Sadie is 15!

Sadie had a birthday in February!  She's 15!  I have a 15 year old who has her permit and can drive us places.  It's really weird but also very fun.  I have loved having a teenager in the family.  Sadie is just the best big sister and daughter.  She's really pushed herself this year by trying new things and being brave.  She tried out for the volleyball team and the basketball team.  She made the middle school volley ball team, but didn't make the high school basketball team.  She is now doing lacrosse which is a brand new sport for all of us.  She's catching on really fast and figuring things out.  I love watching her learn and grow.  She's such a good example to me because she reads her scriptures every day.  She sometimes does it in the morning and at night.  We love our Sadie!

Finley and Sadie are 10 years apart in age, but they have a fun relationship.  

The sky was showing off on her birthday.  So we had to get a picture!

She requested an ice cream cake.  It was pretty delicious.

Happy birthday!

Making a wish.

 

Here she is with her permit!

It was so snowy the day we had to go take her test.  Fortunately, we made it there and back safely!

She loves it when I purposefully match her.  :)

Lacrosse.  She's number 50

Cutie

Rob and I are learning how to watch lacrosse in Utah.  Bundle up like you are going out in a blizzard.  Haha.  

Happy Birthday Sadie!

Easter

Easter this year was pretty low key.  I love that as the kids are getting older we can focus more and more on the true meaning of holidays.  We read and discussed in the old testament about the Holy Week.  The bishop in our ward sent out a text and a thought every day that week with a passage of scripture attached.  It was really nice reading and talking about it for the whole week.  I'm so grateful for my testimony of Christ and for His willingness to do what was necessary for us to have a way to return to live with Him and our Heavenly Father again.  

We did a little egg hunt in the backyard and it is so fun watching the younger ones run around collecting eggs.  :)  Then of course there was the trading of candy after the egg hunt.  We went to Crys and Alan's house for dinner and had yummy ham and potatoes and rolls and chocolate cake.  It was delightful!    

The kids are pretty good about sharing and making sure they don't hog all the goodies.  

Finley was running all over the place.  Fortunately, the snow melted before Easter.  Although I think it snowed again after this.  ha ha.

Showing off their loot.

We also got chalk and the girls laid it all out in rainbow order.  :)