TEMPLE SQUARE

We rode the tracks down to Temple Square to enjoy the spring flowers. Someday my yard will look like this!...my back starts hurting at the very thought...

SRING IS FINALLY ALMOST HERE!!

Our pear trees are almost ready to bloom! Its been a cold spring this year so I've been dying to see what everything is going to look like. I took a ton of pictures and these were the best ones:

Easter Outfits

A big THANK YOU to Modena for making the girls skirts!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUSTIN

The big day finally arrived!! He's been into volcano's lately so I made him a Volcano cake with smoking lava(dry ice) which was a HUGE hit. That's all he wanted to do all day was put more ice in and watch it smoke. He got a bubble machine, Toy Story part 2, a glow in the dark bubble gun, the shark from Nemo swim toy (its supposed to actually swim in the water) and a Mr. Incredible's costume.


FYI: DO NOT STORE DRY ICE IN THE FRIDGE! IT WILL SET OFF YOUR CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUSTIN!!

Going through these pictures makes me sad! Our baby is 4 on Sunday!!! Austin is a mixture of Aubree and Addie. He's very active and friendly, but will sit still enough to line up his toys. He has 2 pillows, one spiderman and one Cars and the Cars one always has to be on top. He's doing very well in school and both of his teachers are amazed with his progress. He loves doing flashcards, especially numbers and likes to line them up in order clear to 50! (Had to throw a little bragging moment in! Sorry...) His favorite shows are Dora (when he's playing he'll always say "Vanamos!! Lets go!") Thomas, Spiderman, Toy Story, Letter Factory, and Kung Fu Panda. He also likes to watch NASCAR Racing on ESPN!
We can't believe he's already 4 and is nearing the end of my favorite era (3-4 year olds are my favorite!)
We love You!!

EXHAUSTED!

Yup! He's actually asleep under there! Having OCD is taking its toll!

EASTER

This is what we woke up to Easter morning. YUCK!! I did have one tulip bloom today though.I made my Christmas cinnamon(Sp?Can't figure out spellcheck on our new computer!!) rolls for Easter. Thought I would start a new tradition of having them twice a year instead of just one. Because of the weather we did a Easter egg hunt in the playroom and I set out their baskets on their bed. Towards the afternoon it got a little warmer so we did another hunt outside. Apparently my kids thought it was in the middle of summer by the shorts and bare feet. I had my nephew over to take in on the fun, too. The kids (aka Aubree) also got a bug catcher set (don't take your kids to Costco!) I told her she had to wait for Easter.

ZOO

K, we are back into the internet world and are functioning normally again!
Today was Day 2 of Spring Break. The forecast said 68 and sunny. It turned out to be no sun and breezy. YUCK! But we had already told the kids we were going to the zoo. It actually wasn't that bad and ran into a lot of people that we knew, one of which was my dear friend from California! AHHH, the goodtimes!

OUT OF ORDER

Our computer crashed the other night and we lost everything! So I can't download any pictures for awhile which means no blogging or scrapbooking! We're using David's work laptop until we get a new one. It crashed the night before we're getting some work done to our yard and I'm not cancelling that one so a new computer is just going to have to wait!

Until we meet again....

GREAT BOOK FOR GIRLS

We went to our local bookstore over the weekend (yes here out in the sticks we do have a bookstore!) and bought Aubree a series called Ivy and Bean. Its more on a 2nd grade level so she finished the whole book over the weekend, but she really liked it and wants me to get the next book. Its hard finding books Aubree likes so when we do we jump on it! But its a cute book that I would recommend and oh lets face it, it has a cute cover and I thought it would look cute in her room on a bookshelf.

FINISHED ART PROJECT

The newness (really bad English!) is wearing off so its taken me awhile to get these made. With all of the supplies including picture development it was $54.

BIRTHDAY PRESENT IDEA

Austin's birthday is coming up and I need some idea's on a good gift. I HATE buying the kids toys just so they can be ignored a few days later. So I need some help on a good toy for a 4 year old. (we're trying to steer clear of another hot wheel car for obvious reasons)
Thanks!