Easter!

We colored eggs and the kids had a lot of fun, Ben even got into it! Tianna's favorite part was putting on stickers!

A few of our best ones

We had a really fun Easter! The kids were very excited to see what the Easter Bunny brought and also a couple extra prizes from me and Ben!


The Easter Bunny was tricky this year, he hid all of their baskets so they had to find them!

We had these for our breakfast as well as a breakfast casserole and peaches. They are called Easter rolls because they are empty inside like Jesus' tomb. To make them you just use your favorite bread recipe, then after they have risen the first time you take some dough and wrap it around a marshmallow. You then roll it in butter and then cinnamon and sugar. You then cook them at 350 for about 20 mins. They are really fun and I love to see the surprise on everyone's face when they see that they are empty inside! Plus they are quite yummy! We get to go to Grandma Carroll's later for an egg hunt so perhaps I'll put some pics on of that later. Have a Happy Easter!

My Cute Bugga Boo

I figure while I'm at it, I'd tell a cute story about my precious Braxton. He is becoming a cute little monkey and in to everything! The other day he was being too quiet (every mother knows this is a bad sign) so I went to find him. By the time I got to him, he had figured out that he was in trouble and needed help! He began whining, and then I knew why, he had climbed into the drawers under my drier and couldn't get back out! So being the mean mother that I am, instead of rushing to his aid, I rushed to find my camera!This has since become one of his favorite playing areas, I have put a few things in the drawers for the kids like art stuff and play doh so he thinks it is a great place to be!


He also loves balls and loves to follow them around the house, I can already see his little personality. He is so adorable and I love having him in my life!

Happy Love Day

So apparently I only post about holidays, so here's another! We had fun on Valentine's Day, It was kind of fun that it was on a Sunday so we all got to stay home most of the day.

I was supposed to have a meeting in the morning so I wasn't able to make our usual pink heart pancakes. Kylee was a little bummed, but I think they enjoyed the donuts anyway. I surprised the kids with the balloons in the morning, Braxton's eyes were huge with excitement! He played with his forever and carried it wherever he went! So cute!


We went to church, and then came home and relaxed. Then I made a special dinner for everyone, complete with home made fortune cookies with my own sayings inside. I think the kids really enjoyed it and it was fun celebrating it with them!

Ben and I didn't do anything fantastic to celebrate because we were leaving the next weekend for St. George, but Ben was such a sweetie and made me a cute letter with candy hearts that made me teary. Man I love him, he is so good to me and our family, I am so lucky to have him in my life and am so thankful for him. I have the best family ever, and even though lots of people hate Valentine's Day because it is just another commercial holiday, I love it because it helps remind me to tell those in my life how special they are to me. I hope I can remember more often this year, even when it's not a holiday! I hope you all had a great time too!

Cutest Twins Ever!

I got to take a few pics of my new nieces after their blessing! They had the cutest outfits ever and are such adorable babies! It took me a little longer to edit them than I had hoped, but here are my favorite pics!
Thanks Dave and Danielle for letting me have fun taking pics of your gorgeous babes!

They also had these adorable butterfly outfits, so fun!

Kylee's Birthday Party

Kylee had a great birthday party. She wanted to have a Hannah Montana Pizza Party. We first played Hannah Montana Bingo while we waited for everyone to get there.Next we played pass the microphone like hot potato and then they dressed up like "Rock Stars" and danced to Hannah Montana music.

Next we opened presents and then went downstairs to watch the movie and eat pizza.

During the movie they ate pizza and breadsticks and then we did Cake and ice cream. Their favorite part of the whole night was when they kept rewinding the movie and doing the line dance over and over again! My flash drowns out the movie so you can't see it that great.

Kylee's BFF Raquel
A very intense part of the movie!

Braxton just liked the balloons!
Whew, that's a lot of work!

Warning: Use Extreme Caution!

Kylee has been begging for a pair of Heely's since at least Kindergarten. I was able to successfully avoid purchasing them for a couple years, convinced they were too dangerous and lots of kids get hurt. I finally gave in and got her a pair for her seventh birthday. She was absolutely ecstatic! Little did I know just how dangerous they were!
Kids are not allowed to have the wheels in when they are at school. So one morning while we were getting ready for school, I was removing the wheels. I thought this was a pretty harmless activity so did not use the amount of caution required. I successfully removed the first wheel without any problems. While removing the wheel in the second shoe, the wheel came out and literally flew across the room at least 10 feet to where Braxton was laying on the ground! Nothing like this had ever happened so I was completely stunned! Then I heard the crying and my heart dropped.


The poor guy got hit right above the eye! Of all the crazy things! Here I thought the danger was to the one wearing them, not the innocent bystander!

He is such a happy baby, even when his mom beats him up!

Spiderman's B-day Party

Well it has only taken me 3 months to post again, but I think that is pretty reasonable considering my hectic summer. I feel like we haven't even been home, so I was glad when school started so that we were required to stay home! So, even though I haven't posted it, we really did have a fun and eventful summer!

For Conner's birthday he wanted to have a Spiderman party. So after much thought, I think we had a pretty good time! We started by coloring a Spiderman picture.


After that the kids wore their Spiderman masks and tried to shoot silly string at a picture of Spiderman. Even Tianna joined in the fun!


Next we made a craft project that a 5 year old could do! We made spider webs out of black or pink yarn and glued them onto paper. Then they cut out a picture of Spiderman and glued that wherever they wanted.


Next they threw water balloons at a large sheet that I had made a web on out of electrical tape.



After that they played Spiderman, Spiderman, Goblin for a few rounds and than we had cake and ice cream.



We then opened presents and then played on a large inflatable jump toy that I borrowed from a friend. They had a lot more fun when they took turns then when it was a free for all! Boys play a little rougher than girls! So we set up an obstacle course they each completed. We passed out the goody bags and sent everyone home! All in all, I think it was a success! now I have atleast 2 more months until the next Birthday party! Once I get a chance I will post Kylee's B-day party, it was a lot of fun also!