Spring Break - Thursday

All moms adore Chuck-E-Cheese, right? Riiiiiiiiiiight! Well, my kiddos wanted to go during spring break and it had been a while. So...being the awesome mom that I happen to be, I even let them bring friends. I know. I'm too cool for words. We all packed in the van, not forgetting the coupons, and headed out. Like I said, it had been a while since we'd been and whadaya know...the place had gotten a face lift. They had expanded, opened the place up a bit, and added more cool stuff and more booths! I approve of the improvements. It was quite nice, and not as crowded as I expected it to be. Yay for me! I was equipped with my coupons and my cell phone so I could play solitare while they played. I've kind of become obsessed with that game lately. Can't help it. It was fun. Chuck himself even came out to visit the kids and tossed a bunch of tickets in the air. You should've seen those kiddos scrambling like craaaaaazy to get those tickets. It turned out that each pair of children (my child + friend) got to exchange their tickets added together for a bag of cotton candy. Yum! That was a decent prize if you ask me!

I like the new digs Chuck!

Adios Mayer Family....We Love You!

(Trista, Julia, & Emily - she's my little sista)



Our great friends, the Mayers are moving to Texas. We had a girls' night Tuesday as a last hurrah and it was a blast. We went to Red Robin in our jammies and people looked at us like we were nuts so cool. Here are a few pics from that night. Looking at these pictures, you would never guess that none of us even drink alcohol. Actually, all of us were drinking freckled strawberry lemonade...yum!


(Me, Ginny, & Carol)


(Becca, Me, Ginny, Carol, Trista, & Julia)

There is just something special about a friendship where you never have to question whether to be your whole self. Where the comfort level is such that you are never embarassed in front of that person. Love her to death. Hope to visit her soon!

Here are some pics of our kids together on the evening we said goodbye.

(Taylor & Jonathan)


(Brooklyn wants to marry Zach in the Temple. Here she is savoring the moment...)

Spring Break - Wednesday

So my kids are on Spring Break this week and we've been having a blast. I'm going to be posting a little about each day, but they will be out of order...oh well! Here's Wednesday.

We had breakfast a Chick-fil-A and then went to see Horton Hears a Who with my mom and nephew, Trevor. It was really cute. Not hilarious funny like I thought, though.

Then the kiddos and I went to the playground at their elementary school. There is a map there on the blacktop and Taylor wanted me to show her Utah. So we did.

Then we played on the cool stuff there.

Mike called and wanted to look at puppies. So we did that. I'm not ready to get another dog right now. They really are a lot of work, especially when they are puppies. After that it was dinner time, so we went to a fun place we enjoy. I had a coupon from the entertainment book, of course!

The not so cool part of our day was that we had to say our goodbyes to our friends, the Mayers. Our families have gotten really close, but they are moving to Texas.....hopefully temporarily. They feel like this is home and want to be back within a few years. Here are all the kids together.

Easter Sunday - Brrrrrr

So on Easter Sunday it was pretty chilly here. I wanted a family picture of everyone in their Easter duds, but I didn't know how to set the timer on my camera and there wasn't another person to do it. Soooo, here is our family in several pics!

My Hair Story

I recently got my hair cut (about 3 weeks ago) and am so glad I did. It had been so long since I'd cut it (probably since October or November) so it was kind of a desperate situation. Sooooooo here it is!

When I got married I had a similar version of this cut 10 years ago. Since then it has varied much but seems to always come back to this style that just works for me. It is quick and easy to fix, but feels like there is a "style" there. Growing up, through high school and part of college I had all one length hair about to the middle of my back. When the Jennifer Aniston thing hit in about 1996 I did that and it seemed adventurous. Once I got a stacked bob, that was it.

The photo to the right is me and some college buddies my freshman year. I don't have any other pics digital, and you can't see my hair that good in this shot, but can you believe I am the same person? I can't! I'm the 2nd from the right in the tealish shirt.

What is your hair story?

Tackle It Tuesday

I need to get off my bottom motivated and get some serious stuff done around this house today. I decided to participate in this fun blog carnival thing-y called Tackle it Tuesday over at 5 Minutes for Mom to help give me the umph to get something spectacular done. So I thought to myself, "Self, what can you do that will make a huge impact around here?" I decided to clean my laundry room closet. Now I feel very blessed because it is upstairs where all of the bedrooms are so the laundry monster pile doesn't have to live downstairs in the public spaces. But today I am going to clean and wipe things down in there. It gets really dusty due to all that laundry lint. I think straightening up in there will motivate me to stay on top of the laundry. Lately it feels like it has been on top of me weighing me down. I will add pictures to this post later, but I wanted to write this part early, so I will be accountable to all of you! OK - I'm off to tackle it!

To see more things that are being/have been tackled today, check out Tackle it Tuesday here.

OK - I was craving some more beautiful surroundings for my bloggy home. I searched for all day a reasonable amount of time before finding this new and improved template. I am not HTML or graphic design savvy at all, so I had to rely on those free downloads that are available.

What do you think? Is it funner more fun to visit a blog that looks pretty? I think yes. And I also learned how to do the cross out a word feature. That is my very first HTML. I am so proud of me! By the way, I love comments. They make me happy. I can't help it. Just wanted you to know. Next I need a cute header to complete my makeover. Is the only way to get a really cute one to design it myself in photoshop or pay someone to do it for me? Cause if you didn't notice, I'm too cheap frugal to shell out any money for that. And I don't want to overdo it with the whole cross out word feature, but it is fun. Oh well.

So what do you think of the new diggs?