Easter

Not too much from Easter--Ty and I were on a little getaway to Boise for 3 days, and the kids were at my parents house. They colored eggs and had a little hunt there. We woke up to the baskets filled by the Easter Bunny, and spent Easter dinner at our Stake President's house (after stake conference)--and I forgot my camera!! Darn!

The Cheesecake Factory

Seriously, just typing that title makes my mouth water. Have you ever eaten at the Cheesecake Factory? It's pure indulgent, rich decadence. Ty and I got to eat there when we took a little trip to Boise. It's a good thing we don't live near one. I could rack up a bill there!! It was so good, we had to take a picture of it. Cheesecake is my all-time fave anyway, I just can't think how many calories are in it...EESH!!!

Mango Madness

A few weeks ago, we got a bunch of mangoes in our Bountiful Basket. The kids LOVED eating them "Brazilian Style". You mash up the mango while the skin is all intact, then make a small hole and suck out the juicy goodness. As you can see, it is a bit of an art that takes some practice. But I guess it doesn't taste as good if you don't get some on ya, eh?? haha.

Monkey on the Table!!!

This is Clarke's very favorite new trick--climbing on the table. He does it alllll day, every day! Daddy has special nick-names for the older two kids, but it's taken a while to decide on one fitting for Clarke. Ty finally decided on "Roo". So we have "Moose", "Champ", and "Roo".

Marissa's First Piano Festival

I honestly can't remember how many months we've been working on "Mr. Cat" and "Calliope", but it's been quite a few....
Well, the work has paid off. We finally had her festival and she walked away with a perfect score of 50!! YAY!! The judge especially complimented her on her timing, and nice steady beat, and expression. This is a picture of Marissa with her piano teacher, Mayna McGill, who is wonderful, and with our dear friends, the Rasmussen's, who also were playing at festival.

April 6th, 2011--Welcome Home Dione!!

My adopted brother, Dione, got home from his mission on April 6th! It was so fun to go meet him at the Poky airport and see him for the first time in 2 years!! He looks great! The kids were so excited for the entire week. They made him a welcome home banner. Dione has really matured, but he's still the same good ol' Dione! We are so proud of him for serving honorably. We announced we were having Clarke at his farewell dinner, so this was the first time Clarke and Dione have met! Clarke was quite apprehensive at first, but warmed up after not too long.

April Fool's!!

The morning started off with the kids trying to drink frozen milk. I froze their cups of milk the night before and then topped them off with 1/2 inch of fresh milk. The look on their faces was priceless when their milk got "stuck"!! Then Chandler and I made these mini "Shamburgers" for dinner (made of cookies, tinted coconut, and taffy for the tomato) and I made "fauxberry chocolate pie" for dessert--it was a pie shell with meatloaf (brown like chocolate) in the bottom and a fluffy pink mashed potato topping (looked like a berry flavored meringue). It was a lot of fun. Our neighbor boy ended up being here for dinner, and he got quite a kick out of our pranks. Chandler wore a sling to school for a "broken arm". I guess a girl in his class did the same thing. He goes to afternoon kindergarten, and he said that a few minutes after he got there, his teacher announced that there would be no more tricks from the day, because she was all tricked out! Can you just imagine all those kindergarteners? There's a spider on the ceiling--April fool's! I don't feel well--April fool's! hahaha!!