HAPPY EASTER!

We have had a great Easter. Mike was on a 24 hour shift, so we were not able to start the festivities until 9:00 a.m. so for kids who get up EARLY it felt like forever. Grandma, Grandpa, and Christopher are in town for Spencer's birthday. They came over this morning and we did a fun easter hunt. Then we had a nice brunch, went to church. We had a wonderful church meeting with great speakers and fantastic music (the marshall/sorensens really pulled through)
After church we had everyone (including G&G Maycock, and Katie & Brittney) up for dinner. It was a busy day, but a lot of fun.

The girls with their hunting treasures. The girls were thrilled because they had pink "high school musical" bags as their Easter bags. The great thing about them was the amount of stuff that they held.

Girls Ready for Church!

Spencer looking spiffy in his new duds. He had a great day.
We hope that you all had a great Easter day. We feel so blessed!

Happy Birthday To my little Guy! (tomorrow)

I can't believe that my sweet baby boy is turning ONE tomorrow. He is such a fun little boy and we feel so blessed to have him. I thought I would post a couple photos of a year ago. You wouldn't believe by looking at him that he had such a rough start!

Spencer in the NICU... Notice the lovely fish artwork that McCall made for his bed.

How can you resist such a face.

Birthday Boy!

McCall

Wow it has been awhile... I do have a few photos that I will upload soon. But I wanted to jot down a funny story about McCall that happened today. We were getting ready for school and I was getting her hair done. Like usual there are a few tears. I sprayed her hair with water from the spray bottle so I could start spraying. She burst into tears and percedes to tell me how bad it is to get the water on her skin from the spray bottle. Then she gets very emotional and can barely talk and says "mom it is just the worstest thing ever, it is even worse than elephants in our house."
This totally caught me off guard and I had to chuckle. I hope everyone is having a beautiful spring. We are LOVING ours. Pictures will be soon!

The Performance... wow!

So the girls love to put on mini performances for Mike and I. Yesterday they wanted to do one. They have some play make-up and usually like to put a little on. (the usual places such as their eyes etc.) Well to our stunning surprise, this is how they came out to perform. McKinley did not have a part of her face that wasn't covered with blue or white eye shawdow. She was very proud of her interpretive make-up. Needless to say the performance was a Hit!

Our "beautiful" McKinley...

A Full Day of LOVE...

So when did Valentine's Day become so much work?
I know that I do it to myself, but I just love Valentine's Day. We started out the morning bright and early with a special heart waffle breakfast. The kids think that special breakfasts are awesome! I guess anything beats a bowl of cold cereal.


Lunch was Heart egg sandwiches. They have been begging me for egg sandwiches for the past week. They worked out perfect.

We had a special dinner. Not a romantic evening, but very fun none the less. By the time we had all of our special meals, made all of our school valentines, passed out friends and neighbor treats, I was exhausted. But our family loves Valentines!!!

Spencer was my sweet little valentine. He is always up for anything and is such a sweet little boy. Next year he will be all about the food and treats like the girls. On to the next holiday...

Happy Birthday Ashley...yesterday

Yesterday was my amazing sister Ashley's Birthday!!! We hope that she had a great day in the Big Apple. We can't wait to see you!

The PERFECT Day!

Saturday was a SKI day. Which means that my awesome husband took the kids for me again and gave me a bit of freedom. It was the most beautiful day ever. The snow was absolutely incredible. We went as girls from our ward and had a blast. I have not skied much since I have had kids and I realized how much I really LOVE to ski. So much of my elementary, Jr. High, and High School experience was hitting the slopes every weekend. The only trouble is, now I can't get it out of my blood. I keep thinking to myself "when can I get back up there and go again?" We are planning another Saturday in a few weeks, but I think that at least I might take McCall up one afternoon soon just to be up in the fresh beautiful mountains.