Dinosaur Museum!

On Easter Weekend the Cunningham Family was a wee bit desperate for ideas of what to do.  You see, when we do not have soccer, we get a little lost.

We decided to try out the dinosaur museum at BYU.  Friends had recently talked about it on Facebook and Molly was studying dinosaurs in preschool.  And it's free!  So, why not?!?!

It was a small museum, but I will always remember it fondly for its amazing price.  Did I mention it was free?  The kids were entertained and I was entertained by Molly explaining to me that dinosaurs were "insync".  She cannot say extinct.  But I get the point.

Baby Animal Happiness!

After much begging and pleading, we finally picked a warm day to go to This Is The Place to see all of their baby animals!

Baby ducks!  Baby chickens!  Baby goats!  Emma in particular was in heaven!  And since the little train was running, so was Braden!

I, however, made the mistake of thinking that Rootbeer Flavored Milk was a brilliant idea.  The kids did not drink much of it so I finished all of it.  ALL OF IT.  It made me so sick!  But luckily Garry was able to meet us back at home so I could rest and get it out of my system.  Blech!

Preparing for Easter

The kids had a great time getting ready for Easter this year.  Grammy sent them a box of new friends. . .one of which I caught making a debut at church!

When the big kids were at school, I took the little ones to see the Easter Bunny.  The Easter Bunny at the mall is not my favorite.  He does not talk to them.  He just waves and pats and nods.  But the kids were still willing to go see him.

Emma at Good Things Utah!

I have been lucky enough to go on Good Things Utah about once a month to discuss some of my favorite books!

This month I decided to score some cool points with Emma and take her with me.

She had a great time, especially since she wants to be a weather forecaster one day and so I was able to show her the screen they use and where the weather forecaster stands.

We had a good morning!

Sacred Gifts

In the Spring I decided to try my luck and take Molly & Braden to an exhibit at the BYU Museum of Art: Sacred Gifts.

The exhibit showed many beautiful pieces depicting scenes from the life of the Savior including many pieces of art by Carl Bloch.

I brought back-up on this journey.  My sister Rachelle joined us.

The exhibit was amazing but it was a little too much for the kids.  They were restless in about 15 seconds.

Afterward we picked up a chocolate bar from the gift shop and went to the CougarEat for ice cream.

Molly summed up the day for her dad like this: "Jesus looked sad.  We got chocolate!"

That Easter Egg Hunt

One of my favorite traditions since moving to Utah is our annual Easter Egg Hunt with my sister and her family.

For a few years it got out of hand.  My sister & I would agree on a set number of eggs to pass out and then she would secretly double it.

But for the last two years we have just tried assigning colors to each child -- Braden has green, Molly has yellow, etc.  Sure, we don't hide 400 eggs anymore, but it still works.

I love that my older nieces and nephews still participate.  We hide their eggs in impossible places (did you check the roof yet?) but it is so much fun!

Molly Heads To Kindergarten

In the Spring of 2014, it was time to get little Molly ready for Kindergarten!


She was so ready to go to school.  Since she has a fall birthday, she will be one of the oldest (but still littlest) kids at school.


She loved preschool.  She did so great in preschool.  But it's time to move on!


The best thing is that she will have Mrs. Mueller as her teacher.  Mrs. Mueller was Macey's teacher, and I know she will take care of Molly.


But during the tour at Eastlake, I still teared up when I showed her the classroom.