Happy Mother's Day

I love how you can see my tonsils in this pic

None of our kids like to look at the camera, they say I take too many pictures. You would think for mother's day they would humor me a little. No, I think we took over a dozen pictures and these are the closest I was going to get. I had a wonderful mother's day, I felt very loved and spoiled. I hope all the wonderful mother's I know felt the same way.

They make me laugh.....

James: Mom, Where is the wishing well?
Me: The wishing well?
James: Yah, you know. The one I can make a wish at, and my wish will come true.
Me: What do you want to wish for?
James: A new Lego Starwars set, And then after I get that one, I can wish for another one.

If anyone knows where the wishing well is I would love to know..........


I noticed Brooklyn's new play dress had some scissor cuts in it....
Me: Brooklyn, what happened to your dress?
Brook: I don't want to talk about it
Me: It looks like you cut your dress
Brook: I really don't think I should tell you
Me: Did you do it?
Brook: I can tell you James didn't do it
Me: You will be in alot less trouble if you tell me what you did....
Brook: Oh........(she thinks a while) .....I was cutting my paper and I decided to try the scissors on my dress. Did you know that scissors will put a whole in my dress? I really don't like holes in my dress. Don't worry mom, I won't try it anymore.

What would you do for a chocolate carmel apple?

Nolan would answer two trivia questions . I was the kind of kid as soon as I heard the word "trivia" I would have tuned the rest of the sentence out. Not our Nolan, he is such a fun kid, I am sure he was running down the school hall with a grin on his face so sure he knew the answers(the first two kids to answer won the apples). So, I thought I would see how many of you knew the answer's? The questions were #1. Who got an average of three patents every month? and #2. What is sometimes dubbed biosphere 1?

Spring is on it's way.....

Easter Sunday

Nolan wanted to take a pic kissing Brooklyn (It's a rough life being the youngest!)

So James wanted to take one to. I thought it was sweet.

dying our Easter eggs.

Easter baskets

Ready to see the baskets and hunt for those eggs.

Hunting for eggs.....

Kylie couldn't look more enthusiastic, she was hoping for the money eggs.

Nolan got all the money eggs, we really don't hide that much but he got it all but $1.

checking out the loot

I thought this was a cute pic of Brook asleep on Kylie's leg

ZZzzzzzzzz......

Spring Break~Spending the day in Phoenix

Since we just got back from Anaheim we had to keep spring break close to home this year. So I looked up free family activities in PHX. First, we went to the Stuffington Bear Factory where they will take you on a tour of how Stuffed animals are made. Sounds much more exciting than it was, It was a fairly wimpy tour and I think these stuffed animals must be sold to carnivals, they were lacking in the quality department. But, James and Brooklyn loved it and this stop was for them. James is getting his green bear stuffed in the picture.

Brooklyn picked a $25 piglet, I honestly never thought I would find a place that makes Build a Bear look cheap.


Kylie and Brooklie

Nolan helping James wash his bear

Dean brushing Brooklyns piglet

James posing with his new bear named No Name. Yes, that's his actual name. It's so funny to hear him say "Has anyone seen No Name?"

Brooklyn with her piglet named Oink. We love it's really long legs.

Posing with the Giant Bear. Kylie and Nolan are saying "If we take this picture can we leave????"

James and No Name

Brooklyn and Oink

Next stop Cerreta's chocolate factory

This stop was for Nolan, he loves going to the candy store in Alpine, Ut and sadly enough it is much more entertaining, this one had a video tour on the weekend because they don't make candy then. So, we all picked a couple of treats and headed to the mall to shop for Kylie (her part of the trip). It was one of those days that Dean and I thought was a little disappointing but the kids all seem to enjoy it anyway. We are so thankful that the kids get along so great, we really have fun hanging out as a family.

Sunday some friends came from Ohio to visit and have breakfast with us, I am so sad we did not think to get pictures of them and their little Olivia. Later, Dean and Brooklyn decided to make chocolate chip cookies. I love how she loves to help in the kitchen.

Brooklie and Daddy.

I'm so ready for Spring!

It is snowing AGAIN! I sometimes wonder if we will ever see the ground again. Some friends invited us on an adult only trip to Lake Powell last summer. I hadn't posted any pics yet so here they are in hopes of Spring coming soon.........


The night we arrived

We found a new love......

So relaxing.......

A water sport that you can keep relatively dry doing....Love it!

Tubing....

more tubing.....

Rainbow bridge

Pinewood Derby

Nolan and his sleek black car~he named it the ND3. It stands for Nolan, Dad, third car.


Getting ready to race

Happy Faces after his fist win

He won second place in his age group. He was really excited.