Happy Birthday MOM!

Happy Birthday to the BEST MOM in the world! You inspire me to serve others, to love more and to laugh often! Thank you for your wonderful example to me! I am grateful to call you my mom and my friend! I hope you have a spectacular day! Hugs and Kisses!

Easter in St George

We were fortunate to head to St George for Easter/General Conference weekend! We had a great time! Kim and Sadie made these adorable bunny ears for everyone. Kim was kind to include Sadie. Sadie even said that it was the most excitement that she has had in a while. I guess I need to step up the fun level at home! Thanks Kim for creating some fun for Sadie!
You would have thought that it was Christmas with how much the kids got from the Easter Bunny! They loved everything and spent the day playing with all their trinkets! Benton even loved his toys!
The whole gang after our egg hunt! Thanks Mom and Dad for filling the eggs! Sam was kind enough to help me find all of my eggs! I don't think that I could have done it without him! It was fun hanging out with my family and watching conference.
The cousins! I have to say that Sadie and Sam are enamored with Benton! Sam even cried when Benton was heading home. They love Benton and are excited for Lulu to come!

Crazy Hair Day!

Sadie had "Crazy Hair Day" and this is as crazy as we could get! We just did lots of pony tails and braids with BIG bows! She loved it and thought it was cool and that is all that matters!

Spring Break

For Spring Break we headed over to St. George or as Sadie calls it "St. Georgia." On our way we stopped at the Ethel M Chocolate factory in Vegas. Kim, Tyler and Benton came to the factory with us. Sadie loved to hold Benton all on her own! We sampled the toffee which is delicious! It was a fun break in the drive!
We went to Zion's National Park and hiked some easy trails! On one of our hikes this mountain goat was right next to the trail and was not phased by us walking up close to her. The kids thought it was pretty cool, so did I!

We hiked to this overlook spot and enjoyed the view! It was the perfect weather and we were lucky enough to share it with mom and dad and the Blonde family!


We hiked the "Weeping Rock" trail. Although you can't really tell Sadie loved getting wet from the small waterfall. It was very refreshing! St George... WE LOVE YOU! We have had many great weekends with you and look forward to many more! Thanks to mom and dad for letting us stay at the condos!

Sock Hop

The school had a "Sock Hop" and I will admit I was a skeptic! It ended up being a fun night filled with dancing, laughter and rock 'n roll! Sam even won best costume! Kudos to Josh for the costume because I was down setting up and Josh took care of it!

Sadie's Field Trip (from a long time ago!)

Sadie had a field trip....a while ago....oops! There were so many parents that were willing to go on the field trip that the parents names had to be drawn out of a hat as to who could go on the bus. Sadie came home from school one day before the field trip and said, "Mom, I have some sad news and some good news. You were not one of the "Chosen Ones"....but you can still go on the field trip!" Actually, I was ok with that! That meant that I could bring Sam and ride with Nikkii and not be worried about what 30 kids are doing on the bus! Anyway, I think the thing that Sadie was most excited for was to ride on the bus! Why is it that kids are most excited to do something that really isn't very exciting? With the regulator on the bus a 30 minute drive became 50 minutes that I was fine missing out on!The most thrilling part of the day was going to the Sting Ray Bay! We were able to feed the sting rays some shrimp and fish! The kids weren't so sure about it, but they enjoyed feeling the sting rays when I could get them up close with the food! Sam just sat in amazement the entire time not even thinking about getting close to the water! Sadie loved it and was close to falling in due to excitement!

Sam wanted to play with my camera on the drive home and I ended up with about 40 random pictures of shoes, self portraits, cars driving by, clouds, the back of the seat, and many more! We had a great time with Sadie and her cute friends!