Puzzled!

Sadie's favorite thing to do lately is puzzles. She loves them! She started with this 63 piece Strawberry Shortcake puzzle. At first she would just put Strawberry Shortcake together, and need help for all the background, but after doing it a few times she was able to put the whole puzzle together. For Easter she got a Princess puzzle with 150 pieces. She wants to put it together at least once a day. (We don't do it everyday, but she would like to.) She is pretty good at it. I usually do the outside edges and organize the pieces into the different princesses, and then she puts them together. She amazes me at how well she does. She is only two. Last time we went to my mom's, she got out of the car and the first thing she said was, "We're at Grandma's house, she has lots of puzzles, I want to do a puzzle". Needless to say we did quite a few puzzles that night (thanks Jodi). She is such a cutie, but she can also be quite the stinker. You would think that if she can put together a 150 piece puzzle mostly by herself she should be able to go potty. I just don't get it. 

Can he really be 10?

Kamryn had his 10th birthday this past week. I can't believe that he is really that old. He is getting so grown up that he didn't even want a friend birthday party this year. He just wanted to do family stuff. Wyatt and I took him to eat at his favorite restaurant (Arby's). We also took the family to watch Race to Witch Mountain at the theatre. On Sunday we had our traditional family birthday party at Grandma's for him. Kamryn got to pick his favorite meal for dinner (Hawaiian Haystacks), Melanie made a darling cake, and he got plenty of presents. You can't ask for a better birthday. He kept saying that it was his best birthday ever. He is such a good kid, and so much fun. I hate to see him getting so big. I know once he reaches the teenage years, mom and dad won't be so cool and he won't want to hang out with us anymore. We Love You Kamryn! Happy Birthday!

Here are some pictures of his party at Grandma's...

Kamryn really wanted a ripstik and the board game Ticket to Ride. He was really excited when he opened up both gifts. The whole family took a turn trying out his ripstik. Kamryn definitely is the best rider in the family.

Ground Breaking News!

I am happy to report that today they broke ground on our new house.

Easter Weekend

Spring Break was over Easter this year, so we decided to go to my mom's for the long weekend. The kids always have a lot of fun at grandma's, especially when they get to play with their cousins. We left Grandpa watching 9 kids and my mom, my sisters, and I all went shopping and to lunch. We met my good friend Melissa for lunch. It was a great girls outing. We were a little worried about what the house would look like when we got back, but it wasn't too bad. Sadie was even sleeping when we got home. Grandpa's getting pretty good at the babysitting thing. The kids then got to color Easter eggs with their cousins. They had fun and we only spilled two cups of dye. Luckily they cleaned up well.

Sadie was sleeping when all the other kids colored eggs, so she did it by herself when she woke up. I was trying to get a good picture of her looking at me and smiling, but every time she would look at me, she would make a silly face. I thought it was pretty funny, and all the pictures were so cute that I decided to share them all.

Saturday, Grandma did her traditional Easter egg hunt for the kids. I don't know who has more fun with the Easter egg hunt, Grandma or the kids. She always buys each kid a couple of toys that they have to find, and then of course plenty of candy and eggs. They all had a great time. It was hard getting pictures, because they move so fast trying to find all the eggs.

We decided to come home Sunday morning, so we could spend Easter Sunday with dad (we couldn't talk him into coming to Grandma's with us). We made it home in time for church (there are some advantages to a late meeting schedule). That really is my favorite part of Easter. It's so great to remember Christ, his atonement and resurrection. I love to feel the spirit at church, and to recommit to keeping the commandments and trying to do better. After church we went to Wyatt's mom's house for dinner and another Easter egg hunt. Again, the kids had a great time, and got plenty of candy. We were trying to get a picture of the whole group, and we could never get every one to look at the same time. There were only seven kids so you would think that it wouldn't be so hard. I guess they were all distracted by other things. 

With two grandma sponsored Easter egg hunts, and a visit from the Easter bunny, there is no shortage of candy at our house. In fact if anyone feels like their kids aren't on a big enough sugar high, come on over and we will share.

Lacrosse

My niece, Shalece, has played Lacrosse for the last couple of years. I've been wanting to go to one of her games every year, but haven't been able to make it. This year is Shalece's senior year, so I was determined to go to one of her games this year. I finally made it last week. Her sister, Shaelyn, is now on her same team, so I was able to watch both of my nieces play. It was a lot of fun. We brought with us quite the cheering section. They both did a great job. It was my first Lacrosse game, and I really enjoyed watching. Here are a few pictures of my favorite Lacrosse players. I have great nieces. Way to go girls!

Have a little pancake with that syrup

This morning while I was folding clothes and listening to conference, Sadie came in my room and said, "Put me in timeout, mom".  I could see that she had syrup all over her face and in her hair, so I figured she must have made a mess with the syrup. When I went downstairs to check out the damage, this is what I found. A pancake with a whole plate full of syrup. Luckily most of the syrup mess was on the plate. Not too bad as far as messes go. Sadie knew she did something wrong and thought she would be in trouble, so she came and asked me to put her in timeout. Silly girl. We put her in the bathtub and cleaned up the table. I guess next time I should put breakfast up before I leave the kitchen. 

6th post

I was tagged by Peggy, and I am supposed to post a picture from my 6th post. My 6th post was also a tag. It was a tag about my husband, so this is a picture of the two of us in Moab a couple of years ago. 

I tag Jamie, Tari, Jodi, and Shalece.