I'm SO done with this, I really am....

Just to give you all an idea of what the weather was like just this past Easter Sunday, this is what Eva wore to church, and we walked it was so beautiful and warm.


And THIS, is what we've been dealing with for the past 2 days here.


PLEASE! C'mon, weather! Don't you know that just the day before this glorious spring snow I had just done my huge change-of-season-project of dragging all the winter clothes out of the girls' drawers and closets, pulling all the stored summer clothes out of the basement, and putting all the spring and summer clothes in their drawers and closets, and PUTTING AWAY all winter boots, clothes, pants, etc? This is ridiculous, or ridonculous, as Rhino in Bolt says. It's definitely time for a quick trip to warm and sunny St. George, Utah. Here we come Kolei and Nisi!

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Our 10 Year Family Anniversary

Naki has always been really sweet about making sure the girls know that when we have an anniversary it doesn't only mark another year as a married couple but in fact it celebrates another year since we started our family by being sealed in the Jordan River Temple. This year we had a blast. Aunt Katie came and babysat while Naki and I went out to our annual celebrate-our-anniversary restaurant, Tucanos. We think we first started going there because a couple years back Ginny gave us a gift certificate for there, and we've always gone back every year on our anniversary. After the girlies got out of school that day, we surprised them by taking them bowling. Since Christmas they've loved playing bowling on the Wii, and we thought it was high time they got a bit of real bowling under their belts. They were so surprised to get to go. We picked a great time of day to go, no wait, and hardly anybody else there.


Because of their Wii bowling experience, they knew how to read the screen and what all the numbers and scores meant.

I had two favorite parts about the bowling. First favorite was watching all of their different approaches to the lane. Line approached with excitement, confidence, and focus.

Malia had an altogether funky approach, by running and then sliding on her knees.


Lose was convinced that she could do the run/walk approach, and it was so funny I have pictures of that in sequence.


Eli tried two different ways, and at the end stuck with the little ball-guide-thingy, as did Eva. Otherwise, the ball rolled so slowly it lost it's momentum before it ever reached the pins!




My second favorite thing about the family date was watching the girls celebrate together when someone was done bowling. It didn't matter the amount of pins knocked down, they were just constantly thrilled for whomever had just bowled. It was so cute to see the girlish hugs, squeals, and high-fives. I love seeing them happy for each other.

After bowling we left to enjoy some Macey's ice cream cones and ice cream sandwiches. Anyone who doesn't live close enough to a Maceys to have that store as part of your family life, we feel so sorry for you! We visit that store far too often. We can feed our whole family delicious cones and sandwiches for under $5.00...can't beat that. We all thought it tasted yummy, and Ane was by far the messiest one. We are so happy to be celebrating this milestone with our adorable munchkins. We love you girlies!

A New Kind of Drink. . . eeeew

Well, I was so proud of the girlies. They had worked really hard on cleaning their room so that they could paint. I was busy elsewhere in the house, attempting to clean while holding Ane-boo at the same time, and could hear Lose taking responsibility for the watercolor painting going on in the kitchen. Eva was desperate to be involved, and so I told Lo to go ahead and get her some water and paints as well.I walked through the living room periodically to check on them and make sure they were getting along and no one was painting the walls, and would then go on with my cleaning. On one of my check-ins, I decided to stop in and look at all their beautiful work. As I looked over Eva's head, I saw that her water cup was empty, and asked Lo why she hadn't given Eva any water, to which she replied that she had. Oh no. Anyone who knows Eva knows she just can't resist the lure of a drink or a bite of any kind. So I asked her where her water went, and this was her reply.

Well, who can blame her. I suppose it is a tad bit confusing. Every time during the day when she comes and tells me she is thirsty I tell her to go get a drink of water. I can hardly blame her for taking the initiative and doing it on her own this time!


We haven't seen any lasting effects from said drink so far. . .we're watching her closely to see if she starts to turn any strange shades of green mixed with yellow and red.

Lost Duck

Back in November I found this picture taped to the wall, and these all lined up close by. It took me a minute to process, but we started out with 5 this past Halloween.

Not sure if a reward is being offered for the return of the Lost Duck, but he could be anywhere by now.

Just for Lizzie

You must know Liz, that I NEVER do this tag kind of thingy, but for you, anything. :) I'm not going to do all the instructions for the tag that are listed in the beginning of the blog, but I will tell you 6 random quirks about me, plus a couple extra. I noticed as I made the list that most of them sound like complaints instead of quirks, but oh well. They're the things that came to mind first.

1. Like many others in our family, I cannot stand the feeling of the crumbs in the kitchen on the bottoms of my feet. I know, you're saying just sweep the floor already. But I also cannot stand the feeling of most anything on my bare feet, like the floor of the garage, or my laundry room, or the sidewalk, or even the floor after I get out of the shower. I deal with most of those things fine, but find myself snapping at the kids somedays, only to realize that I just need to sweep the kitchen floor and then things will feel much better all around.

2. This one definitely bugs, because I can never change it. I hate that usually within seconds of me making my bed, and pulling the comforter straight and tight, someone sits, jumps, or scoots on my bed and the tidy look has disappeared.

3. I treasure my time alone at night, after the kiddies go to bed. I treasure it so much that I stay awake much much longer than I should. The trouble with this is that when I wake in the morning I'm of course very tired. However, you'd think that on the days I can sleep in a bit I'd be able to compensate for the staying up late, when in fact, I'm just walking around all day feeling behind. So, my #3 is that I love to stay up late but hate to sleep in.

4. I have never ever ever enjoyed talking on the phone.

5. I am extremely competitive in most everything, and sadly poorly skilled in most everything in which I feel competitive. . . not a good combo.

6. I am enthralled with diet and exercise. I love to read about it, watch shows about it, watch athletic events, and talk to people about it. But I have never maintained a long term commitment with either one.

7. Here's my extra one. I love love love plants, greenery, flowers, you name it, inside and outside of my house. I love planting them, seeing them grow, but do a terrible job at watering them. I can't manage to keep hardly any of them alive. Sad, huh. I just need to get rich so I can afford my very own landscaper and gardener. Either that, or have Scott come live with me so he can do it!

Okay, there you go, Liz. Love you, and hope that you're feeling okay. You're in the final stretch! You can do it, I know you can. Love you and Albert, both.