Birthday, Spring Break, Easter, a missing tooth and Mother's Day!!

Birthday!
My sweet baby girl turned six on April 4th. I know, I was sad...She is so special I tell her that she is my best friend everyday. She makes me laugh, smile, and feel warm fuzzy's all the time. She tells me at least 25 times a day that she loves me. I mean who can be sad when you are told that you are loved all the time. It was her first "friend party". We decided to have a salon party. We painted fingernails and toes and the girls loved it! I came up with a couple of fun games that turned out to be the hit of the party. (who knew?)




I made each of the girls put a ring pop on their big toe and they had to get it in their mouth without any help from their hands. It was so funny! Then I had gathered small items around the house like buttons, and marbles and the girls had to pick them up with their feet and drop them in a jar that too was a blast. Sophie I know enjoyed herself because she giggled the entire time. I had so much fun making her cupcakes that I stayed up until 1:30 in the morning. We had a great day!
Dylan hiding from all the girls~

Spring Break!

We kind of at the last minute decided to head to sunny AZ for Spring Break. It was quite a chore to get all of the daycare kids arranged and everyone happy but I pulled it off. The kids had no idea that we were going to AZ. We took them out of school on Friday afternoon and we started driving. They thought that we were going to St. George. A couple of times I thought that Dylan was going to figure it out and Sophie kept saying that she knew St. George wasn't this far, but they finally fell asleep and before we knew it it was 1:30am and we were in Grandma's and Grandpa's driveway. The kids woke up when we stopped and they couldn't believe that we were there. They were SO excited. We had a great time and enjoyed family and relaxed for seven days. We went to the Children's Museum of Tucson and the kids loved the rock climbing wall. We hiked the second day we were there and I had a wonderful blister on my heal so I had to take it easy the rest of the week. We even swam the last two days we were there. It was a little too chilly for the Tucson crowd but for us it was perfect.


Easter!


Easter was great the kids at I went to the Santaquin Easter Egg hunt and it was packed. The kids did great though. My girly girl Sophie was only picking up pink eggs. She was skipping over the others just to get the pink ones it was so cute.
We had a nice Sunday, the kids loved the find the eggs and of course their baskets and all the candy...then we headed to Grannie's house and had a wonderful dinner with the fam. I love the see my niece's and chat with them.
Dylan and Sophie trying not to blink because their Mom put them right in the direct sunlight!!!

Missing Tooth!

I guess when you turn six, you just keep getting bigger and teeth start falling out. My little girl lost her tooth right before school. In the parking lot in fact. She said mom do you think you could get my tooth out and of course the dangling tooth had my name all over it. So with one twist it was out! She was so proud of her self and was so excited to show all of her friends. I cried as I drove away. I think that the tooth falling out was the last straw of by baby growing up too fast. What a wonderful busy month and 1/2 that we have had.

Mother's Day!

What makes a Mom more proud than siblings loving each other. Sophie wrote "I Love You" on yellow stickies and stuck them all over her brother! My heart melts for these two!!


I had a awesome Mother's Day as usual. My hubby always goes above and beyond what he needs to and that means I get spoiled all day. My kids made me the most sweetest, loving cards and Jesse too. I just cried when I read them. We visited Grandma Frieda, Grammie, and Grannie. We had a nice dinner with everyone! I love my kids, I love my Hubby, I'm so blessed that we have jobs, a wonderful family, awesome kids, and all great things come from having the gospel in our lives.

St. George!

Because of the previous post I bring you this post!!!
I really feel like St. George can rejuvenate the soul. I love going there when I was a child and I love to go there today. I finally talked Jesse into getting away for the weekend. We just went for one night but it was worth it. I also assure him that we wouldn't spend more than $150.00 bucks for EVERYTHING!!! And I did it!!! We stayed at our cheap hotel, ate our free breakfast at the Hotel, made lunches, then ate out at night. Our entertainment was Snow Canyon State Park, (6 bucks, for the day!) it's our favorite place. It is so beautiful there, we love that we can hike and play in the sand dunes and the kids have a natural play ground that is endless. We took the kids on two hikes that Jesse and I were impressed that they did and they actually enjoyed it. We played in the sand, not at the beach, but in the Sand Dunes and the kids loved it just as much. I loved digging my feet in the soft red sand. We had fun burying the kids too! We hiked to a small slot canyon that was amazing and the kids didn't want to leave. Dylan wanted to know if we could pick up our house and our street and move to St. George. I think that he might have had the winter blues like his mama. Sophie was pointing out every few feet of a pretty rock, or a desert flower, or a little bird or other creatures that she saw. She was happy just to be outside. I loved letting the SUN beat on my face and Jesse loved just being in nature, he comes alive when he hikes. We had a great weekend, I admit that it was too short but we were rejuvenated and the kids, Happy! Pictures to follow!

Magic~

We were lucky to get to go to Disneyland this year with Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Jim, Aunt Ottie, Gregory and Ryan. We had a great time! We spent the first two days of our vacation at Newport beach. We secretly wish that we could have stayed there a couple more days. The kids loved the beach and the ocean it was their first time to see the ocean. Dylan sat down maybe once, he was in the water even though it was freezing, he was digging in the sand constantly, and running with his cousins, he loved it. My little Sophie played in the sand all day, finding shells, filling up buckets with sand, she loved it. We stayed at a wonderful house on the peninsula it was two blocks from the ocean and right on the harbour. It was beautiful! Jesse and I rented beach cruiser bikes and rode the boardwalk and around the entire peninsula. My hiney was a little sore but that might have been the highlight of the trip we had so much fun! We stopped at the pier and I had a frozen banana my new favorite treat! Yum! We also at at the famous Crab Cooker! Fantastic the best shrimp and scallions that I have ever had. (My mouth is watering just typing it!)

Next stop Disneyland! Disneyland is nastalgic for me, some of my favorite memories as a little girl were at Disneyland. It makes me smile and get emotional when I see my kids there. I feel that I have come full circle. My Mom and Dad always made our trips to Disneyland magical. I hope that Jesse and I did the same for our kids. We got to stay at Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel. It was really nice to be so close to the park. When you walked into the hotel you could smell suntan lotion so yummy. We spent five glorious days at Disneyland and California Adventure, daddy thought that three was enough but I could have done it for seven. :)

Jesse and Dylan soaked on Grizzly River Rapids!

Sophia with the "real" Cinderella! I thought that she was real too. Her voice was amazing and she asked Sophie where she was from and I said Utah and she said (in the best Cinderella voice ever) "Did you ride your horse and carriage all the way here? What a long journey you have been on!" I got goosebumps and Sophie was in Princess heaven! So fun!



Dylan loved Grizzly River Rapids, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Space Mountain, Soaring over California and Buzz Light year. Sophie loved Tea Cups, Dumbo, Monsters Inc., and the Toon Town Roller Coaster. She went on Big Thunder but about half way through she started to cry (she didn't like when it went dark!) My favorites were the Churios, The Screamer, Big Thunder and especially Soaring over California. It's my favorite and Jesse's too! Dylan went on anything, which surprised me a little he is usually so cautious, I think that having 2 older boy cousins helped a little. We loved watching the parades and fireworks and the kids especially loved the water slide at the hotel. What a wonderful week we had with family. Ohh, if we could only be on vacation all the time. Back to work! :(