The Month of Birthdays and Partys...and Bunnies!

HAPPY EASTER and last month too....

Easter Sunday at Grandma Nina's

Mj's First Easter Egg Hunt hosted by Grandma
Video at the end!

Mj wasn't eating the CANDY? What? She went right for the real eggs....lol! With the shells half off too. I was floored but she did look cute while shoveling it in her month.

Grandma and Grandpa

Hangin' with the boys.....her cousins.

Here's the food......

....here is Mj!

Mj's cute Easter Dress....its a tradition.

Easter Morning April 12th!

I made Mj a really cute cover for her Book Of Mormon for Easter. I hope she takes care of it. But she is my little tearer .....and I mean she likes to tear things up. I explained to her.."this is a special book ....it has Jesus in it....so we take care of it and don't eat it ok"....it was like talking to a dog about beautiful flowers they just look and smile.

For the love of PEEPS!

Easter Egg Decorating! At 10pm yes we have a bust Saturday so we didn't get to the tradition until late that night with alot of protesting from my husband but we have fun. Mj even told me "that looks nice sweetheart" love how she copy's me .....only when I am GOOD mom.

Mj's closest friend had a Birthday Party she was so excited that she had earned to go to the BIG Party out of town. She kept asking on the way there....."we are almost there, huh mommy?"

Eating lunch on Saturday

Look at that glare....lol!

The Community Easter Egg Hunt....duration ....30 sec....yah we missed it by 30 seconds.

My belly ....finally a picture....

Easter Bunny....she just walked right up to him...she really scares me sometimes.

THE BIG 30! Jamie was in for three weeks. I loved it. We really had a fun time. We celebrated her 30 year mark. She told me she never really thought in high school that she would make it til 30. She had a great turn out and was so happy so see everyone......I miss her already!

Anna came and stayed with me too!

This is Anna sleeping.
This is Anna eating.

Well that's about all we did....just kidding....we had alot of fun trips to IF. Come back Anna I need a couch buddy!

Cy baby's First Birthday! What a cutie!

Jessica made this really awesome cupcakes! .....

And Mj wore them the rest of the night!

Two Party's in one night
Grandma Nina's 70th

Just thought a video of Mj Hunting would be a nice exit!

Strong Bad Hygiene

This is one of my favorite videos of strong bad....I hope you enjoy its humor like I do every time I watch it! Thanks Brant for making me LOVE strong bad!

My Month of Feb....

My biggest brother Corey AKA Corky went into the Navy to train to become a Navy SEAL! He left the last Tuesday of February and I wish I had a picture to post of him but I don't. So I thought I would share how talented he is......he made from scratch the guitar above! Totally cool!

We went to one of my close friends wedding. Kim Bo she is finally married off....lol! They look so cute together. This is us playing at the reception after. Mj is so funny about pictures she LOVES IT!



My Man helped one of our friends move on his Saterday....he is too sweet. I wasn;t much help....lol!

I did one of my best friends little sisters hair for her Sweethearts dance. She is too cute! Love ya Lit'l Dee.


This is the friend I spoke of in the last picture~ Yes, she is pregant! She delivers only three days after me! We had to get a picture of this moment. When does that EVER happen. Thats what she gets for hanging out with me 24/7 last year.....lol!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

My brothers wife made this amazing suger cookies....we fought over them....they were that good!

One of the traditions that we do for the morning of V day is make heart shaped pancakes and everyone gets a love letter from someone in the family full of candy......my mother always made us feel special on the that morning before we went to school. I thought it was a good way to pass on the love......

cystic fibrosis lung transplant- Jamiebug

Just in case some of you never saw the story of my sisters fight to live that we all went through in the past year or two. Here is a cute video recapping her battle to breath. Thank you for anyone and everyone that supports our family and Jamie during this time and in the past year! We now our community cares~

Don't rain on my parade!

This is one of the only posts I have done without pictures. I just have to vent about having a great day and then having it rain on my head yesterday. ...lol! Darren and I got a great tax return due to my Performing School. This was great news to me not only because it would be great news to anyone but that my school has not made us any money for the three years I have ran it. Yes, sadly it only pays for itself which I can not complain at least it does that....lol! I enjoy teaching, love the arts and the children so I don't really mind that it doesn't. I guess I was just really excited that finally I was going to get paid back for some of the hard work that has went into constructing the school from nothing and for nothing. Then comes the rain....I got some devastating phone calls yesterday one that will make me have to face the very difficult task of trying to stay a float after the Spring Show this year with the school, not soon after that one I got one were I found out my stable babysitter that takes Mj when I teach can no longer take her as of Yesterday and then the last but not least was the biggest blow, the investment property that Darren got into with my brother fell through. I almost stopped answering the phone yesterday!! I know the lord will take care of us he always has. He has always helped me with the school and I did get a new babysitter easier then I thought it would be but I am really scared about the money it might take to keep this house from enveloping everything we own! This is a big trial for me ....I am not sure why. I have went through harder things it seems but I really am struggling to stay positive. I am praying for the strength to endure through this if it gets ugly! I know the lords way is not always my way .......dang it! 'If' is good hope I think....lol!

We are cleaning it up!

After 7 years of marriage and purchasing two homes we are sick of the junk we have collected and keep hidden away in the depths of the garage. So, I we are simplifying life. My mother and I were talking and she said something very profound. During the depression they saved everything right down to the glass bottles because the cost on everything to make was so much. We have come from the that generation....save everything. Funny thing is we are asked by the General Authorities to save money and buy less things. I want to try to get rid of the junk, the "items" in my life that I have carried around for WAY too long. So that I can save the "Food" I need to be saving not the junk!

Here we are cleaning the garage, being silly, while we work in the snow! It was pretty cold that day but it was fun!

Below is the end result. See the cool storage shelves from Home Depot!

Plus my super cool dance moves....lol!
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My Mans Investment property!

My brother and My Man bought an investment property at the end of October of last year and stated working in it first thing in November. So they took a dumpy old house that smelled really bad and look like no one cleaned or up kept for a long time and turned into this really cute old fashioned home in 2 1/2 months. I was there a lot just to spend time with him because he was a little obsessed, even though he wouldn't admit he was. There were a few weeks there were I think I saw him a total of 5 hours all week between this house and his real job....lol. It was not very funny to me at the time but it has been fun to help out and see the changes that make this house so pretty now. The biggest stress in doing this that the house will stay on the market forever and eat up all the money (and then some) that you would make on it....but it was only on the market for 3 weeks and we already have signed papers for an offer. I was tempted to move into it. It has sooo much cute character I fell in love with it. Too much house for us right now it has 4300 sq feet! Take a look at his and my brother hard work!

Living Room

Dinning Room
Kitchen

Master Bath

Up stairs Bath

What a great job everyone did....now don'tdo it again....lol...well at least for a while anyways.

A girl after my own ways!

Me when I was totally too cute (don't worry this phase doesn't last long!). I'm with my totally awesome papa that I guess went through a Josey Whales fad. I love how he always been so fashionable. When he was young he was the first one in his school to have Bell Bottoms....lol. He begged his mom to sew them from his pants they were so big you couldn't even see his shoes.

This is were the pictures of me that are 'cute' stop for a while....after this it gets pretty scary until I hit high school.

I was little girl I use to dress in layers...but not in the 'cool' way. I use to wear purple polka dot shirt with a red striped undershirt, a white lacy cowboy skirt, black shiny spandex Capri pants, tan leggings, socks and black dress shoes. Yes, I thought I was so cool ...lol. By the way, Yes, I am holding a blanket in this picture ...who knows why, I was a little eccentric.

So all these pictures are because of the other night Mj came out in this outfit! I just had to laugh until I cried. It was very random. But very creative....

Flower Power ya'll!

mmmm....count the layers of shirts! I counted 4

Mj with her Riley side cousins

I know she will be very artistic when she gets older. I see her 'outside of the box' way of thinking even at this young of age. I love it! (Thanks Jess for the Pictures!)

Poetry of Shel Silverstein

I have always loved this poet. He spoke to my crazy mind when I was little I am very excited to share his books with Mj some day.

Sick
'I cannot go to school today, '
Said little Peggy Ann McKay.
'I have the measles and the mumps,
A gash, a rash and purple bumps.
My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,
I'm going blind in my right eye.
My tonsils are as big as rocks,
I've counted sixteen chicken pox
And there's one more-that's seventeen,
And don't you think my face looks green?
My leg is cut-my eyes are blue-
It might be instamatic flu.
I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke,
I'm sure that my left leg is broke-
My hip hurts when I move my chin,
My belly button's caving in,
My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained,
My 'pendix pains each time it rains.
My nose is cold, my toes are numb.
I have a sliver in my thumb.
My neck is stiff, my voice is weak,
I hardly whisper when I speak.
My tongue is filling up my mouth,
I think my hair is falling out.
My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight,
My temperature is one-o-eight.
My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,
There is a hole inside my ear.
I have a hangnail, and my heart is-what?
What's that? What's that you say?
You say today is...Saturday?
G'bye, I'm going out to play!

Anyone wanted to use this to get out of work....Me too....lol!

I finally got the comforter I wanted!!

After 4 months and 4hours one night finding the exact one I wanted ....here it is the new comforter for my king bed. I can't wait to get in in the mail on Friday. I love to get things in the mail.....