EASTER

I know Easter was a while ago, but might as well post it for posterity's sake. We went to St. George this year for Easter with my entire family. My brothers and sister and their families along with my Mom and Dad. It was a full house! My girls loved it!

While it was snowy and miserable everywhere else, it was a nice 65 degrees and sunny in St. George. The kids were so excited to finally be able to play outside. Can't say I blame them considering we would not have weather like that in Logan for another couple of months possibly. When we got back from St. George they were still dying to go outside. In Logan they had to pretty much wear all their snow gear. In St. George they were running around outside in their T-shirts and capris. It's still pretty cold in Logan these days. At least we'll always have St. George to look back on. :) It was lovely!

Aubrey and Sienna the week before Easter, wearing their Easter dresses. They looked so unbelievably adorable that day!

Aubrey coloring eggs in St. George with her cousins. Definitely one of the many highlights for her.

Sienna was much more interested in watching her favorite show, "Diego," than coloring Easter eggs. (FYI - "Diego" was one of Sienna's very first words. I promise she doesn't watch it that much. Just in the car. We must travel a lot!)

First thing Easter morning we did the Easter egg hunt thing. Luckily, Aubrey had a little help from her cousins. Notice her taking a short break on this 're rock.

Our little climber. Again, much more interested in climbing and getting into trouble than looking for Easter eggs. She got so dirty on this trip.

Ready, set, JUMP!

My Funny Aubrey

I just had to post a few little funny things that Aubrey has been doing lately. She has all of the sudden become Sienna's personal interpreter. Sienna will talk gibberish and then Aubrey comes up with an interpretation. She'll say, "Sienna says she likes this show." or something like that. The funny thing is for some reason most of what Sienna says is a personal insult to Aubrey. "She called me a mama. I'm NOT a mama!" No matter what I say, it doesn't change how Aubrey interprets Sienna's gibberish.

Another funny thing is if Aubrey sees a dead bug, you'd think she'd say, "YUCK!" but instead she says, "we need to tell his mama." Then she yells, "Hey, mama a bug! Your son is dead!" That kinda sounds morbid now that I'm writing it, but at the time I thought, 'how sweet.' She's a crackup! I don't know where she gets these things.

Paint Schemes

OK, so I don't have a very good imagination. I needed to take pictures of my living room, have Corey do some photoshop and BAM!, I can actually imagine what my living room would look like if we changed wall colors. The only problem is now I can't decide which color I like best. I think we've narrowed it down at least. Tell us what YOU think...

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

Granted there is not a huge difference between them. We're taking the more neutral approach. Anyway, which paint color do you like best? the one in picture a, b, c, d, or e?

I Love This Time of Year!

I really love fall and I'm so glad my birthday's in October. It has to be the most fun month of the year. It's festive in a lot of different ways, not just because of Halloween, but because it's the beginning of the Holiday Season. You can just feel it. It's so much more fun now that I've got kids. Corey and I took the kids to Heritage Farm in Wellsville on Monday and Aubrey just loved it. She rode ponies and the train. Doesn't get much better than that. Not mention they had yummy kettle corn. I think that was Sienna's favorite part.

Yesterday was my birthday and the kids and I met my Mom and my sister, Sam, and Brook, my sister-in-law, at Gardner Village. It was a little rainy, but not too cold. We had so much fun! Aubrey was wearing her Halloween costume so she fit right in with all the witches. She really loved all the Halloween decor. I got some great pics.

This was probably Aubrey's most favorite part of Gardner Village.

There's a cat chasing that mouse under the witches skirt... kinda creepy.

Aubrey was fascinated.

I'd just like to say 'thank's girls (and boys) for making my birthday a real happy one!'

Brook and Max, so cute!

Notice Sienna is eating something.

Hey, whatever makes 'em happy.

Aubrey must have been having a good time.

That is the only explanation for me getting such cute poses out of her.

Corey took me to Settebello's in Salt Lake last night, too. All in all it was an fabulous day!

Aubrey and Sienna - Enjoying the nice weather inside

We don't need to go outside to enjoy the nice, sunny weather. We have all we need right here, except the beach of course.

Whether were outside or inside, Sienna will find some bark to munch on.

Willis Tower

We did quite a few fun things this summer. Rather than write about them all at once, I figured I'd mention them randomly each week one by one.

Corey and I left the kids for a few days and flew out to Chicago with my family. We visited the tallest building in the U.S. and I think the world - The Willis Tower - formally known as the Sears Tower. Anyway, it was awesome and terrifying. They had these little glass boxes on the very top floor of the building that you could sit in and it was like you were floating on air. It was so unnatural. I stood in the box a few times until I noticed that one of the three boxes was closed off because it was leaking...YIKES! It really didn't seem safe, but it was fun. Corey loved it!

Chicago really is a beautiful city.

Corey had way too much fun up there.

It takes 346 of me to be as tall as the Willis Tower.

Married 8 Years

Today is mine and Corey's anniversary. It's hard to believe it's been 8 years already since we got married. Wow! Time really flies and I have to say that I'm happy as ever. You know how on your spouse's birthday you write as many good things about them as they are old? Well, I feel bad that I didn't do that on Corey's birthday so I thought I would do it on our anniversary - 8 years, 8 excellent qualities that Corey possess that I admire and adore...

(In no particular order)

1. He's so darn good-looking!

2. He's so dang smart!

3. He's funny.

4. He's really good at about anything and everything he does - skiing, biking, playing drums, wake boarding, cleaning, organizing, etc.

5. He's a great daddy! The girls absolutely adore him.

6. He's so honest.

7. He's someone you can count on. He keeps his promises.

8. He's a person you can really be yourself around, an all around good friend to have.

I could go on and on, but I think you get the idea - I love Corey! He's great! Marriage is great! We've had a great 8 years together and we have many more wonderful years to look forward to together.