Viva Las Vegas! - or - Happy Birthday Clint and Julie!

Last weekend to celebrate Clint and our friend Bambi turning the big 3-0, we went to Las Vegas with Bambi and Shawn, and our friends Phil and Terra. The kids stayed home with Grandma Nanner and Grandpa John, and we had a great time! We stayed at the Wynn and had a great time shopping, eating, relaxing at the pool, hanging out at the spa, and eating more. We went to see Spamalot, which is hilarious! We had seen it in Boise a few months ago, but there weren't a lot of other shows down there right now that we all wanted to see. John O'Hurley (J. Peterman from Seinfeld) was supposed to play King Arthur, but was replaced by an understudy, but it was still really good. (We saw John walking around the casino the next night, the big bum!) On the way to Las Vegas, the airline lost my luggage that had my clothes, shoes, and a Coach purse in it. I was pretty upset until I learned that they would reimburse me to replace the items that I had lost, so I had fun shopping knowing someone else had to pay for it!

Clint and I in front of the waterfall at the Wynn.











Hanging out by the pool.












Happy Birthday Baby!

Happy Birthday Lucy!

Lucy loved her birthday, she was so excited it was finally her turn to open presents, and get sung to, and blow out candles. She of course opened her presents first thing in the morning, her most favorite was her Dora the Explorer bubble blower. Lucy made us sing to her twice and she even joined in on the singing!

Happy Birthday Jack!

Jack turned six on April 18th. This is our week of birthdays, I turned 29 on April 17th, Jack six on April 18th, Lucy two on April 20th, and Clint 30 on April 21st. Whew!Jack was very excited to open his presents as soon as he woke up!
Jack had a few friends come over after school for pizza, and cake and ice cream. Then Clint took them all bowling, and their dads came too. Everyone had a lot of fun!

Ouch!

Ellie is our accident-prone child. If there is anyway possible to get hurt, she will find it. About six months ago, she needed stitches two differents times. Once in her bottom after sitting on a cup in the bathtub, and once in her chin after falling on the living room carpet. This is her latest wound.

Poor girl! Ellie tripped on the floor at dance class and bit her lip. Her lip was puffy and hurting for a few days, but luckily no stitches this time.

4 year old wisdom

Two conversations with Ellie yesterday:

1. Ellie: Remember when I was carsick and I threw up in the car?
Me: Oh, yes, I remember.
Ellie: And remember when I was couch sick?
Me: No, what is couch sick?
Ellie: When I threw up on the couch.

2. This took place when I was driving Ellie to dance class with three friends and Lucy. The carpool conversations are always amusing.
Friend: Oh no! I forgot to bring my Wheat Thins.
Ellie: What?
Friend: I forgot to bring my Wheat Thins.
Ellie: What are you saying?
Friend: I forgot my Wheat Thins! (shouting)
Ellie: Mom, what is she saying?
Me: She forgot her Wheat Thins, her crackers.
Ellie: Oh, (to friend in a talking to a baby voice) don't you know how to say craaacckkerrs?

Jack's Karate Movie

This is a movie from Jack's karate show week at Little Gym back in January. Jack would like everyone in the world to see how good at karate he is. You should all be very scared. I would not want to run into him in a dark alley!


P.S. Jack has been tongue-tied and couldn't stick his tongue out past his lips. He had a forked tongue and his lower teeth were spreading because of it. The other night at dinner Jack broke his tongue tie when he was eating a big strawberry. Look how far he can stick his tongue out now!

Happy Birthday Ellie!

Ellie turned four on March 21st. She got to celebrate at preschool and take cupcakes to the class, and go birthday shopping with Grandma Nanner before her birthday. On her birthday, she opened presents first thing and even let Jack and Lucy help her open them. That afternoon we drove down to my parents house for Easter weekend, and Ellie opened her presents from them. We had a fun Easter Egg hunt and lunch at the country club on Saturday, and went to Horton Hears a Who that afternoon. On the way home we stopped at my dad's work so the kids could ride tractors, which they LOVE to do. Sunday was Easter baskets, Easter dinner, and church in my parents' ward. Ellie got sung to in our ward last week and my parents' ward on Easter. I think she thought we were celebrating her birthday all weekend, so she was happy!
Flower cupcakes for preschool. I have made these cupcakes the last three years for Ellie. I think they're cute and are really easy, and her birthday is on the first day of spring so they're perfect!


On the way to Grandma & Grandpa's.
Getting ready for the Easter Egg Hunt







Riding tractors with Grandpa Cleve