Gardner Village and other Random Fun Pictures...

My Aunt makes these adorable pincushions.
Kids being silly and posing for pictures.
My Mom went out with a couple of her sisters we happened to be there too.






Sunday afternoon fun.

Dailey loves to grab all the easter baskets and will walk around with them all day.

72 Hour Kits...

While we were staying at home to get everyone back healthy and not spread germs, I decided to clean out my pantry. Which than led to thinking about food storage. Than I realized I am not prepared for any kind of natural disaster at all. Man I never really thought that much about it until I started having children and realizing that I am responsible for them too.

I am sorry to my parents and in-laws who have given the gift of food storage earlier on in my marriage and I didn't really appreciate it. Because it is a good gift actually.

Anyhow I pulled out my 72 hour kits and updated them. I dumped all the food out on the table and went through it and added to it. I also went around and added some personal hygiene items to it such as toilet paper and tooth brushes. I added a change of clothes for the kids too.

When Cole saw all this he asked what it was for. I tried to keep it simple as not to scare him. I told him in case of an emergency and we have to leave the house quickly we can just grab these bags. He didn't quite understand so I told him if there was an earthquake or something and we had to leave our house we would take these with us and than we would have food and a change of clothes and some water. He said " OH, Okay" than he kept asking for the hard candy that was in our bags. I than explained that we would keep it in our bags and only use it when we needed too. Later that day he said several times to me and than later to his Dad; "I can't wait to go on the Earthquake". Kind of funny. I might not have done the best job at explaining it. But I think he thinks it's a trip with candy.

Monster Paint Craft...and story

This little craft project we did a few weeks ago and now they have been up decorating our wall ever since.

We took straws and paint and blew the paint all over our paper to make little monsters.

Than we added little pipe cleaners, stickers, and buttons.

I told Cole we should write a story about our monsters.

Lately, when we tell him a made up bedtime story he will stop us and say, no no no and change our story to have a little more action or something different in it.

So he made up this entire story about the monsters on his paper. It was a great one. I love to see the creativity of kids. Because man do I have to work at it these days. My story was a little shorter and less exciting than his.

Rise and Shout...

I am so proud of the BYU Cougars! They have made it into the Sweet 16!

Okay so after the first win I was pretty excited. I even dreamed that my brother who has ties to BYU brought Jimmer to meet our family. Don't worry it was while we were at the hospital having my baby. But anyhow...

Than after they beat Gonzaga.... I had tears in my eyes. I was so proud of the way they played. I was even really impressed with Hartsock.

They did a commercial about BYU before the game and I loved it.

Than when all the players were celebrating I got tears in my eyes and chills.

Sometimes you just want the good guys to come out on top.

Than not to mention seeing Rose get emotional about it and the fans!

Go Cougars beat the Gators...I believe.

Sick Kids...

We have all been a little sick around here for the last few days.

We have had the washer and dryer going non stop.

We have had our throw up bowls right by the kids. However we don't really seem to catch it into the bowl that often.

We have watched a lot of movies in the last few days. I wish I was a little more creative rather than just throwing on a movie. I tried to read stories too but that didn't go over as well as the movies did.

Kevin was at work Friday and Saturday. However when he was home he stayed up half the night and helped with one or the other child. He is so great. He can last on little sleep and not be grumpy. Me on the other hand. Sure I can get little sleep but watch out I am quite grumpy the next day.

Our Saturday night plans consisted of staying home to ourselves and watching the BYU/Gonzaga game (more on that later). Kevin was going to pick up dinner on his way home but I said I would run out and get it. I needed a little moment away from our sick kids and some fresh air. It was a short drive to Rumbi's but I turned the radio up loud and sang along and it was just what I needed. Than I came straight home. Even that short little break helped me out so much.

Usually the first day with sick kids isn't bad (pajamas and cuddling with my kids) but man when it goes for a few days and all through the nights too it can wear on you. I should not complain this has only been since Thursday night.

Love this song where it says you have gotten to have sickness so you can appreciate your health. (good old My Turn on Earth soundtrack)

Happy St. Patrick's Day...

Happy St. Patricks Day! I do enjoy this little holiday. We don't do anything major on this day. We do make our pancakes green and sometimes will eat other green food. None of this eating Irish food stuff.

We also get a visit from a little Leprechaun who messed up our house a little and left us a few treats. Doesn't really make sense but he is a silly little thing.

Cole woke up so excited to see if he captured him in his trap.

But it looks like as Cole said it " we need a better trap". Next year!

We hung out most of the day filling out our March Madness Brackets and than took green rice krispie treats into Dad's work.

Leprechaun Trap...

On Monday night for FHE we went to the South Jordan Library where they were doing a Leprechaun Puppet show. We got there and the place was packed. We sat on the side and all of the kids sat up front with chairs behind them for the parents. We just sat on the floor with Cole and Day in our laps. They loved the puppet show. The lady that does them is very talented and I love her different voices. It was so fun to hear Cole laugh and see Dailey who was enthralled in it also. I love when you go to a movie and you hear kids laughing all together. It makes me smile to think of the silly things they love!

Today Cole and I made a Leprechaun trap. Dailey played with the tape. Cole made the ladder all by himself. After seeing the puppet show we thought we should try and catch one. Cole wants it as his pet. I just copied one of the internet. Here is how ours turned out.