A Beautiful Message

My Dad sent me this link and I wanted to share it with everyone. It is called the Son of Man Project and the video is fabulous. It really touched my heart and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

http://sonofmanproject.com/

The end of bows

This Saturday was my last Bow Party. Ashley and I had decided that now was a good time to stop. Both of our girls have an obscene amount of bows and we got our fill of craft fairs. I had a lot of fun doing it and have met some really fun people too. I just want to thank all my friends and family who were such great supporters and some even went above and beyond the call and hosted parties. Thank you!

This is really why I had to stop.....bad advertising! Love ya Jayme!

Easter

As most of you know I LOVE Easter. I look forward to the Ralphs family picnic each year. What I really love now is that Landry gets so excited to go. I remember as a kid how much I looked forward to playing with all of my cousins and the big Easter egg hunt and I'm so glad that she gets to be a part of that now.

There is the big family picnic and then my mom does her own little egg hunt for her grandkids. By the time both egg hunts were over and the Easter bunny had come Landry had beyond a ridiculous amount of candy. When we got home I made her go through it and throw out the stuff she didn't like. We still have a tupperware bowl full of candy. Thank heavens the Easter bunny brought her a new toothbrush too!

I have to share this story because one day Landry will get a kick out of it. I'm still laughing at my Dad. On Easter the bunny hides Landry's basket. This year he also left out some eggs for her to find. As she was gathering them up Grandpa said - 'It looks like your mom should have hid those eggs a little better' to which I replied 'Mom?' and then he makes it worse by saying 'Oh, did Jeff hide them?' then I said 'Or how about the EASTER BUNNY!' Ooops! Fortunately Landry was so focused on finding her basket she didn't pay any attention to what he was saying. We got a pretty good laugh out of it.

11 Years of Wedded Bliss

Jeff and I recently celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary. I really can't believe it. Since we have a crazy couple of months - we celebrate our anniversary, my birthday, Mothers day, Jeff's birthday and Fathers day all within 3 months - we usually keep our anniversary pretty low key. Usually dinner and a movie. This year however our usual babysitter(s) were unavailable so it was dinner and a movie - Monsters vs. Aliens - with Landry. She thought it was great to celebrate with us!
Jeff bought me a dozen roses that were absolutely gorgeous. They lasted almost three whole weeks. They were a bright spot for me while it was snowing outside when it was supposed to be the beginning of Spring!
When I think back to the day we got married and all the time in between - fights and all - I would absolutely do it all over again. Jeff is such a great husband and father and I am so grateful that he is the man I married.
Happy Anniversary babe - I love you.

Treehouse Fun

Last month Jeff was gone to the Big West basketball tournament and then to the NCAA tournament in Boise. That also happened to coincide with my furlough at work so Landry and I had lots of time on our hands.

After doing all the boring stuff....cleaning out closets and cupboards we went to the Treehouse in Ogden with Jayme and Carson. We had never been there before. What a great, fun place. I can't wait to take Landry back again. There is so much stuff to do, they can dress up, make crafts and there is tons of pretend play. We were there for over 2 hours and by that time the moms had had enough fun but the kids could have stayed for another 2 hours. Of course a trip to Ogden wouldn't be complete without a stop by Target! Even Landry didn't mind since she got her Easter dress and shoes while we were there.

My Funny Girl

This is one of those posts that is for me so I won't forget this moment. I have to preface this story by saying that we watched the movie Groundhog Day on Groundhog Day. Jeff loves this movie, I tolerate it. We watch it almost every year on Groundhog Day. So this year he was excited because Landry actually liked the movie too - I'm afraid the tradition will remain. This brings me to my story. The other day Landry and I were in the car and we were trying to remember the name of another kid we had met. We kept saying all these names and just couldn't figure it out and then Landry says "Ned! Ned Ryerson! You may not remember me but I sure as heck fire remember you!" Then we both busted up laughing! I couldn't believe she remembered that line. If you haven't seen the movie you will not appreciate this as much as I did. When I told Jeff about it he was so proud! Isn't it amazing what kids remember?

The Best Weekend Ever.....For Landry

This weekend we were able to have Paityn come and stay with us. Landry had been waiting, what seemed like to her, FOREVER! On Thursday morning she ran into my bedroom saying "Mom, guess what today is? Paityn is coming!" She could hardly stand waiting until that evening when she finally got to our house. The girls had a great time together and it was really fun to play with them. It was nice enough to ride bikes - for a few minutes anyway. They went to the Fun Park and had a great time, it was also great for getting them nice and tired! We HAD TO got to Taco Bell, their favorite! Ughhh!!! The best was their matching PJ's. They came with the eye masks - that was hilarious. We love Paityn and hope she will come and stay with us again soon.

Having fun at the Fun Park

Fancy sleeping masks!

Fine dining at Taco Bell - ICCKK. I'm not sure where the Peace Out pose came from but it cracked me up!

All ready for church. If you didn't know better you would think they were innocent little angels!