Nala

We have loved being dog owners for the most part, especially the kids! The kids can't get enough. Garett is always trying to tackle her, and he thinks it's hilarious to throw all of is food to her, really... all of it. I'm surprised he's gaining any weight. Grace just likes being able to boss somebody around, even if it's a dog and even if she only listens part of the time.

Ben and I, on the other hand, struggle with the mountains of poop, the hair ALL OVER the place (we finally buzzed her), and her need to play ALL of the time. Most of all, I hate that she eats everything she can; including the banana bread, a dozen cookies, raw chicken breasts, and a whole cube of butter. Yes, butter! That was 2 days ago. Today we've had issues. I won't describe them, let's just say I'm going to be getting my carpets cleaned as soon as I can. (This is the first time we've ever had an issue with her going in the house, so I'm attributing it to the cube of butter!)

She really is a sweet dog though. We love that she loves the kids, almost never barks, and sleeps in as long as we do. We also love to have her around in the evenings as we're lounging. She makes a great toe warmer for Ben in the winter and she is content to lounge around with us. She's been a great addition to the family.

Easter 2010

Easter was wonderful this year! We started on the Monday before Easter looking at the GAK Pictures of the last week of Christ's life and reading what happened. I really think it helped Grace understand the meaning of Easter and what the atonement and ressurection are. She looked forward to reading the stories everynight and helped us feel the spirit as a family. We did have some fun traditional Easter activities too! We colored eggs.

The Easter Bunny visited us on Friday night!

We went to an Easter Egg hunt put on by our friend the Davis's. This was so much fun, and just the right size for these little kids! It was freezing though!

Garett was so into the easter egg hunt! He loved putting the egg in his basket and running to find the next one.

Grace was so awesome at finding the eggs, she had a bucket full before the big kids came in. I told her she could keep 5 so she spent the rest of the hunt sneakily putting eggs into other people's baskets. I'm glad she was so willing to share!

Saturday afternoon Ben's parents put together a Passover Dinner. They did the lamb, the bitter herbs, the unleavened bread, and everything else! It was a fun experience, but the kids were hungry and crazy. It was also hard to read through the whole thing and wait to eat while the food was getting cold.

Easter morning we woke up to snow. Grace was thrilled and decided to go out and play in it!

We spent that day listening to Conference and thinking of Christ. We are so blessed to know that He lives! It was wonderful to listen to the Prophets testify of that on Easter.

Bathtime!

I think it's about time for some more embarassing bath pictures. This particular day included bubbles. The kids were getting a long really well and having fun in the bath!

Garett has started laying himself down in the water. He thinks he's pretty clever when he does it.

Bubbles! I love that my kids love to take a bath!

Fieldtrip to the Police/Fire Station

In March, Grace and her preschool friends learned all about community helpers and occupations. The most exciting of these being the Police Officers and Fire Fighters! The week we made these cute Police Uniforms.

Then on the 24th we went on our field trip. The Police Station was very cool. We saw the jail cells where they put the bad guys, learned about fingerprinting, and learned about stranger danger. Then we headed over to the Fire Station. The kids watched an Elmo movie about firefighters. Garett got to hold their "mascot".
They took us out and we saw the ambulance,
and the firetrucks. We had a lot of fun!

Our 7th Anniversary

Since our anniversary was on Sunday this year, we celebrated the day before. We went and got Ben some new running shoes, which he loves! Then that afternoon we took the kids bowling. We had a really great time until Grace smashed her fingers in the bowling balls. I guess it doesn't matter how many times we tell her not to play with the balls in the ball return, she eventually has to learn it by herself.

Garett really enjoyed bowling this time around. He would push the ball down the ramp,
and then every time would say "Yay!" It was so cute!
I don't really remember who won. Neither Ben or I did very well, but we had a great time being together as a family.
After bowling we dropped the kids off at my mom's house and we drove down to Provo. We ate dinner at the Happy Sumo, which was very good! (p.s. The Tuna Tataki there isn't nearly as good as the one at Yapona!) Then we headed over to Color Me Mine. This was my surprise for Ben. He saw the pottery place we went to in Phoenix and commented that it looked fun. I did some research and found this was a similar place right here in Utah. He was super excited. I picked a salad bowl to paint and Ben picked a cereal bowl. We had such a great time being creative, talking, listening to music, and eating our yummy caramel apple from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. It was such a fun date night! Thanks Babe for 7 awesome years! I love you!

Ben's Birthday

For Ben's birthday, we started the day off with some presents

and a delicious breakfast! Stuffed French Toast on the new Blue Plate Special!

After getting ready we ran a few errands, and then went to lunch. These two are the best of friends!

After lunch we drove up to Park City for a little outlet shopping. Ben found a few good deals and the outing was a success! We were lucky enough to have Kyle and Aly come down that night to watch the kids while Ben and I went to dinner at Rodizio Grill. It was so good and we were so stuffed! We wadled around a few stores after dinner and then went home and lounged on the couch because we couldn't move. Happy Birthday babe! I hope you had a special day!

The Last Snow

Well, at least I was hoping this would be the last snow! After a pretty mild winter, spring has been teasing us! We woke up to about 6 inches of snow on this particular morning, so we bundled up and went outside for some fun!

We attempted some snowmen, but I didn't have anything for their faces. Oh well, they were melted by the afternoon anyway.

Grace and I have been making some projects to keep us busy. One of them was pinecone bird feeders. We were excited to see them being used.

Peek A Boo!

Now that we've had our fun, we are ready for the snow to go away!