ST. GEORGE...

We just took a quick trip to St. George. We went when the weather up here was awful!!! So it was awesome to be down in the warm sunshine. My sis Krista went with us and she kept my girls so entertained!!! We had so much fun just laughing and telling stories.
We actually went down to visit my grandpa. My grandma just passed away and he is wanting to sell his house, so we went down to help him and one of my aunts organize stuff and go through stuff and clean out stuff. I have always loved granma and granpas house. They moved there 10 years ago, right when D and I got married, it was sad to be there without grandma, but nice to be there. He just moved into a place where he can live on his own, but they feed him every meal and help him if and when he needs it!! Granpa loved baby Ellee. He would pick her up and play with her. We actually left Brandon to play with his cousins, so I missed him lots, but I know he had lots of fun!!!

Breanna loved sticking her head out in the "warm air"!!! We were laughing SO HARD!!!
I LOVE TO LAUGH!!! -thanks bre and lex and krista

Lex had to try it too!!!

Grandpa loved baby Ellee!!!

This is grandpas new place...kinda small, but perfect for one person

Lexi at grandma and grandpas old house

Ellee standing up!!

Ellee is walking.....almost

My cute little sweetie is almost walking!!! Brenda gave Ellee this little walking toy!! Ellee LOVES it. Every time she uses it she has a huge smile on her face. I thought she might not be walking by her birthday, but maybe just maybe she will!!!!! I guess we will see!
PS Don't pay attention to my baby talk :)

When PIGS Fly...

People have said Obama would be elected for president...When Pigs Fly. What do you know, 100 days into Obama's presidency-SWINE FLU! hehe:)

I really do kinda like obama, but I thought this was so dang funny!!!
-thanks melissa

LOTS OF DR. BILLS COMING

Our two little sweeties each had an early morning dr. appointment. I took Ellee to the Specialty hospital to get tubes in and her adnoids out. The doc said her adnoids looked terrible, full of mucus and pus and very infected (sorry that is kind of yucky!). But yay, her surgery was successful. She had had a bad fever for the past two days, and started coughing last night. The doc said if she was coughing they probly couldn't do the surgery. D gave her a blessing and I prayed all night long, since yes we were up all night long that she wouldn't cough so that she could be taken care of. And she must have got her coughs out last night, because she did super at the hospital. What a blessing. She is a little fussy and sore when she coughs or sneezes. (And yes she is coughing a little now) But other than that she is doing good. And I can already tell that she can hear better, it is amazing. She just looks at me while I talk to her, like she hasn't quite heard my voice that clear before. So I am so excited!!! :)

Daryl was incharge of taking Lexi Lu to the dentist at 7 am. She had to have a special med that would make her sleep. Yay, it worked and they did two baby root canals and filled 3 other cavitites. My kids have awful teeth. We tried this with Lex about 2 months ago and she would not ever fall asleep, which the doctor said only happens to about 5% of his patients. He was a little hesitant to try it againg, but our only other option was to go to the hospital and have her put out, which D and I did not want to do. So We bribed her with two packs of her own sugar free gum. And Daryl sat with her and rocked her and yay, got her to sleep.
So now I have 2 sleepy girls, but so happy to have all this work done so they can get better. Dar was so awesome. I had been up forever with Ellee so he stayed with me and held Ellee while I took a nap, so now I feel much better!!! I love my honey!!!

We had to put lex on the floor so she didn't fall off of the bed.

And lucky Ellee is snuggled in my bed.

Breanna's soccer moves

Breanna tried out for her school talent show. What a cutie...It was totally her idea and I was so proud of her for trying out. She decided to show her school her soccer moves style!! Brandon bless his little heart also tried out, he played the piano. He was so cute!!! It was the first time I have ever seen him be quite and nervous. I think he did a fabulous job. It is hard when one child makes something and another one doesn't. I think they had a lot of people play the piano...anyway Brez made it and Brandon didn't. But I was so happy that he tried!!! I have Breannas on video.

Easter Time

Of course we have some Easter pictures!!! I do love Easter time. We choose to celebrate the Easter bunny and fun times on Saturday, then we try to remember the real reason for Easter on Sunday. Our kids woke up early Saturday morning to find themselves covered in Easter bunny kisses, then lots of candy eggs scattered about, some hidden colored eggs that somehow were very cold still????, and fun little baskets. After a yummy breakfast of lots of bacon, Easter eggs, pancakes, and juice we headed to Old Main Hill to "roll" our eggs. We met Rick and Amanda and Brynlee. The kids each had an 18 pack. This is such a fun tradition that the kids just love. It really is so much fun to just sit at the top of the hill and throw our eggs. They love to throw them and then chase them. We also attracted a lot of birds that were happy with all of our eggs. I am glad they like to clean up the mess so we don't have to :)

Don't you love their colored hands.

Old Main...it was fun to watch Ellee and Brynlee "throw" their eggs :)

The Easter bunny was there...we were actually surprised

about this...Lexi absolutely loved the bunny...Breanna wasn't

so sure...and Brandon was just happy to be there!!!

Lexi's dance recital!!

This is lexi's dance recital. So cute!! She was so funny and did such a good job!! It was so fun to watch her. I told her to make sure she smiled really big, and she said, "Mommy, will you laugh at me if I smile really big?", and I said, "No, I won't laugh at you, I will just smile back at you and wave!!", Then she said, "Mommy, I want you to laugh at me.", She is silly!!! And I love her silliness!!
She would get so excited about seeing us in the audience that sometimes she would just stand and wave or smile really big. She is so cute. On some of the video sorry I didn't hold the camera to still...it is hard to watch and record at the same time.
Daryls mom and dad came and Amanda...Mom and dad this is for you, since you couldn't be there!!

This is at the end!!

It was so sun to have Abby and Maddi dance with Lex. They were in a different class, but did the same big dance together!!

Lexi Lu and her best friend Brynlie!! They are so dang cute and funny together!! Good job girls!