Spring Break 2011

We had such a fun & busy Spring Break this year! The kids have been begging for new scooters. Monday we went to Target & let them pick out one they liked. It seemed we spent a least some time everyday zipping around our neighborhood on our new Razors! When the weather was bad we went to the church & raced around the gym! (I'm going to have to remember & take some pics one of these times!) :)

We also spent a lot of time with our cousins, The Raymonds. We went to the zoo on Tuesday and had a blast! Jack hates being in the stroller! He is getting so big & loved running free around the playground!

Nick & Abby, 5 days apart & about 5 inches difference in height but the best of buds!

Isaac & Hannah! They have a love/hate relationship! It must have been a good moment!

Choo choo! All aboard!

Ever ridden on the warthog? Jack got to because it was beside Nick's favorite, the polar bear!

Wednesday we went to the tulip festival at Thanksgiving point. It was gorgeous! Did I mention Jack hates being in the stroller?

3 beautiful blooms!

The fearless five!

The end of a very fun day!

Thursday we had our friends the Howells over. We ate lunch together & played at our house. We hit the park & left just before a huge hail storm! Crazy weather here in Utah! Can you say, "Happy SPRING Break" for crying out loud! I guess I must have been too busy dodging hail stones to remember to take pics.

Friday we went to Planet Play. We had all you can eat pizza buffet for lunch and then did mini-golf, bumper cars & video games. The kids were in heaven!

This was Nick & Hannah's favorite game. Their little cheeks were bouncing and they laughed & giggled through the whole thing, twice!

I'm so glad school started Monday! I'm exhausted from our fabulous Spring Break!

We love cousins!

My sister Melanie and her 3 sweet kids came down from Idaho to stay with us a few weeks back! We had a great time! Her kids are almost twins to my 3 kids & they play & get along great! We went to Chuck E. Cheese, had a sleepover, went out to lunch & to the park! We love our cousins! We will come visit you soon! The big sleepover, complete with movie & popcorn! Liza (6) & Hannah (7) Nick & Luke (both 4) Jameson (2) & Jack (1) Me (32) & Melanie (30)

Happy St. Patrick's!

We were having a very festive "green" dinner (green fettuccine alfredo, green garlic bread & green salad) when the doorbell rang! A leprechaun had left a little gift on our door step with a note that said;

Dear Hannah, Nick & Jack,

Top o' the mornin' to you kids! Today is a magic day! Follow the directions & you will see, A magic potion for you from me! Just add water to the top.....and drink it down, pop, pop, pop! This drink is for a kid, not anyone big I know what you think, you'll dare them to drink! If they do their feet will turn green and this I really mean! Can't catch me.......

-Clancey Laprachaun

The kids tried it and nothing happened but Keith & I must be big because our feet did actually turn green after drinking the potion! Crazy! We spent the rest of the night trying to catch that tricky leprechaun with no luck! Maybe next year we'll get him. Now we are just hoping the green fades before flip flop weather! Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

(On a side note Jack was terrified of the green feet and wanted nothing to do with me! I had to bribe him with a cookie to get even close and notice he is just watching those feet waiting for something creepy to get him! It was hilarious!)

Happy Haircut! (NOT!)

Cute little Jack is almost 22 months! He'd never had a haircut until a few days ago. He had adorable fluffy baby curls in the back. So sweet! But it was starting to look a little girly/old man so we took him in to get a trim! Holy Toledo! What a trauma! You'd have thought she was poking the scissors in his eyes! Can you say "tantrum"?

Even a balloon, a red sucker, a movie of his choice & a blue race car could not persaude him this was fun!

Now his cute little baby curls and fluffy hair are gone. He looks like such a big boy! We love you Jack & promise not to make you go through a haircut again until it's absolutely necessary!

Happy Early Anniversary!

On May 31st of this year Keith and I will celebrate 10 years of wedded bliss! We wanted to do something special and we hadn't been on a vacation alone since our honeymoon! So we decided to ditch the yucky weather in Utah and take a cruise to the Mexican Riviera! Hello sunshine! We had such a fabulous time & many thanks to all of our relatives who watched the kiddos!

The ship was gorgeous and we had such a relaxing time reading, playing cards, eating, sleeping, laying in the sun, playing shuffleboard & bingo & going to some fabulous shows!

My favorite pic of the trip! Look at that beautiful sunset!

Can anyone say "all you can eat ice cream"!

Soaking up some sun while sipping a virgin pina colada! My idea of paradise!

Say cheese! On our way to yet another yummy dinner alone!

What is up with the towel animals?!?!

Our first port was Cabo San Lucas! We rented a beach buggy and drove around to a couple of beautiful beaches!

We had lunch at Cabo Wabo. Sammy Haggars famous bar & grill! Go Van Halen!

Gorgeous Widows Beach! I spared you the pics of us in swimsuits! :)

I swear our ship and all of Mexico is sponsored by Pepsi! I finally found a Diet Coke (aka Coca-Cola light) and was thrilled beyond measure!

Our ship....the oh so fun Norwegian Star!

Sexy baby! What a hottie hood ornament!

Our next port was Puerta Vallerta! We spent the morning shopping for junk souvenirs for the kids! Everyone say "Peso"!

Then we took a boat to our next excursion.......

Swimming with dolphins!!!

It was super fun & amazing!

Going for a swim belly to belly! Just a little bit freaky!

A quick kiss from a sea lion with the worst fish breath ever!

Yay! We had such a great time! I loved every minute of it and can't wait to celebrate the big 15! Maybe Tahiti?!? Love you honey! Thanks for the memories!

Our little Georgie!

Wasn't it George Costanza in Seinfeld that took his pants off while napping? Anyways every afternoon when I get Jack up from his nap this is what I find....

Jack disrobed from the waist down. Pants can be so constricting! I guess he's more comfy sleeping in just his diaper! Luckily he has never taken that off!

(He usually is happy when he wakes up, he is just mad I was taking pictures and not picking him up!) What a silly nut!

Girls Weekend!

The thing I miss most about not living in Las Vegas is not seeing my walking club every Mon.-Thurs. night at approximately 8:30! These ladies were my best friends and we share many memories from spending so much time "working out" every weeknight. I didn't have any family in Vegas for a bit and I considered these ladies my Vegas sisters. So we decided to meet up in St. George last weekend for a much need girls weekend away. We've talked about doing this for many years and I guess we finally made it happen.

We ate dinner at the Brick Oven Friday night and did a little shopping. We stayed up until 3:00 in the morning chatting and watching each others wedding videos. We had some great laughs.

What do think of our matching headbands?!? Those would have come in handy walking on windy winter nights! :) L to R: me, Barbs, Kelly, Allison W., Allison F., Naquel

We all bought the same plaque to remember the trip; "A friend is like a four leaf clover, lucky to have & hard to find." Aww!

Saturday we did a little more shopping and went to lunch at 5 guys! Yummy!

Thanks ladies for the great weekend! You are all such great examples to me and I truly value our friendship! Thanks for being so awesome! Can't wait until the next weekend away! Keep in touch! Love you all!

Happy Birthday Hannah!

Yesterday was Hannah's 7th birthday! We celebrated by going out to dinner as a family Friday night at Red Robin! (her choice). She loves getting the spaghetti & salad and she can eat the whole thing! She also loves the free birthday dessert!

Hannah got an American Girl Doll for Christmas and for her birthday present she wanted the matching pajamas, robe & slippers! So adorable!

Saturday she had a party with 9 girlfriends! It was a slumber party without the sleepover! All the girls wore their PJ's & brought a stuffed animal. We decorated bags, painted nails, watched a short movie while eating pizza & popcorn, had a pinata, ate cake & ice cream & opened presents! It was a fun & crazy 2 hours! Thanks to Aunt Keri for coming to help & to Nana for watching Jack during the frenzy! Hannah has been lucky to make so many new, great friends since we moved here & she has a few fabulous old friends from when we lived here before too! Such sweet & generous girls, she got lots of nice presents! :)

Blingin' out the bags!

10 fun friends!

Hannah Montana anyone?

A pink bubblegum ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins! YUMMY!

Best buddies! Hannah was so sweet to invite her brother Nick too!

We sure love our Hannah Banana and are so glad she is a part of our family! Happy Birthday sweetheart!

All we wanted for Christmas....

was our 3 front teeth!Hannah & her cute cousin Isaac. Both missing their 3 front teeth! Oh well....there's always next year! :)