April: CA, UT, AZ, & here

Before Easter we dropped the kids off with the grandmas and went up to explore Northern CA.

We wanted to see all the areas between Sacramento and San Fran, because there is an Air Force base that we thought we might want to try to do residency at there. I loved everything about it! Unfortunately Blair is thinking of going into something else now, and Northern Cali probably wouldn't be an option for that one. Grrrr Blair.

Here's a bridge in Sacramento:

The ocean on our drive along the coast:

Green, green, everywhere! It's the opposite of here (dusty, barren, NV)

We went on a little harbor cruise in San Fran, and went past Alcatraz:

Here's as we went over the Golden Gate Bridge:

We went to a museum called the Exploratorium because our annual pass to the Children's Museum in NV got us in for free there. It was weird being there without the kids.

China town:

I ate roast goose for the 1st time at a restaurant that we went to in China town. Here they were in the window:

Here were some of the other options on the menu:

Yep, you read that right, "Soy Sauce Pigeon, and Deep Fried Pigeon." Or how about from the menu below, "Pork Liver Porridge, Pork Blood Porridge, Assorted Pork Guts Porridge, Pork Stomach Porridge?" Do any of those sound appetizing to you??? I thought I'd stick to the goose.

We made it back to UT in time for Easter weekend, and the boys told me that they didn't miss us a bit.

Here they are on Easter, having an egg hunt:

...and of course it snowed a couple day before Easter, so the boys got to go sledding:

Blair's grandma passed away a couple of weeks ago, so we went to AZ mid-April for her funeral.

Blair and his bro:

Here's Blair with his whole family:

On a happier note, some girls in my ward had a shower for me the other day, and I got hooked up!

I changed the bedding in the crib over from boy to girl, and loaded up my presents. I guess I'm ready now!

It's been nice weather here, so the thing we do most days is get the boys to their schools, then Xander bugs me the rest of the day to go on a bike ride later. Xander has mastered 2 wheels, and he loves it!

Missing Tooth

Xander lost his 1st tooth this week! It was loose for a couple of days, and then he swallowed it when he was eating- so it really is missing :) He wrote a note to the toothfairy and put it under his pillow instead. "I'm Xander- my tooth fell out," he wrote.

Blair and I my had a nice birthday week. We did some fun things and ate a lot of free meals at restaurants :)

Here's a belly shot. I still have more than 2 months to go!

Will has started writing his name and drawing people. This is a picture of our family... and no, he's not including the baby in it- he just draws himself twice. Once as small and once as big. On the bottom he drew an "alien ship," he said

Some Las Vegas Family fun

We usually don't make it out to the strip too often, but for some reason we were on a kick this week and went out most days, to go do some fun things.

M & M Factory:

Coca Cola Factory:

Blair enjoying a float.

Rainforest Cafe:

Lance Burton:

We joined a club where we can get last minute tickets for free- so we jumped on Lance Burton when we saw it on there. I forgot my normal camera and that was a mistake because Xander ended up being the star of the show!

He got picked to come up on stage, and Lance pulled coins out of him for a while, then gave him one. Then he and Lance got in his corvette on stage, and drove in a circle, then disappeared! A few minutes later Lance came down on a chandelier from the ceiling and had Xander reappeared with him, then got a free T-shirt and a picture with him!

Will was nervous that Xander would be turned into a bird by him, so we were glad to get him back the way he was :)

Lowe's Build and Grow:

This wasn't at the strip, but we went to this workshop this morning where the boys made "Lowe-bots," which are kind of like transformers. They were so excited to pound nails for so long, and build their own toy.

...with the finished products, and lollipops.

and some not so fun stuff:

Blair changing the battery in the most ridiculously placed fire alarm in our townhome.

Me having to drink that gross drink for that pregnancy glucose test yesterday- Ughhhhhhhhh.

P.S. Thanks for the Valentines flowers Blair, I haven't posted in a while.