Monday, April 11, 2011

General Conference





YEY!!!! It is GENERAL CONFERENCE TIME! Mom could hardly wait because this is one of her favorite times during the year! Talk about a special treat each time! This year in Primary Mom made all the children Conference Packs to take home and do during conference! So the kids had fun coloring, answering questions, and playing games while listening to conference! We also made fudge in a bag which is a recipe from Great Grandma Pete. She sent it to KODY because he is a FUDGE lover! So we all passed the bag around until the fudge was ready to eat! We enjoyed this special weekend as a family together and especially hearing all the wonderful messages for us! WE LOVE CONFERENCE!

Rose Cupcakes


Mom was going to be out of town for a girl's Baptism from her primary so she made her rose cupcakes for afterwards! Mom isn't the best chef and not her favorite thing either but she had fun and they didn't turn out to bad!

Kody and Kyle's Guys


Kody and Kyle have been making these really cool paper guys with paper and staples. I am super impressed so thought I would take a picture of one. They have made over 30 and they battle with them to see who is the strongest and the winner! They have a great time together doing this!

Mom's April Fools



So Mom got a great idea to TRICK the Family on April Fools but she got the biggest trick of all! She made an angle food cake for dinner. The boys couldn't believe thats all they were eating for dinner was cake. WOW! They couldn't believe mom was going to let them feel up on cake! But to MOM'S surprise she dumped the cake and what a crummy mess she had. She just laughed and scooped it up the best she could and mended the cake! To everyone's surprise it was a PIZZA CAKE!!! The boys thought it was pretty cool but had the biggest laugh at MOM!

New Ford 150


Well after 8 years of having our mini van it was time to let it go! We bought our Mini Van in Knoxville TN used but we loved our van. It was the best van we could have. It ran great and we didn't have to put much maintence into it. We were super blessed. But after it being a 2001 along with 160,000 things started to finally give. Our ABS breaking system was failing along with a lot of other problems. So, after a long time of pondering thinking Mom finally found exactly what she wanted.


You might ask that doesn't seem to be the TAXI CAB MOM type of car but.....here is the BUT.....Mom loves the outdoors. So it was time to get something she could use up in the mountains to pull, carry, and have some fun. She thought of a small SUV but that would hardly hold a little suitcase let a lone a family of 6. So, she thought of a Large SUV but that was WAY out of her price range. She new exactly where she wanted to be and wouldn't go over a penny. So, she thought she might have to go back to a mini van but that just wouldn't do what she wanted it to do. So after many months she saw a F150. Climbed inside and said WOW this will work. So she began her long hard search of finding the perfect one! It wasn't easy. After many negoting PAINS and several dealership trips so finally got exactly what she wanted. So here it is a brand new FORD 150. Now, she can't wait to put it in the mud and do what it is meant to do!


We were super blessed to have patience and have her Mini Van put along until we worked something out!

Marble Fun

On Saturday mornings the kids love to go garage and Yard sale shopping. Well, Kallee found this Marble Maze you build and bought it for a buck! The kids love it and played with it all day long. They made a lot of really neat and different tracks! I was impressed that they all worked together and had a fun time creating together!

St. Patricks Day

Look's like the Leprechaun Man made a golden trail leading to treasures for the kids! The boys thought it was pretty cool to have lots of gold coins!

Kallee has even been fooled! Tricky Little Leprechaun man!
We even had a St. Patrick's Day Party at our house! We played lots of fun games, made rainbow hats, ate lunch, and had a good tricky time!