We welcomed Gunner Lawrence Hess into our family April 11. He weighed 8 lbs 4 oz and was 20 inches long. He came 6 days early and it was by far the easiest labor and delivery for me! The kids were so excited to meet their new little brother, and since his arrival he has fit in just perfectly with our family. Both my parents and Chris' parents were able to come down to see Gunner and help us out. Here is a special thanks to them--it was so wonderful having the help and support!
Easter was great this year. We loved decorating eggs, but sadly we did not go to the Mesa temple easter pageant this year. This was due mainly to me having tests and feeling pregnant and uncomfortable. I love going to the pageant because it is such a great reminder of why we really celebrate easter--I hope we can get to it next year. Our ward did hold a community easter egg hunt which was super fun for the kids. It was especially fun to see Drey he was enchanted by it all. They also had an adult egg toss--Chris and I almost made it to the end, but then sadly I wasn't able to catch the egg "light" enough and it broke.
Chris turned 32 this year and I am sorry to say that we didn't do much for his birthday. As it turned out this year I had to take tests close to or on each of our birthdays this year. So, for Chris' birthday I was studying and he took the kids to Space day at Jaxon's school. We celebrated his birthday the day after his "real" birthday and after my test. The kids help me make Chris a chocolate chip brownie cake. Even though we didn't have a huge celebration I hope Chris knows that the kids and I love him very much--and are so happy he is ours!
I can hardly believe it has been 3 months since Christmas. Time has just been flying by, and I have neglected my blogging. So, here is a brief overview of what we have been up to.
Soccer-
Kenli posing for the camera. Kenli's first soccer game.
Kenli's first soccer practice
Jaxon's soccer game
My birthday!
Crafts--making cookies, designing with toothpicks and marshmellows, and St. Patty Day pictures
Playing at the park and enjoying the beautiful weather!
Jaxon turned 7! Jaxon was lucky this year, he got to celebrate his birthday with his family on one day and with his friends on another. He is really into Indiana Jones, which is funny because he has never seen any of the movies, but he does love to play lego Indiana Jones on the x-box. Hence, he wanted to have an Indiana Jones birthday party. About 3 months ago I started to look for Indiana Jones things at the store...and there were toys and legos. Now, I did not buy anything because I was going to get everything closer to his birthday. Well, about 3 weeks before his birthday I went back to the stores to find nothing! I called every toy store all to find out that all the Indiana Jones merchandise had been discontinued! So, I the only place you can buy Indiana Jones stuff is online--and now it is WAY overpriced because it can be. So, I had to be a little more creative with his party, but it turned out great and Jaxon loved it--so I guess it was a success. He had a Indiana Jones cake, and we played games all based off of Indy's movies. The kids got to dodge the boulders, dig for treasure, and spring through an obstacle course to look for the Holy Grail. I have to say that hosting a party for 10 7 year old kids is quite a workout. They all had a lot of ENERGY, but I was happy to see everyone having a good time.
