outside, this is what they saw: Of course tons of eggs filled with candy and even more filled with money, a bubble machine blowing bubbles all over the yard, real baby chicks chirping away, a balloon game where you got pins and popped the balloons as fast as possible, a pinata, adults attacking children with silly string, streamers blowing in the wind, pinwheels in the grass, a dart game where you shot for prizes, and the main attraction....a giant bounce house! We had so much fun, the bounce house was the best thing ever because EVERYONE had fun in that thing! Here are some pictures of the CARNIVAL:

We ended the night with the traditional softball game in the cul-de-sac. It was such a fun day and we were so lucky to be able to spend it with family.

Easter Project

We had so much fun making these Cake Pops. I think this is such a great little project because you can do it for any occasion. We decided to make eggs and chicks, and they turned out pretty cute! We spent hours making these things, the decorating is so addicting. Here are the proud decorators:

Nikki, Mom, Karlee, Whitney, Lindsay

In the middle of the process...

And the final outcome!

Ta Da!

Easter Eggs

This was the first year we dyed eggs. My sister in law Gina and her little boy Adam came over too. I new Ella would like it but I was surprised how much Kash and Adam got into it! They loved it and were so cute, they cracked just about every egg they touched but they had fun!

Even after washing Adam's hands, he was still this green!

My sister Karlee got into town just in time for the party!

Ella with her tongue out, just like her Dad.

The Park

A few weeks ago Matt and I took the kids to Vernon Worthen Park. As soon as we got there Kash fell and hit his lip (pretty typical for Kash). If you look close at the pics of him you can see it, it was HUGE. It reminded me of what I look like when I have a cold sore, sad I know. But that didn't stop him and Ella from playing for a couple of hours. The ice cream truck came by and of course Matt couldn't resist.
The real reason for this post are the pictures below. As soon as they got off of the swings they grabbed each other's hand and started walking over to the playground. I was dying when I was taking the pictures, they were being so cute!
Ella was being such a good big sister, she paused and said, "Step Kashy."

Why can't they be like this all the time???? I love it.

Dance Party!

We love to turn up the music and dance at our house. Ella is always asking for me to put on her favorite song, "Keep Bleeding," by Leona Lewis. She recognizes it from the very first note and gets so excited. So I turned it on and by the time I turned around Ella and Kash were dancing together! I thought it was pretty cute.

Don't mind the messy faces, it was right after lunch!

Picasa Problems

For some reason I cannot get into my Picasa Program. When I double click on the icon it doesnt do anything. I've tried to right click and select open, but that doesn't do anything either. I don't know much about computers so does anyone have any suggestions? I am so scared that I am going to lose all of my pictures!! I will be so sad if this happens! But I don't know what's going on because I can't even get into it! What should I do??