MOTHER'S DAY

Mother's Day gets more and more interesting as my kids get older. I love it! Unfortunately, I did forget to remind them that a "given" on Mother's Day is to let mom sleep in ;) They were too excited to show me their gifts. As you can see, the boys are "unavailable", but the girls came through with shining colors. Love my kids!!!

Viva Las Vegas!

And yet, another girl's trip. I can't help myself. When fun calls, I have to answer. This was a 48hr quickie, so it hardly counts. BUT, it was a jam packed fun filled trip. We stayed at the Luxor resort on the strip. We spent our time shopping, laughing, eating, and thrill seeking. The highlight of our trip was to the top of the Stratosphere. We rode the Big Shot ride 12 times at 2 a.m. until I finally threw up.........(literally) It was a blast. We have to make reservations next time for us to do the SKY JUMP. It looks like such a rush. I am an adrenaline junkie. We also had fun people watching at Serendipity and enjoyed the fried oreo ice cream sundae. Needless to say, we did not get any sleep and didn't seem to care!! Great time!

Julie Campbell Hansen Visits!!!

Loved having Julie and her two sweet kiddos come and visit with us!!!

Piano Recital.......lots of hard work paying off!

Bubble Boy!

Chad having fun in the "Big Tub"

Girls Ski Trip!!!

So, I am a little spontaneous! I really like that about myself. When an opportunity presents itself, I canNOT resist. Park City saw 2 1/2 ft of snow on Tuesday. I called Jodi and said, "Let's get up there and ski!" I like spontaneous friends....we get along really well. Enter Jodi Lewis. We booked our flights and got all of our little ducks in a row and headed up on Thursday. We started out the trip smiling and we didn't stop smiling until we got home on Sunday. The first night, we headed to the grocery store and got the ingredients for our customary batch of cookie dough. This tradition goes way back for us. We first bonded over cookie dough at the sand dunes, years ago when we we finally get the kiddies to bed and head out to the bonfire with our plastic spoons and ziploc bag of cookie dough to laugh the night away. Nothing has changed, although the topics have grown heavier over the years. The next day, we headed out to Park City to ski and snowboard . Jodi is awesome on the board and I hope to try it out next season. We had a great day and especially enjoyed our hot chocolate at the cafe. We also went again on Saturday and had a great day on the slopes. The highlight of our trip was to sell some extra lift tickets without getting caught . That was an adventure. Sunday, we just slept in and relaxed and then headed home to our families. We never stopped smiling. It was an AWESOME VACATION!!!!!!

Happy Easter 2010

Happy Easter!!!!!

We got to go up to the cabin in Show Low for the weekend. It was beautiful up there. We spent our time with Leslie and her family. On Saturday, we went to the Torreon clubhouse for an Easter Egg Hunt. The kids rode quads outside and had a great time. On Sunday, the kids got their baskets and we watched General Conference on t.v. It was a fun weekend. Talk about a boring post. I need to post more frequently so that I remember some of the funny details!!!