Easter 2011 (1 month late!)

This year we had Easter at our house.  We did a brunch and all the food was amazing.  After eating we set out all the eggs and began our Easter egg hunt.  It was fun to watch all the kids have so much fun chasing down all the eggs and seeing what was inside.  The weather was actually pretty nice and we had a great time with all the family.

April Kite Party

Every year my sister in-law, Chelsea, does a kite party for the April birthdays.  She always does such a great job and this year was no exception.  We had lunch and then headed to the park to fly kites.  The weather was actually quite nice this year.  There was just enough wind and it wasn't too cold.  We took our kite we had bought at the Oregon Coast and it was a lot of fun.  I couldn't get any kites to fly.  Every time I touched one, it crashed!

Spring Break 2011

At the beginning of Spring Break, I worked on getting my house cleaned and errands ran.  On Thursday of that week, we headed to Washington to visit Caleb's grandma.  We spent a day with her and then took a day and went to Seaside.  It was a short trip filled with driving, visiting family, and site seeing.  On the way home we stopped at the falls and IKEA.  It was all a great time!

It was beautiful when we pulled into Seaside.  As soon as we got out of our car, the wind picked up and the rain began.

When it was nice, we decided to buy a kite and go fly it on the beach.  As soon as we got the kite all put together, the weather changed.

We got so wet that we had to spend a couple hours in an arcade that was indoors to get ourselves dry!

The Boys' First Pinewood Derby

The boys and dad worked on the cars for a couple of weeks.  The night before the race we went to the church and tested out the boys' cars.  They were not very fast!  We talked with the boys about how it is o.k. to not always win and it is about the experience.  The morning of the race the boys were excited and I was nervous about their reactions when they lost!  After several races it came down to the boys racing against each other for 1st place in overall race.  Trenton won 1st place in overall race and Gavin got 2nd.  Gavin was so exhausted that he just started crying when he lost for 1st.  Little did he know that he received 1st in overall show and Trenton received 2nd.  The Barker boys took home some prizes.

The cars before the race.  Trenton's car is in the front row.  It is blue on top with red on the bottom.  Gavin's car is in the 2nd row, third one over.  It is red on top with yellow on bottom.  Both boys designed everything on their car, Dad just helped implement the designs.

This was at the award ceremony.  Neither of the boys knew that they had each placed 1st in one area and 2nd place in the other.

As always, I was one proud momma of all my boys!

Winter Carnival 2011

We made it up to the McCall Winter Carnival this year and had a great time.  We stayed at the cabin for the weekend and took a day for seeing all the ice sculptures and a day for sledding.  It was a nice and relaxing weekend and we enjoyed having some time in the snow.

Grandpa and his boys

Addison the trooper.  We did so much walking and she kept up with us all!

Addison's First Day of Preschool

For a couple of months now, Addison has been receiving some help with her speech.  She has had a speech pathologist that comes once a week and works with her on her speech.  She has about 30 words now, but is just not quite where she needs to be.  Because of this, she qualified to start preschool at one of the schools in Kuna.  She started just after her 3rd birthday and has been loving it!