Primary talent show

 

Lauren and Kurt were in the primary talent show a couple weeks ago.  Here they are with their talents!  In this video Kurt performs his talent of drawing birds.  Lauren and her friend Molly sing .......of course...........Let it Go with Nicole accompanying on the piano and Lauren's friend Denver did such a fun performance that I included that also.  They all did great!

  

Birthday boy Birthday boy and Prom

The boys had their birthdays this week!  Nathan turned 14 and Derek turned 12.  My boys are getting so big and handsome:)

Nathan's 14th birthday on Thursday.

Derek photobombing

Kurt thinking that was pretty funny of Derek and made a photobomb attempt......Derek's head is at the left side of the picture and I got it right before he jumped in.  Nut!!!

Derek's 12th Birthday on Friday.

Derek earned his Faith in God award.

My boys on their way to Priesthood session of General Conference.



Nicole with her friend Ammon.

Luis, Brooke, Ammon, Nicole, Mitchell, Megan

Two Beauties.




Spring Break with friends

Nicole having a game night at her friend Woody's house with Brooke and Woody's sister Mattie



Lauren's much anticipated playdate with her special friend Ella.  Lauren gets giddy just being around this itty bitty one-year old sweetheart.  Nothing in the world makes Lauren happier than when she sees Ella walk into church.

Kurt and his buddy Max from school with Blake, Kyran, Ella and Lauren eating some dino-nuggets and mac and cheese.

Dream come true for Lauren:  Ella took her nap snuggled up on Lauren.

 

Derek and Nathan with their good friends having a gaming overnighter.  Loving it.

Just makin faces.

 

Aloha!

Dave and I decided to take all the kids to his work conference this year because it was in Maui again and we are running out of years when all our kids will be home for big family vacations.  So we figured if we are ever going to take all the kids to Hawaii .... now is the time!  It was so much fun!  The kids were really blown away by how nice everyone was.  The taxi drivers, hotel workers, waiters, shop owners, random elevator people.  Everyone was very friendly.  The weather was in the 80's and only rained a tiny bit.  We got plenty of pool and beach time.  The kids had so much fun just building sandcastles on the beach and playing in the waves.  Here are some of the highlight pictures. 

Pederson kids first look at the ocean.  Ahhh, breath it in. 

Who says modest swimsuits can't be SUPER adorable?!

 

 

The hammock pictures we took created a bunch of argueing and squabbling.  But you can't tell it by the pictures! We are just chillin at the beach.

So what is up with Nathan looking like he is 17 in this picture? Cutie!



Here is Nicole calling Brooke on my phone.  I couldn't resist taking a picture.



Wandering hotel flamigos in the background.

The Forest Gump bench.  The kids didn't really get it since they haven't seen that weird movie, but it was still funny.

 

The kids watching an NBA game waiting for Dave's conference welcome dinner.

The girls after our hula lesson....these were not the dancers, but they did magic card tricks while we waited and they did hula too.



The boys are up on their toes again!  We took this picture after the luau with some of the dancers.  It was really cool.  Especially the fire stick dance at the end.



We had such a great time together!  Aloha!



One thing I love about Oregon

 

One thing I love about Oregon......... it doesn't snow very often, but when it does .....everything is cancelled.  Everything.  Relief Society night, basketball practices, tournaments/games, work, school, church, all of it.  And yes, compared to some places 6-7 inches is no big deal, but for us we stay at home and get to be together as a family for days!!!!  The kids have had a blast!  Thank you snow!

 

 Here is Nicole's movie she made of our fun!