EASTER

Between Ryan and I, we have quite a bit of family traditions goin on.  Not to mention trying to include some of our own.
  So hold on to yer britches and enjoy.


                                              Thursday

Egg dying at nanny and Grandpa's

(Porter does have pants on)

  

                                                                                Saturday

Egg hunt & ham at Grandpa Marks and Grandma Cocoa's

everyone's ready.

Uncle Matt

The line up

in no particular order at all:

Harrison, Linc, Canyon, Porter, Spence, Mic, Madi, Hailey & Emily

Harrison got some sweet air on the end

                                                                                    Sunday

The Easter Bunny came

he left CTR tie tacks for the boys & a CTR necklace for the Gal.

clip boards, pens, coloring books and Jump ropes.

you know what he didn't leave? candy or grass. high five Easter bunny...high five.

Easter Outfits

none of these pics turned out.  Apparently Canyon has extreme light sensitivity & every pic I took she is making the most hilarious face.(even in the shade lol)  her hands go stiff and her teeth and jaw do the craziest things. ha ha oh well.

Love this fella

Back to nannys for shish-ka-bobs and a Easter egg hunt.

tried for one last pic before they all changed

Alex, aarik, P, Linc and canyon.

I think we're ready for another girl over here

(cough cough TY cough cough Shay)

No help needed

nice work Linc

The golden eggs had money BOOYA

And as a new Easter Bonus,

 Did someone say Pinata?

no Ryan didn't stay there

Best Buddies

Happy Easter Everyone

"Get Air"

My neighbor Twinners invited us to "Get Air" for their birthday.
I have not physically indulged, but my kids cannot get enough.

Happy Birthday Gals

Park City 2012

My gals and I made our annual trip to the PC & it did not disappoint.
as usual we stayed 4 days 3 nights and the mediocre Landmark in.

What does a group of middle aged married mothers do for 4 days in Park City you may ask?

It basically consists of shopping, eating and....wait, yup that completely sums it up.

By the time some of us got off work & obtained proper supervision for the kiddos it was dinner time, which lead us to our  first  of  many meals.  TAGGART GRILL m.m.m.m. best veggie burger ever. no joke.

My big pink cookie and half of Ambers.  My cheescake Brownie was secure in a whole other container :)

Our comfy, cozy room

Heres some trivia:

did you know-  Brooke and I have been friends since 1985?

Did you know- I met Karla and Amber in Jr. High. ( A Roy Jr. Redskin shout out)

This is indeed what 30 looks like!

Sun soaking

Twinners

And that was our mini lady friend vacay.
 Not too far, but far enough.  not too long, but long enough.

Thank you ladies, I had a blast.

Blue & Gold

  Porter's turning 8 this year, so he was invited to the Blue and Gold Banquet.
The boys had to bring a cake made by themselves with the help of their dad & then it was to be auctioned off to raise money for the Scouts.  And So here are my fellas both making their FIRST cake.

Porter mixing the frosting. It was homemade, just not in our home.

our special friend Kathy just happened to have a bowl of frosting on hand, with porters name on it. thanks Kathy :)

Frosting the cake

They cooked the cake in a glass bowl

Porter did the frosting and decided to leave the chocolate stripes up to Ryan.

         Drum Roll Please............................................................

It turned out A-MAY-ZING

Plastic b-ball players also courtesy of Kathy

Bro. Williams announcing the soon to be Cub Scouts

They had a real auctioneer.

$5.00..$5.00.. can I get $10.00?.. $10..$10.00.. $15...SOLD $15.00!!

Porter got the award for the best 3D cake.

great job P & Ryan

Sorry Ry. now I know, you know how to bake a cake :)

and Sorry to the winners of the cake.  I hope it was cooked all the way through. After it reached the 2 hour mark in the oven, I told Ryan they probably should take it out.

And sorry to my kitchen, the poor lady is still recovering.

30

                                                                                 My Mr. is 30

This chalkboard message was up for 3 days when Porter asked me "mom, why does it say happy birthday Day?" ha ha none of us noticed. leave it to P

Ryan turned 30! 

 it's so bazaar to think that Ry and I have known & loved each other for half of our lives. cause see half of 30 is 15 & 15 is when we started dating, sooo...well... that's half.. :)

His birthday happened to fall on Presidents day this year, so he and the kids had the day off.

I'll give you 3 guesses on what he wanted to do.

#1. go hiking? yes but it was too cold for the littles.

#2. go out to lunch, yes but not just any lunch.

#3. yup, you guessed it we spent the day at Cabellas.

I'd say the restaurant is kinda chaotic, but I'm a sucker for a homemade turkey sandwich. yummo

The kids have begged for these pop guns since the first time we went. I guess Ryan was feeling the Birthday spirit & finally fulfilled all of their dreams lol. plus he had 6 gift cards he'd been hoarding for 2 years.

I thought  former president George W. was looking surprisingly tan.

Five hours later we made it home, with all 3 children, 2 pop guns, cabellas hat & a shmancy new pair of hiking boots for the birthday boy.

Happy Birthday Ryan

We love love love you.



Happy Valentines

                           Happy Valentines Day

LUCKY ME

I awoke this morning to 2 men in my bed!

One was Lincoln, I brought him up about midnight because he was barking like a seal...again

and the other fellow was my husband! he took the day off for Valentines.

This is someone who only takes a day off for either a hiking trip with his dad or if it's a mandatory no work holiday.

Oh wait it gets better, he and the kids brought me breakfast in bed! funny thing, he didn't want me to see his ingredients so he stashed them in the garage freezer the day before. One dozen cracked frozen eggs ha ha.

Later he ran some errands with the kids and returned home with a large fountain Diet Vanilla Coke and a

What-Cha-Ma-Call-it in hand.

And Tomorrow is Bountiful Temple.

Yup, best Valentines ever.

Nutcracker

There's something about the Nutcracker that takes my breath away, no matter how many times I've seen it.
I haven't been for a few years but my sister Tif had been taking her daughter. This year I took it upon myself to invite Canyon and I. Shoot what the heck, let's take mom out of the home and get her out for her birthday. (just kidding mom, happy birthday)

Driving to salt lake is alot of work so we had to stop by Olive Garden first.

waiting at Olive Garden

The girls getting a glimpse of the orchestra

That could have been me. if only I kept at that clarinet

Found their seats.

She made it through her first Nutcracker.

she loved it & Madi was so nice to answer all of her questions throughout the show.

"is that a real mouse? why isn't anyone talking? why is that guy mean lookin?is that real snow? how do they do that?"

Miss Madi

Grandma

Tif and Madi

Happy Birthday mom

and

Thanks Tif for letting us tag along.

same time next year???