R.I.P. T-Bone Chalupa

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Yee-haw, nothing like a good ol' roundup to make for a fun Saturday activity! My parents invited us over for their wards BBQ this past weekend. What started this whole get together was that the priests had been raising a cow in one of their leaders backyard. Well it got nice and fat so that very same morning it got a nice bonk on the head and needless to say we had a yummy, very organic meal!



I love LaRee! If you ever need someone to laugh with, she is your girl! Also I think ribs should be my middle name. By far my most favorite meat EVER... can you tell?!





They had fun games like catch the greased pig, tug of war, an egg toss. They also had a petting zoo. I really hope that the people who brought their animals for this went home with alive pets or at least survived the night from being mauled by the kiddos. Seriously, the baby chicks that were yellow turned a nice shade of brown! Lane was one who contributed to the near possible deaths. He loves animals but we do not have pets so he gets overly excited... you get the picture. He loved it and for the last 30 minutes all he did was chase around the chickens.















If it weren't for the smell, dirt, waking up early to feed animals, I could have lived on a farm. Ok probably not but it's fun to pretend sometimes:)

Bumbo with me:)

A few weeks ago I bought a bumbo chair for Rusty off of craigslist. Boy did he feel so big in it! The second I put him in he was all smiles. I couldn't choose which picture to post because they were all so stikin cute, so you get the pleasure of viewing them all:) Not only does he like to hang out in the bumbo but what a life savor that thing has been! Why I never got one when Lane was a baby I don't know but who ever invented those things is a pure genius!

He loves hanging out with his best bud. It's nice that I can put him on the floor while I am getting ready or making dinner and just glance over to make sure he is ok. So much nicer than me holding him on my hip all the day long.

I was doing laundry and I could hear Lane talking so a peeked around the corner and found him reading a book to Rusty... MELT MY HEART ALREADY!

Another fun thing that happened these past few weeks was that my brother Christopher who lives in Switzerland came to visit with his wife Jael and her parents Peter and Elizabeth! While they were here my parents hosted their wedding open house since they got married in Switzerland. They had it in my parents backyard March 27th and shame on me I didn't take any pictures. I promise it was beautiful and super yummy...of course! Since they were here my grandparents wanted a BIG family picture so down to the temple we went. I am considering these our family "Easter pictures". I slacked this year and no we are not matching and yes I am wearing winter colors. Now looking at these I really should have slathered some tanning lotion on at least my face. I didn't care, shame on me again.

posted picture twice, too lazy to take it off...oops

My mom played travel agent and planned a weeks worth of fun activities for the Heinegers to enjoy. One (windy) night we went out to the desert and rode quads. Jael's parents were so fun. I found them so interesting to be around. Maybe it was because they are from the other half of the world with a totally different life style then what I have been born and raised from. I loved sitting and chatting with them. Asking them the differences between our 2 very different worlds. Getting a kick out of the fact that they loaded up at Walmart on jello, peanut butter and cool aid because they don't have that where they live. I am pretty sure they think we are obese Americans and eat 24/7 and have major eating problems. I loved that the whole time while we were at the desert Peter, Jaels dad, walked up and down the trails for 2 hrs in search for a rattle snake so he could take a picture of it. Of course the only one he saw was when he was taking a turn on the quad and didn't have his camera with him. I wonder how out of place they must have felt in our loud crazy Mesa life but how sweet and generous they were to my whole family. They came LOADED with swiss chocolate and gifts for each one of us, including Lane and Rusty. I am so grateful for them and to know that they love and are taking good care of my brother since he can't be here with his family. I am humbled to know that there are truly amazing people all over the world.

Hippity with da Hoppity

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WHOOT WHOOT for Easter! Why? The Goodman annual 3 legged Easter egg hunt!!!! 5 Golden eggs filled with money...and I'm not talking change money either. Stakes were raised, legs are tied together, placement calling beginning, the threats being dealt (mind you mostly by the same 2 people every year. My leg of course being tied to one of them. The other looking just like him, hmmm). Papa and Grammy gave us a good hunt this year, even with Papa being discharged from the hospital the day before from a 2 week stay. We are glad he is starting to feel better! The kids had a blast as well.



Me taking one for the team. Told you he was competitive! I am still laughing at Val and her partner in crime, the stroller. Poor girl, her usual partner got married so she had to push the stroller to slow her down.

Now I don't mean to brag but Casey would be disappointed in me if I didn't share our victorious find of the coveted golden egg filled with 100 big 1's, whoot whoot! It's too bad it's all going toward baby formula.

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Easter Sunday was nice and relaxing. Lane was excited that the Easter Bunny found our house this year and didn't hop over us like he had the past 2 years. He got some fun new toy animals and ABC magnets. It was funny because Casey was explaining what they were and that they go on the fridge. Lane was like ok, he got up and put the package in the fridge probably thinking what a lame toy. Once we got him on the right track he was diggin them. It's amazing how $5 worth of Walmart toys can be so amazing as long as the Easter Bunny brought it. We ate lunch at my parents and watched conference. Craig and Lane picked carrots for Peter Cotton Tail.

Christopher propt Rusty up on a pillow during the afternoon session. He kept us quite entertained with all his smiles, his squawking voice he makes when he's happy and the tricks he does with his tongue.

We also went to Grma and Grpa Udalls for dinner that night with all the cousins and to end the night we stopped by Grammy and Papa's to say happy Easter. We had such a fun day! Totally stuffed and tired but what would a Holiday be without all of that!

5 dollar foot longs

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No, this post is not about foot longs, I couldn't think of a title so I went with the song that was in my head from the commercial that was just on tv:) It's random, just like the random things we have been up to these past weeks.

Most random of all, have you ever wondered what a cow's tongue would look like not in it's mouth but frozen on your kitchen table? My in-laws butchered their cow and kindly gave us some of their meat (organic as it gets!). Casey's dad asked if we would like the tongue. Ha, I thought he was joking but nope he was not! Of course we would have NO use for it but Casey being the generous person that he his called up some of the mexicans from work because for sure they would take a free tongue any day. But only on stipulations that they invite us over for tongue burritos:) I was curious as to what it would look like so I made him open the package before he gave it away. Lane, what a goober. If only he understood how gross it is to have your face laying on top of frozen chopped-up cow parts.

Ok, that thing was HUGE! In person it was pretty disgusting. I couldn't look directly at it for a few seconds. You could see it's taste buds all frozen over. To think people eat this stuff...SICK!

For some reason Lane has to get all geared up to ride his bike. He cracks me up. When he turned the corner he was meaning serious business. All hunched over, peddling hard, starring only straight forward with such concentration... told you, such a stinking cute goober.

We participated in Disney's Give A Day, Get A Day! My aunt Jori has started an organization for her son with down syndrome called DSNetwork. For our Give A Day we went down to a church building where we had a beauty day for all the kids and their families. There were different stations where you could get beautified, get your picture taken, make a craft and play games. I was able to cut hair while Casey helped with the activities. We had fun serving others and can't wait until we GET A DAY!!! soon, soon!! I guess my aunt said Disney was only handing out one million tickets. The week after we did our event they hit their one million mark in only 3 months. That is just amazing, great idea Disney!

Little Rusteeze is still as cute as ever!!! I wish I knew how much he weighs but he is almost 16 weeks old. He LOVES bath time and is getting close to rolling over from his back to stomach. He loves for us to stick out our tongues and will copy-cat back. He is sleeping good and daddy's pillow is still his favorite spot to snooze.

We have been enjoying our awesome weather by going to Jefferson's baseball games. We are getting practice in for all the games I'm sure we will be attending for Lane and Rusty in the future.

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For an update on Casey and I, we are pretty much doing our normal routines. Casey has gone on a couple campouts with the young men in our ward recently. He is busy with work which is such a blessing and I tend to keep him extra busy with projects around the house. Basketball with the big boys (his friends) are also in his weekly mix. I think it's funny how boys and girls spend their time with friends so differently. Girls: shopping, play dates at the park with kids, going to lunch, craft/bead/candle parties etc. Boys: basketball, softball, quad riding...you get the picture:) As for me, I am hobbling around a lot due to some serious sore muscles. I am trying ever so desperatly to get back into my pre pregnant with your 2nd child body before swimsuit season hits. I am so desperate I went out and got a gym memership. It's been too long and my body doesnt know what to do with that kind of movement. I am hopping to see a light at the end of the tunnel SOON! I am absolutly loving being a mom to my 2 boys. Serioulsy loving it! Loving it so much I wish I was pregnant with a 3rd...wow now that's love! The other day I felt like the mom off of Cheaper By The Dozen when I layed down in my bed and I could feel something under my pillow. I reached underneath and pulled out a big green plastic snake and as I smiled I wondered what that boys intenstions were:) With no kids in real school, each day is so different from the next. I kind of like it that way, never a dull moment. Next up is Spring Break. We don't have anything exciting planned. Just happy to hear the word SPRING!

Somebody had a BIRTHDAY!

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Yesterday was a special day! Casey turned the big 28! Man, I never thought these days would come. 28, 29 then 30!! Aghh. It wasn't even my birthday and I am freaking out. We are supposed to stay young FOREVER! sigh. Non the less the boys and I made sure to spoil our favorite person as much as possible! It's pretty sad, Casey and I have never had bikes. I didn't want to get him one without his opinion so instead we got him a trailer for his soon to come beach cruiser!



That night Marcie came over so we could go to the White Chocolate Grill for dinner. I was looking forward to a night out with Casey, alone. We had figured out that the last time we went on a date with just the two of us was back in July for my birthday, pathetic!

Before we left we sang happy birthday so Marcie and Lane could eat the cake after their dinner. Poor guy, we made him blow out his candles 3 times so we could get a perfect picture!




getting a little appetizer before our meal:) Marcie said we looked like we were cutting into a wedding cake...


so we had to role play:)

I just love my birthday boy! He can always manage to make me laugh with his Casey personality. For instance we were getting a kick out of all the weird funny names on the internet that people name their dogs. Kotton and Kandy was one of them. I'm guessing they used K's instead of C's so that they wouldn't get mocked. Well we are not animal people so I jokingly asked what our dogs names would be and he said Twinkle and Star. I couldn't stop giggling for the longest time. The night before his birthday I asked him if he was starting to feel older and wiser. He said he couldn't get any wiser...typical answer! We hoped he felt special on his big day, he deeeserved it!