starting out and ending up

He started out like this.

He ended up like this.

Girl trip, and talent show, and birthdays... oh my!

It has been a busy month! I went on a girl trip (plus Trypten) to SLC with these crazy ladies!

Left to right: Me, Trypten, Brandi, Danielle, Cristie, Bonita

We hung out, went shopping, relaxed in the hot tub, painted our toenails, and ate delicious food! In this picture we are at Tucanos. What a fabulous place to eat! Pretty much a guarantee that next time Stan and I take a trip to SLC we will be going there to eat! :) We had so much fun! Can't wait to do it again!!

Corden had his 2nd grade talent show. In this picture they are dancing to the song Labumba (sp). He did such a good job! He even danced and twirled the girl next to him in the black dress! He had so much fun!


Here he is doing his talent (BASKETBALL). He dribbled back and forth with the girl standing up there with him and then he dribbled the ball under his leg! He got OOhs and AAhs when he pulled that one off! What an amazing kid!

My birthday was on Friday and Stan and Corden's was on Saturday. I asked Corden what kind of cake he wanted me to make and he told me that he didn't really want cake. He wanted Birthday Brownies!!!

He had birthday cupcakes at school on Friday...

which I enjoyed two of...

it was my birthday after all! :p

So we had birthday brownies on Saturday... and they were scrumptious!! :)

Kyler's bedroom make-over

Kyler's bedroom: before

during

and after...

after...

after.

He LOVES it!

Trypten's 1st Haircut!

Tonight Stan and I decided it was time for Trypten's 1st haircut!
I would have cut it more but Stan doesn't want to get rid of the baby hair that he has still got left. So I trimmed up the long hair that was left on the sides and left the hair on top alone.

Here is his after hair... still wet.

It's so curly when it's wet!

And here's the after... dry and straight.

EaStEr EgGs!!

Every year we go all out when it comes to decorating the Easter eggs. This year was extra special because the boys' cousins were here from Virginia so we got to do them with Thomas and Timothy, and Grandma and Grandpa too! My sister does not put pictures of her boys on the internet so this is the only picture with them in it. (Notice how they all covered their faces with their eggs?) Very clever, eh? I wish we would have taken a picture of one of the rubber cement eggs that we did. They were awesome lookin'! Woops... maybe next year. :)

I know this is kinda late, but... I hope everyone had a great Easter!

A Birthday and A Broken Wrist!

Kyler turned 10 last month!!! How the heck did that happen?!
His "How to Train Your Dragon" cake was delish (and store bought) because my sister and her two boys were here from Virginia for a week long visit and there was NO TIME to be making a cake!

While they were here, he fell off the monkey bars at school and broke his wrist... just to make things a little more exciting! The doctor put him in the soft cast for a few days (until the swelling went down) and then the hard cast.


Which he wasted no time getting all signed up! :)

And now... he might look happy about the cast, but he can't wait to get it off!

Car Seat Covers for Gage and Jackson

This farm cover is for Baby Gage who was just born a couple of weeks ago to Pam, a really great friend of mine.

And this dinosaur cover is for Baby Jackson, who is still in my cousin Danielle's tummy!