FIFTEEN and ready for her learners permit??!!

Kayla - It's your BIRTHDAY - h-a-p-p-y - DAY!

We love you and hope you have a great birthday.

Being on spring break and getting to sleep in is a great start to a super birthday!

Wish we were there in UTAH to sing to you and treat you to a Bahama Bucks!

You're a gorgeous young lady with a beautiful voice (this picture was taken at one of her voice recitals)! I am pretty sure Kayla's favorite thing to do is TEXT?! Am I right? Kayla is a sweetheart and a fun gal to hang out with. We love you and hope you have a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! OH ya, in Utah you can get your permit once you turn 15 - wow!

One of COLE'S favorite places to go...

Wednesday, April 15 we went to one of Cole's favorite places ...I will give you one guess.

There are lots of wild animals there?

Of course the ZOO!
I thought before it gets too hot we had to go visit the zoo again. The weather was absolutely gorgeous - I think the temperature was 65 degrees and windy. The animals were awake and out and about. We even got to see the...
LION walk around. Almost all the animals we visited were walking around and giving us a good show.
The baby monkey won the prize for the most entertaining. He played with his mom and this sheet. It was so cute.
Thanks Cole for a fun play date and for my friend Wendy Brimhall for going with us. We sure enjoyed your company!

Easter fun on a rainy/sunny weekend.

Our Saturday started off a little different than we had planned. Every year since we've been married we have gone with Erik's family out onto the desert for a Easter egg hunt. The kids love it - all their cousins and extended cousins are there, but this year it was raining! We were all sad! Luckily for us we had a back up plan, our ward Easter breakfast and egg hunt. It was fun - due to the rain the egg hunt was very simple!

In the afternoon we colored eggs. Everyone had a good time.

Cole loved putting the eggs in and immediately out of the water.
Carly, Conner and Erik were trying to make cool designs.
Cute PINK egg Carly!
Conner loved one of the eggs Erik did to match his shirt!

Sunday Erik, Lindsey and Conner had to leave early to practice their songs they were to sing in church. Sadly I didn't get a picture with all of them. Lindsey had a cute new outfit on and her hair looked super cute. I was able to snatch a few of Cole and Carly.

What a handsome dude!

Carly full of style!

Wait Mom I need to grab a stash for church!

After church we got to go hear Ramie sing her beautiful song. It will be great to hear this wonderful talent grow. Of course we went over to Oma and Papa's for a BBQ and Easter egg hunt. Everyone hunted and I think everyone got a turn to hide. Hiding the eggs was a huge hit this year. Carly you are such a cutie pie!

Ramie, Carly and Whitney did a great job hiding eggs.

Oma entertaining the little ones while they anxiously wait to hunt for eggs.

Conner - you are one cool kiddo!

Lindsey telling me what a "wonderful" Mom I am! What do you want? I reply!

Sienna on the hunt!

Lindsey and Erik actually not beating each other up with the plastic bats.

Cute kiddos!

A trip to Oma's - Cole has to get his OREO fix!!

Case - what a happy little guy!

Crew excited about hunting for eggs! He got a turn to hide and did a great job!

Look at all these "WONDERFUL" kiddos! Lining the kids up every year is a tradition (we miss the Romney's)! Thanks Oma and Papa for a fun night.

After we left we stopped by and said hello to Erik's parents. They were so excited to see us. Happy Easter!

Ran away for the weekend...

My dear husband has been sick for weeks now and decided he needed to take some time off of work, so he could get better. He has been fighting ashma, sinus infection and allergies. I forgot he hadn't schedule one of his weeks off so he took it unexpectedly. Tuesday I had a thought about running away to Utah to see the Romney's. Threw the idea out there and with such last minute planning Mom was the only one who could go (glad she could go). Late Wednesday night we decided to go for it.

We worked Thursday together and left shortly after work. The plan was to stop either in Vegas or St. George sleep and finish the drive Friday morning. Well let's just say we drove all night (had our Dr. Pepper's, music and sunflower seeds to keep us awake) and arrived at the Romney's at 6:30am Utah time. We weren't that tired and excited to get there. As we got into Provo it started snowing. Lance let us use his GPS - aka Gracie which kept us on track. Thanks bud!

The kids didn't know we were coming so we were trying super hard to be quiet. At the front door we were slipping our snowy wet shoes off and I hit the doorbell, nice job! Luckily we didn't wake anyone up. LaSchelle was trying to wake the older two up for school, so I climbed into bed with Kayla and scared her to death. Courtney was off at an overnight Science trip and Tanner didn't have to wake up for awhile, so we slipped our PJ's on and went to bed to catch some sleep-eye for a few hours. Woke up around 10:30am and got ready so we could go to lunch. LaSchelle treated us to Rio Cafe, yummy. After that we were off to SHOP! Utah has some really fun stores. We were trying to get home before Courtney (she would be home earlier than Tanner, but she beat us)! She called looking for her mom and wondered who's bags were in her room. She saw us pull up and ran out excited as all. We hide in Tanner's room and when he went to put his backpack away, with LaSchelle and Courtney following, we surprised him. They were all so cute and excited to have us there. We loved it!
Big bad Tyler in his Wendy's work clothes. He had to work Friday night until 1am. Poor guy had to wake up Saturday morning early to take his ACT test.
Shopping at this amazing store in Lehi, Rod Works. Each person could buy one thing 50% off. It was an amazing sale with amazing decorating things. This is our 2nd time there in one day. Kayla being a great sport, the line was long and she was hungry! Courtney decided to pass on our 2nd trip there.

Tanner pulling out the snacks during General Conference. He has such a cute personality!

Second session and look all FOUR are asleep. Good thing they T-vood it.

Also during conference, don't let these two fool you they are texting each other and Tyler has quite a snack stash.

Now they are really asleep - I guess us staying up late the night before watching a movie wasn't the best idea.

Relaxing and enjoy conference.

Courtney on her white board being creative.

Sunday afternoon we went for a drive and found our house in American Fork.

We lived here for 3 1/2 months when I was 10 years old. All us kids remember is playing with the Nielsen's, going to parks and having fun.

Aunt Candace, my mom's older sister, came over and had dinner with us. She also went on our ride with us. She shared some funny stories and was so much fun.

Aunt Candace and Mom

Sunday night we played UNO! Sad the kiddos had school the next day, so we couldn't keep them up super late.

Nice dew Tyler! He is such a good young man and a lot of fun! We had a blast and sure enjoyed having a few days with the Romney's. Thanks for a great time and for letting us get-away on such short notice.

Mom thanks for a fun time and for going with me, I love you!

Erik thanks for supporting me on this quick decision to get-away, love ya!

2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship

Conner and Erik were given tickets to the West Regional play-off NCAA game Saturday, March 28.
The game was at the Glendale University of Phoenix Stadium. They had amazing tickets and said the stadium was awesome!

Look how close they sat to the court!

Conner's souvenir basketball. They had a great time! Hopefully I can go next time, basketball is my favorite sport!

Uncle Brian one year older and wiser too...?

Uncle Brian is married to Tina, Erik's sister. He is a very silly and crazy uncle. He loves his family AND l-o-v-e-s to talk about Sponge Bob! He has a very fun personality and we love to be around him and his family.

We hope you have a very Happy Birthday!

An April Fools BIRTHDAY? Kylee girl?

This cutie pie is having a birthday today! Kylee is my sister Larissa's second child. Happy Birthday sweetie! Kylee and I have a special bond. We love to be together and yes I have adopted her as one of mine! I hope you have a very fun birthday!
Some things about Kylee are she loves to play with her dolls. She is all girl and loves to have a purse in hand and play house. She loves for ME to push her on the swings. She loves SWEETS especially chocolate. I love it when she comes to my house to spend time with ME! Love you and want you to know I think you are so CUTE!