We love the dinosaur museum!

Hayden participated in the Olympics yesterday at school. Yeah, I thought it was a little late for the Olympics too! He had a great time and even one a gold medal. Ohhh, ahhhh!

Well, our little magician did such a good job. He called me and told me that he was picked to perform at the grade level talent show. Yeah Logan!

Logan wanted to participate in the school talent show. We tried and tried to figure out a talent, he finally just wanted to throw a baseball because he's really good at that - he really is. I talked to him about it and we decided to find something else. I found an awesome website that has fabulous magic tricks and shows you step by step how to perform them. Logan watched quite a few and decided on 2 that he really liked. He did such a good job. I'm very proud of him! This video is from the class performance this morning.

Dinosaur Museum

The Dinosaur Museum was so much fun. This is part of the "Try it out" place. Way fun!




This was a lot of fun today. The first time through, they hurried and looked at the stuff Zac thought was cool when he came earlier in the week. We went through a second time and took more time. We are going to have to go again. There is so much to see. Today was crazy because there no school and it was very crowded.

Bailee and The Boys

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Bailee sure loves her brothers. Her brothers sure love her. Zach looked at her today and said,"Mom, we don't have a baby anymore do we." He's right. She's growing up quickly.

Zach'sLast Game

Zach had his last basketball game last Saturday. He has been really fun to watch. He jammed his pinky on his left hand during the first quarter so he had a pretty rough game. I felt bad for him. His pinky was black and blue and very swollen. Oh the hazards of basketball!

Check out my piggy tails! Stephanie called them whale spouts which is so much cuter and I thought Claire would approve!

Cookbooks for SALE!

Hey everyone! Hope this post finds you all doing well. As you might guess I am selling cookbooks (read to the end to find out why). These are not just any cookbook. This cookbook is loaded with 388 pages of yummy recipes like this one.

Fettuccini Alfredo

2 T margarine

2 T flour

3 T cream cheese

1 clove Garlic

2 C. milk

½ cup Parmesan Cheese

Melt margarine over low heat. Mince garlic and sauté 1 minute in melted margarine. Stir in flour and gradually add milk and stir with wire wisk until smooth. Cook Stirring constantly until thick about 8 minutes on medium heat. Stir in Cream Cheese and cook 2 minutes. Add parmesan cheese and cook until melted. Serve over hot noodles.

NOTE: You could easily add chicken if you wanted.

There are also recipes for making your own cream soup (like Campbell’s,) tips like how to fold a napkin, which spice to use, and how to get rid of fruit flys. This thing is loaded.

Now, you may wonder why I am selling them. I am currently serving as the 1st Counselor to the Young Women’s President which entails lots of youth activities. This summer, we are taking the youth in our ward on a Pioneer Trek in Wyoming and this is the fundraiser that they are doing to pay for it and we only have 150 left to sell. If you are interested in purchasing a cookbook for $12.00, please email me and I would be happy to supply you with one. I’ll even tell you who the best cooks in the book areJ.

For those of you who don’t cook, consider those people you know who do and pick them up one for Mother’s day or their birthday. You won’t regret it!!

Feel free to ask anyone you know if they want one, we do have a few available. Thanks!!

Grandma, Grandpa, Brad & Tyler came and watched Zac play ball on Saturday. It's so fun to go and watch the progress all of these boys have made.

Hayden had a great birthday! The big 05! He picked out a cake from Costco - thank you time saver! Brad, Amy, Tyler and Emily came over and celebrated with us. Hayden got an automatic tommy gun which is really awesome - shoots without pumping. A fabulous Agent P shirt, dominoes, checkers & chess, and Connect 4 & Mario UNO from Kallee & Ashley. Thanks everyone for the cards, money and birthday wishes!

Okay, I am a total Deadliest Catch junkie. I love it. I'm so sad to see that Captain Phil has passed away!

Bailee is mobile!

Okay, not really but she did roll over tonight! Twice back to front and once back to front and then back to front again. It was awesome. She's almost 8 months old so we've been watching and waiting. She has quite the cheering section - the boys get so excited and give her hugs and kisses when she's done. So fun! I will get Hayden's birthday pictures up soon. He had a great birthday!

Oh my! My beautiful Hayden is five!!!! How does this happen? We were just getting to the hospital five years ago on a beautiful day just like today! I love my Hayden! I love to watch him with Bailee!
I love it when he says, "Mom -"
"What Hayden?"
" I just love you Mom!"
Followed by a great big hug! We love you Hayden!!!

What a great Sunday. A good day at church, a good day getting ready for church, dinner in crockpot and done ready to eat, baptism preview and ended it all by watching the end of The Lord of the Rings. Did you realize that I said baptism preview --- yes. Logan gets baptized this year. How exciting! Hayden's birthday is also this week -- he will turn 5! Wow - how time passes!

Zac's Basketball Game

Today was a busy day. I got up and went to my meeting at 7:30. Logan had to be to the stake center by 9:15 to practice his song, the stake RS meeting began and 10:00 and then it was home to have a break. Logan did a great job. He sang with a group of kids from our ward in front of a chapel full of people. I'm excite that he likes to do this, it's a good thing for him! Zac had basketball at 2:00 - it's fun to see how much improvement he is making each week. During the week we really need to get to the Rec Center and practice. Logan likes to do this as well. It just means evenings have to be different.

So, Bailee has yet to roll over - am I worried. By number 4 I welcome immobility. She is close. I'm afraid that once she rolls her next move will be running.

Here's a little video from last Saturday's game. It's so much fun to see! Zac is really growing up!

What a busy Saturday! I got up and went to Weight Watcher, then went to pick up the new trailer (yay!), Kelly came to install the hitch, Zac had a basketball game and Harold came to cut down the trees. Wow. The brackets didn't work to put the hitch on but we sure are glad Kelly and Brad to come and help. Sorry about your lip Brad! We have a few tree branches and trunks to pick up and clear up and now that you can see the side of the carport a little painting to do. The boys are so excited to have the trailer - we sat in it for a while this morning after it was parked. Hayden said,"This is so amazing!" We are so excited to go camping! It is now time for bed and sleeping in on Sunday -- YES!

Okay -- we aren't deleting the trailer post! I just delivered the check to night and got the title! So excited! Saturday, Brian and Kelly are going to tackle the hitch so we can pull it home. I've learned so much in the past few days. A fifth wheel is very different that a bumper pull. Just the hitch was a lot to learn about. Anyway, we are excited. All of us are very excited to go camping and create some great family memories over the next few years!

We have been looking at camping trailers, let me clarify -- I have been looking at camping trailers. I'm looking for a very large 72 hour kit. I also want to go camping a lot this summer but I'm lazy and don't want to pack everything every time we want to go. This is one I found today that I really like. Not as big as what we have been looking at but so clean and so nice. I have a few people who wanted to see pictures of it and this is just easier. If we don't buy it, I can just delete this post.

Today was Zac's first Junior Jazz game. He was so excited. He has a great coach and some good kids that he's playing with. He's never played before, I'm not even sure he's watched a game. From the beginning of the game to the end he learned so much. He loves to play and when he was done he couldn't wait for another game. We have been going to the Rec Center so now when we go will have plenty to work on. He's such a quick learner for everything, he'll pick this up quick! I'll post a little video tomorrow.

A Bailee update - really more for my information more than yours - sorry :) Bailee loves her brothers and smiles and looks for them when she wakes up. She is so fun to get out of her crib. When you unwrap the blankets she unfolds - her arms and leg spread as wide as she can get them and she s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-s and smiles. She is still taking a bottle in the mornings and nights and I am trying baby food at noon and dinner. She made the most terrible face with sweet potatoes but kept eating. She loves rice cereal and not mac and cheese. I can't bring myself to pay so much for baby food so I got my little baby food grinder out and bought a lot of canned veggies that I didn't have downstairs. She isn't teething yet and that really doesn't hurt my feelings at all. She is starting to move a little more but still not rolling. She will sit up unsupported for a while but I'm always right there. Her hair is getting longer and usually has a nice mohawk on top with a bow or flower on a headband. She is wearing 12 month clothing and weighs almost 20 lbs. She is fun to have around and loves to hang out in the kitchen with me in her walker. She makes the funniest and loudest clicking sound with her tongue, something I don't remember the boys making. Bailee is a chatter bug and talks a lot to whoever will listen.

Dryer works! Yeah!

Time passes too quickly! It seems like we were just decorating and waiting for Christmas and now it is gone so fast! This kids are back in school and life is back again!
Mary had her baby on New Year's Eve - yeah! So happy to have little Paige here safe and sound! For New Year's Eve, we went to dinner with our friends, the MacDonalds, the Rices and the Frenches (that looks funny - um.) After dinner we gathered all of our kids and went over to the Rice's and played games, ate yummy snacks and toasted the new year! The kids had a ball - really- Anna had punching balloons for each of the kids and then broke out the sparkling cider and "real" plastic champagne cups. It was a lot of fun and we enjoyed everyone's company.
Saturday, I had the chance to help Jenn Gray clean her house after her move. I don't know if it counts as cleaning, she and her mother had the house immaculate before any help got there. I'm excited for their new adventure! That afternoon Brian and the boys went and saw Alvin & the Chipmunks, they had a great time. Hayden did say the first one was better - really? I think he was 2 1/2 when he saw the first one. As soon as the boys left, Kelly called me and needed help - he was ready to throw up and his kids had been sick all week. I packed my Lysol, sanitizer, rubber gloves and mask and headed up. Yes, I was brave and I would do it again. I did get sick Monday night and Tuesday. It was lovely - Boise State played and so we had party food that night -- oh the joy of being sick after pepper poppers and guacamole! Any way life is back to normal - laundry, dishes, broken dryer. Yes broken dry, the drum belt broke. You know what though - I got online looked it up, took my dryer apart got online again, ordered that part, it came and now I'm just waiting to feel better and have a little Brian help and it will be fixed! If not --new dryer, or I could call a repairman.

Christmas 2009

Christmas was so much fun this year! Kelly, Mary, Claire, Nikolas and Jake came to our house on Christmas Eve. We ate yummy food and told the Christmas story. Everyone went to bed early - it was awesome. Christmas Day, I heard movement upstairs at 6:17 AM but no one ventured downstairs until 7:00 AM - on the dot! Zach and Logan each got a basketball, a Wii game and Legos. Hayden got a Wii game, Playmobil knights and a ball. Bailee got a fun toy that blows balls out and she has to put them back in. Everyone got pajamas and Sunday clothes. It was a great Christmas. I love waking up at my own house - sorry grandmas! Everyone played with their toys for a while and then we packed up and drove to Grandma and Grandpa Andrew's house. Everyone in Brian's family was there and it was fun to spend time with them and let all of the boys play. Kallee went through the temple on Saturday - it was awesome. I have never been to the Twin Falls Temple before. It felt like home. A few people that I knew where there and it was nice to see them. We left for home on Monday, but after stopping in Burley, decided to spend the night and play some more. It's nice not to be on a schedule and have a good boss who let Brian have another day off. We got home last night - later than expected but home. It was snowing and the roads weren't great and traffic was slow. What a great Christmas vacation!

Logan's Program

So today I earned my "Mother of the Year" nomination. I had in my head that Logan's program began at 2:30. At 2:00, I woke Bailee up and we all went down to the school. I looked at my clock in the van 2:18 - Great a little early, I should get a parking spot and a good seat. I pulled up to the school and there were cars every where. Uh, there must be more than one program today. What was I thinking? I walked in just as Logan was finishing and walking off the stage. I found him and said,"Good job Logan!" He instantly told me that he saw me walk in at the end. I felt terrible. He is my kid who needs all of my attention and needs me to be there. Ug.

Bailee is 6 months old!

So today I took Bailee to her six month doctor's visit - she makes us proud- the genes continue to produce our retirement. She is a whopping 19 lbs 7 oz and 28" long! Can you say 97th percentile? I knew she had grown but didn't realize just how much! At 6 months old she is babbling and growling and just making all kinds of noises. She responds to her name - usually because it is being said within one inch of her little nose. She can sit by herself for a moment, she smiles, and smiles and smiles. She's easily sleeping through the night. Her naps are getting shorter - around two hours now instead of three. She is eating rice cereal and loves it! Now she gets to eat more rice cereal and soon--- real people food (Does strained peas count as people food? This people don't eat that!) She's not rolling yet or even moving from side to side but she's so laid back, I figure it will come when it comes. Why rush mobility? No sign of teeth yet - Zac started teething at 6 1/2 months so I imagine that's coming. Overall, Bailee is a keeper!

Hayden's Christmas Program

Today was Hayden's Christmas program. The Funshine Preschool really does a good job. Hayden sang all the words and did all the actions. It was so fun to watch. After the program, Hayden got to talk to Santa Clause after and discuss the finer points of Christmas. Grandma and Grandpa we hope you enjoyed this! Wish you lived closer!

Christmas Dress

My sister Amy found Bailee the cutest Christmas dress - I know that she is dying for pictures with Bailee in it - all I can say is "SO CUTE"! I don't have the tights or cute little black shoes on her but oh how cute is this dress? I don't think I have had a frilly fun dress on Bailee and I love it! Enjoy the pictures Amy and THANKS!