Happy Easter

We had 9:00 am church and Todd has meetings before church so I'm on my own every Sunday morning. Getting the kids ready and to church on time is always a challenge...but on Easter it was double trouble. There was no time for breakfast so chocolate bunnies had to suffice on the way to church and I tried to get pictures before church but without one parent positioning kids and the other snapping photos this is all I got:

Of course after church they refused to stay dressed in their outfits and were already dirty and wrinkled. We went to my parents house for dinner and egg hunting in the afternoon. So we had on our play clothes and post-nap hair going on.....nice.

Even with post nap hair, lunch and dinner Sophie is still so dang cute

Claire pulled out her hair-do the minute we got home

Tayson wore his favorite shirt - a sleeveless basketball jersey

Luke had on jeans with holes in the knees and Tayson's t-shirt

The kids completely destroyed the eggs. They were cracked everywhere and the little girls were seen snacking on pieces of them while jumping on the trampoline with them. Hopefully it will rain soon and clean up all the egg remains.

Happy Easter! I hope everyone had as much fun as we did. It was a beautiful day out and I loved hearing about my Savior and the Atonement and thinking about how wonderful it is to have a testimony of Jesus Christ.

Flashback Friday - Timmy

Sunday is Timmy's birthday so I thought I would dedicate today's flashback to him. I was in junior high when he was born and got to be in the room when he was born. I remember after he was born my dad had to work in the morning so he switched me beds and I slept in the room with my mom and Timmy. He was the sweetest baby ever. He would only take naps if someone laid down next to him (I guess that's what happens when you're #9). So when we would put him down for his naps we would lay there until he fell asleep and then put this big huge teddy bear down next to him so he wouldn't know we were gone. I remember so many times that my dad would go to put him down for naps and then Timmy would come out and my dad would take a nap.

When he was little if you asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up he would say a clown or hair dresser or artist - then he would tell you that he was going to live with my parents forever. (Lucky for me living with me is just as good as staying with them.) He loved playing with our hair and brushing it. I would always put my hair over the back of the couch when I was watching TV and he would sit there and brush it for so long. It was the best. He still loves hair and always fixes Claire's hair.

This is my all time favorite story about Timmy. When he was 2 or 3 he was taking a bath in the upstairs bathroom and I was walking up the stairs and saw our cat perched on the top step sitting very still. Then Timmy got out of the bath and was running naked into his room to get dressed and that cat pounced. She put one claw in each butt cheek and ran with her back legs along with him. It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen!
P.S. he deserved what he got....he was so mean to that cat :)

Timmy and I in 1989
This was my bedroom in the basement. I love that I had wood panel walls (if you could see the top you would see that the ceiling wasn't finished. I loved my bedding I got it from my Grandma Giboney one year that she came to visit since I gave up my room for a week.

Timmy, Mark and I - 1992
This is when I was living back at home when I was a flight attendant.

Happy Birthday Timmy! I love you so much!!!

General Conference

I loved conference this past weekend. It really hit me and I felt the spirit so strong. What was your favorite part?

Flashback Friday - Sledding

I am tired of the snow so I'm posting a time when I liked the snow. This is at our house in St. Louis I think the first winter we lived there. We moved from Arizona to California then to Missouri so this was the first time I lived somewhere with snow. I'm in the sweet blue coat with the pink pants, red hat and green gloves. Behind me you can see the top of Danny's head in his spiderman hat (it was a full face one .... sweet) and David is on the sled getting ready for the ride of his life I'm sure.

That metal sled had to be as old as my parents but man did it go fast. My parents would tie a rope with one end on the back of the car and the other on the sled then take us around the neighborhood. I'm pretty sure it was dangerous and most of us hit at least one mailbox a year but man did we love it.

A few other things I love about this picture are the truck and camper in the background. We had some good times going on vacation in that camper. Riding up top, looking out the window for miles and miles of highway. Taking naps when we got bored, being able to eat, go to the bathroom and play games all while driving. And the best part is that my parents were both in the cab and didn't have to listen to us. Some days I wish I had that option when driving with my kids. :)

They look so sweet

Don't be deceived. This morning they woke up early and were playing computer (just like every other day) and when it was time to get ready I went in there and told them to turn it off and go make their beds and get dressed for school. As usual they both complained but then they always go after a few minutes.

But today....Luke looked right at me and said "blah blah blah". I had to stop myself from laughing and take him to time out and ban him from computer the rest of the morning.
Where did he learn that?

Then today after school Tayson asked Meggan for a pencil so he could do a "magic trick" and went downstairs. She was a little suspicious of what he was doing so she went down to see what he was doing and he was changing one of his frowny faces to a smiley face. (He has to bring home a daily status of his behavior from school)
Why does he lie to us?

Say what you want...

But I'm sick of wearing boots....it's spring for me no matter the weather. I mean come on it's April!

I did it

Now I wait until May 11th to see if I'm in...