Bonfire

My brother loves to spend time outdoors! Our family friends built a house on some property and they let Scott come over and play around! He has discovered bonfires and invited us to one! I wasn't sure how the kids would do, so I was hesitant about going, but I couldn't pass up an opportunity for a smore. (I haven't had one in 3 years!) The kids LOVED it!!! They were so good the whole time and were just excited to be outside! This gives me real hope for the camping trips that we have planned for the summer!

Gage was thoroughly entertained by the helicopter that kept flying over us! He just starred up into the sky!

The kids were so excited to be there!

Gagey with his first smore! He totally loved it!

Maisey with her first smore. She liked it ok, but didn't like to be sticky!

Shaun and the master fire builder, aka, Scott.

Daddy and Gage! Gage kept sneaking marshmallows straight out of the bag. He probably ate 15. Later that night he finished off someone else's bag!

Our perfect fire!

It really was such a fun night!

I *heart* feeling productive

Today I . . .
ran 2.5 miles at the gym
washed, dried, folded, and put away 8 loads of laundry
ate 3 meals
shuttled kids to and from preschool
watched 2 extra boys during preschool
cleaned out Gage's closet, again!
cleaned out entry way closet
plucked eyebrows
showered
cleaned out under bed
posted on personal blog
wrote 8 blogs for job
ran errands with kids
unloaded dishwasher
reloaded dishwasher
prepared a healthy dinner
played hide and seek and restaurant
read books
worked on ABC and math work books
watched the General YW Broadcast with my YW
ran more errands, sans kids
blogged again

. . . and now I'm going to bed!

It's amazing what you can get done when you are up at 5 am! It's also amazing when you consider things like eating 3 meals and showering a luxury! Ahhhh. . . being a mom!

Hopefully tomorrow is just as good! We started our 2 week deep clean of the house! I'm going to need a lot more productive days in the near future!

Musical Hot Dog

I'm not sure what's up with my kids and food lately! But Maisey serenaded us with Ba Ba Black Sheep on her hot dog flute during dinner tonight!

W.W. - Just Like Mommy

Gage's Dinner of Choice

Gage found this jar of Vaseline in his diaper box in his room! He brought it out to the kitchen, got a spoon from the drawer, sat in the middle of the floor and started eating it. YUM!!! Shaun said at least we know it will come out smooth! :)

Aloha

Maisey's cousin brought this home from Hawaii for her!

28 on the 28th!

Today is Shaun's 28th birthday! We celebrated last night because today is filled with the boring things: work, preschool, babysitting, etc. But Shaun and I are going out tonight! Yay for dates!

We went up to the Adidas Employee Store last week and Shaun picked out a few things for his birthday! So he was surprised when we gave him a few gifts today!

Maisey picked out this Beavers shirt for daddy! She had a hard time keeping it a secret! But he loves it and changed into it immediately!

Gagey gave daddy a Star Wars Lego Clock for his desk at work! He loves that too!

I gave daddy some cologne! We put 28 candles in his Angel Food cake Then we ate dessert!

Happy Golden Birthday Daddy!!!!

You are the best!

Love,

Your Family

The ABC's of Sunriver

A: At last!!!!! We finally made it to Sunriver Friday evening! We told Maisey a few weeks ago that we were going and every morning she woke up and asked, "Is today the day we go to Sunriver?" She was so excited to be there! B: Black Bear Diner C: Cuddling with Grammy

D: Discovering Snow

E: Eating! We tried to do some of every one's favorites! We ate so much over the weekend! One disappointment, however, was the Chinese restaurant that we usually eat at was closed for remodel!

F: Family

G: Grammy

H: Hot Tub (no picture necessary!)

I: Ice Cream -- twice for the adults!

J: Junk Food -- oreos, almond m&m's, peanut butter m&m's, risens, swedish fish, and licorice! YUM!

K: Kids! This weekend was all about the kids! They had such a great time! I was so surprised at how well Gage did! He slept in a room all by himself. He didn't get in to very much, and we was pretty much HAPPY all weekend!

L: Lovely! Just lovely! When we left on a bike ride, it was sunny outside. In the middle of the bike ride we got caught in a blizzard/ice storm! I couldn't see and was peddling my bike with my eyes closed while ice pelted my face! Not Fun! This is what it looked like when we got home!

M: Maisey had a pretty good time between all of the fits she was throwing! Those are getting old, fast!

N: No tennis! All I wanted to do in Sunriver was play tennis. At one point when it wasn't snowing, we drove around to try to find a court with a net up. Most of the courts were clear but no nets. The one court we found with a net must have been shadowed by something because it was still covered in snow! :( I was so bummed! I guess I'll have to wait for the summer!

O: October was the last time we went to Sunriver! We need to go more often! It is just so relaxing there!

P: Picture Taking -- Maisey loves taking pictures with my camera! This one she took of Gage and I at Black Bear Diner turned out pretty good!

Q: Quiet! After the kids were asleep we enjoyed some peace and quiet! There's just something about being out in the middle of no where that makes you feel so peaceful!

R: Rides. Maisey enjoyed giving her brother rides on the John Deere! And Gage enjoyed receiving them!

S: Sledding. We woke up to snow one morning, got everyone bundled up, and headed to the sledding hill, only to find it was closed for the season because of a construction project! Another bummer! So we made the best of the snow we had and Daddy pulled the kids around the cul-de-sac behind a bike! T: Trailer -- this is what the trailer looked like when we got back from the bike ride in the middle of the snow/ice storm! The kids LOVE being in there though!

U: Up and Down the River, Phase 10, Ticket to Ride, Blockus, and Yahtzee! We played games every chance we had!

V: Victory!!!!! We watched the BYU basketball team beat Gonzaga!

W: Window watching! This is what we could see from the upstairs windows! Beautiful, huh?

X: X-box! Shaun got some NCAA football playin in!

Y: Yahtzee -- Maisey played Yahtzee with my mom and I and got her first Yahtzee ever with 5's!

Z: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -- We got lots of rest while we were there! It's always so nice to not have to worry about your responsibilities at home for a few days!

P.S. Can I just say that I get so frustrated with Blogger's formatting issues! I have everything just the way I want it and then they mess with all of the spacing! Hence the reason "B" is at the end of "A" and not on it's own line. I've fixed it several times, but when I push publish post it goes back to the same way. Anyone know how to fix this?

Our Own Basketball Game

We were a little disappointed about the loss of the Cougs last night! But we were still able to have some fun!

(Escuse the sassy-ness of our little Miss. This is very mild compared to what we've been dealing with recently)

Lucky Me!

I sure feel lucky to have these two crazy kiddos in my life!

These silly faces are the high light of my day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Hope you are all feeling lucky today too!