Happy Easter

Mark and Julie and their girls came to St. George for Easter. We had tons of fun!! Dad heated his pool, so we did alot of swimming and BBQ. We also went to the Jumping Jacks (bounce house place) which was really fun. Madeline was so sad when they left. Melissa Sky ended up going back in the hospital for a couple days because her cathiter(?) from her surgery was all blood. Poor little thing, she missed Easter. She is doing really good now.
On Saturday we went to the city easter egg hunt in Hurricane and then to Justin and Melissa's house for an amazing breakfast.

The girls were so excited to wake up and go find their baskets!

Disneyland

This is a little late to be posting, but here it is anyway. We had such a fun trip to Disneyland the first part of March. Chris went lobster hunting and Melissa and I took the kids to Disneyland one day and then shopping the next. On Saturday night we picked up Chris and then went to Disneyland for 2 more days. The girls (Madeline, Olivia, Melissa Sky and Katie) looked so cute in their Minnie Mouse matching outfits. I pleaded with Chris to let us stay longer, but plans were plans and we had planned to leave Tuesday, so we did. I love my stable husband!

It was a great trip though. Sophia had her daily blowout so we ran out of clothing quick for her. I did wash in the bathtub everynight. I was really thankful for my washer when I got home.

Chris' Lobster Hunt

Chris went lobster diving in March 2008 off the coast of Santa Barbara island (northern most island in the channel islands - off California). This is the lobster that he caught and ate! Michelle, Madeline, and Olivia wouldn't eat any lobster because Chris had it crawling around the hotel room 30 minutes before he cooked it! It was plenty of food for a full meal and it was delicious! Chris also caught another lobster, but it was too small to keep.


There were also hundreds of sea lions that were quite aggressive. Several divers had their regulators pulled out of their mouths and their masks knocked off their heads! The sea lion in this video barked at Chris! Watch and see!

Do you like my lobster hat??

I'm goin' to Disneyland

This morning Melissa came over to sew with me. Mary, Melissa and I are taking our girls to Disneyland at the end of the week. We decided it would be fun to make the girls matching Minnie Mouse pants to wear there. Between taking care of kids and talking we did not get too much done, but we had a really fun day together. I am so thankful to live so close to my sisters, I don't know what I would do without them!

Tonight for FHE we cleaned the church. Madeline was amazing! She just walked right in and got to work. She cleaned two full bathrooms, toilets and all, and did a great job. When she gets on a roll she is such a determined hard little worker. It is so fun to experience her getting older. After we cleaned we came home and had pizza and root beer floats with Melissa and Justin.

Sock Hop

Last Friday night we went to our wards YW camp fundraiser. It was a sock hop so I made poodle skirts for my girls and my friends daughter Kaitlin. They were so excited and looked so cute! It was such an amazing ward party! Everyone in the ward was dressed up and dancing. I love how everyone was cooperating and having a good time. The bishopric had a hula contest that was hilarious. It totally reminded me of ward activities when I was little.

Madeline stayed home from school this week because she had pnemonia. I was busy taking care of Sophia, and when I went to find the girls this is what I found.

They had to much fun with the hose and the slide. Time for a warm bath!

Kids say the funniest things....

Today Madeline said two really funny things: She stayed home from school sick today and I gave her some cold medicine. Well, pretty soon she started to feel that weird cold medicine feeling. She was getting all crazy about it and I said several times, that is just how cold medicine makes you feel. She replied with, "why didn't you microwave it first" ("cold" medicine)

Then later we went to pick Olivia up from school and we passed a field of sheep. I told her to look how they shaved the sheep and told her it was called shearing the sheep. She said "I know why its called that, because one person get the wool and the other gets the sheep, so they are sharing it.

I love the point of view kids have on life. Everything is so literal.