Easter

Easter fell on General Conference weekend which was kind of fun. We did venture out Saturday to take Sophie to a big Easter egg hunt. I was all worried we were going to be late and then we got there and they were 45 minutes late starting it. I'm completely at a loss at why you have to wait forty-five minutes to yell, "start!" And the hundreds of little children waiting and crying around the perimeter of the eggs surely were also confused why the couldn't just go grab the darn eggs. By the time they finally let us start half the kids were so grumpy and upset (ours included) that they didn't want to participate. 

The Easter Egg Hunt at home was far more entertaining and fun. Grandma and Grandpa Hoffman came over and we all followed Sophie around the front yard. 

The next Sunday that we had church I put Sophie in the dress that our niece Hannah wore to our wedding almost six years ago. She loved it and cried when I took it off. She was such a pretty little princess that day, but the only pictures I got were of her watering the flowers after church. 

Climbing Mountains

Daniel's co-worker gave him a hiking backpack not too long. We were super excited to try it out on all the trails surrounding downtown Boise. Sophie loves riding in it and yells, "Yee-haw!" in her high-pitched squeaky voice. One weekend before we tried it out, we just hiked up Table Rock in Boise. Daniel jogged all over the hills while I meandered at a much slower pace with Sophie half-way up the trail and back. Lots of people hike those trails with their dogs and Sophie absolutely loved petting all the dogs. As we reached the bottom of the hill Sophie declared, "I crwimbed da mountain! I did it! I did it!" She talked about it for days after. She was very proud of her accomplishment. 

Discovery Center

Sophie was bummed about leaving, of course

 We received a surprise birthday check for Sophie from my grandma Chipman. Instead of buying more toys, we took Sophie downtown to the Discovery Center. She loved the first portion which all about physics and has fun hands-on exhibits. Then we found a tiny grocery store which was super fun for her. The rest of the museum kind of  freaked her out. I don't know if it was too dark, loud, or crowded, but we had some really good fun. Then we head to Trader Joe's where Sophie got an awesome balloon flower. It was a fun little weekend.