Hot Tub and Haircut

We've been looking for a hot tub for a bit now. A month ago, we found one on Craigslist for FREE! They said they heater was leaking and we could just come take it away. Luckily the owner had a forklift to get it onto the Uhaul, but it took 8 guys to get it off the trailer and into our yard. Ever since we've been busy building a base for it and Andy ran the electricity outside/figured out what was wrong with it. It turned out the leaks were minor and easy to fix. We still have two minor repairs but as of Saturday its working and warm! We're all very excited and got our first taste of the fun this weekend. SO grateful to have a handy husband who can fix things and made them work :D

 On a last minute whim yesterday, I decided to cut Andy's hair. He needed a haircut, but its way too expensive here in Juneau. I only took about an inch and half off to be safe. Luckily, we'd been given a haircutting kit a couple of years ago. I pulled it out, watched a quick blog tutorial on cutting hair and just gave it a go. It helped that Andy has long hair and a lot of layers because I could just copy what the salon does to my hair. I was surprised with how it turned out given I've never attempted this before in my life. I'll get an after pic to post later. HA! Just think, maybe we'll never have to pay for a men's cut again.

3 and 4

Both kids had well checkups last week. Sydney at three years was 36 in tall (20th %) and 30 lbs (30th %). Wynn at four months was 26 in tall (85th %) and 16 lbs (60th %). Sydney lucked out and doesn't have to get any more shots until she is four. Wynn got his though and had a pretty fussy week as a result. We're glad its winding down now. Sydney is becoming a better and better big sister all the time. She enjoys that Wynn is more interactive now and like to try to teach him how to talk and roll. He watches her intently and really tries to do what she is doing. He'll coo and laugh at her a lot. I think he also enjoys someone to get down on their belly with him and talk to him. Sometimes when she thinks I'm not looking and Wynn is fussing she goes and gets all his toys and holds his hand to try to calm him down. Its so sweet to hear her try to help him and say the same things I say to calm him down. We love our little ones.

Easter

We celebrated Easter this year on both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday we met some friends at Sunshine Cove and had an Easter egg hunt on the beach. Sydney and Dad got to paddle out to the nearby island and Wynn and I visited with friends. We had fire roasted hot dogs for lunch! Doesn't that sound fancy? Some of our friends had camped out there the night before. They have a baby younger than Wynn, so Andy says I don't have any excuse to not go camping this summer now. Sydney also got to color eggs and then put stickers on them. She thought that was fun. The Easter bunny didn't come until after church on Sunday, and Sydney was better at searching this time since she had practiced the day before. She hasn't been able to enjoy much of her candy however because she's been sick all week :/. Then we had a simple Easter dinner and a little lesson on Easter with some Easter eggs she got for her birthday last year. On Monday, we had done a little lesson about Easter so she could understand the basic concept of Christ's death and resurrection, so this time she wasn't as confused when we told the story again. Her Easter eggs helped keep her attention even more since there was an Easter related item in each egg for her to hold and try to remember what it means. It so fun to see her start to understand simple concepts and learn the basics of choosing right.

April Birthdays

We had a good time celebrating Andy and my birthdays this year. Since my birthday was on conference Sunday, we had some friends over in the afternoon. I was lucky enough to have our friend Liz cook me some kalua pig and homemade rolls for part of our dinner. It was delicious! Then Andy made me maple bacon cupcakes for dessert, and the Stelse's made us each our own mini cakes. They were good too! Its fun that Andy always makes me different desserts on my birthday since I'm not a huge fan of traditional. Andy's birthday was spent just with family. We were spent time outside working on the hot tub, went for a walk in the sunshine, had like three different desserts, and watched a movie at home. It was a good day! Now we're all done with birthdays til December. Whew.. its a busy few weeks.