Happy Easter!

We had a really busy, but really fun Easter weekend. Between 4 egg hunts, a birthday party, a baby blessing, other Easter activities, and the usual Saturday housework things were kind of crazy. Everything was so much fun it is worth the exhaustion I am feeling today. I love holidays and all the fun activities you can do with kids, but I think I tend to get carried away. Here are some pictures from some of our activities.

Monday night for family home evening we had a lesson on the Ressurection and the real reason we celebrate Easter. Then we let Bronson decorate an Easter bunny cottage, he ate more frosting than he actually used for decoration, but he had a blast. ( I know I know - Jesus and the Easter Bunny in the same lesson, we are not trying to confuse him I promise)

We decorated Easter eggs on Friday which was a lot of fun.

Here is Bronson at egg hunt #1 on Friday night.

Here is Bronson with Gauge at egg hunt # 2. This one was at Truman Elementary, and it was over in about 5 seconds. But of course the kids still think its pretty cool.

Here is Bronson at egg hunt # 3. Our niece Ava was blessed on Sunday, and they did an egg hunt afterwards. Bronson hit it big time!

Here is Bronson at egg hunt #4. I couldn't believe when we got home last night how many plastic eggs and candy he had. Holy Cow! Needless to say I have had no problem helping him eat it, and I am sure I have gained 10 pounds this weekend!

Here is a cute picture of the boys in the Easter clothes. I thought they looked so handsome, and Bronson looks so grown up.

The Grocery Cart

So a funny thing happened Saturday night that I just have to share. We took a evening trip to the grocery store to get us some much craved treats. We were standing in the ice cream isle deciding which delicious flavor to add to our calorie intake for the day when Bronson climbed on the bottom rack of the grocery cart. Ever since Cade took his place in the front of the cart he's been finding new ways to ride on it (how dare he walk). He has ridden on it that way before - against my better judgment, but sometimes you have to pick your battles. Well this time didn't go so smoothly. All of a sudden he starts screaming "I'm stuck, I'm stuck" and sure he enough his leg was stuck in between the bars on the rack. He was totally freaking out, and Dave and I were trying our hardest to not bust out laughing. We had a hard time getting him out and I kind of got wooried that we were going to have to cut him out or something. Everyone in the store was staring at us, so that was kind of emabarrasing. But right when some man ran over to help us his leg became free, although he was quick to tell us that Bronson really shouldn't be riding on that part - thanks I'm not sure I would have figured that out on my own. He was traumitized enough that I am sure it will never be an issue again. A really nice checker brought him a balloon which cheered him up. Maybe I am a terrible mother but I find the whole thing pretty funny!

Let The Games Begin

In preschool this past week we talked about the letter O. We try to center everything we do that day around the letter. So I decided it might be fun to have or own Olympics. The kids had a blast! Their events were a balloon race, carry an egg on a spoon, hold an orange under their chin, hop on one foot, crab walk, and a bunch more silly things. Here are a few pictures of Bronson and Abby. They even received a gold medal.

Happy Anniversary

Dave and I celebrated our wedding anniversary on Monday. I can't believe we have been married for 7 years! The time has gone by so fast, it seems like just yesterday he was following me around OC Tanner and stalking me in the break room. In this short time we have moved three times, bought a house, bought three cars(one lemon), gone on a few vacations, served in numerous callings, Dave graduated from the U, we bought a dog, got rid of a dog, and most importantly brought two wonderful boys into this world. We have had some wonderful memories and I look forward to an eternity of more! Dave is an amazing husband and father, below are 10 things I love about him (in no particular order.) These are just to name a few.

1. He's a good father
2. He has a testimony and honors his priesthood
3. He is handsome
4. He has a good sense of humor - although I don't always find his jokes funny, I can't imagine being married to someone who took life seriously.
5. He is romantic - I can't even count how many times he has bought me flowers just because.
6. He will do anything for anyone
7. He is a hard worker
8. He says "I love you" whenever we finish a phone conversation
9. He doesn't care what other people think
10. He encourages me in my goals and interests

THEN & NOW

(this isn't the best picture, but you get the idea. For those of you who haven't seen me in the last month, I cut off 12 inches of my hair the beginning of February)

Dave took me to The Anniversary Inn. We had never been there before so it was really fun. We stayed in the Palace Room. These are pictures of the room below. It was very beautiful and romantic! Dave also copied our wedding video onto DVD for me - one of the best presents ever!

Happy Anniversary Babe - I LOVE YOU!

Spring Fever

I don't know if anyone else is suffering from the same disease as me, but I am feeling the symptoms of Spring Fever! Winter is definitely my least favorite season of the year. The snow is beautiful and all, but being cold and trapped inside gets miserable really fast! And I have to say the dead grass and plants just aren't that great to look at. I love everything about Spring! My favorite is when all the trees start to blossom, and the daphediles and tulips bloom. It is just beautiful, and I love the idea of life renewing itself and even though things can get icky for a while they can still become beautiful again. So I have to say even though it is still February, with temperatures like this I am ready to break out the short sleeves and flip flops. It was so fun to take Bronson outside for a little while and let him play and burn energy. He did ask if we could get out his swimming pool, but even I'm not that crazy. I know we still have another month (at least) of rollercoaster weather, but here's to hoping Spring sticks around for a while!

Signs of life! Here is a daphedil starting to sprout up - ooh I can't wait!

We decided to take advatage of the warm weather and wash the car. Bronson enlisted our neighbor Austin to help out.

Dinner Time?

So we have been having a hard time getting Bronson to eat his dinner lately. He seems to go through this everyone once in a while. I am not sure if he is trying to test us or what. I don't make him eat every thing on his plate, but I think he at least needs to try the food and we usually ask him to take 4 bites since that is how old he is. I don't think we are asking to much of him, but sometimes he gets his mind set that he doesn't want to eat dinner and he doesn't budge - stubborn fellow, wonder where he gets that from. We have tried different punishments, but nothing seems to work. So I saw on Super Nanny not to long ago that she made a little girl sit at the table until she ate her dinner or until it was bedtime, so we thought we would try it out. This past week I made a broccoli and chicken casserole - he loves both of the main ingredients so I didn't think there would be a problem, but something about blending them together repulses him and he wanted nothing to do with it. Below are pictures of him about one hour into it. He was out cold for about a half hour. I couldn't help but laughing and of course I had to grab the camera. After he woke up he had a bit of a meltdown, but then decided he would eat some of the food so he could get down and play. We were kind enough to separate the chicken and broccoli - how dare they be touching - and he ate 4 bites of each. So the punishment seemed to work, and was quite entertaining. Thanks Supper Nanny!

Car For Sale

We have purchased a new vehicle to fit our family a little better, and so we are selling this one. The car is in great condition, it is not the one we used as our family car so there isn't wear and tear from the kids. It has a brand new clutch and all 4 tires are new. Below are the details, feel free to contact us for more info if you are interested.

Make: Hyundai

Model: Elantra

Year: 1999

Mileage: 116,000

Color: Dark Purple

Interior Color: Gray

Price: $2,100

Cade is 6 months old

I can not believe Cade is 6 months old already, the time has flown by so fast. He is such a sweet baby who loves to smile! Here are his stats

16 lbs 13 ozs - 40%

27 1/2 inches - 85%

He celebrated by having his first tooth pop through yesterday. We were really glad because it seems like he has been teething for a while, and he had been really fussy the couple days before. So it was nice to know he had good reason for his crankiness. We are looking forward to the next 6 months and the fun milestones he has ahead of him.

Merry Christmas & More...

We had a wonderful Christmas, and hope all of you did as well. On Christmas Eve we stuck to our tradition and gave the boys new p.j.'s and an ornament. Bronson loved his new jammies and spiderman slippers, he even declared Christmas as "Christmas Jammy Day" and he wore his pajamas the entire day. It was quite funny. It was so much fun to see Bronson's reaction on Christmas morning, he was so excited and he couldn't believe that Santa had brought him the toys he asked for. Christmas is fun when you are a kid, but I definitely think it is more fun when you have kids! After opening presents we went to Dave's parents house in Riverton for breakfast. The weather didn't seem too bad at our house so we thought we would brave the snow. Little did we know that the further south we went the worse it would get. Luckily we made it there safe and sound. Dave's sister measured the snow as we were getting ready to leave and they had received 15 inches - holy cow! We were nervous to leave and even more nervous to drive after we got stuck just getting out of the driveway and his family had to push us all the way through the neighborhood. Lucky for us the closer we got to home the less snow there was. That evening we went to my brother's house for a delicious dinner. Once again when we left it was a blizzard. We got home safely, but found that our power was out. It was time for the boys to go to bed so we bundled them up pretty warm since our heater wasn't working. I was extremely grateful when the power came on the next morning at 7:00am. Our thermostat was down to 53, so it was a bit chilly. Luckily our house heated back up really fast. Even though we had a few carzy moments the day was wonderful and very memorable. I am sad to see the Christmas season over - so is Bronson, he has already asked me how many days until its Christmas next year.

Here is Bronson showing us his "Mator Monster" - this is the one toy he really wanted Santa to bring. So he was very happy when he unwrapped it.

Cade got some presents too, but of course he cared more about the paper and bows.

This is a picture Dave's dad took of their family pushing us out of the neighborhood. We really need to invest in 4 wheel drive!

Dave was cursed by being born the day after Christmas, and spent much of the morning shoveling the snow. I know your asking why didn't I get my lazy butt out there and do it since it was his b-day, but I am honestly a wuss and can't lift that much snow. I would probably still be out there now trying to get our small driveway cleared. I made up for it that nigh by taking him on a date (which doesn't happen often.) We went and saw Valkyrie and ate dinner at Thiafoon. It was nice just to be alone for a little bit and have some adult conversation. Happy 29th birthday Dave - you're the best!

Bronson thinks the snow is the best thing ever, and he also thinks its a meal. He has to find some to eat wherever we go.


The snow is pretty and all, but enough is enough. Is it Spring yet?

Santa Does Exist

We had a Christmas party yesterday with my mom's side of the family. We braved the snow and drove up to Syracuse for the event. It was pretty scary, but we made it safe and sound. There was a lot of people there so it was kind of crazy, but we had a lot of fun and the food was delicious. They decided to break away from the tradition of ham and potatoes and have a mexican feast instead. I was very happy with this because I love mexican food, so I ate more than I should and enjoyed every bite. Dave was asked to play Santa which is quite funny considering how skinny he is, and he couldn't grow a beard if he tried, but he did a great job. He had a couple costume malfuctions but luckily the kids didn't notice. They were all so excited to see him and couldn't wait to sit on his lap and tell him what they wanted for Christmas. It was a nice touch to the party.

This is the only picture I got of Santa where his mustache wasn't hanging halfway below his upper lip. It was hilarious!

Cade sat on Santa's lap, but was a little startled by the beard. He started crying after a few seconds, but at least I had time to take a picture.

Most of the kids were excited to see Santa, except for Bronson. He was completely terrified. As soon as Santa walked in Bronson ran and hid under a kitchen stool. This is a picture of him hiding behind Grandma (if he only knew).