Still Alive...

Well here it is the beginning of August and I have not posted anything since May...I decided that I should get back to it and fast since I just keep taking more and more pictures of things I want to post. It's trouble really cause I am so far behind... ah the dilema if only there were more time in a day and longer weekends Ha Ha! So I am going to rewind now for a little while...clear back to the end of April... and then move forward to all the happenings this summer!

Baby Shower, Babysitting and Birthday Celebrating!

April 21st: We had a baby shower for my cousin Britanie that night, thanks to Alicia, she put it all together with fun games for us to play with great prizes. We then had yummy treats mom made rice crispie treats and I made the chocolate brownie trifle. It was really fun night and Brit got a lot of cute things for her new baby girl!

Here is Brit with all her gifts... little Josie Page was born just over a week later on April 29th almost on my birthday, it was so close!


April 25th: I went babysitting at the Blake's that afternoon and evening. It was such a cold and rainy day but that sure didn't stop us from having fun!

The kids begged me to go play on the playground at the school once the rain had finally stopped so off we went although we didn't stay for very long. It was cold, wet and very slippery nonetheless it did not diminish Dylan's cheesy smile whatsoever!

Whitney showing off her moves on the bar

Afterwards we went back to the house and had hot chocolate with whip cream or I guess for some of us it was WHIP CREAM with just a little hot chocolate :-) I think Courtney sprayed a little too much more than Whitney was bargaining for!


April 26th: I got to start celebrating my birthday a little early that Sunday at church. All the primary kids sang to me and my Aunt Sherrie brought cupcakes for our class treat!

Here is me and my cute class!

" April Showers bring May Flowers"...oh wait "Not Rain But SNOW"

We woke up to a big surprise on April 15th... a huge snow storm! Most people were upset by it but I quite enjoyed it... that was my late day for going into work so I spent a good 45 minutes that morning wandering around our yard taking these beautiful pictures!

The sun was reflecting off all the snow, the blue sky and the clouds...such a great picture taking combo :-)

It was a little sad seeing the poor blossoms with the snow and ice all over them but so pretty all at the same time. And they were fine anyway because most of it had melted by the end of the day

I love this one!

You're Never Too Old...

So when Mike and Alicia showed up for dinner that Easter Sunday they walked in carrying a carton of eggs in one hand and a coloring kit in the other. Mike then proceeded to tell us that "you are never too old to color Easter Eggs" which I could not agree with more! It made me happy cause the last few years we have not and well I am all about traditions and keeping them alive despite the fact we have no little kids in our immediate family at this point in time. Thanks brother for taking charge and keeping this alive... such a great memory!

My brother takes his easter egg dying skills very seriously!


Showing off our artwork

Mom and Dad so proud

Yes that is my egg that says BRUSH the other side has a toothbrush and tooth on it :-)

Izzy enjoying the fruits of our labor... Happy Easter!

Easter Sunday...

April 12th 2009

My cousins Samantha and Brandon in their Easter clothes at Primary

Ya sometimes its hard to take pictures just holding the camera out in front of you... sometimes it works and somtimes it doesn't! Sorry Sam didn't mean to cut you out :-)

My cute primary kids with their Easter treat

Where did APRIL go?

Well I can't believe here it is the middle of May...and I haven't posted one thing that when on in the month of April! I have a lot of catching up to do that's for sure! So let's start at the beginning shall we...

April 1st: Happy Birthday James!

My friend Toni and her husband Rick's little boy James was born on April fools day... James and I have a an extra special bond cause his birthday is the first day of April and mine is the last :-) I went to his first birthday party... Toni made fun cupcakes which James loved to squish all the frosting thru his fingers more than anything!

Special Company for the Week

Michael and Alicia went to Florida the first week of April so we got to have Izzy come stay with us while they were gone. Oh how I love this puppy... she is such good company :-) She followed me wherever I went and slept in my bed with me at night, which she must have been having a puppy nightmare about chasing something the one night, cause I woke up to little puppy paws pounding me in the back!

Last Week of March...

MARCH 24th: Happy Birthday Samantha Jean Houston!!
So I don't have any pictures of Sam's birthday (weird I know I forgot to bring my camera
when we went up to watch her open her presents) but I definitely wanted to mention it
regardless! :-) What is extra crazy to me is that Sam turned seven this year... where does
the time go seriously?! That means it has been 7 years now since my roommates and I
went on our little adventure to Vegas cause Sam was born on the day we were driving
home from there...which seems so weird cause I remember it like it was yesterday!
Ahhh... the memories :-)


MARCH 26th: Happy Birthday DAD!!

We went out to eat at the China Isle for my dad's birthday and then just came back opened presents and relaxed! Here is a picture of dad opening the John Deere fruit snacks my mom found him for ole' times sake since at one point in time (when I was little) he had a John Deere Tractor himself!

MARCH 31st: Happy Birthday Grandma and Goodbye to NICK!

So on that Tuesday evening we all gathered at Grandma's house one to celebrate Grandma's birthday and two to be there when Nick got set apart as an Elder and say goodbye to him since he was entering the MTC the next day...

Here is a picture of the two we were celebrating! I think this is the cutest picture ever! As we all well know as family and anyone else that knows my grandmother... she does not like to take pictures at all, so this is a priceless picture! Nick is going to be such a great missionary and will serve the Hawaiian people so well!

Grandma has that hand on her hip so you know she wasn't exactly thrilled about it but well we caught her in a rare picture taking mood cause she didn't argue too much with us so we had to take advantage and capture as many pictures of her with us as we could! Cindi loves this especially cause they were both wearing purple! :-)

And yes this is an absolutely hideous picture of me but again it is very rare that I am allowed to take any pictures of Grandma, so terrible or not I had to post it because it is very special to me... Oh how I love my Grandmother and how close we are! She will always have a special place in my heart!

I wanted to get her something special for her birthday so I found this musical photo album that plays "You Are My Sunshine" and then I put quite a few pictures of me and my cousins in it that I had already and then she can had more and more of ones she has, til she gets a picture of every single one of her 26 Grandchildren and almost 24 Great-Grandchildren (Britanie is due with a little girl in just a couple of weeks now) She really liked this present... she says it means so much to her :-) The rose on the front is special too because it is a picture of one that I took that was in her yard last summer!
So all in all it was a busy but super great last week of March!