Coloring eggs at Grandma's.
All the kids before the egg hunt in Poppy's (my 90 year old grandpa) backyard, it was just too muddy in the fields in Farmington where we usually do it.
The kids with their baskets.
The kids in their new Easter clothes.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Spring Break
I had good intentions of posting daily while on vacation over Spring Break, but failed miserably. Coming home and then having both Pete & I get sick all week didn't help get anything posted sooner than this.
The kids had the week of March 30-April 3 off for Spring Break and as any of you with school-age kids know you get the heck out of dodge if you can when the kids don't have school. It has been a tradition for us now for a while to visit family in Washington over Spring Break usually about every other year or so. We typically drive straight up and back spending the entire week with family. This year we decided to do it a bit differently. We hitched up the 5th wheel trailer this time. On Friday evening we first drove to Reno and stayed the night at G'ma and G'pa's (Pete's parents). The next morning we got up early and drove to San Francisco, Pete's dad Walt joined us for the rest of our trip. We had a gorgeous day in SF with our personal tour guide - Matt, Pete's childhood friend, who lives there. We rode cable cars, walked through Chinatown, saw Lombard St, went to Fisherman's Wharf for clam chowder and shrimp, and Pier 39 to see sea lions (all Kylie & Logan cared about). The kids were wonderful, never a whine or argument from any of them! 
That night we drove to Santa Rosa, CA and slept in our trailer. On Sunday we spent the day with another long-time friend of Pete's, Andy and his family at their home and then at a nearby park that was wonderful - carousel, train, etc. We had another beautiful day weather wise, it was soooo warm. 
Later in the afternoon we hit the road and drove up the CA coast through the redwoods and stopped in Eureka for the night. The next day was spent driving up the Oregon coast stopping briefly along the way at Gold Beach, then Battle Rock in Port Oreford getting out for a little bit. It was sunny but very windy and cold so we didn't stay very long. We then went to the Sea Lion Caves in Florence, the kids really enjoyed that. 
We originally planned on continuing up the OR coast but at this point we were losing daylight and the slower winding road with a trailer in tow was taking its toll so we cut over to Eugene and up I-5. We stopped for the night just past Vancouver, WA. We woke up to rain (welcome to Washington) and drove a couple hours to our destination, the home of some of Pete's family in Buckley WA. The next few days were spent in leisure hanging out, doing some shopping, and trying to stay dry as it rained the whole time (and even a little snow on Apr. 1 - no April Fools joke). We went to a cool indoor swimming pool one day. I spent some time scrapbooking another. We left late Saturday night and drove to Yakima, then spent Sunday driving the remaining 10 hours home. A lot of driving, but the kids did great.
That night we drove to Santa Rosa, CA and slept in our trailer. On Sunday we spent the day with another long-time friend of Pete's, Andy and his family at their home and then at a nearby park that was wonderful - carousel, train, etc. We had another beautiful day weather wise, it was soooo warm. Later in the afternoon we hit the road and drove up the CA coast through the redwoods and stopped in Eureka for the night. The next day was spent driving up the Oregon coast stopping briefly along the way at Gold Beach, then Battle Rock in Port Oreford getting out for a little bit. It was sunny but very windy and cold so we didn't stay very long. We then went to the Sea Lion Caves in Florence, the kids really enjoyed that. We originally planned on continuing up the OR coast but at this point we were losing daylight and the slower winding road with a trailer in tow was taking its toll so we cut over to Eugene and up I-5. We stopped for the night just past Vancouver, WA. We woke up to rain (welcome to Washington) and drove a couple hours to our destination, the home of some of Pete's family in Buckley WA. The next few days were spent in leisure hanging out, doing some shopping, and trying to stay dry as it rained the whole time (and even a little snow on Apr. 1 - no April Fools joke). We went to a cool indoor swimming pool one day. I spent some time scrapbooking another. We left late Saturday night and drove to Yakima, then spent Sunday driving the remaining 10 hours home. A lot of driving, but the kids did great.Sunday, March 15, 2009
update of the last few weeks
I've been slacking off a bit on my blog, so here is a quick update of what we've been up to the last few weeks.
You have to love a 2-year old. This is what happens when one encounters a brand new full box of Kleenex.
Kylie is obsessed with Dora the Explorer right now. It is all she wants to watch (thank goodness for DVDs and DVR), and she would wear her Dora shirt every day if I let her. She also has a plate & bowl that she insists on using every day and a backpack she wears around the house. We just bought her Dora sandals, swimsuit, panties (trying to start potty training), and a toothbrush.
Trevor had his first Jr. Jazz basketball game March 5th, his team came from behind to win by 1 on a last second shot. It was the most exciting Jr. Jazz game I've ever seen.
We had another pretty good snow storm in Wendover on March 9th with big fluffy flakes. Kylie wanted to go out in it, but I preferred to stay inside where it was warm, so we watched out the window. (Gotta love the bed-head hair!)
I find it entertaining to see where and in what positions my kids will fall asleep - they are not particular and will sleep anywhere. Here Logan fell asleep watching Trevor playing Wii. He woke up after a bit (arms were probably tired) and then fell back asleep like this. Funny boy!
Pete made this ribbon shelf for my scrapbook area. I had seen one like it at Oriental Trading that was only 2 feet long for $30 but just couldn't justify spending that much. I showed it to Pete and he said he could easily make something like that. I ended up with a shelf twice as long for half as much money. I love having a handy husband!
You have to love a 2-year old. This is what happens when one encounters a brand new full box of Kleenex.
Kylie is obsessed with Dora the Explorer right now. It is all she wants to watch (thank goodness for DVDs and DVR), and she would wear her Dora shirt every day if I let her. She also has a plate & bowl that she insists on using every day and a backpack she wears around the house. We just bought her Dora sandals, swimsuit, panties (trying to start potty training), and a toothbrush.
Trevor had his first Jr. Jazz basketball game March 5th, his team came from behind to win by 1 on a last second shot. It was the most exciting Jr. Jazz game I've ever seen.
We had another pretty good snow storm in Wendover on March 9th with big fluffy flakes. Kylie wanted to go out in it, but I preferred to stay inside where it was warm, so we watched out the window. (Gotta love the bed-head hair!)
I find it entertaining to see where and in what positions my kids will fall asleep - they are not particular and will sleep anywhere. Here Logan fell asleep watching Trevor playing Wii. He woke up after a bit (arms were probably tired) and then fell back asleep like this. Funny boy!
Pete made this ribbon shelf for my scrapbook area. I had seen one like it at Oriental Trading that was only 2 feet long for $30 but just couldn't justify spending that much. I showed it to Pete and he said he could easily make something like that. I ended up with a shelf twice as long for half as much money. I love having a handy husband!Tuesday, February 10, 2009
brrrr....
We actually got some snow in Wendover last night, and quite a bit (we usually don't get much at all). Then the fun really began - the wind blew hard all night and all morning today - blowing the snow into drifts and boy was it cold! Luckily the car is in the garage and I didn't have to actually go outside to drive the boys to school. I only made it out of the driveway after Pete cleared a path for my tires. Lately we seem to have issues with Logan losing his shoes, and go figure this morning of all days his snow boots were discovered to be missing. I've looked high and low and can't find them anywhere. My guess is now that he left them at the neighbor's house and I've sent out an SOS to try and find them.
I also had to share this picture I took tonight of Kylie with Genesis around her neck - what a brave little girl. I'm still too scared to touch her. Kylie asks Trevor every day to get Genesis out of her tank, she really likes her.
Friday, January 30, 2009
No more eyesore!
Woo hoo - our massive eyesore of a chimney pipe is finally gone! It took a torch and a large boom crane (it's nice to have connections) to take it down. I'm sure our neighbors are rejoicing too. One of the previous owners of our house was a unique individual with some odd ideas. He installed a huge old boiler stove in the basement, tied it into the vent system, and put up an enormous chimney pipe for it. We're still trying to figure out how best to get rid of the boiler stove which will probably require torching it into pieces small and light enough that we can get them up the stairs. Now with the chimney down we can build our deck this summer (ok, not we, Pete can build it - he loves it when I try to share credit for his hard work). At least that is if I get my way but Pete probably has other projects in mind to do first, there are so many to choose from.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
scales and scrapbooking
Since the boys didn't have school on Friday, we took them to see the touring "Walking With Dinosaurs" show. Trevor thought it was awesome. Logan who hasn't been feeling well off and on the past few days, fell asleep during intermission and slept through the rest of the show. It was pretty cool, though it probably would have been better with seats in the lower bowl. And I feel it was a bit overpriced.
Along a similar reptilian and scaley note, we returned home last night to find that Genesis (our snake) had shed her skin. Which I will admit was pretty cool to see.
I'm looking forward to the holiday tomorrow since I'm off work and I usually try to set aside some time on such days to get some scrapbooking done. I have been neglecting it for some time, pretty much ever since Kylie was born 2 years ago. But I have a new table and storage unit from IKEA and I just reorganized my supplies, so I now have the itch to spend some time there using all the supplies I've collected over the years (which is more than I'll probably ever use). 
Monday, January 5, 2009
So Sweet!
"Pour some SUGAR on me..."
How sweet it was! Utah put on a show and spanked Alabama last Friday in the Sugar Bowl. It was an exciting and entertaining game to watch (unless you were an Alabama fan of course, and maybe a die-hard BYU fan). I enjoyed the game with my parents, my brother Chuck and his wife Kerianne and the kids were good to play in the other room and let us watch the game mostly in peace (a small miracle). I don't want to start any arguments or long discussions, but in my opinion the Utes deserve their shot at a National Championship - at least to play for it! Now if only the BCS would pull their heads out of their wallets and see what the rest of us want is a playoff system. Ok, I'm done with my soap box now.
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