Photo Shoot

I recently took the girls to get their pictures taken by Micha Wixom, a local photographer. It has been a couple of years so we were due for some updating. Wendy had just as much fun playing in the dirt and kicking rocks as she did posing for pictures. It was all I could do just to keep her clean! They both had a great time though and I just love how the pictures turned out. Micha even decided to use one of the pictures of Emily on her new business cards.

Your Majesty

I woke up to plenty of enthusiasm this morning. My wonderful family, who insisted on calling me "Your Majesty" all day, fixed me breakfast and presented me with plenty of presents to open for Mother's Day. Emily made me a beautiful sign, a card, and a list of all the things she loves about me. She also helped Wendy draw me a picture. It was beautiful.

I was so surprised when I opened my present from LeeRoy. He got me just what I had secretly been wishing for and when I asked him how he knew just what I wanted he told me an amazing story. He said he was wondering what to get me when he found this magical note from his Fairy Godfather. I couldn't believe it.......I guess you are never too old for fairy tales!


After lunch, and a wonderful piece of my favorite cake my family had made for me, we headed over to my mom's house. We had fun visiting and spending time together but the best part was when LeeRoy cooked us all steak for dinner. It was such a wonderful, relaxing day. I could really feel how much my family loves and appreciates me!

New Video Game

My husband works very hard and any time he has time off he deserves it! I just thought it would be fun to document what happens when a new video game comes out. I can't laugh too much though....it is pretty much the same for me when I start a really good book.

Twins Baby Blessing

My sister Amy just had twins. She named them Estrella and Jose Jr. Their baby blessing was on Sunday and we were so happy to be able to attend. Their ward is a Spanish speaking ward so I wasn't sure how that would work but they passed out headphones with a transmitter attached and had someone translate for us so we could understand what was being said. It was a beautiful day and we loved visiting with all the family that came.

Here is a picture of my mom and her twin brother Jerry holding the babies. Twins holding twins! I love it!

More Reflections

Back in December I blogged about Reflections and how Emily won 3rd place at her school for literature and photography. Last night we attended the awards ceremony for the district level and were so proud when they announced her story had won 3rd place at the district regional level. She got a certificate and a medal. She was especially excited this morning when we woke up and saw that her name was in the paper.

Sister Visit

On Friday I drove out to Wendell to pick up Alisha and Makenna and bring them to Blackfoot. It was so fun spending the weekend together. We visited, went shopping, and took the kids to the park. They loved playing in the sand and running from toy to toy.



The best part of the weekend was when Alisha and I went to see the monster truck races. We had so much fun together! Normally I am a huge Bigfoot fan but his engine failed during the first part of the freestyle. We were so bummed out. Thankfully Rock Star made our night by attempting to do a back flip. It was amazing! We yelled and cheered so loud our voices were gone by the end of the night. It was great and we laughed the whole way home. I love being able to spend time with my little sister!

April Fools

We love April Fools Day at our house. In the morning before the kids woke up, LeeRoy and I quietly opened every drawer, door, and cabinet in the house. Then we turned everything we could find on. Once Emily heard the t.v. she started to get out of bed so we jumped in our closet to hide. She walked around for a while and we could hear her asking herself, "What is going on?" She must have gotten nervous because she quickly woke up Wendy and they started hunting for mom and dad. We finally jumped out and yelled, "APRIL FOOLS!" They laughed and laughed.

The best joke of the day goes to Emily. In January, she told me she needed to earn some money to buy something secret. She has done extra jobs here and there and finally earned her goal just last week. She had LeeRoy take her shopping and I never knew what she bought until today. I was eating lunch up to the table when out of the corner of my eye I see this:


I jumped out of my chair and screamed! She has been planning her joke since January! It paid off; she got me good!

We just got home from vacation so I didn't want to do anything fancy for dinner so when I saw this idea on someone else's blog I got excited. I took the family to the Crazy Cafe for dinner. I was their server and passed out the menus. They had to choose what they wanted for appetizer, main course, and dessert from a code so they weren't sure what they were ordering. It was a lot of fun. Wendy ended up with dessert first, LeeRoy didn't get a fork till last so he had to eat everything with his fingers, and Emily only got a napkin and no food to start with.