Spring stuff

 

 

This was the first year I was actually excited for spring break.

We usually never go anywhere for spring break, this year included.

I didn't really have anything exciting planned, except for sleeping in!!!

 

I tried to have one big activity planned each day.

The first day we went to Riverview park.

And we must have had fun because we stayed over 4 hours!

I'm sure glad I packed lots of snacks and stopped at Walgreens for sunscreen.

Even then Lindi had a major swimsuit outline on her body, oops.

She was just starting her bass tan for the summer, right?:)

 

I don't know why I don't have any other pictures of our daily adventures, but we swam a lot in

our neighborhood pool and went to Mesquite pool with cousins.

We had a random cold day thrown into the week of 90 degree weather.

It rained and you needed jackets.

That was the night I took Rusty and Lindi to the Easter Pageant dress rehearsal.

Casey was with Lane at his baseball practice.

My mom and Craig were part of the multitude again.

I brought our big umbrella and got front row seats and it was awesome to watch!

Lindi sat in her little camping chair the WHOLE TIME!

I was so worried about taking them by myself and in the cold rain.

It turned out to be a great experience.

I sat next to a very pregnant lady.

We started chit chatting and asking if we knew anybody in the pageant.

I mentioned my family then she rubbed her belly and said that baby Jesus was inside!

She couldn't be induced for a couple more days so she was praying he would make it in time.

I think in the long run they used a couple different babies.

We also got to see one of the 10 virgins get proposed to!

I guess her lamp was full that night:)

Baseball season started again!

Rusty is playingT-ball and oh boy, was he excited about it!

They both had opening ceremonies on the same Saturday as well as their first games.

I knew I was in for it when Saturday morning  I was sleeping in my bed I could feel

a tap, then a whisper of  "mom, is it time to leave?" I opened my eyes to find 2, fully dressed boys

in their baseball uniforms. I looked at the clock and it was 6am.

Seriously? I grunted NOOO, go back to bed!!

 

I needed my rest because we were at the baseball fields from 9-3 that day!

 



 

 

(Lanes best friend Griffen. They are on separate teams for the first time this year)

 

I do LOVE baseball season.

Even if every night of the week we have to rush off to practice or games.

I love to watch my kids excel at things they enjoy doing!

Lane is on the farm league this year and it SO fun to watch compared to coach pitch.

He is a natural at this sport.

He lucked out with an amazing coach who works really hard with them to up their skills.

He has been pitching a little bit. The first time was so nerve racking to watch!!

He did great, only pegged a boy once:/

And ended up striking out 3 batters!

 

 

To go from Lanes intense games to Rusty's is kind of comical.

It takes the whole team to go after a grounder.

 Then they all dog pile on top of the ball!

That cute smile of his is my favorite.

 



 

We had cousins in town twice this month!

This was on a Sunday evening after dinner.

Eating their hot fudge sundaes on the tramp.

It's the simple things in life:)

 

 



 My dad took us to the RS broadcast!

China King is becoming our tradition afterwards.

 

 

Too many choices so we do family style and order one of everything!!

Minus the cooked goose hanging by its neck in the window.

Sharon taught us well:)

 

 

And we are no light weights so Nielson concretes were calling our name!

Go big or go home.

Or for us, go home big:)

David joined us for that segment.

I bought a half inch curling iron for Lindi's hair and curled it for the first time.

It turned out ADORABLE!!!

She sat really great.
 Until she reached up and grabbed the curling iron while I was in the
middle of curling a piece of hair.

I don't think it got her too bad.

Then she didn't want anything to do with getting her hair done!

I found some wheels on the bus videos on you tube that distracted her long enough to finish the rest.

 

 We had our Goodman Easter party that evening and when she walked in everybody

said it looked like she was going to a wedding or something!

 

I doubt she will get her hair curled much more.

I tried the following week and when I pulled the curling iron out of the cupboard to plug in

she ran the other direction screaming NOOO, no hair, no!!

Hahaha, I scared her for life:/



The three legged Easter hunt was a blast, as usual!

 

That Saturday we went to the Goodman's during priesthood session.

Stephanie threw an impromptu birthday party for Dallin.

They enjoyed dying Easter eggs. SO glad I didn't have to make the mess at my house:)

Thanks Grammy for being brave and letting 12 kids fulfill their Easter egg dying dreams on your

kitchen table!

 She got so into it and would have sat there for hours dipping if we let her!

See, in all of the pics she wouldn't take her eyes off of her project!

 

 

 Easter was on General Conference weekend.

Double score!!

I am a bad mom and didn't get any pictures of the kids WITH their baskets.

I was taking advantage of sleeping in since we have 8:30 church for the rest of our lives! (so lame).

But I smiled in bed as I could hear them yelling at each in excitement with what was in their baskets.

And the boys with a happy voice pointing out to Lindi what was in hers.

Makes a mama's heart sing!

 

 We ate Easter lunch at my parents then some of us watched the afternoon session.

I tried so hard but I was doped up on Benadryl and keeping my eyes open was not an option!

I had a weird allergic reaction to either a vitamin I took or a peanut butter egg. I ate both at the same time. My face started itching and burning then it spread to my chest and arms. I started turning red with a splotchy red rash! It was crazy how fast it started to spread.

 

I stole this from Stephanie's blog.

I don't even remember Lindi picking my nose!

 

We had another Easter egg hunt for the kids.

You can never have too many!

 

 

These pictures of the girls are my favorite!!

Nothing like cute girlies in cute spring clothes!

33 and 2!

 

 

Casey had only one request this year for his birthday.

He wanted the boys to make him a birthday cake.

I kind of thought he was kidding, but he wasn't.

We chose a monster truck theme because we had just gone to see them.

I picked Lane up from school and had him ditch music class (he was so sad about that. NOT),

and went to my parents to decorate in secret.

The boys really did do most of it by themselves.

I was super impressed by their creativity!

I even caught Lane staring at his masterpiece with approval!

He is my attention to detail child and is a PERFECTIONIST.

Almost to his own fault.

He loves to decorate the house for holidays and makes sure his outfits are up to par with

what is in style. I let him frost the cake and kind of cringed when I passed the knife off to him

thinking it would look like a mess when done.

I was so wrong. In fact he did a better job than I would have done!

 

 

 

 

We drove carefully home to find dad's truck parked out front.

Perfect timing!

He was so surprised and really thought I had forgotten about his birthday wish!

Rusty had a T-ball game so we hurried and sang happy birthday and headed out the door.

Thank goodness Casey doesn't believe in celebrating birthdays and was probably happy to save

money on going out to dinner. He is so easy to please. Doesn't like attention or lots of fluff.

We love our cute dad and we wouldn't know what to do without him!!

 



 

 

 

THIS little thang had her birthday the following week!

She is sure a smarty pants and keeps us laughing constantly.

She is SASS-Y!!!!

Oh my word , she sure runs the roosts over here.

She likes to bite Rusty and only Rusty.

Mostly it's when he is teasing her.

The first time it happened Rusty came running to me crying.

Sure enough he had big teeth marks on his wrists.

In a scold voice I asked Lindi if she bit Rusty.

She confidently nodded her head and said yes.

Then she opened her mouth wide and made chopping down motions with her teeth mimicking

her biting Rusty with a SMIRK on her face!!

Oh. My!

I couldn't stop from busting up laughing which only put fuel to her fire.

 

This morning I walked into our bedroom to find her jumping on our bed,

buck naked, with a cup of blueberry yogurt and spoon in her hand!! Oi!!

A couple of Sunday's ago Lindi dropped something during the Sacrament and said
"oh crap", pretty loudly. We heard a few snickers around the room.
Us included. We had never heard her say that before!
Casey leaned over and said, I wonder who she got that from?
I looked at him blankly.
Not 5 minuets later my purse fell off of my lap and dumped onto the floor.
Without hesitation I mumbled, oh crap.
Crap, that's where she got it from!!!
 

 

She sure spices things up in our family.

But we couldn't love her more!

 

 

I took some pictures of her on her birthday.

These faces capture her personality perfectly!

 



CHEEEESE

 



 

Her birthday falls during spring break so lucky for her we went and did

something fun! Pogo Passes are the bomb.com. They added Makutu's Island

so off we went! I went up in the tunnels with her for about 15 minutes before claustrophobia

hit. I love this picture of her cute little bum in the air:)

 



That happy smile on her face melts my heart.

And you see that yellow slide in the background?

Holy fast and steep!!  

It takes your breath away more than the bonzi slide at SunSplash!

 



 Later that night we celebrated with take out from Matta's and cupcakes!

Happy Birthday is her favorite song right now. And wheels on the bus.

I'll catch her singing it all by herself while she is playing, its adorable!

 



And just like that she turned TWO!!

 

 

 



Snow is falling all around

 

 

Casey threw out the idea of going to Gallup to visit Stephanie and Travis.

I called her up and 2 days later we were on our way!

Stephanie said that the weather forecast mentioned 20% chance of snow.

And even if it did snow she said chances are it would melt 5 minutes after it landed.

I was kind of bummed because I thought it would be fun to play in it.

Rusty was 3 month old the last time we have even SEEN snow!

We drove up Thursday after Casey got home from work and arrived around 9.

Stephanie was at a meeting but of course she had homemade chocolate chip cookies

right out of the oven waiting for us when we arrived.

It's like staying at Monica's house when we visit:)

She is the best hostess and makes sure we are comfortable and pampered the whole time

we are there! I wish we could host them when they come into town!! Hopefully soon!:)

 

We chatted for a bit then headed off to bed.

The best surprise was waking up to a snowy winter wonderland!!

We couldn't believe it.

It was breathtaking and almost unrealistic.

The kids couldn't wait to go outside and touch it.

Only they didn't last long outside barefoot.

It got even better.

Collins school was cancelled and was able to party with us all day!

 

 

We gathered as much extra snow gear the Evans' had on hand for us to use.

(thank goodness they lived in Buffalo:)

After scraping the snow off of the car,

we then proceeded to Wal-Mart where we scoured the place for any remnants of snow clothes and

gloves they had left in stock. Which wasn't much!

Lane got to wear some nifty irrigation boots and Lindi got some little boy track pants that

were water proof! 

 

 

 

We found some nice hills in a park nearby and had the time of our lives!

 



 

Well, this little girl wasn't enjoying it so much.

She had to be held. If she wasn't being held she was crying!

Waaaaaa, what am I supposed to do in this white, cold, fluffy stuff??

 

 

 

If you are wondering where the super cute crocheted beanies came from, they were hand made by Stephanie. I told you she is like Monica!

 

 

Casey and I started a snowball fight with each other.

Of course he thought he was dominating me.

 About 10 minutes after our war over, his back was turned to me and I couldn't resist slamming

a big snow ball in face from behind. I got him good!! But then had to run for my life because

he was chasing me down. He tackled me to the ground and started burring my head in the snow!!

 

I should have known better!

 

I was trying to get a picture of his cute muffed up beanie hair:)

 

 

Later that afternoon we got to visit Travis at work and get our teeth cleaned!

Rusty needed a cavity filled.

 

Lane was happy it wasn't him having to get numbed up this time!

 

 

Hehehe, his cheek was feeling fat and numb.

 

 

 

These 2 girlies where so cute in their jammies.

I like how they are looking at the crazy moms in the background  jumping up and down trying to

get their attention for a picture!

 

Got to take advantage of a free snack right in the backyard!

 

 

Travis spiffed up a sweet ramp in the backyard.

There is a slide underneath the snow.

We enjoyed eating out one night WITHOUT kids!

And then watching Troop Beverly Hills and eating blizzards after they went to bed.

 

 

I HAD to post this.

Even though she may not appreciate it.

It is always a dance party at aunt Stephanie's house!

 



 

And we made it to the movies to see Paddington!!

 



 

What a fun weekend it was!

Until Lindi woke up Sunday morning barfing and we had to pack up and leave

 a few hours earlier then planned.

Luckily we didn't spread it to them.