Easter '11

 Hayden's Easter dress

 Hayden in front of Nanna's cute Easter window paintings

 This is what the Easter Bunny brought

 Cute cousin's after the hunt in Nanna's

 Cannon and Justine after the hunt

 Abbey and Todd after the hunt with their box of Ho Ho's

 Hayden doing what she loves most.

Bubble blowing party. Have you seen the bubbles that don't pop? We had them stuck all over us.



2nd Annual Girls Day Out '11

We got together with my sisters and my mom for our 2nd annual Girls Day Out.

This year we went to Mrs. Cavanaugh's Chocolate Factory and had a tour.  

 We watched a video of how chocolate is made, I didn't realize how complicated it is.

 If you look carefully in this picture you can see the mint sandwiches being made.

They said that a small bottle of the mint flavoring cost $10,000

 Mrs. and Mr. Cavanaugh are still alive and still help out with a few things with the business.

Most of their family works here.

 We got chocolate samples

 and of course we bought bags of chocolates and candy after the tour.

 After the tour we went and met my aunt and cousin Ashley and My Grandma at the Cheesecake Factory.

 We celebrated my Grandma's 87th birthday which is in a couple of days.

We shopped at the Fashion Place Mall afterwards.  It was fun to take one day out of the year and just spend time together doing things we don't normally do.



Spring Break '11

Spring break can be a blast if you are organized and plan ahead, but when you are a working mom and the April calender comes home and you see a week of no school and you have forgotten to schedule time off or figure out what your only child will do, it can be sure panic. First Hayden gave me a guilt trip of how ALL her friends were going to St. George or out of town. Then I gave myself a guilt trip for not scheduling it down in my new phone when I got it and for never planning anything......But it ended up being fun.

  Hayden got to spend two days with Harmony and Devyn at J.D.'s house watching his kids and hanging out with Jacee, one day with Nanna at school making jewelry and then I was able to take Thursday off.

Thursday a group of us traveled down to the Carl Block exhibit at the BYU Museum of Art. The paintings depicting Christ's life were amazing to witness and its good to give the kids a little culture.  The paintings came from Europe and had only been moved for this exhibit, so I knew it was a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Then we took the 5 kids to AirBourne Trampoline Arena in Draper. WOW! was it fun. Wall to wall tramps and foam pits. Us adults even did it. Talk about a work out. We were all so worn out

Jon-David's flip

Harmony's jump in

My Flip

Once you landed in the pit it took some energy to get out

Gabe's awesome gymnastics

We had a great day with a lot of good food too.

Friday I took Hayden and Shyla to the new movie, "Soul Surfer." It was fun to see all the places on Kauai that we had been. It really was a great movie with a great message. I recommend it to all.

Spring break ended up being good after all.

Mary Todd Lincoln

The fifth graders at Hayden's school were all required to do a biography on a historical American person. Hayden was assigned Mary Todd Lincoln, definitely not her first choice, she wanted Helen Keller or Laura Ingalls Wilder or Amelia Earhart or Annie Sullivan or Harriet Tubman or Debra Sampson or Susan B. Anthony, but she got a lady that was known for her craziness

 Hayden had to write a report, make a huge poster with facts about her and dress as her the night of the Biography fair and be ready to answer questions that the parents might ask about Mary.

Did you know?......

• Mary was the 1st presidential wife to be referred to as the "First Lady"
• Mary was the first wife of a presidential candidate to travel with him to his rallies and speak out against her husband's opponents
• Mary put the White House in great debt with her spending habits. She bought 300 pairs of lace gloves in 4 months.
• She only had one child live to be an adult
• She tried to commit suicide 1 time
• And the thing she is most famous for, is her ability to say what she thought to her husband or anyone else that she didn't agree with, this made people think she was a little crazy as she would go off on rants.

Hayden's cute friends

Shyla as Martha Washington and Payton as Krista Mcauliffe.

Piano Recital

Hayden has been taking piano lessons for 3 years now. She gets better everyday and she is soon to pass me up on my piano skills.

The Recital was Thursday March 3rd at the Book Table.

Hayden played 3 pieces and she did a wonderful job. She was nervous, but you couldn't tell when she played.



Girl's Night Out

It doesn't happen very often, but Friday I was able to get together with my high school friends.

The last time we were all together was 7 years ago.

We met at Olive Garden and talked for 3 hours.

Julie, Paige & Carrie all have three kids. (I need to catch up).

We all now live within about a 30 mile range of each other.

It was really great to get caught up and I hope we can do it again soon.

Valentine's 2011

The last few years it has been a tradition in my family for the girls to take the guys out on Valentine's Day.

This year was a little different. Jeremy surprised me. Friday night he took me to one of my favorite restaurant's, Le Nonne. He also spoiled me with my favorite chocolates and 2 one hour massage certificates.

Saturday the two of us met my parents and had a Valentine's lunch at Elements.(no one else could come this year)

 Hayden and I worked hard on her Valentine's box and flower hair clips for her friends. Hayden has a knack for these flowers.

 On Valentine's Day it was slow at work so Jeremy and I decided to both take it off.  I made red velvet pancakes for breakfast.  Hayden had to dress up for her Valentine's Day Tea at school.

 Look at this awesome monster box. I have been feeling a little sad, realizing it will be the last box she will make.

When Hayden left for school, Jeremy and I headed to Beaver for a day of snowboarding. It was a beautiful day.

I love having an excuse to show my love for the people that are most important to me.

Happy Valentine's Day 2011