Katelyn Turns 11

Katelyn just celebrated her 11th birthday! Holy cow...that's almost 12! That means Young Women's and Middle School!! But, not yet, I still have another year so I'll try not to get too ahead of myself. Her birthday party was a lot of fun. She decided to have a "Minute to Win It" birthday party this year. Our family is a huge fan of the T.V. show, so she thought it would be fun to do a lot of the same games they do on the show. The girls had so much fun doing the games, but I think it was even funner to watch!
The friends...

The games were hilarious to watch. This is Katelyn doing the "Elephant March"...

Riley tring her best at "Worm Diving"....

Katelyn concentrating while doing "Movin' on Up"...

Riley really got into "On the Nose"...

The oh so yummy Reeses Peanut Butter Cup Cake...

But one of the highlights of the night was watching Katelyn open up her gifts. One in particular...

She got tickets to see Justin Bieber in concert in Salt Lake next month.

She gets to go with a couple of friends, her mom (lucky me), and yes...her little sister who earned a ticket as well, for getting straight A's every quarter this last year. I decided it was well deserved. I had two little girls bouncing off the walls all night!

Riley Gets a Haircut

I finally took the plunge and did something I should have done a long time ago. Cut Riley's hair. I just couldn't decide if I wanted it to be long like Katelyn's has always been or a cute little bob like Emma's has always been. But the longer Riley's hair got the easier it was to decide...definitely a bob! I've so missed Emma's bob which she has recently grown out and am so happy to have another little girl with the same 'do.

Riley on her way to the salon...

Her loving every minute of it...

The final product! Just when I thought she couldn't get any cuter!

Dancing Queens

Last week was the girls' dance recital. This year I had all 3 girls in dance. It made for a fun night and they all did so great! How'd I get such cute girls??

My Kindergartner and the Zoo!

Last week I went on a field trip with Mason and his Kindergarten class to the zoo. The weather was very cooperative and it made for a fun day for the kids.

Riley managed to manipulate some poor boy into pushing her on the swing until her heart was content.

My baby is ONE!

I can't believe it, my baby is ONE! Landon has been such a good baby! He is such a good-natured and happy baby. He is pulling himself up, crawling all over the place and can even take a couple of steps now. He is very much a daddy's boy and says "da da" all the time. He follows around his brother and sisters all over the house, up and down the stairs and wants to be where ever the action is. He's kinda like a little puppy and will just follow you around. We all love him to pieces and so happy he's mine!

I think this was the funnest cake I've made yet. It turned out pretty cute.

Odds & Ends

Katelyn is officially a DARE graduate!


Mason lost his first tooth. It happened on Sunday just as we were heading out for church. Josh told Mason to go get the pliers and Mason was all to happy to oblige. Now if that had been my girls they would have covered their mouths and ran off screaming! I figured this could take awhile so me and the other kids headed off to church. A short time later, Josh and Mason came walking into sacrament meeting, Mason with a huge perma-grin and tooth in hand. Ugh...I'm glad Josh handles that kind of stuff.

Riley has made the upgrade from trike to bike.

And this is Riley unimpressed with meatloaf and potatoes for dinner.

Easter 2010

Is it just me, or is it really weird having Easter on Conference Sunday? It really through me off for a bit. But we did manage to pull off some fun Easter festivities in between sessions. Saturday morning came with snow and freezing temps and I was ready to call off the annual Easter egg hunt at Ucon Park. But Josh felt the show must go on so he took the kids...solo. The kids came back freezing, grumpy and Riley declared as she came back in the house crying, "I hate Easter!" We were off to a great start. Later that day family came over for lunch and a more weather appropriate egg hunt...in the basement. Far more less tears this way.

Then Sunday we had so much fun playing Conference Bingo with the kids during General Conference. They all had out their Bingo sheets and if they heard a speaker say one of the words, they colored it in, and got a small piece of candy (tootsie roll, Hershey kiss, Starburst etc.). And when they got a Bingo they got a bigger piece of candy (Ring Pop, mini candy bar etc.) The kids were so into it and were shhhing each other the whole way through. Mason said he wishes it were Conference every Sunday. Now that you mention it, lounging in pj's on the couch, candy, yummy breakfast and food, all while listening to our prophet and apostles speak to us...sounds like a plan to me.

This is the Sunday BEFORE Easter...

Notice Riley's expression. She was not going to participate in any picture taking. That is, until we promised she could sit by Josh during sacrament meeting. That perked her up. Thus the next picture....