Easter Weekend

We headed to Utah for Easter this year! After a split second decision, we packed up and headed out late Thursday afternoon. The kids were SO excited to see their cousins! Sam quickly got over his "fear" of driving through the mountains (fear because the last few trips through he has had a tendency to make it a technicolor trip)...He was saying, "I'm not gonna "trow" up, Olivia is." Thankfully, none of that happened...this trip. We played around Friday and then colored Easter Eggs with all of the cousins (35 grandkids plus a few extras!).

Olivia with her empty canvas

Aaron had SAm waiting and waiting for his eggs to "be ready". He was actually VERY patient.

Which ended up more colorful, the egg or my baby?

She may be new at this, but Emerson caught on quickly!

Sam had his priorities: first: Sixlets, second: suckers, third: eggs

Olivia and Lauren showing off their baskets.

Emerson has mixed feelings for McKinley...on one hand, she loves her...on the other, she's terrified of McKinley loving her too much!

Our Easter morning breakfast consisted of some VERY loverly Grandam Sycamore toast with cinnamon sugar on top.

Sam mostly played with his Easter Basket...then threw up, then played some more, then threw up some more.

Olivia started off her morning puking. Then more, then more, then more. So, we did the only logical thing. Packed up our car and headed for California! But, that's another post (or 10) for another day!

Oh, whusst

She was being quiet. TOO quiet. I wondered if she had gone upstairs. I walked into the living room towards the stairs and, there she was! Olivia's library book in one hand, a pack of ball point pens in the other. She dropped them immediately and said, "Oh, whust!" Translation: Oh, whoops! Ain't nothing "whust" about drawing in a library book! She is SO adorable! Too cute to get a spankin'....so, I walked in the other room to blog aboutit.

Orange Rolls...mmmmmm

Have I ever told you that my sweetie can cook? Well, he can. Delicious food. I am a very lucky girl! One of the family's favorite things he makes is Orange Rolls. They are heavenly. I should clarify: Heavenly when made sans raisins, of the devil when made with them. Katie, Aaron's older sister, wanted a tutorial on how to make them when her family was out here for the wedding. What a fine excuse to make them! Sorry, no professional baking pics, no recipe.

Katie and Kyle taking mental notes on technique.

Special twisty motion to put them together.

No, no, no...not yet, they must bake first.


mmmmmm...tasty!

Wanna bite? Too bad...Julie doesn't share food!!! (think Friends)

The girls weren't very interested in Orange Roll Tutorials, so they played with the pretty wedding things.

Esther's Weddin'

Aaron's sister, Esther married Brandon on married February 19. We had a great time at the wedding and reception. Here's a few favorite pictures...

The happy couple

Watching the festivities

Way to go, Esther!

The lovely bride

Our little family
HOT SHOES! I'm the foot on the right of the bride'sSam and one* of his ladies

The exhaustion sets in

*Yes, ONE of his ladies. He has his own harem.

Valentine's Breakfast

So, I'm really far behind. No excuses, really. I just thought that since I gave my sister a hard time about no updates....I should update!

Valentine's. Aaron and I prefer hanging out with the kids over a night alone, so we took them to The Original Pancake House for breakfast on Vday. We did, however, forget our children's aversions to eating food faces...

The blog thing is being weird and showing text instead of pictures in the composing part, so...Emerson....she's a ham. Sam, really liked the looks of his pancakes man, and ate his nose, mouth, and eyes...but not much else. Liv, ornery as ever refusing to say cheese, contemplating how to get out of eating the pancake man.

A Brand New Outfit

I'm slow on the trends, but I catch up eventually...

25 Extremely Random and storylike things about me

I posted it on Facebook, but Figured it might be a fun Blog entry

1. I like peanut m & m’s.

2. I have been scarred for life by a man who wears purple spandex.

3. I once stopped traffic in San Fran. Yes, it was a long time ago, around age 18….and FINE! It was just one car, but I stopped it.

4. I have been banned from Smith Food and Drug in Payson, UT for what will forever be known as “The Jelly Belly Incident”.

5. I did once ask my sister if octopus were real. I did not, however, ever think that Mt. Rushmore was carved by the wind.

6. When I was Preggers, I watched “Moth Man Prophecies”. I made Aaron wake up in every time I had to go pee in the night from that night all the way through my pregnancy.

7. I never left the state of Utah until I was in 8th grade.

8. I have been scarred for life by a man who wears really short shorts and a thong whilst on the elliptical trainer. I was on the rowing machine next to him…same man wears purple spandex….Speedos and pants.

9. I started to train for a triathlon (sprint) last year. Then I realized I couldn’t swim and stopped training for that, but I did run my first 5k.

10. I shamelessly flirted with this one guy on Feb. 13th, 1999. I said since the girl next to me got a kiss from her Valentine I should get one, too. Now we’re married.

11. I once spoke, with out thinking, to my Mia Maids class and told them to “Be careful who they let sleep in their beds.” I was talking about a bed bug outbreak. It just came out wrong.

12.I once vehemently defended Edward Cullen from a vicious attack by a woman who didn’t even know him. She called him abusive. I’ll tell you who’s abusive. Starts with Jacob ends with Black.

13. When I was in High school I had a womanly mishap in Chemistry. I couldn’t get up to leave because I was too embarrassed to ask Mr. Hill for a sweatshirt. I waited for Mrs. Baum (I think) to come back so I could ask her for a sweatshirt. It took all lunch long.

14. I have been scarred for life by a man in a purple Speedo doing crunches on the deck of the pool. Seriously, man! Was there a clearance on this material?!? Did your mama make them for you? Can you please go in the locker room to work on your abs?

15. When I was in high school I went on a first date with a guy to “Scream”. I really wanted to leave after the opening scene. I sat in fetal position the remainder of the movie. When I got home, Jill wasn’t home yet and I thought I heard something behind me. So rather than turn around to see what the noise was (what, and end up pummeled like Drew Barrymore?!?) I stood in the same position until Jill arrived home an hour or so later.

16. I mostly blame my extremely low tolerance of scary movies on my sisters. They made me watch “Poltergeist” when I was in Kindergarten or 1st grade and then they wouldn’t take me to the bathroom when I had to go. So I did the only logical thing. Peed on the couch. Boy did they get in trouble.

17. Once when one of my sisters was watching me I got in trouble for something silly like moving or sneezing. She got after me and I made her really mad by laughing instead of crying. So she kept beating me (not really beating, I can’t remember what she was doing), and I kept laughing. It really hurt. I have a crying reflex now when I laugh.

18. I can’t bend over and touch my toes unless it’s right after Yoga class or a run.

19. I was in Mexico on 9/11. They thought the tourists would feel more secure with large open bed trucks full of soldiers holding big guns driving around. They were wrong.

20. Once, when I was in 4th grade, I threw up Macaroni and cheese and cream corn all over in my sister’s hair. Her hair was to her waist.

21. I didn’t read Pride and Prejudice until after I fell in love with Mr. Darcy. Thank you Collin Firth.

22. I worked for IFA for 4 years.

23. I requested mashed potatoes and gravy from KFC after Olivia was born.

24. I have never broken a bone.

25. I swear to this day on my life I never kissed Joel or Aaron Frost. I don’t care who thinks they saw what. It NEVER happened. I think Jill may have created this story to hide the fact that she kissed Ryan. This, of course, is just speculation.