Easter (yes I know it was like two months ago! Don't laugh!!)

We had a fun Easter at home with just our little family. We started Saturday out with an Easter egg hunt at a local church, they served lunch and had fun games and activities with the kids. After that we headed home to have our own egg hunt. And I am thinking that next year we are just goung to skip the big public hunts and just do our own, The kids only got a few peices of candy each from the other one, so they were in heaven with all of the stuff we hid for them. The kids and I colored eggs that night while Brian went to the priesthood session of conference. The next morning the easter bunny brought each of the kids zhu-zhu pets, and some toys for their pets. I never imagined battery operated guinea pigs could entertain them so well. They dissappeared upstairs for hours! Then we had a huge Easter dinner of ham, potatoes casserole and homemade rolls!

RUN!!

Yes, it was cold!!

Yummy Chocolate!!

We made cocoanut macaroo birds nests!


All worn out! (you can see a glimpse of his guinea pig on the chair with him :)

Happy Mother's Day!

This is the view I enjoyed on my Mother's Day! I love being a Mom!!

Wanna be like my Daddy!

While on one of our trips to Salt Lake, Porter saw Brian shaving and wanted to get in on the action. Porter has never seen Brian shave, because at home he does it in the shower. He thought it was so cool, so Brian gave him some shaving cream and let him go to town--such a little copy-cat!YES, my husband IS really that hairy!

Catchin' fish!!

A couple of weeks ago we decided we all needed to get out of the house and enjoy the nice weather, so we took the kids fishing! We had a great time! Porter caught 3 and Brylee and Aspen each caught 2. The girls both have princess poles, but we didn't have a pole for Porter, and we didn't think he would have much if an attention span so it wouldn't matter, boy were we wrong!! He fished the whole time by himself, Brian would cast it out and turn around to help the girls and next thing we knew he would have a fish on. The girls loved it to, as long as they didn't have to touch the fish! We had a great time and were there for hours. But, I think we created a monster, Porter asks every morning when he wakes up "we go fishing?" as soon as Brian walks in the door from work "we go fishing?". We were in Wal-mart and we walked by the fishing poles and he ran over and grabbed one and would not let it go. So, now he sleeps with it and carries it all around the house. He has gotten really good at casting and hitting his sisters with it. I think we have a new favorite pasttime.

All that really matters!

Aspen loves writing us little notes. Sometimes we will get multiple ones in one night! She left this one for me the other night in my bathroom. How simple and true! She is such a sweetheart and I am so grateful for the reminders of what really matters. I am so proud of all that she is learning in Kindergarten! She has been a fast learner and will read books to Brylee at night in their room. She sounds the words out on every sign we see or on containers of food. She caught me off guard the other day when I was giving her some Motrin for an ear infection and she said "Did you give me Motrin" I never call it Motrin I just call it medicine, she was reading the bottle, I am amazed at the things she can read. I love my Asperino! She is a wonderful daughter and big sister!! And for right now, SHE LOVES ME---we will see if that changes when she is a teenager!!!

I paint too!!

A couple of weekends ago Brian and I painted our master bathroom and the bathroom off of our kitchen. When we were done we got out all of our other house colors to do some touch ups-fix holes or nics in the walls. I was in the living room fixing some spots, and came into the kitchen to find this!! Porter decided to help!! Luckily I caught him soon enough that the paint was still wet so we just had to scrub it off. After we took a picture of course!! Porter was so proud of himself!!

Ask and you shall receive!

This is what we woke up to this morning! I guess I did ask for it (see my snow day post) I guess next time should be more specific, because if I had my choice right now-I would choose summer! But, I shouldn't complain it is really pretty and my kids can't wait to go play in it!

I almost forgot the best part!!

I almost forgot to post these pics! My kids have got some great aunts, and for Christmas as their gifts to them, Kristin and Melinda took them to Build-a-Bear Workshop! As you can tell from the pictures-the kids LOVED it! Aspen made a ballerina rabbit-complete with ballet shoes and tutu! Brylee had asked (at the last second) for a unicorn from Santa, he wasn't able to get one to her, so Brylee found a pink unicorn, then topped it off with a Cinderella dress with glass slippers and a crown!!! Porter, of course, made a "heehee" (horse-for those of you who don't speak Porternese) he had a Jazz uniform with basketball shoes too! The kids loved their animals, and had a fabulous time making them-stuffing them-adding hearts- and giving them a "bath". They told me evry detail off the whole experience over and over!! While the kids were with my Mom and Sisters, Brian and I caught a movie!! This is a huge treat for us, we love going to the theatre's in Salt Lake (come to Jerome and you will see why) and as a plus we didn't have to pay for a babysitter---SCORE!!! Thanks to my amazing sisters for loving my children so much--they are loved just as much back by my spoiled children!!!

BATH TME!!

SO EXCITED!!!!

Snow Day--or should I say Snow morning!!

We have not got very much snow this year and I hate it! If it is going to be cold we at least should have some snow!! I think my sister-in-law in Philly, with 4 feet of snow in her front yard would disagree with me, but I either want snow or summer!!! A couple of weeks ago we woke up to snow finally!! It was Sunday so we headed to church and then made plans with the Radfords to come home and drag the kids around the yard on the sleds! We literally had to come home and hurry and get out there, because we were already losing what snow we got. Brian and Gary drug everyone around 'till the snow was gone at the Radford's house,then we headed to our house to use our snow. It didn't take too long until it was gone, but I think it was perfect because no one got too cold or wet or whiny. We did have a mishap with a tall sprinkler pipe and Kim's kids, (let's just say-the sprinkler is no longer there!!) but it didn't scare the kids too bad, because they still wanted to ride behind Brian, so they could get thrown off! It wasn't the greatest snow, but we had fun and took full advantage of what we were given!!