Easter 2009

HAPPY EASTER

The family photo with a touch of orange. Mom got her Easter wish, we were a color coordinated group. Make sure you look to your right, you will see moms large and in coarge diet coke close by as always!

The Easter bunny himself made an apperance!

LOVE IT! Cole ducked down under the camera to get Payton to smile. Priceless first Easter family photo.

Blaine jumped right into Alexa's picture, it ended up being very cute. She loves her uncle Blaine!

Payton did not love the photo shoot. Alexa did what she could to make her cousin feel better.

I MEAN SOOOOO FLIPPING CUTE!

Cole and Alexa were so excited to get thier Easter baskets. Alexa woke up soooo early and we had to have her wait downstairs until G.G got back. Needless to say I had to sneak her a Barbie and some Easter candy.

Alexa's Easter basket, full of everything pink and Tink.

Cole and Alexa found and egg at the same time. Alexa was a little quicker or maybe just that much more competitive!

Blaine wanted Jello eggs like Ashley used to make. E did her very best to make him happy, but could not find egg molds anywhere. Long story short, we made our own. We had to tape up our eggs and use dad's power drill to put holes into the tops of the eggs. It was so much work, very sticky but SOOOO much fun. Good times with E!

E and I spend hours filling jello eggs for Blaine. I am going out this week to make sure I find the actual molds for next year!

Dad LOVES Peeps so much Blaine decided to share!

Blaine and E made this amazing bunny cake! They seem to be starting to make a cake for every holiday, I feel a cake-off coming (Blaine and E need a little competition)

All in all we had a pretty amazing snowy Easter!

A Troop Of Daisies + Humming Birds = Endless Fun

Alexa Daisy troop took a field trip to the Desert Botanical Gardens to take a humming bird tour. I work a lot these days, so it’s a rare occasion where I get to play mom and go to the field trip. Alexa was very excited for this one, so of course I had to go! Alexa has a fun little troop of friends who are also in her Kindergarten class and she LOVES her weekly Daisy meetings. There was also an artist who had an exhibition showing and Alexa seemed more interested in the pieces of art instead of the humming birds. I had to admit I was a little surprised that most of the girls were so interested in the blown glass sculptures, but whether they were looking for art or humming birds they all had a great time!

TROOP PICTURE

This one was AMAZING! The artist made all of these different glass balls that looked like giant marbles.

This was one of Alexa's favorites!

This might have been the biggest cactus I have ever seen!

All of the girls got to make a humming bird feeder.

Alexa was very excited about getting her first Daist patch!

We had a great tour guide who made the trip so much fun! He was not afraid to act like a goof if it got him a laugh from the girls.

60 YEARS!

The greatest thing you'll ever learn Is to love and be loved in return

Nick's grandparents just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary! It was pretty amazing to be there celebrating and seeing how much they still love each other. Nick's mom planned a beautiful party for family and close friends. We all had a great time; it was a night to remember.

The couple of the night!

One of my favorite pictures of Jen.

The entertainer of the night.

The decorations were so beautiful!

MY “I WANT” LIST

MY “I WANT” LIST

I want: To be a good mom and wife
I want: To slow down and enjoy life more
I want: To FINISH SCHOOL
I want: To be someone that people can depend on
I want: To travel more
I want: To spend more time outside
I want: To spend more time with my family
I want: To learn how to sew and knit
I want: To BLOG MORE
I want: To be less scattered brained (this may never happen!)
I want: To start running (this may also never happen!)
I want: To do less for myself and more for others
I want: To get more sleep
I want: To laugh more and stress less

Take A Look

As many of you probably already know, I am in love with the NieNie Dialogues. For those of who don't know who she is, you should really check her out (you will not be sorry). She has taught me an important lesson, which I am trying to incorporate in my own life on a daily basis. She has taught me to take notice of the small joys in life, and to put family first. To look at life at a gift not a chore! I am one who easily gets caught up in the stresses that life dishes out, and I need to make more of an effort to ENJOY LIFE!

Out Of Africa

Last month I went to the coolest place with my family. There is an animal park in Verde Valley called Out Of Africa. I was not looking forward to the two hour dive, but the trip was well worth our time. Alexa had a great time and it was a pretty amazing experience.

We had to get a picture of the zebra, they are Bebes favorite

Dad feeding a giraffe

He looked hungry!

Alexa feeding a camel

Me getting a giraffe kiss!

It was a little on the cold side!

Me and my girl

Snow Day

We recently took another fun filled trip to Flag, to go and play in the snow. Alexa loved playing in the snow and near the end of the trip gave snowboarding try. She just went down a small hill behind my parent’s house, and she LOVED IT! The pictures make me laugh because they make it look like she is tearing it up!

She was eating more than she was playing!

Lex and Dad

Lex and GG