Easter

Happy Easter... Happy Easter...

We had a fun Easter weekend. On Saturday we went to our ward breakfast and easter egg hunt. The kids had a fun time there. Then today, the kids woke up to full easter baskets, and eggs hidden inside and outside of our house.

The kids in the Sunday Best!!!

Linda's Birthday

April 10, 2009

I had a really fun birthday this year! I went into Samantha and Shane's class at school to help out, and Shane's class sang Happy Birthday to me! When I went into Samantha's class I heard 3-4 people say, "Happy Birthday Mrs. Scholes". I also got to go out to lunch with my sister Lora to Carino's. Thanks Lora! That evening we were going to have a barbeque, but it was rainy weather, so we postponed it a day, and my family took me to Cafe' 0le. I think my kids just like to see them sing to me and have me wear that lovely sombrero hat! After dinner we opened my presents. I got some wonderful gifts! I especially love the homemade ones my kids gave me! look at the beautiful artwork!

Samantha made me this key chain, and gave me a coupon book full of nice things. I wont have to make my bed, do the dishes, or sweep the floor for a while!

Shane's Poster with the word mom and my age in there. Can you guess how old I am?

Alyssa's present. Yes there is more tape on there than the paper.

Multnomah Falls

We stopped at Multnomah Falls just outside of Portland on our way home. The Waterfall is beautiful, and the kids loved getting out of the car and running around. We got to walk over the Bridge and look down over the top of the lower water fall.

The Beach

We stopped just outside of Newport and walked down to the beach. It was beautiful! There was a lighthouse not to far from us. It was pretty cold, so we didn't get wet, but the kids picked up some rocks, and shells. They had a fun time! Dad tried to get them with a big thing of seaweed!

Newport

On our trip to the Oregon Coast, we stopped in Newport. We saw the Sea Lions, ate at Mo's (had their world famous clam chowder, walked along the shops, and went to the beach. The kids had a lot of fun. They loved the sea lions.

Romeo and Juliet Room!

Here are some pictures of the Romeo and Juliet Room, Bill and I got to stay in. It was so fun! When we checked out we got to see a lot of the other theme rooms in the Inn. They were all so amazing

It's been a long time!

It has been forever since I have put anything on my blog. I bet everyone has given up on it, wondering if I was ever going to add anything. We have had a fun past few months. In February Bill and I had a week without the kids (they went to grandpa and grandma's house). We had a nice time, a few nights out, and we took a night and went to the Anniversary Inn and stayed in the Romeo and Juliet Room. I will add some pictures of the room in a little bit.
Our family didn't have much going on in March, but the last few days in April we took the kids to the Oregon Coast, Celebrated moms 21st B-Day (ha ha ha), and had a really fun Easter. I now have pictures and things to actually blog.
The weather has been getting so much better! It is so nice to spend time outside!!

Motorcycle video

Here is some of the racing we saw this weekend in McCall!

McCall Winter Carnival

Our Family inside a castle ice sculpture

Here are the pictures of our trip to McCall this weekend!

Boys vs. Girls

Performance Time!

All the Girls

The little dancers!


This weekend we had our family here in Boise to go to McCall for the winter festival. The cousins had so much fun playing together! They are very creative and came up with some dances to share with all of us! The older girls (Morgan and Samantha) taught the younger girls (Alyssa, Katelyn, and Kira) a dance, and Shane and Caleb made up their own.They were giving out tickets to their performances. Lucky me, I got a front row seat!

It is boys Vs. Girls! Enjoy!

Holiday Fun!!

Happy New Year!!!

2009

Celebrate!

At midnight the kids went outside and threw a bunch of confetti everywhere, and blew there party horns. Our neighbors were lighting fireworks, so the kids got to watch those too! It was a fun night!

Alyssa in her party hat (no one told her she had oreo cookie all over her face). She didn't go outside with the others, she said the fireworks were to scary! She just watched out the window.


The Hughes clan all together
All of my family got together here in Boise to celebrate Christmas and New years. We had everyone together, and that was alot of fun! We exchanged Christmas gifts, went shopping, made and launched rockets, went to the movies (Madagascar 2), had a baby blessing, and rang in the new year. YAAA 2009!!!

The grandkids together (except baby Nathan)

opening presents

Samantha with her new cousin Nathan

Alyssa and Bowen Playing a game.

Caleb's Rocket 3,2,1, blastoff!!! Uncle Tony showing Caleb how to launch his rocket

Grandma and Grandpa Scholes House

The day after Christmas we went to Bill's parents for the weekend. It was fun to see grandparents, Uncle Ryan, Uncle Alan, and Uncle Mike, Aunt JalyLyn, and cousin Xander. Samantha and Shane had fun downstairs playing the Wii with Uncle Ryan. Samantha especially liked the new High School Musical 3 dance game. Alyssa had fun playing with all the toys under the stairs.

Playing in the snow
Grandma giving the kids rides on their shovel. (They had no sleds, so they improvised)

Alyssa with her cousin Xander

Christmas 2008

My kids were so excited Christmas morning to wake up, and find that Santa had come to our house. The all got what they wanted. And we had an enjoyable morning opening our gifts.Bill and the girls with the gift Samantha made us (A 2009 Calendar with lots of beautiful artwork)
Shane and I with the gift he and his teacher gave us. Shane made (painted and decorated it with ribbon and jewels) the peace candle and his teacher made the ornament of Shane in his santa hat for us.

Samantha with the password journal santa brought her

Shane with his Tribot

Alyssa got a doll, cradle, stroller, and doll toys from Santa

Christmas Eve Highlights

We had a fun christmas eve, as you can see from the following pictures.

Pulling the kids behind the truck in the sled (The 4-wheeler battery was dead)
The kids had a blast! Alyssa liked it, but I think she had just as much fun sitting in the back of the truck with mom watching her crazy brother and sister.

We went to my sister Lora's house that evening to decorate gingerbread houses and have a nice Christmas Eve dinner. The kids had fun decorating the gingerbread houses, and even more fun eating the candy!

I just had to throw in this picture of Alyssa- she was being so darn cute!

Alyssa getting herself ready to wrap up as a present

Samantha playing Webkinz on the computer. Between her and Shane I don't think our computer had much of a break when we were home.

Shane and Dad playing the Wii

Christmas Eve we came home from Lora's house and like every year our family read the nativity story from the scriptures. Samantha was Mary, Shane was Joseph, and Alyssa was baby Jesus (Ya, she is a little to old for that part, but she really wanted to be the baby). Then each year we let the kids open one gift on Christmas eve, and every year it happens to be pajama's and an ornament for the tree. Not much of a suprise, but then they get to wear their new pajama's to bed.

The kids in their new pajama's