Spring Break-ee

We had so much fun on our cruise for spring break! Ok I am kidding. We didn't go out of town like a lot of lucky people did. However, 2 trips to Chick-fil-a is pretty much the same thing, right?!

We went back to Tempe Town Lake with the boys this time... and Spinatos pizza. Sooo I guess we sort of went on a cruise:)

We had a March birthday party at San Tan Flats with Casey's cousin and fam.

4 of these peeps had a birthday in the same week!

"This is smores stuff. First you take the graham. You stick the chocolate on the graham. Then you roast the mallow...

...when the mallows flaming you stick it on the chocolate and cover it with the other end...

... then you scarf."

Well, we only roasted marshmallows but who can resist that famous line:)

We also played at the park with friends and Lane got to go to a spring training game with aunt Valerie and Kristen and cousins!

And remember in lieu of a vacation, Chick-fil-a is always there for ya!

Sailing into his 30's

Yep, that's right. As of Saturday March 10th, I am married to a 30 year old man! I still can't believe it. I think in my heart we will be forever 21 but tis not the case. Unlike Peter Pan, we must grow up and get...old. I am slowly learning that ageing is a good thing. One thing I do know though is that Casey is for sure the cutest 30 year old out there! But I could be biased:)

I wanted to do something big and fun to celebrate like a vacation. I thought of a few places we could go.   Coronado, Vegas, Sedona even Payson. I would book one then change my mind and cancel it. I did that about 2 times. For some reason I was feeling like we shouldn't go out of town, and still don't know why I felt that way. So once I decided we would stay home it helped narrow down my choices. But still his big day was coming closer and closer and I had nothing set in stone except that Stephanie was going to watch the boys all day. Instead of a short story too long (which sorry, it prob already is) here was Casey's big birthday weekend!

Casey requested that we make his birthday cake on Thursday. Since we would be gone all day on his bday, he wanted to eat on it for a few days instead of it going to waste. Wish granted!

On Friday we had a twinner birthday party with Travis and Sunni! You have to celebrate your 30th with your womb mate! Haha. The boys only knew that we were taking them to dinner but left the dessert portion a surprise:) We wanted them to have smooth sailing into their 30's so we rented a boat down at Tempe Town Lake. We brought cherry cheesecake aboard and toasted to their wonderful 29 years of life with Martinelli's. There may have been a mix up with the real deal, or so it seemed!

The boys ended up spending the night at Stephanie's so it was weird going home to an empty house! Don't get me wrong it was nice to have the night all to ourselves without the usual bedtime routine. Not having to do baths was a treat in itself.

The next day was his big birthday! We slept in longer than we thought so we skipped breakfast and had an earlier lunch. I forgot my license and credit card at the boat rental the night before so we went back to Tempe to retrieve it. The Aloha festival was going on so since it took 20 minutes to find a parking spot we walked around for a bit and watched the hula girls shake their hips (truly amazing). Oh and bought 2 raffle tickets to hopefully win a trip to Hawaii. ha. Wish us luck!

We went shopping for a bit then got an hour massage at Happy Feet. Such a wonderful place.

We ended his birthday night at Cheesecake Factory. I think our waiter had a crush on him. Seriously.

Even though we didn't do a huge blowout activity like I originally planned, I feel like it was a success.  We hardly ever get alone time so it was nice being together all day. You can definitely pack in alot without kids. 

Oh, and I had to add the card my mom gave him. Hilarious. She finds the best cards!

Happy 30th stud muffin!

Boy Stuff

Quads with daddy.

Unfortunate for the complete boy party, mom tagged along.

For picture purposes, you know:)

and so I could see their group effort loading skills

Picking carrots and finding worms with Papa

Papa is a pretty cool babysitter.

Love me some WARM WEATHER ♥ VALENTINES ♥ & SWEET BOYS

We had the most glorious ♥warm weather♥ a couple weeks ago. Like knock your socks off, put your hands in the air, holla, lets go outside and roll around in the sun awesome weather. Did you get the point? Haha. Non the less it called for a zoo day:) We recruited Val and cousins and even Grammy came! I believe this was Rusty's first time and boy did he have a blast! We all had a blast!

We had so much fun that we continued  at Tia Rosas for dinner. The balloon guy found his way over to our table...

We celebrated ♥ Valentines Day ♥. Our plan was to decorate dads truck down at the yard and leave his present on his seat for him to find after work. Weeelll, when we pulled in to do our sneaky business guess who was there only for a minute to get something out of his truck before going to his next job? Yep, Casey. We got busted. Of all days he actually goes to the yard mid day. So plan B. Decorate the shower.

you are so glad I posted a picture of our dirty shower for ya"ll to see. huh.

We had a lovely dinner at home then headed out to Yogurtland for dessert!

Mango Mixer, you had me at hello.

I looked up to see this ice cream lover making sure not to miss a drop

They boys were super excited to get a special Valentine in the mail from their cousin Collin all the way from NY!

 I was at a girls night where the host had Valentines quotes on a piece of paper. One of them was If love is blind why is lingerie so popular!!! I would have to agree. All in all it was very romantical (name that movie) day!


I am pretty sure I have two of the ♥ sweetest boys♥ ever. Rusty loves this baby doll. Baby takes naps with Rusty and goes to bed at night with him. Hi gives kisses and makes sure paci is in. Just like his routine. It doesn't sleep in the crib with him but has it's own sleeping spot on top of the blanket basket right close by.

Both boys have become super assertive. The other day I changed my toe nail polish color while Rusty was taking a nap. When he woke up I was getting him a drink and when he was walking away to play he looked down, pointed to my toes and said ooo, pretty toes mom. I was amazed that he even took notice of my toe nail colors. He also notices when I change his sheets and has the Enya cd that we listen to in the car memorized.

Then we have this boy. Oh how I love his costume creations from school! Casey took this picture because he wouldn't let me take one. Whats with that?!

Casey added some molding to our kitchen. While Lane was watching a movie I painted it white. Later that night when the kids were in bed I added the brown glaze. The next morning I was awakened by him running in saying. Mom, somebody got your paint all dirty! He was really worried I was going to be mad. Oh my sweet boys!!

Random Sampler

I forgot to put the picture of our fun girls night awhile back. These kind of nights don't come often enough so it was fun to catch up with these girls at the Cheesecake Factory while Stephanie was in town!

Who loves the Ipic? I do, I do! We went back to the beloved Ipic theater for our 2nd time with some of  Casey's family. We all got gift cards for Christmas so we didn't waste any time using them! We went to Sweet Republic for ice cream afterwards. Fun and Yum!



For New Years I have a hard time setting goals because I pretty much never complete them. If I do set some goals, they just hover over me and make me more aware of all the stuff that needs to be done instead of being unaware of what could be done. This year was no different. No goals in place. However I did end up dejunking a bunch of closets, drawers and cupboards a few weeks into the new year. I am starting to think that maybe if I never set them, things will actually get done around my house!

One of the projects was turning my linen closet into a toy closet. I was sick.and.tired of the boys dumping every toy they owned all out in the living room then not playing with any of it. I was spending WAY to much time cleaning up the messes and was tempted to throw every toy in the garbage until I got this idea from my friend.

 You get plastic bins and categorize all the toys then you lock them in a closet. When the kids want to play with a toy they have to come to you. You unlock the door, let them choose only 1 bin at a time and when they want to play with something else they have to pick it all up before you get a new bin out.

I thought it was a genius idea so I got to work. My linen closet was a disaster and needed to be cleaned out anyway so I killed 2 birds with one stone.

linen closet before

new toy closet!

This system has been life changing!! The boys actually play with their toys now. Since they are categorized they have more fun because they can focus on a few toys instead of being overwhelmed by every toy being dumped into one big pile on the floor. Plus they know they have to clean up before I unlock another bin. I am in heaven.

Grandmother had a birthday last week so we brought her In and Out for dinner, which is one of our boys favorite things to do! We also brought cupcakes because what is a birthday without cake?! The best part about eating at grandmothers is that you get to drink out of gobblets. No matter what the meal or how old you are. She has a cupboard full of them. All shapes and sizes. You can see the one Lane always fancies in the pic below. We love Grandmother and are so thankful to have her in our lives!

I {heart} our families!

During Christmas break my family (minus missionary David) had our pictures taken. In my family this happens very rarely. Usually about every 5 yrs. Up until a year ago the big picture above the fireplace in my moms living room was taken when I was 12!

I thought they turned out superb (thank you Kacy Hughes Photography) and hopefully these pictures can take place of the Contempo studio shot with the Limited overalls and Mervyn's adorned attire.

Can you tell this was one of the last shots? Restless kids means sunglasses and suckers!

I think both Casey's and my family are pretty great. I couldn't ask for better grandparents or aunts and uncles or cousins for my kids to have in their lives. We pretty much hit the jackpot in the family department. Just like all families, we have our highs and lows but we always remain close through it all.

Did you know that both sets of our parents are friends with each other? I think that is just about the neatest thing! I also think its crazy that both of our dads are serving as bishop at the same time. Even though Casey and I do not live at home anymore, I without a doubt believe that our little family is being blessed by our dads faithfully serving as Bishops in their wards. There humility and sacrifice for serving the Lord brings tears to my eyes. They are wonderful men. They are wonderful examples. They are just wonderful! As are our moms. They sacrifice and serve just as much. It takes a strong woman to be a Bishops wife, and that is what they are! I think they need to make a reality show called Bishop's Wives and air it on BYU tv:)

(this is the only picture I have of everybody on the Goodman side. I turned it into a mouse pad to give to my MIL for xmas)

Mommy, I drew a picture of you!

Now we all know that this is false advertisement.

Yes, we addressed the issue immediately. And yes it will be addressed again in FHE.

Apparently some little boys in preschool have some eye candy moms at home. How thoughtful of them to teach Lane how to draw so voluptuously.

Casey was so nice to say that he didn't see the resemblance. I hope he was meaning my pig nose or 8 fingered hand.

For the records

I forgot to put this in the last christmas post.

Because someday I vow to turn this 4 and on going years of blogging into a book of memories.

I keep hoping (and really wishing) that somebody might just do this for me?! I saw that on a blog once. I super generous friend did that as a gift. That would be the best.gift.ever. Hint, hint. You would be my favorite person in the world. Promise!

Goodman Christmas card 2011