Easter 2013

I tried real hard to get a picture of my kids all together in their church clothes, but I wasn't very successful. Good Easter Sunday and very grateful for my knowledge of the resurrection.

Finally...

Telly had a campout with the boys (YM) tonight, so I was home alone with the kids. What did I do you ask?? Put the kids to bed and finally finished painting the room downstairs. I was up until 2:30 AM, but it's done now.

We had an egg hunt with the Andersen family on Saturday at the park and loved the great weather. Then we finished the day off at Lagoon. Macee was the first one asleep on the way home, then Griff and Tagg held out clear 'til we were home.

Nice big sister

Macee had a birthday party today next door. She ran out the door to head to the party and Griff was standing at the front door waving bye to her. He started crying and saying "huggie". Macee heard him and ran all the way back to the house to give a hug goodbye. What a nice sister.

Let the festivities begin

Sooo, the we had a little egg hunt with the neighbors this afternoon. The kids second one of the week. I've decided Easter is worse than Halloween, as far as the amount of candy the kids get and eat. Oh, well. Griff had a friend's birthday party today, which was the highlight of his day.

Spring Fever

It was a lovely spring day in Cache Valley!! The kids got to play outside, Macee had a massage party (don't know exactly what that means, but she played with friends), Tagg took a long nap, I made some homemade chicken nuggets (pretty good in my opinion) and my sink is dish free before I go to bed.

FHE

We had a group FHE night helping Grandma Great with her yard. It was fun to see everyone and her yard looked great when we were done. An added bonus is the good food we had, too. I don't think Grandma Great makes anything that isn't just delicious!!

Whew...

Such a relief to be done with speaking and teaching last week. Kaylee and her friend Kendra came over for dinner, we hung out as a family for a little bit, then bedtime! The boys were down by 8:15 and Macee by 9:00. Tagg's ears starting draining AGAIN today. That is 2 ear infections THIS month. I feel so bad for him. He's always so good, even when he isn't feeling so hot.

Saturday

Wahoo! So, I'm speaking in church tomorrow, which is always good, but bad at the same time. I'm working on that and Telly is hanging the light in the kids new room downstairs (that STILL isn't done, but very, very close).

Good night!

We've gone mad...

March Madness mad that is. The last few years we've been going to the Reilly's when the games all begin and watch all day. They set up three TV and have different games going all at once. There is a lot of good food (including Danny's famous ribs) and good people. The kids all play well together and basically sneak candy all day. What more could a kids want?

Recipe

I made some granola from a recipe I got from a neighbor. So, I'll share it.

1/2 cup oil
1 cup honey
1/2 cup almonds
1/2 cup pecans
dash of vanilla
5-6 cups oats

Mix all ingredients together and place on a cookie sheet. Bake @ 250 for an hour or longer if you want it a little more crunchy.

Sometimes I'll add coconut or a dash or cinnamon. Eat it with milk or yogurt or just plain.

Time Flies...

Wow! What a good week. I think Griff is potty trained, the suns been out and shinning and I had a shopping day with no children and good friends. I taught RS today on our Divine Destiny. I had a dream that when I was teaching, no one would answer my questions so I threw my book up in the air and left. I didn't do that, so all in all, I'd say it was a success.

Big Boy

Griff wore underwear ALL day and kept them dry. No accidents!! Highlight of the day, for sure.

Good Heavens I've Lost my Mind

I just plain old forgot to post last night. Telly taught a realestate class Monday night and didn't get  home til late. I kept thinking of Skye Longhurst Olson and how it's normal life to have long, long days all alone with the kiddos. She is one awesome momma. Today was a gorgeous day, seriously gorgeous day. The kids played outside riding bikes, finding worms, sidewalk chalking and trampolining. Everyone went to bed with pink little faces. Love the nice weather, but I hate what it does to their socks, grrrr.

Home from the weekend

We went to "the cabin" this weekend. We even let Macee miss her first day of school. The cabin is my sister's in-laws. It's a total cabin, cabin. You have to snowmobile in and hall all your stuff in a sled. The kids skied down the road and got a ride to the top, played in the snow, played with cousins, lots of games, movies and good times. I need to take pictures next time cause the carpet is original 1970's gold shag. Doesn't get much better than that.

Potty training and ear infections

We've been potty training this week (going pretty well) and Taggert has had ear infections AGAIN. He had tubes put in the very end of December and has had 2 ear infections in the last month. Poor kid! He's never gonna learn to talk cause he can't hear cause he always has crude in his ears! Talk about a red-headed-step-child who always gets sick...Wish us luck on dry underwear.

Love these guys!!

Nice picture of Christmas in March!! Telly surprised me with a babysitter and a date night. I think he knew I was on the verge of losing my mind. Seriously, losing my mind, if some hasn't already been lost forever.  It only takes a few hours of being alone and some big deep breaths to remember how lucky I am to have such a great hubby and some pretty dang cute kids that are worth losing brain cells over. Now, I'm ready for a few more weeks of winter and the daily grind.

good night

got nottin right now

oops!

I keep forgetting to post! I inherited Telly's old phone and I haven't set a reminder alarm for the evening post yet. I need to do that. We had a good Sunday with three extra kids!! We got to church on time and Sacrament meeting was one of the best we've had in a long time. The fact that Griffin fell asleep only 15 minutes into the meeting helped a lot. He slept through almost all of Sunday school too. He was plum worn out from late nights/early mornings with cousins. Overall a great Sunday!!

Super Saturday

We started at the Jump Zone and ended at the 4A basketball championship game. MC lost, but it was fun to be there. The kids have had a blast playing with their cousins. Love having them here.

Cousin sleepover

We have Cara's kids (well, 3 of them) for the weekend while they are in Hawaii. We love having them here... seriously LOVE it!!