Happy St. Patrick's Day.....March 17, 2010

This year I thought I would go all GREEN out. My mom used to make a big deal of every holiday so I thought I would try and do the same for my kiddos this St. Patricks Day.

For Breakfast I made my kids: green pancakes, shaped like shamrocks, green eggs, and I colored their milk green too.

For dinner I made white chili, colored green. I made homemade green rolls, and green frog sugar cookies. Then we also had green punch.

I know the kids loved it and had a fun day. They were amazed by all the green things we ate.

(In all honesty, I decided as I climbed into bed that I was burned out. I thought to myself, "NO WONDER I hate to cook. It takes ALL DAY LONG!") Oh well, I guess it's all in good fun every once in a while.

GNO.....March 12, 2010

CAUTION, their fun can be explosive.....

Caution: Another GNO! This time: CHEESECAKE FACTORY! Ahhh Yeah! Charity had been trying to get us together again and we had a few cancellations but it was finally successful tonight. We met at the "Cheese"Cake Factory. It was a perfect place to meet, as you can see by our "chessy" photos.

We had a fun time, like always. I think the waitress was ready to kick us out because we were there so long. We ate some good food and then finished up with some CheeseCake, of course. It was awesome. Jacinda definitely won the best dessert award. She got a hot fudge brownie that was divine. We all voted for Jacinda to do the ordering for us next time.

Our "Cheesy" pictures at the CheeseCake Factory!

We are from the "West" side, West Valley!

Thanks girlie's. It was fun! I hope we can do it soon again. Every mom deserves a GNO sooner than later! Love you all!

Elders Quorum Makes Region.....March 10, 2010

Sam's Elders Quorum Basket Ball team made Region this year. They placed 3rd. They have worked really hard on their playing this year. Every Tuesday and Thursday night you could bet they were killing each other on the court.

Me and the other wives would cross our fingers that it wasn't our husband that came home with an injury the nights they practiced. A few of the injury's are as follows: Michael Sharp tore the ligaments in his ankle, Nick Brown got stitches in his head, Sam got hit in the chin, got a bloody nose, a black eye, and jammed finger, Chon Choi sprained his ankle and jammed his finger, Colton Twitchel cut his elbow on Sam's teeth, Jason Nelson jammed his finger, etc. (The list goes on and on.....) Leave it up to church ball for these kind of injuries.

I am sure it's apparent that our ward has a mean lean Basket Ball playing team.....

GREAT JOB BOYS!!!!

Field Trip #6....Winegars.....March 9, 2010

Tage had another field trip. This month they toured Winegar's Grocery Store. They were able to go into every department behind doors and see all the different kinds of work people do to make a grocery store run. They went to the bakery, the deli, the meat department, the dairy fridges and freezers, the pharmacy, and the bank. They were even able to go upstairs and see where the employees have lunch. They had a cookie and punch there. (That was their favorite part.) They were able to look out the big windows and watch everyone shop. It was fun.

The Apple of My Eye.......March 8, 2010

I thought this was so cute....

I walked down stairs and Paizlie had helped herself to an apple. I think it was as big as she is. I asked her if she loved it, she just grinned from ear to ear. I was astonished because she never has been interested in eating apples. (The only thing that she has enjoyed doing with them is throwing them off her highchair tray.) I had them sitting in a fruit basket that was just at her level. I couldn't believe she went and got one. Nor, I couldn't believe she was eating it. :)

The next thing I knew Tage was eating a peach, sitting next to Paizlie and her apple. They were both camped out on Paizlie's Dora couch watch PBS Kids.

I love these kiddos. They are getting so big! They are the apple of my eye and can be sweet as a peach too.