I love my hair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enpFde5rgmw&feature=player_embedded

ummmm...this is adorable & I think this is my new theme video...especially when she says Afro!

So all of you curly girls....ROCK ON!!!!

Inspiration from my Mother

"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have."

~Frederick Keonig

Love on a Saturday morning

Well I wish I had pictures, but hopefully someone who took some will send some to me...hint hint =)

Yesterday was Tawnya's wedding. She is Matt's little sister & we absolutely love this girl.

First of all she is hilarious and always makes me laugh.

Second of all she loves plaid...I mean how can you not love her because of that???

And there are many more reasons, but we will stop at that...

Anyway she married Jami Havens yesterday in the Jordan River Temple. It was beautiful and I was so grateful to be there. One of my favorite moments was after the sealing Matt went up to hug her and they both were crying. It was sweet. I love it when grown men cry, and especially because they love their little sister so much and are so happy and excited for her.

Even the sealer choked up quite a bit. I loved it!

Great joy was felt by all and the bride and groom looked amazing. Probably because they couldn't stop smiling and they just emanated pure happiness.

If I ever get any pictures...hint hint...I will share them with you.

Love you Tawnya & Jami!!!!

Welcome to the Reading Restaurant

On Wednesday morning I was invited to attend the Reading Restaurant in Isabelle's class. She greeted me at the door and said, "Welcome to the Reading Restaurant. My name is Isabelle. Let me show you to your seat." I then got a menu and got to choose an appetizer. It was a poem, which she read so nicely.

We also got a main course, a side dish, and dessert.


I, of course, got one of each and then all three desserts. I couldn't resist!

At one point I told her she could sit down at the table with me, but she gave me a look and said, "Mom, waitresses don't sit down."

She then brought me a cookie and a glass of apple juice. She was an amazing waitress and a superb reader!

It was such a fun activity! I hope they do it again next year when Ben is in 1st grade =)

Hogle Zoo Field Trip

This year I got to go on the Kindergarten field trip to the zoo!!! It was so much fun to hang out with Ben! Here we are on the bus!

Ben's only a "smidgen" excited =)

Grant, Ben, and Cayden with the giraffe that kept licking the wall

I thought this sign was pretty funny cause you know it must have happened to someone!

Grant, Ben and the cheetah (this was Ben's favorite animal)

The zoo is getting ready for a dinosaur exhibit and we thought this T-Rex was pretty dang cool.

These Tortoises were HUGE!

Ben wanted one for a pet =)

How do you size up?

Kassidy, Doris, Emma, Ben, Grant & Cayden

A cool waterfall

Do you?

I do!!!!!

This gorilla totally cracked me up! He was just lounging by the glass.

Here he is scratching his armpit. No shame. He scratched his butt earlier but we missed that...darn it! He would stare straight at us, it was so cool. I love that his legs are crossed!

There were lots of random roosters and chickens walking all over the place.

This peacock was totally showing off for the peahen. She is off to the right in the pine trees. She was totally ignoring him. Poor little guy!

Here he is in all his glory and she couldn't be bothered. He even starting shaking his little behind. Too funny!

There were dead rats lying all over the place in the Bald eagles cage. So gross, but the boys thought it was cool.

This drinking fountain was broken, but I made Ben stick his head in it anyway, it was funny =)

Well, that was our trip to the zoo. We had a blast!!! I got to hang out with Ben's teacher too, totally love her. It was a great day and I was so glad that I got to hang out with my little man =)

Cupcake Connoisseur

My friend Teresa really likes to bake cupcakes. I think they just REALLY like to bake. SO on Sunday they had friends come over and taste test a million gazillion cupcakes. We didn't go because by the time I got the memo it was supposed to be over. But she called and had Matt go over and get me a plate of cupcakes. And no, I didn't eat them all by myself...I had some friends help me with that. Here are just some of the flavors that they had... S'mores, Strawberry Lemonade, Peanut Butter and Jelly, Black Forest, Maple & Bacon, Butterbeer, and the one in the middle is Rocky Road.
The S'mores was by far the best presentation. How cute is that pretzel roasting stick with the roasted marshmallow??? SO cute!

This one truly tasted like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich!

Rocky Road needed a bit more rocks in it...I am definitely a nut fan!

Yeah I totally ate the cherry on top before I took the picture =) This one was the best tasting one. But I really like cherry pie filling and chocolate cake...soooo....really there was no competition.

The ones that weren't pictured:

Butterbeer: tasted more like caramel. I think butterbeer should be more butterscotchy...

Strawberry Lemonade: pretty good. I like tart and would have loved to have a bit more tart in the frosting...

Maple & Bacon: Sounds weird, but it wasn't bad. Wasn't great either. Just so-so for me. Of course I do like my bacon smothered in syrup, but just not in cupcake form I think...

Overall: kinda fun. Has anyone else made fun cupcakes??? I am intrigued by this whole thing.

Easter 2011

Here are a few pictures of our Easter. I was sick and ended up not going to church, but we still had a good day. We just had dinner at home and enjoyed being with our small family. We got some crazy colored rolls and the store had potatoes wrapped in colored foil. It made things a bit festive =) and the kids loved it. Hope you all had a great Easter too