Hottie Hawaiian Girls!!

Terri Frakes put on a fabulous Hawaiian themed service auction last week. We had such a blast! We had a hula hooping contest (none of my pics turned out from that), a service action and some fabulous food. She told me that as the auctioneer I had to wear this hot little costume!! I know you're all jealous of it!!

Accessories!! Accessories!!

Brooklyn is such a girl!! We were on our way to dinner with our cousins and Brooklyn noticed that I was wearing a necklace, so of course she had to have one!! One thing led to another, and accessory after another, this is how she showed up ready to go!! Can it get any cuter than this!?

You Scream, I scream, We all scream for Ice Cream!!

Brooklyn was enjoying her ice cream on the beach (on our cruise) but just couldn't finish it fast enough. The face she made after she realized that she dripped all over herself was absolutely classic!!!

Uh oh!! Look what I did!!

Easter Cards

Doug was laughing at me the other night when I woke up and jumped out of bed! He thought one of the kids was screaming, but later learned that I had the cutest idea for Easter cards!! I drug his Mom to every craft store in the valley for the perfect paper and got to work...here are the results!!!

Getting Ready for the X Games!!!

Josh was so excited to ride his bike for the first time today!! He was so frustrated at first because he wanted to just take off and ride fast like the neighborhood kids. After a few minutes he got the hang of it, and was racing the neighbors and trying to do jumps like them. He is a dare devil and I have a feeling that he will push his limits in just about everything he does!!

All the neighborhood kids were so excited to help Josh learn to ride his bike, and then "raced" him up and down the street. They were even giving Brooklyn a push on her little car. We've got some awesome kids on our street!

Doug working hard to put on the training wheels! What a hottie!

Brooklyn excited to get Joshua's treasured tractor as a hand-me-down!!

Garden Update

We planted a garden a few weeks ago but my camera died before I got pictures of the overview, so here they are.

Our beautiful Zucchini and Squash plants! Yummy!

Josh went and helped his Daddy weed this morning! What a big helper!!

Enrichment Game Show!!!

For this month's enrichment, we created a game show, and I thought Chelsea Jenkins would be a perfect host because of her outgoing and fun personality. When she showed up in her flashy costume as "Guy Smily," I knew we were in for a treat. I wish I brought a video camera to record this rediculiously funny event!! She gave an outstanding performance, and we laughed until our stomachs hurt!! This was most definately one of the best Enrichments that we've had!!

Chelsea Jenkins as "Guy Smily" and our hottie score keeper, Kari Reed!

Guy Smily showing off the sexy belly and pink socks!! This outfit could not have been funnier!!

We love our Nana!!

We enjoyed such a fun week with Doug's Mom visiting from Iowa. The kids can't get enough of their Nana!! She tells the best stories!. We had a long car ride one night and the kids were so hyper and loud until she decided to use her awesome story-telling abilities to entertain them. She made up the most hilerious story about a pop-can eating robot right there on the spot. It was the most random, but hilerious story and I couldn't stop laughing as her imagination kept this story going for almost an hour. Joshua was entralled and asked her for more stories constantly. Brooklyn "baked" her all types of food in her new pots and pans that Aunt Brigetta and Uncle Keith bought her! She also tried to get her Nana to try on her Princess costumes and could not figure out why it wouldn't fit!! :)


I loved the constant attention that she gave the kids, but we also had a girl's night together and had such a blast!! My stomach stills aches from all the laughing we did together! We loved having you visit Jenny! Thanks for being such a wonderful Mother-in-law, Mom and Nana! We just love you!!

Props to "Go Diego Go!"

Yesterday Brooklyn was playing our favorite game of pretending the floor is lava. We can only jump from toys on the floor to furniture, and if you step on the floor, you get burnt. She was standing on the footstool running out of things to jump to when she yelled, "¡Ayúdeme! Mommy" Doug spun around and asked her to repeat herself! She yelled "¡Ayúdeme!" again which means "Help Me" in Spanish! Josh explained that it was a phrase that Diego taught them from his show! I was shocked that she not only pronounced it perfectly, but she understood exactally what it meant. So cool!

Last week we bought Josh a handful of animal figurings and I was so excited to show him this cool little alligator, but he just laughed and said, "Mom that's not an alligator, that's a Caymen." I stood there completely confused had no idea what he was talking about! He explained that a Caymen looks like an alligator, but it has a different nose, and the figurine I gave him was definately a Caymen!! Who is this little smarty pants?!? He then told me that Diego helped save a Caymen. I am going to have to watch Diego with them because it's basically a Discovery channel for kids.

Feeding the Ducks

My friend Brandy and I started walking in the mornings and the only way we can get the kids to stay in the stroller the whole 4 miles is to promise them that they can feed the ducks when we are done. Bryson and Brooklyn had so much fun throwing bread at them!!

Brooklyn and her friend Bryson at the pond. They just loved feeding those ducks!

So Obedient!!

Joshua thinks that naps are only for babies and refuses to nap, even when he can barely keep his eyes open. A wonderful friend of mine gave me the idea of "quiet time" in his room while Brooklyn naps. If he doesn't want to take a nap, then he still has to stay in his room, and he can play with any of his toys, as long as it's in his room!
He was so obedient today and didn't come out of his room until quiet time was over. Although he sat at the edge of his room until I got him, he was so determined not to take a nap, but finally gave up! What an obedient child in not coming out of his room! :-)

Mini-Golf

We took the kids Mini-golfing for the first time and had a blast! I didn't think they would really get it, but Josh caught the hang of it quickly, and Brooklyn just loves evey inch of attention that she can squeeze out of her Daddy! :)

Josh with his buddy Tyler Campbell. He sure looks up to him and just loves him to death!

Josh, Ashlyn, Brooklyn, and Tyler at Golfland! My kids have not yet been successful in looking at the camera during a group photo! We will have to keep working on that one! :-)

Neon Craft Day!!

This week I found some fun neon colored paper and made a couple cards, until my eyes started to hurt from the bright colors! :-)

Jail Break!!

We have been very blessed that Brooklyn has not learned to jump out of her crib yet! Today, she was napping while I was cleaning the downstairs. I thought I heard her wake up, but decided to finish my project before getting her. I walked upstairs and was shocked that her accomplice, Joshua had thrown the stool in her bed and set up a tote for her to climb out. I stood there for a few minutes to figure out how my toddlers could come up with such a brilliant plan to get her out of her cage..I mean crib!!

Planting our first Garden!

The wonderful Skousen family lent out their farmland to any families in our stake that wanted to plant a garden. We were so excited to learn how to garden and grow some yummy veggies. My camera died before I got a snap of our final project, but I get one posted in the next few days. We planted tomatoes, red peppers, jalapenos, some other hot peppers that I completely forgot the name.., watermelon, muskmelon, zucchini, yellow squash, cucumbers and radishes.
It was definately an adventure being so close to the other lots and keeping our kids entertained while we planted. Josh and Brooklyn kept digging up the seeds and looking for the vegtable that we kept telling them would grow from the dirt. Ah you gotta love it!

Joshua S & Joshua K

Joshua attends preschool with another Joshua in his class. To keep them apart, they are called Joshua S & Joshua K. We met Joshua K at the park yesterday and it was so funny to hear the boys playing and calling eachother "Joshua S, let's roll down the hill" & "Joshua K let's look for alligators in the water!" It was quite amusing just listening to them. We definately need to come up with better nicknames for them!!

Featured card project

I don't feel that I'm incredibly crafty, but I've been in the crafy mood lately and I've been wanting to show my sisters different projects that I've been working on. Since we all live in different states, I figured blogging different projects would be the easiest way to show you girls. These are some cards that I made this week.

Daddy's Little Girl!!

Brooklyn is definitely Daddy's little Girl!! She has been sick this week, and yesterday was just so sad all day! She just moped around the house until her Daddy got home and that was the first time she even smiled! She just needed her Daddy's famous hugs to make her feel better!!

Free Dinner!!!

I heard a rumor of free tacos at Jack in the Box, so I printed my coupon and decided to check it out!! We each (kids included) handed the cashier a coupon for 2 free tacos each, and they actually handed us 8 tacos for free! No tax! No other purchase necessary!! I was so excited! Not only did I not have to cook, but we ate a completely free dinner!! You can't beat that!

Mommy can I have a glass of...Ranch!?!

It's absolutely no mystery in our house that we love Ranch dressing!! We eat it with everything from veggies to pizza to chicken nuggets and french fries. Yesterday Josh was being my helper and getting Brooklyn a drink. I came into the kitchen as Brooklyn was dipping her bread into her...what I thought was milk...until I realized that it was a glass of ranch dressing!! I know my kids love Ranch just as much as anyone, but to drink it straight is a new one!! Gross!!