Oops, has it really been two weeks!! :P

I told myself last Sunday (when it got too late to stay up and post) that I would just post on Monday.... Now here we are at Sunday again..... oops! We've been keeping busy though! We've had water gun fights, preschool at our house, birthday parties, zoo trips and doctors appointments. I had a doctor check up last week and all's well. I'm growing just as I should be and feeling good. I pulled out maternity clothes this week to get dressed for church since nothing else really fits anymore. Eileen likes to tell me on a daily basis just how "BIIIIIIG" my tummy is getting. She is so excited. She is sure it will be a baby sister. I keep telling her, that it's not under my control and that we will find out next month. I've also been looking at pics of the other kids from when they were babies and getting excited too!

We celebrated my sisters birthday this week so the kids were very excited about getting to play with Aunt Sandi and Uncle Jon and Grandpa and Grandma. They played with Sandi and Jon's dog Mojo and splashed in the pool in their clothes and got to play on the trampoline and swing set with Sandi and Jon. We put them to bed last night exhausted, but happy. :)

Other than that we have mostly just been enjoying the beautiful weather we are having. It's mostly been in the upper 70's and mid to low 80's and mostly sunny. The kids LOVE playing in the yard, riding bikes and drawing with chalk. Dan and I have mostly just trying to coax our lawn, flower bed and garden box to get green and stay green instead of dying.... (we aren't very good at this by the way....) We do have some beautiful roses, but otherwise.... So that's how we have been keeping busy!

Aaron and Easter

Well, Aaron had his 15 month check up this week. He did a great job. He hardly cried when he got his shots and he was an angel while the Doctor checked him. He is progressing normally for his age. He is a climber. He is always trying to keep up with his sisters so he is on the move. He loves to talk and sing with his sisters. It is so cute to listen to him in the back of the car singing along with his sisters. (Lalalalala) We also discovered that Aaron is truly a Jones boy. He's just little. He is in the 5th Percentile for his weight and only a bit better at 30% for his height. So our little Jones boy continues to amaze us. I for one am always amazed at how he can eat SOOO much food and still not get any bigger!!!!! :P

This Easter weekend we had some fun. We went to my Dad's ward Easter Activity. It was fun to see and chat with all the people from the ward. The kids (though they don't remember anyone) stood around shyly for a minute or two then went off and found some friends. They did a small Easter egg hunt, but my sweet girls just aren't aggressive enough. They got a grand total of 3 eggs total. The did however enjoy getting to eat more candy than they have ever eaten before and having their faces painted.

We had Grandma and Grandpa Cox up for dinner and did a small egg hunt for the kids in the back yard. (They were a bit disappointed about the Egg hunt part of Saturday) Eileen had a blast looking around and taking hints about where to look for hidden eggs. Anna loved looking and finding eggs like her big sister, but she didn't quite get it at first. At first she would go, pick up an egg, and the open it, put the candy in her basket and then drop the plastic egg back on the ground. I explained that she was supposed to put the egg in the basket and from then on she would pick up an egg, open it, put the candy in the basket and then drop the egg in too. :) Aaron was just cute! He would walk around and pick up an egg then he would want to play with that egg until Daddy convinced him to put it in the basket. Then he would go pick up another one to play with. He LOVES opening them and then trying to close them. In fact, I kept him distracted for nearly half an hour that way at church today!

We finished our Easter by watching "Finding Faith in Christ" with the kids. Eileen has really been trying to understand the idea of the atonement and resurrection recently and she really enjoyed watching the video. It was a very sweet reminder of the real reason we celebrate Easter.

Spring has Sprung!!

Well spring has mostly arrived here (with the one day exception of a freeze that killed our tomato plants...) So this week for Family Home Evening, we tried to fly a kite. I say tried because we never got it to stay up. The wind would catch it and then it would spiral to the ground. But the girls had a lot of fun with it even so! They had fun helping Dan make it too! After the kite failed, we moved to the back yard and played on the trampoline and the swing set. Dan would bounce the girls and they LOVED it! Of course that is what they want him to do every night now! Aaron during all this just watched and sat in the swing and played with mommy. But eventually he got his carefully guarded chance on the trampoline too with daddy bouncing him gently. He wasn't quite sure what to think!

We have kept our selves busy this week. Between preschool, lunch dates with friends, surprise birthday parties, baby showers, and of course General Conference, we have been going all week. We've been grateful this week for the opportunity to relax (as much as you can with 3 kids climbing all over you) and enjoy Conference.