A Good Reason to Walk.

The tradition continued this year for all the girls to walk in the Annual Race for the Cure. This year we were lucky enough to add Momma Alice to the list of participants and even one silly baby Thomas. The race itself was just as cool to be in as always and I'm so thankful to Katie who takes on the roll of ring leader for our share of the group. We started a little behind everyone, which was kind of nice because it meant less crowds but it also meant all the treats and snacks were gone by the time we crossed the finish line. It's always such a great experience and I'm so glad that I get to share in this special tradition with the women of my family every year.

I'm already excited for next year...
*For inquiring minds: Sam fractured her foot, she's okay and she'll probably explain more in her next blog post.

Work.

Silly things I heard at work recently....

* One of the teachers: "You know, sometimes a child just needs to get slammed in the door."

* Three year old boy talking to a teacher: "Did you know that aliens harvest people's brains?"

* Same three year old boy talking to me: "I don't remember what a purple nurple is, but when I do I'm going to give you one." (Said in the sweetest tone, like a purple nurple is a bunch of flowers....)

* Two four year old girls eating snack:
-Girl #1: "Oh my gosh, I LOVE Justin Beiber." (Starts singing some Beiber song)
-Girl #2: "Um...he's alright....I just really like Usher the most."

Hoppy Easter!

Easter was pretty laid back for Nick and I this year seeing as how we didn't have church to go to. We woke up, exchanged Easter baskets, made breakfast and watched the morning session of conference. My basket is the one with the giant bag of chocolate covered pretzels and the cutest chocolate bunny that I've ever seen and Nick's is the other one. We tried to watch the second session at home too but cable hated us and conference disappeared half way through. Instead we headed off to my parents to catch the end of conference and watch the kids do an egg hunt.


Unfortunately, it was raining outside so we had to hunt for the eggs inside. We couped up all the kids in Grandpa's room, hid the eggs and then let them go crazy. There were SO many eggs... an entire copy paper box full of plastic eggs. Katie is a champ for filling all of those up. The kids had a great time and now have enough candy to last them until Halloween or next weekend.


Here's the other whooping four pictures that I took at Easter...

I hope everyone else had a great, happy easter.

Not Embarrassed Yet...

I'm dedicating this post to Stefani, because she inspired it by posting pictures of her fabulous choir dresses.
At my sister's birthday dinner this last weekend I brought up the pictures and it got us talking not just about choir dresses but prom dresses too. Andi thought it would be fun to see every ones, so here are mine in all their glory:

(Left to Right: Junior Prom, Junior Prom as a Senior and Senior Ball)

Unfortunately, the picture of my choir dress from high school wouldn't upload right but I'll try and paint a visual. All black, floor length, short sleeves, with a sweetheart neckline and just a plain old zipper up the back, no fancy giant bow or anything. I don't think that enough time has past yet for me to be embarrassed by the dresses. However, looking back now I probably should have rethought the dates. I hope you enjoy and that this inspires you to post your own.

The Many Faces of Nick...

I've been meaning to blog about this for awhile but never got around to it. Truth be told Nick probably wouldn't be mad if I just forgot about it, but where's the fun in that? A couple of weeks ago I was married to a mountain man...true story. Nick had been letting not only his hair grow but also the beard. Luckily, after awhile he decided it was time to stop looking like a crazy person. Exhibit A:

Before

One of the reasons that I love Nick so much is because he can be wonderfully silly. He decided that he would document the process and try out some new facial hair styles along the way. He's done this before but we didn't take pictures so I was excited to share not only the silly side of my husband but show off the awesome styles he tried out this time around.

My personal favorite is the Irish fighter picture in the middle....I love my crazy husband...

Valentine's Day

Nick and I had a great low key Valentine's weekend. We started early due to the fact that Valentine's day was on Sunday this year. On Friday after work Nick surprised me with dinner and a movie. Dinner was a little bit of a disappointment for the both of us because Chili's changed their menu and took my favorite meal off of it but the movie was pretty cute. We saw Valentine's Day and I think that Taylor Swift was my favorite part because she was just so ridiculous in the best way possible.

On Saturday I watched all the kids with Megan while the rest of the family helped Andi's in laws move. It was so nice that the weather cooperated so that we could spend most of the day outside. On Sunday we invited Bubba and Megan over for dinner, chocolate fondue, romantic comedies and the wii. We had a lot of fun and hope that everyone else had a great day too.

Fondue and the best candy EVER (given to me by a friend at work ♥)

The boys playing Mario Kart

And since it was Valentine's Day the very first picture Nick and I ever took together...♥

Happy Belated New Year

Our New Year's Eve was low key but a lot of fun. Nick and I went over to our friend's Stacy and Wayne's house for games, really delicious food and a soda tasting. Chad and Brianna came as well but we were really sad that Erin and Miranda had to stay home because of an ear infection. We played mormon bridge, kings gone wild and my favorite Clue, The Office Edition. I'm still confused how Jim killed Tobey with a ream of paper. I brought over my fondue pot and Stacy and Wayne brought a bunch of different sodas and had us taste them and try and guess what flavor they were. I learned that chocolate soda is gross and sangria taste like grapes gone bad even when it is non-alcoholic. Surprising, we all made it to midnight and watched the ball drop. We had so much fun and are so grateful that Stacy and Wayne let us come over and play. I didn't take many pictures and by the time I did nobody was really at their best anymore but here are the pictures I took anyway.


Wayne, Stacy and new baby Hayden


Nicholas and Chad

We hope everyone else had a great start to the New Year as well.