Spring Break 2009

Spring break came and went and during those long days stuck inside due to the ridiculously cold and wet weather, the girls decided to hone their culinary skills. They chose to make the delicious Passion Cake (carrot cake), and french bread. They did this all on their own with just a half dozen cell phone calls to me for guidance (the two little girls and I were at the gym for our weekly three hour child care shift which I do to get the childcare free at the gym while I work out).








By the end of the week we needed some serious fun so we started in with the relays (there is nothing quite a relay session to get the heart pounding and the blood pumping).

Don't be jealous of us over this AWESOME Spring weather...we will gladly trade it with anyone.

Monster Trucks and Motorcross

As Stevey and the older four kids where walking out the door to carpool with three other dads and their kids to go this Monster Truck event, my beloved husband slowly backed up out of the doorway and shut the front door. I asked him what was going on and he humbly tells me that he was waiting for the bishop to drive by on his way to the Priesthood Session of Conference at the Stake Center. I guess Stevey didn't want to concern the bishop with his lack of attendance...that or just hiding from his own guilt.

Regardless, they had a great time and I am happy that they FINALLY went to one....they have been trying to go for years.

Dalton and Zoie


Shay, Braden and a friend Colton


The fire-breathing, car-eating, masked dinosaur.

This was the kids favorite monster truck.

Good Samaritan Reward

"Falls Brand" meat company showed their gratitude for bringing the nut in the wieners mishap to their attention by overnighting us a nice selection of their other meat products available for sale....the sausage and old fashioned hot dogs were good (if you like that kind of thing).




So if the hotdog thing wasn't weird enough I was at Toys R Us the other day and decided to buy Sunny the toy pictured on the box below. What I got the was the toy displayed on the right....do you see a problem here? I called Fisher Price about it because on the box there is a disclaimer stating that there may be slight differences on the toys verse what is pictured on the box....and THIS difference is anything but slight. After some discussion we discovered that the toy was packaged in the wrong box and they are now sending me correct toy for FREE...I returned the one I purchased and discovered that mine was the only one packaged wrong. Another win-win situation.

This is a photograph of the newest piece of art or home decor to grace the walls of our home. We found this at DownEast and both Stevey and I fell in love with it the moment we way it. It fits perfectly with the other decor and we especially love it because we haven't seen anything like it anywhere.

Nut and Wieners anyone?

For dinner on Friday night I was putting some beef wieners on the BBQ and was surprised to find a nice greasy nut tucked in the middle of them nice and snug....I didn't have to pay anything extra for it either.

I called and emailed the company about it this morning and sent them over these pictures and they were quick to call me back in total disbelief. They are going to call me again on Monday to get more information about the packaging so they can try and figure this whole thing out. I think this is just so weird. And secretly I hope they offer a good samaritan award!

Enjoy!

February - March

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Blue Thunder

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Clover is 3!

This was our third birthday for the month and it was a lot of fun. Clover had some friends over for small party full of cake, ice cream, presents, balloons, and tears.

We love you Clover.

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Thanks Jo!

Dental Work Anyone?!

Funny story....

From the first day that Shaylee arrived back in July she has somehow become the designated tooth puller for our family.

Dalton has lost three teeth since July and Shaylee has pull all three. This one shown here was funny because Dalton's top tooth was sort of loose so Shaylee cries out, "Let's play dentist!" and runs into the back bedroom, her assistant Zoie was right on her heels. Dalton reluctantly follows and then one minute later came back to me with his tooth gone....alrighty then! It certainly saved me a lot of drama.

Sunny's Big 1

Zoie's Birthday Event

Catching Up

I have hated blogging lately, but now that we have the whole template thing worked out (don't ask) things could start picking up.

First: Christmas




First 1/2: Zoie's ballet showcase





Second: 12 Year anniversary in Jackson Hole...our honeymoon destination...it was much easier and funner when it was just the two of us.





Third: Sunny's major cuteness



Fourth: Clovers major croup. It lasted three days with out easing up...loved it.






Fifth: Kim's major birthday...39!!!! I got breakfast in bed, the whole house cleaned in the middle of the night (1am to 4am) courtesy of Zoie, Shaylee, and Braden....they couldn't wake Dalton up for the event. Later that night I was surprised with a delicious Strawberry shortcake birthday cake, a gift card to TJ Maxx (they DO know what I like!) and some jellybeans. It was a very nice birthday despite the age thingy.