Gavin 8 Months

So here we are at 8 months! I know that I've said it before but, I just cannot believe how fast the last 8 months have gone by. We love this little guy! He has to be the best baby out there. He is always so happy and is so much fun to make smile. In fact, making him smile is so much fun that it now takes me 3 1/2 hours to do my grocery shopping because with those big blue eyes and great smile he just draws in all of the other shoppers. No kidding, we usually get stopped on almost every single isle at the grocery store. You would think that yeah, the grandmas are the ones that stop but, he gets people of all kinds! Other kids, other moms, and even some men (most of them are grandpas). Gavin is just starting to make all kinds of noises with his mouth. When we sing with the hymnal at church he likes to hold it and "sing" along. He is rolling all over the place and he has started to get up on his knees and do the rocking thing. I just point my finger at him and tell him to get off of those knees! In a loving voice of course. I'm sure that by next month my free time will all be gone chasing him around the house.

Just for fun here is a close up! Can you tell I love that hat???

Our Easter

Yesterday we went to a local Easter Egg hunt. As you can see, it is more like an Easter egg gathering.

The kids had fun even though it doesn't look like it in the picture. It was cold and windy, which is unusual weather for this time of year.

Last night we finally got around to coloring eggs.

Even Gavin gave it a try.

Our finished product!

The Easter bunny left a lot of fun stuff. We are especially excited about the snow cone machine!

Here are the kids in their Easter outfits before church!

Easter Pageant

On Tuesday night, we made a spur of the moment decision and packed up the family and headed to Mesa to see the Easter Pageant at the Mesa Temple. I have always wanted to take the family to the pageant but for one reason or another we hadn't made it up there. I was supposed to be going to mutual but I explained to Sister Tanner that Spencer and I had talked it over and we had decided that that night would work out best for our family. We were hoping that it would be less crowded since it was a weeknight. We got there only 30 minutes before it started!

We sat on a blanket because all of the front section of seating was full. We were all of the way back by the back of the temple so you can see it in the background of this picture.

A lot of work goes into the production. The kids were tired because their normal bedtime is 7pm and the play didn't start until 8pm. Maybe it helped that they were tired because they sat there pretty well and enjoyed the pageant. However, Eli kept putting his head down in Spencer's lap and telling him to let him know when the cool stuff happened, "like when the armies come out".

After it was all over we decided to walk around the Temple and let the kids touch it like was counseled during conference so the following pictures are of the kids touching the Temple.