In our backyard

We decided to take some pictures out back this morning before we headed over to the church to listen to conference.For those that are not members of our church, Genereal Conference is a time twice a year when we listen to our Prophet and other leaders of the church speak over the course of two days.  It is one of my favorite times of year, because it provides so much direction in my life as I listen to such great talks.  My parents and sister had the opportunity to go to watch it live in person this year in Salt Lake City. My grandparents are currently serving a mission on Temple Square in Salt Lake, so they were able to visit them also. I wish I could have gone with them. It is such an awesome experience to go to conference and to be in the presence of  a living prophet of God.  If anyone is interested in reading or listening to any of the talks they will be broadcast tommorow at http://www.lds.org from 10:00-12:00 and 2:00-4:00 MDT. There is a variety of topics, and I promise anyone that listens won't regret it.  Just listening to a few already this morning, I have felt my heart touched from some of the messages.  I really enjoyed the ones that focused on the family and how we need to treasure the opportunity that we have to raise and love our children.  One of the speakers said that our children are the ones that teach us and that help us become the people we are.  I know that is true, I feel my children are my greatest blessings and I know their sweet spirits constantly remind me of the type of person I need to be. 

They just love spending time with their daddy

Discovery Center in Springfield

Since it was raining a lot when we were in Branson, we decided to try and find some activities that would keep us indoors for a while.  On one of the days, we drove up to Springfield Missouri and went to the Discovery Center and Mall that was there.  I'm so glad that we did, because it was an awesome place and the girls loved it!

Callie with the tractor:

Hailey tried to be like her mommy and keep the place clean :)

Brynlee and Olivia loved exploring the baby toys.

Hailey still busy cleaning.

Charlotte and Grandma Debbie:

The girls loved seeing the "floating ball":

Kayla hamming it up for the camera and pretending like she is the T- Rex's lunch:

The girls loved the toilet water fountain!  It was just like the one we saw in Hot Springs.

Hailey was the only one that I saw brave enough to take a drink:

Hailey brushing teeth:

Charlotte taking a turn:

Callie is inside this giant eyeball, you can barely see her:

Callie's favorite thing was the giant bubble maker, and she was sure good at it!

The girls did a little shopping in the mini store.

Me and Brynlee in the toy house.

There was even a theater where the girls could put on a puppet show.  Each of them took a turn.

Next they got to sit in the Television Station room and be anchors on T.V.  They could even watch themselves on the T.V. while they sat at the desk.  Kayla controlled all the lighting and special effects.

Callie enjoyed being the weatherman.  She is always so worried about Tornado's :)

I was a great doctor for Hailey and Charlotte:

Even Callie got a full checkup:

Last of all we got the girls to try out the static ball.  Callie didn't want to try, but it's not because she was scared, she said she just didn't want to be silly ;)

Fun at the Condo

Grandpa and Grandma Shelton invited us to come stay at the Condo they rented for the week.  This was a new one that we had not been to before.  It was really beautiful.  The only thing was that there was a lot of glass and iron tables, so we had to quickly rearrange a few things to make it more baby proof.  The girls loved playing together when we had our down time.  We took the girls to the Disney store on the first night there and let them all pick out something, so we had lots of good things to play with when we got back.  The girls also went to build a bear workshop on the trip and got to make their very own bunnies for Easter, but I don't think I got a picture of their build a bears.

Kayla shared the loft upstairs with Grandma. Here she is modeling one of her new skirts and shoes.

Grandma got the girls a couple new movies and they all layed out on the floor to watch them.

We even had a little balcony that was just perfect for Charlotte's new tea set.

Kayla took this picture of Callie, isn't it good?  And Kayla is such a good photographer.

Aunt Jillian with her girls.