Queen of Procrastination

So we are leaving for Utah for Garrett's wedding early tomorrow morning and instead of packing I decided to redo my blog design. Yeah I know good use of time. So anyways, I better get back to the stuff that I really need to do, I will finish up when we get back. For now, enjoy the half-done new look.

Catching up (or the longest post ever)

So Women's Conference was amazing! I learned so much, and it was a unique experience to be in the room when the prophet speaks. He reminded us that Women are special and that we share many of the same experiences or "threads" in the tapestry of our lives. It was wonderful to hear him. I brought my camera, but I didn't end up taking any pictures.
Anyways now I need to catch up on all the fun stuff that has been happening in our lives lately. I guess I will go backwards. A couple of weeks ago my brother, Jordan, was in the musical Cinderella. He played the Prince. He was awesome! Kerry and I laugh because our neice, Ashley, was Cinderella (who was also awesome) and every time they kissed Hannah would say, "Mom, my uncle just kissed my cousin." And somewhere there has to be something wrong with that, right? Seriously, they both did an amazing job and I was both a proud sister and auntie! Here are some pics.




Before that Zach had 2 weeks off of school and we decided to spend some of it in Phoenix. We stayed with Uncle Steve, Aunt Katie and Parker one night and Aunt April and Uncle Rod the next night. We went to some shaved ice place (I know that I should remember the name, but I don't) The kids loved it. Poor Parker couldn't have any! But it was still a lot of fun. Uncle Steve wins Uncle of the year for not getting mad when Zach fell asleep in his car and proceeded to drop his Blueraspberry shaved ice on his lap and in turn all over the back seat. I Should have taken pics but at the time it was not a funny moment.





Okay so the longest post ever will have to be cut short I gotta deal with a bloody nose (Jared's not mine). Maybe I should post when the kids are in bed!

The next generation of American Idol

Omigoodness I have so much to post about, but i am trying to get ready for Women's conference and jamba juice right now so I will probably just post this and then finish updating when I get back. So if any of you know my Hannah you know that Dramatic is a good way to describe her. Tonight when Kerry got home from work she informed him that he was invited to her concert which would be at 11:00. I asked her what time it was now (since Kerry was already seated in the audience) and she said 2:00. SO Kerry had to wait. Fortunately time goes by faster for a four year old and about 30 seconds later the show began. She waited until we all had gathered at the bottom of the stairs, looked through her "songbook" to choose her song, then mounted the stairs to her stage. Her song was priceless! I wish that I had thought to bring out the camera earlier. It was about her life (seriously I have never seen a one woman show but I think that she may have a future on Broadway). She sang about each year of her life and what she did. Then ended with "When I grow up I am going to marry Ethan Piet!" And took her bow. It was so funny, especially because she paused between each year and we clapped but she would just put her hands on her hips and say "Guys it's not over yet!" So this is her encore, I was really hoping that she would just sing the same song again, but like a true artist, she had something new. I am a little worried though why is she singing about having no friends? Anyways, just listen, and don't forget to pause the music at the bottom of my post so you can get the full effect. p.s sorry it is sideways I didn't think of that when I took the video. Oh and look forward to the debut of Zach and Jared just as soon as I have time. okay my internet is screwy so I will try again tomorrow

Hannah cracks me up

So I just have to write this really fast b/c my sweet girl makes me laugh everyday. This is why today.

Me: Hannah, are you ready for your shower?

Hannah: (while raising her arm and smelling her underarm) Wheeew-eee my pits stink!(than walking over to her Daddy) Daddy do your pits stink? Let me smell... Wheew-ee Daddy your pits stink! (climbing on my lap) Mommy let me smell your pits...MMM your pits smell good, Mommy. (then very matter-of-factly) Daddy, you should wash your pits. (pause as if thinking) But I still love you!

I was laughing so hard! Now just so you don't get the wrong picture in your head, we do not go around as a family smelling each other's body parts. Hannah did smell her own "pits" but then just stuck her face in Kerry's arm and bent over while she was on my lap to "smell" my "pits". That girl just makes my day, and I have to say that she is more like her Aunt April everyday, and apparently a little like her Granddad or at least his nose. And it did warm her Daddy's heart that even though he was smelly she still loved him. I mean what more could you ask for?

It's not so bad, and Easter pics

So, it has been 2 weeks now with no caffiene, and I have to say that it is no big deal! The first few days were rough, I won't lie. The headaches were amazingly awful, but now I don't have them anymore and I haven't really had anymore cravings. I have to admit that I thought about driving through sonic a couple of times, but my sweet husband reminded me of my pledge and that I don't want to let Katie down not that she is doing it with me, so I stayed strong. One more week and then it will be a habit right? Plus, I found a couple of things to help me. Maverick has caffiene free diet coke as does Sam's Club, and my mom and I drove through sonic yesterday and I thought that I would just have to do without or get a water (I mean really who goes to sonic to get water), but then my creative juices started flowing and I remembered Friday night Kerry and I went to dinner (water with lemon is growing on me) and this obnoxiously loud teenager in the next booth was talking about how she ALWAYS got Shirley Temples with extra cherries so she could tie a knot in them with her tongue...ANYWAYS back to Sonic, so I ordered a Diet Sprite with Diet Cherry flavoring. Can I just say yum! I don't need Diet Coke I have plenty of other options.
So Easter was lots of fun. The kids were way cute. We got together with Kerry's family Friday for a hunt and Kerry's mom's birthday and then my brothers and sister and parents on Saturday night and Sunday. Here are some pics: (if I do this right)

Jared in the bunny suit

hannah and her masterpieces

Does he look ready or what?

Jared was so proud of his eggs

On the hunt!
I have more, including some really cute ones of my nephew but I need to talk to his parents and make sure it's okay to post them so to be continued...p.s it occurs to me now that these pics would have been equally cute in a slide show that would not have taken me so long to post. Oh well!

Kiss and Say goodbye

This has got to be the saddest day of my life
I called you here today for a bit of bad news
I won't be able to see you anymore
Because of my obligations, and the ties that you have
We've been meeting here everyday
And since this is our last day together
I wanna hold you just one more time
When you turn and walk away, don't look back
I wanna remember you just like this
Let's just kiss and say goodbye

Yes it is so sad but the time has come for me to end my relationship with diet coke! Caffiene to be more specific. Over Easter we had a lot of fun (I will post more about that later), and Zach was getting everyone drinks. A lot of the family wanted diet cokes and he- wanting to be like everyone else- asked for a diet coke too. i told him no, it wasn't good for him and he looked at me with those big brown eyes of his and asked
"Then why do you drink it, Mom?"

It really made me think, why DO I drink it? It doesn't really taste all that great, just something besides water (and it is 0 points). So I am going cold turkey! No more caffiene. Kerry is way excited b/c I get at least one a day from Sonic so he says if I give up diet coke I can probably put a kid or two through college, he's funny I know. Our Sonic lady will probably miss us, but I think that what we are doing is for the best. So, i will shed a few tears and then stoically bid a fond farewell to my good friend "D.C. with lemon" I'm posting all this b/c I need some accountability and if any of the addicts in my life want to join in my quest to be caffiene free I'm here if you need to talk. *wink* Goodbye dear friend!!!

More things kids say

So this week is spring break and my kids are excited. In Primary they asked what everyone was doing for spring break, there were the usual answers disneyland, grandparents house, etc. Hannah even raised her hand and proclaimed that she was going to visit her friends all the way in Las Vegas..

Hannah: "I'm going to visit my friends
Primary pres (also my SIL): "that's great Hannah"
Hannah: "Do you know my friends live all the way in Las Vegas? Do you know Ethan and Carolyn?"
PP: "Ethan Piet?"
(My SIL has never met Ethan Piet but she knows this b/c Hannah has told everyone in Primary that she is going to marry Ethan Piet in the temple after he goes on a mission) So we got a good laugh.

Then Zach raises his hand and I am a little nervous about what he is going to say, because we hadn't really talked about what we were going to do over the week besides go to Vegas one day.

PP: "Zach what are you going to do for Spring Break?"
(I have to admit I was cringing thinkin what is he going to commit me to do)
My sweet son: "I'm going to pick flowers for my mom." awwwwww! "And go to Las Vegas."

SO I love my son, he is so cute and sweet. Then when we got home he even asked me if they had flowers in Las Vegas. Sorry if you have heard that story already, I have been telling everyone! But I am just so touched, there is nothing so sweet as the love of a child. It makes being a mom soooooo worth it! Hope everyone has a great week.