Congrats Scott & Tori!

The wedding party

Lauren with curls, look close, it's a rare site!

Mason and Maren, lol :)

My kids, impossible to get them all to look and smile simultaneously!

Whew, what a night!

Friday Eric's youngest brother Scott got married in the Salt Lake Temple. I was able to take the train downtown and Eric and I had lunch together at the Lion House Pantry before the wedding. The wedding was the last one of the day and started about 1/2 hour late, so about 3:30. The reception was at 7:00 in Layton which made for a pretty crazy evening. We have wonderful friends who took care of our kids, got them dressed and ready and brought them to us 1/2 way! We couldn't have done it without them! Kelsie came to Jen and Mason's and performed a miracle on Lauren's hair! Thanks so much to all our good friends! Congrats Scott and Tori, and have fun in Hawaii!!!

Friends!

What could be better than friends and popsicles? What a fun time Mason and Megan had running through the sprinklers, swimming in the pool and eating popsicles! Ahhhh to be 3 again!!!

Alexander's Graduation!

Congratulations Alexander! He has loved kindergarten this year. He has made lots of good friends and learned so much! Thanks Mrs. Woods for a fabulous year!

With silver bells, and cockle shells

Pumpkins on top, just planted seeds, watermelons next, one seed, one plant, then peppers, jalepeno, chili, and sweet, lastly green onions and yellow onions.

I planted my tomatoes Saturday, went to IFA and bought plants. I have one beef steak, one big beef, a grape and a roma. Then I just planted zucchini seeds and my cukes are coming up.

I just planted the second half of carrots, lettuce, spinach and beans. The peas and potatoes are coming up like crazy. I also planted eggplants and artichokes for the fun of it. We'll see how they do. I still can't believe I'm growing a garden!

Moab and Grand Mesa!

Hiking in Moab!

Mason asked me if he could throw rocks in the river! I said of course, throw all you want! He seemed very surprised at my response. It's sad that we are always telling them no, don't throw rocks, then you have to tell them to be a kid in nature!

The pool was very refreshing, yeah, summers almost here!

My Aunt Barbara and I brought all our beading stuff and taught everyone how to make jewelery, even my Uncle Dee! We went a little crazy in the rock shop in Moab! We actually even stopped at Hobby Lobby in Grand Junction on our way to Grand Mesa to get more findings to go with our rocks from Moab!

This was the family ranch in La Sal. We found directions and drove right to it. It had been decades since my aunts and uncles had been there, maybe 50 years. They used to go there as kids and stay with grandma and grandpa and help with the farm. They grew potatoes and cabbage among other things. This was the cabin, the one side has since fallen down. The family sold the property in the 70's I believe. Mason told my Aunt Joan that he thought we should fix the cabin, he must have though it needed some work!

Mason found an old pot and part of a rusty old trailer hitch.

We also got to check out the root cellar, Mason said it was kinda dirty! lol

We just had to stop at hole in the rock and get ice cream!

This was the little rustic cabin we stayed at up at Grand Mesa. As you can see by the stove and fridge, it hasn't been updated in a while! There was hot water for the bathtub, but no shower! The funniest though was the tetering potty, it wasn't hooked down very well!

This is the cabin, I'm sure hunters and fisherman use them alot!

We had fun on the boat across the lake! You couldn't buy a view this incredible!

This was our cabin on the lake! The view was breathtaking! Mason loved all the birds, chipmunks and beavers!

These were my creations, we had fun beading!

Everyone was so proud of what they made, we had to take pictures. I was very impressed at the originality and creativity. I think we got em hooked!

Kids Safe Day!

In case some of you missed it, this picture was posted in the Standard Examiner a week ago Sunday. I took the kids to the Kids Safe Day over at the IHC clinic on Washington between soccer games. The kids had so much fun learning about fire safety and getting free stuff! Alexander loved the Star Wars characters!!! He watches all the movies constantly, he's a huge fan. I'm glad I had my camera phone to get pictures! Just as we were leaving to go to Alexander's game all 3 of the kids names were drawn for prizes! Lauren won a swim mask and goggles, Xander won a DVD and Mason won a school bus bank, which he thought was way cool!

Mason's Birthday!

So this post is a little belated, still recovering, j/k lol! Mason turned 3 on April 22nd, Earth Day actually. We went to the Dinosaur Park on his birthday, he'd been asking to go for months. It was actually beautiful weather, the kids had a blast! I spent all morning (about 4 hours) making a train cake that appears alot easier to make than it was! Frosting the cake proved to be much more tedious than the online video by the way! It was all worth it though, it was all that he could talk about and all I could do to keep his little fingers out of it till the party!!! He has really mellowed out over the past few weeks, reletively speaking that is! He is still Mason, but seems more mature. He has started potty training himself. He likes to stand up and pee like dad and brother, but doesn't quite have the height without a stool. That makes it more difficult to go when we're not at home. He says he has to go and runs the the potty without my help. He has also been waking up dry, the potty treats he gets helps! He is starting to play much better with his brother as well. He's also very polite and uses his manners more often. His enthusiasm for life and desire to experience everything is so fun! Happy Birthday Mason!

Garden update!

Onions, oo la la!

Can you see the little lettuces?

Spinach

One little bean sprout!

Carrots

Today my green onions, mixed salad greens, carrots and cauliflower peeked through. I also saw one little bean sprout coming up. The yellow onions, spinach, and peas are looking good. Still waiting for broccoli, Jen said hers didn't come up either.

Spinach and Peas!!!!

I can't believe it worked!!! Today is day 11 and I see green stuff!!! I noticed one tiny speck of green in my spinach first. Then I looked closer at the peas and there are several white bumps and a couple little green leafs starting to poke out. I ran in the house an grabbed Lauren and we took pictures! I feel as excited as a little kid! Maybe this gardening thing will work out after all!