Who's Egg - Cited for our Neighborhood Egg Hunt???

Our cute little group - pre hunt.

Our cute little group post-hunt.

Miss Ariah finding the eggs. She had a rough time. She really wanted to open them all and eat them before finding another. She finally got the hang of it.

Whenever I ask Ariah to smile - this is what I get. Little turkey.

Inspecting the loot.

Three cute boys.

Our egg hunt was so fun. I have such a great neighborhood and wonderful friends. I LOVE MY WARD! Thanks everyone for coming to play. I am looking forward to all the swimming we have planned this summer!

I know, I'm totally dorky...

Yes, I went to the Twilight party in Riverton. Some girlfriends and I decided to go to the midnight party for the release of Twilight. I totally went for the night out with the girls. I hadn't even seen the movie yet (love the books though). It was fun to act dumb and get on the news. Veronica from the movie showed up, but I didn't get very good pics of her. There were so many people it was disgusting.

Jessica, me, and Erica. Kandice and Mary went too, but they didn't dare show their faces. Apparently they have some sense of self dignity :)

It was at Walmart. How ghetto is that?

Ahh, Edward. Adam doesn't like this picture to much. I told him it was just like having my picture taken with Mickey Mouse. Just a costume. Right? There were look alikes there and this guy looked pretty cool. He had the gold contacts and all.

Me, Kandice and Mary. Finally we got them in a picture. Give a girl a blood red cupcake and she will do anything.

I DID IT!!!

I did it!!! I learned how to make bread. No, not in a bread machine, but the full on - grind your own wheat, punch the dough, and let it rise kind. It was fun, and actually wasn't that hard. My family loves it and gobbled all five loaves up within 2 days. Adam told me only for special occasions because he doesn't want to get "doughy" around the waist. Ha!

I have made homeade rolls twice, and all this bread. I'm doing another batch this week. Thanks Glenda for the new Bosch, and thanks Kandice for the tutorial on bread making. I feel so domesticated. Never thought I would.

Those Tricky Leprechauns!!!

We woke up to all kinds of tricks that those little leprachauns played on us!! There is a legend that if you leave a treasure box under the light of the moon, the leprechauns are bound to fill it - the trick is ... they hide it in the most unlikely of places. Unbeknowest to them, they leave a trail of green leading the way to the treasure. If you don't find it, they take it back to thier hidden world and claim what is rightfully theirs. We found our treasure box hidden up in a tree. After they have hidden the treasure box, they usually play tricks on the habitants of the house....Those tricky little leprechauns!

Here is our homeade treasure box.

Filled with goodies, kites, toothbrushes, and chalk.

The kiddies thought this was the funniest thing ever!!! We had green eggs and ham that day, and for dinner we had our breadsticks in the shape of shamrocks.

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Mr. G-Q ism's

I know, I always post about Cole, but he is too funny.


We were coloring the other day together and he was coloring a chicken purple and pink stripes with a green face
"Mom, have you ever seen a chicken like this?"
"No Cole I never have."
"I have....when I'm in my room all alone....in the dark....under my bed....they just appear to me."

WOW, he really does live in some kind of fairy tale.


He has been real concerned about Ariah getting into his room and messing it up so he wanted a child lock on his door.
Dad - "Maybe you should have a secret password - only people that know the password can come in. - I know it can be room wrecker!!"
Cole - "No, I want it to be church."


"I am going to be serving my mission in California dad."
"Really, is that because Disneyland is there?"
"No, not many people know the gospel there, so I will teach it to them."


He got this computer for Christmas that helps him with spelling and sounds and letters. It will say the names of three letter words if you push the right letters.
Cole discovered how to spell "fat"
At the table one day, he said, "IF YOU EAT ALOT OF DONUTS, THEN YOU WILL BE FA..."
I cut him off here and said, "No, Cole, that is not a very nice word to say."
He jumped off the chair, ran to his room and brought in the computer.
F -A- T - the computer says "fat" and Cole yells "THATS what you'll be if you eat alot of donuts!" - if all else fails - let the computer say it.


Later with the computer, Cole comes in and spells out J -O- N. The computer says "John" and Cole announces with great excitement, "Mom, my computer knows John the Baptist!"

My Little Doll Turned Two!!

I made this cake!!! I am shocked that it turned out. Ariah's reaction was totally worth all the trouble. "AAAAHHHHH, OOOOHHHHH, Bawbie!!"

Happy Birthday little girl.

She's helping me make her cake.

We put craft paper on the tables so that everyone could write Ariah a bday message. Here is Ambra's.

Don't we look cute in our aprons. My mom made that cute apron for me for Christmas.

Dog pile Uncle Josh!

Here is Uncle Alex and Cousin Joshua.

Grandma

More Grandmas. (Sorry didn't take time to turn them).

That is a lot of meat! Thanks Grandma for purchasing all those groceries!!

My mom gave Ariah this baby doll. It was mine when I was little. Ariah recieved wonderful gifts. Lots of dolls and doll clothes, tutus and jammies. Ariah truly is my little doll.

Dear Ariah,

Happy Birthday!! I can't believe you are only two! I feel like you have been a light in my life forever (and you act and look like your older). You are such a joy to us. Your smile lights up a room and your curls bounce when you run to me for a hug. You have the sweetest personality. You are very obedient (mostly) and you communicate so well. You have the biggest bear hugs. I cherish each one I get. You are the busiest little bee I have ever met and you get into everything!!! I cannot leave you unattended for a minute. Whenever I ask you to do something, you say "tay (okay) and you run to do it." You will also say "peas (please) when you want something and then you say "tank you and wercome (your welcome)" in the same breath. You pose for every picture and you always know just what you want. I love you Miss Ariah. Thank you for keeping me young and fit.

Love Mommy.

My Gym!!!

Where's Ambra??? Can you see her little face poking out of those balls. They just opened up a "My Gym" in Layton. We went to their open house. What a cute little place. They have all kinds of active things for the kids to do. They teach classes for children. When we left, we had screaming at the top of her lungs Ariah. She was not happy about leaving.