Great News

I finally scheduled a dentist appointment after having not gone to one in almost 5 years. So shameful, I know. I hate the dentist and have in previous visits had tons of work done. So I was having anxiety all night last night about how much all of my dental bills were going to cost and how much all of it was going to hurt, the root canals they would have to do, and the scary drill noise. Yikes. I was even nervous about the cleaning since last time I left in tears-am I just a HUGE wuss? My appointment along with the two little ones was this morning at 8am so I could just get it overwith. Turns out the whole experience was almost pleasant! The hygenist was super nice and didn't hurt me in the slightest (I don't know what the last girls deal was) and after taking all the x-rays I have ZERO cavities!! I don't think that has ever happened to me in the history of me going to the dentist. Carter also had no cavities and got a little award and his picture taken to put up on the wall. He was so excited about his new toothbrush and plastic caterpillar he earned as a prize. The funniest part was for having no cavities he got a certificate for a free ice cream at Arctic Circle. Doesn't that defeat the whole purpose? He'll eat it for sure but I am just glad I got the okay from the dentist! Preston just had a "friendly"visit and basically was just running around the office the whole time. James goes in about an hour. He has never had a cavity so we will see if this tradition continues or if he has run out of luck. To be continued...

Happy Days

Oh, the summer has been flying by! Today as I was driving home with two boys asleep in the backseat, I had some quiet time to think about all of the blessings I have in my life. I have had quite a few lunch/dinner dates with friends and family lately and have felt so lucky to have such good people to learn from and be with. I don't have pictures of all of the lunch dates but here are a few and some other things that have made me happy lately-

This is my cousin Josh who turned 18 on the 18th. I can't believe he is that old. His mom (my mom's sister) died when he was 7 so he came to live with us my senior year of highschool. We have always had a special bond ever since and I try to keep in touch with him as much as possible. This picture was our third attempt since one of us either had our eyes closed, or looked like we had three chins (yes that would be me!)

Today we went to my sister's sister-in-law Stephani's house (did I lose a few of you on the relation?) She was also my manager when I worked at the Anniversary Inn in Logan (my favorite job ever.) She is one of my favorite people in the whole world and I haven't seen her or her house for a long time! She was so great to get my boys anything they needed--including hosing Carter's bare bum after playing in the sandbox and getting it stuck all over! She also got in her attic to get this fun little ramp for cars to go down for Preston and all the boys had a great time with it. I told Carter we were taking this picture and he said "Blake! Hurry and hold my hand!" How cute is that? We had so much fun I wish I could hang out with her every day!!

L to R Melanie, Stephani, Mel's mother-in-law Cathy, and me

It was also fun to have Cathy there with us. Most of you don't know her but those who do know that she is famous for the hugs she gives. That was another thing that brightened my day today. She gives the kind of hugs that are really tight and she doesn't let go right away. She means it when she hugs you. I love that about her.

I love it right after I have gone grocery shopping. My pantry, fridge, and freezer are full and is just gives me a good, secure feeling. Is that weird? I came home and saw all of these yummy fruit/veggies sitting on my counter and it just made me excited for all the good food I get to eat soon! By the way, those zucchinis(or courgettes to you British folk) are fresh from our garden. We have eaten 2 already with dinner and nothing tastes better than fresh! I didn't think I could tell a difference in zucchini from the grocery store, but I can definitely tell!

Finally, I am thankful for bubbles and these awesome bubble blowers that have already provided atleast 2 hours of enjoyment for my boys. Mel told me that they were on clearance at Target for 5 bucks so we got two on our next visit. What a hit! They used all of the bubbles it came with pretty fast. I went to Walmart yesterday I searched high and low for more and of course spent 20 minutes looking in every department with no luck. James stopped on his way home from work today and found some at Target which was the last bottle! I have a great husband that is so thoughtful about little things like this. There is so much more I could write about but I think the post is already long enough, so I will end. Just thank you to all of you great people in my life for making me laugh, cry(in a good way), listen, learn and give me so much happiness.

8 years

As I was writing a check out to my friend Callie for dinner last night (she just paid for all of us) I was trying to figure out what the date was. July 17th. Hmmm...why does that date sound familiar? I then realized that it has been 8 years ago today that James and I "officially" started dating. Crazy! 8 years ago we were at Camp Echo at "Monday movie night" watching "Cool Runnings" and chatting the night away. He had me at his first little British hello. Awww, memories. This picture has nothing to do with anything, just us kissing a stingray in Grand Cayman and a side shot of our guide Vernon. I figured we needed a picture for the post. Enjoy.

Garden Update

Our strawberry plants are producing this year! Last year I didn't really read the instructions and was so bummed when we didn't get any fruit. Well by this year the plants have tripled in size and we go out every morning and check to see how many are ripe and we eat them right of the plant. This is Carter's favorite time of day. This photo is of today's "take". I love having a little garden and seeing your efforts being rewarded with yummy fruits and vegetables. We also have tomatoes and zucchini planted and they are getting bigger by the day. Who knew I would enjoy this whole gardening thing this much?! Tomorrow some serious weeding needs to take place, that's the part I don't enjoy so much.

4th of July Celebration

We had quite a busy 4th of July this year. I woke up and had to be ready by 6:30 to run the Sandy 10k with my sister in law Bethany. We hadn't signed up because we couldn't figure out the website, so we just decided to be cheap and run the course anyway! We both had our ipods on when the lady was giving instructions so we ended up running with the 5k runners instead of the 10k runners who would be starting 15 minutes later. Whoops. The race didn't start until 7 and by that time it was already starting to get hot. So by the end of the 5k, I was spent. I felt like such a wuss but I was so overheated! So we left only running half of what was supposed to be our long run for the week. I have figured out that I can't run when I it's hot outside. We ended up running 7 miles on Saturday but started at 6 which made it so much better-- Just in case any of you cared! Anyway, we got home, went swimming around lunch time at Bethany's sister Stacia's pool which is now our tradition for the past 3 years. We love her pool and Carter enjoyed getting out every toy he could find to put in the water. He did really well swimming with his lifejacket and is becoming quite the little fish. Preston fell asleep in the car so we put him down for a nap but it was cut short by little boys running in and out of the room. He was cranky the rest of the day, which was not fun. Then we came home, got showered, and headed up to Heber to have a barbeque and fireworks at my aunt's house. We have been going up there since I can remember, so it is fun to carry on the tradition with my kids. This was the only place I remembered my camera so enjoy the photos:

L to R Mom, Aunt Taffy,Aunt Elaine, Grandma, Karen, Sean, and Dad

Sean and Karen are getting married in August. We are so excited to have Karen joining our family. She is such a cool girl and it was fun to sit and get to know her better. My cousin Sean just got done with chemotherapy after a bout of testicular cancer and is going in for surgery in a few weeks to remove another tumor in his abdomen. He amazes me with his strength and positive attitude about the whole thing. What a thing to go through right before you get married! All I can say is that I am grateful for my health, you never know what is around the corner.

LtoR Mike, Elaine, Jeff, Megan, Stephanie, Lowell, and Jared chatting the night away
Don't mess with the Tenney girls!
L to R Shauna, me, Jeanette, Erin, Ann, Alana, Megan, Amanda, Cathy, and Stephanie

Everyone wore pink that day--what happened to red, white, and blue??

My dad's 3 sisters--Elaine, Carolyn, Taffy(her real name is Kathleen), plus my mom and Grandma

It was fun to see so much family that I don't see very often and eat some yummy food. James of course cooked some mean barbeque while I tended to our screaming children. And yes, they were really screaming. I went a little crazy at the beginning, but after getting them fed things ran a little smoother. We also enjoyed my uncle's awesome fireworks and watching my brother in law trying to blow his hand off by throwing about 10 fireworks in a box and seeing what it would do. He is worse than the kids, it's hilarious! All in all a great day.

Movie Review

Carter has been playing the computer lately and has loved to watch the Wall-E trailer over and over again on Playhouse Disney's website. He was so excited when we told him we were going to see it last night. I was a little nervous about taking Preston too, but figured with enough popcorn, treats, and drinks we might make it through. Little did I know that I would be the one needing the treats! I thought the movie was so BORING! Basically you just hear little robot noises and follow him around picking up stuff for about an hour. Then the story starts to somewhat pick up but not much. If I never hear another robot noise again, I will be a happy girl. I have loved all the other Pixar movies, but this one I just couldn't get into it. I think I laughed maybe once, and the rest of the time just was waiting for something to happen. They had a little movie short called "Presto" before Wall-E started and I enjoyed that way more! My boys did pretty good, but even Carter by the end wanted to go home. I give it two thumbs down! Don't waste the 20 bucks to take your family, just watch paint dry, it might be more interesting!

Summertime and other random thoughts and stories

I just love summertime. I am so much happier in the summer. I love to have my kids outside all day playing in the water, sandbox, mud, sprinkler, tramp...you name it and then putting them to bed exhausted. We have been gone for the past two days having so much fun with the cousins and just really enjoying the sunshine. Today we had so much fun playing at my sister-in-law Bethany's house and then going over to my mom's house later. Carter turned on the water outside which completely flooded her flower bed and made a huge mud pit. Preston was in that within a matter of seconds and was covered in mud from head to toe. At first I tried to get him out of it but then I could see there was no hope in keeping him clean so I just let him enjoy himself. It looked like so much fun! He kept slipping and would get mud in his eye then would try to wipe his muddy hands on his eyes to get it out. So you can imagine what he looked like by the end of it! We took pictures with my mom's camera that I will have to get later. We also got out the hose and Carter stripped down to his birthday suit and ran under the rainbow of water and let Grammy hose him down quite a few times. The kids loved it! I have so many memories of growing up playing with the hose in the backyard for hours. Summer is the best.
I also actually biked to Bethany's house from my house today which is about 3 1/2 miles with the two kids in a bike trailer on the back. I seriously was dying from the heat and I definitely need to ride a bike more because the hills killed me! I have never really been into biking and James has been bugging me for atleast 2 years to get a bike so we could ride together. I kept putting him off saying that I don't want to spend the money on it if I don't like to do it that much. So on Sunday we get the paper and they had an add for a bike for a WAY good deal at Sports Authority. It got me thinking how much fun it would be to get a bike trailer and go on family bike rides around the neighborhood and such. So I caved and we bought me a bike and the boys a bike trailer (both were a great deal I might add). We also got Carter an orange helmet that should fit a 5 year old which is almost too small but the 8 year old helmet was too big on the sides! I got a sweet pink one to wear, I'm stoked. So as we are going to buy the bike, Carter sees a kids bike with training wheels that he just had to have. It was 90 bucks, no way was he getting it. Of course he freaked out and he left the store with James holding him kicking and screaming. He screamed all the way home and didn't want a ride in the bike trailer because he wanted to ride his "own" bike! He is definitely my challenge right now. I feel like I am getting mad at him for something all the time! He is VERY stubborn and strong willed and also very dramatic. Bad combination. There are times that he can be the cutest, sweetest, most thoughtful boy and then two seconds later he is screaming and kicking me. It is very frustrating! Any suggestions on what to do with a 3 year old? I don't want to be mad at him all the time and I try to let the little things go, but he definitely can push my buttons. My sister made a good point today saying that some kids just have to have more sleep than others. Carter has to have a nap or he is super sensitive and emotional and you can't reason with him at all. The last two days he has skipped his nap and I know that has made a difference. Anyway, sorry this is probably boring to you all it's just nice to get your frustrations out sometimes! Being a mom is hard work and very challenging sometimes. I love it too and am grateful for all that my boys have taught me about myself and how I need to improve everyday. Kids tend to humble you pretty fast, especially when you carry them out of a store with people staring at you wondering what you did to the kid to get them to that point. Hopefully some of you have had an experience or two like my Sports Authority one that you would like to share...

Happy Birthday Melanie

I know you were all expecting a Father's day post, since it is Father's day, but it is also my awesome sister Melanie's birthday too. Since she got the bad end of the deal having her birthday on Sunday and a holiday I figured she deserved her own post! She turns 32 today so here are 32 things that I love/memories about her. (you know you are special if you get one of these posts!)

1. Her strong loyalty to family

2. What a great mom she is-Her kids are all so well behaved and just genuinely good kids-which shows what kind of mom she is!

3. What a great aunt she is to my boys-I know I have mentioned this in the past, but she truly loves them which make them love her right back. Her and Carter have a little connection where if he is totally upset, (probably with me) she can make him feel better in no time. It's magic!

4. Me being her slave until I was about 8 or 9. Maybe longer. She could always bribe me to get her a drink or whatever she needed.

5. Sharing a room together growing up-I was the messy one, she was the clean one

6. Singing Hark hear the bells in bed and laughing our guts out

7. How she can convince you to do almost anything. About 95% of the time you thank her later for talking you into it!

8. She is the glue that keeps our family together. She is the one that heads up gatherings, getting things done, I love that about her. She gets annoyed that she is the one that has to always do it, but we love her for it.

9. Making fun of her braces

10. Bunco group and making fun of some of the gifts people bought-shameless!

11. How she is not a collector and throws things away like me. I guess we get that from my mom!

12. People are just drawn to her and want to be her friend

13. She has the cutest little dainty nose

14. How Kate looks just like her...and acts like her too!

15. How I know she will always be the first person to my defense if I need her

16. She is one of the first people I want to call to tell good or bad news to.

17. Her generosity with everything. We went out to eat last night for her birthday dinner and at the end of the meal she told everyone that she picked up the bill.

18. Finally getting to go on a cruise with her this year! It was a blast!

19. Her lice mullet- I guess I am not one to talk, I had a mullet too and didn't even have lice! thanks mom!

20. Her blue geo metro

21. I loved to wear her clothes and thought I was so cool in them even though they were way huge on me! In fact we were just talking the other day about how ugly that style was in the 90's with the HUGE shirts tucked in. What were we thinking?!

22. She loves James' cooking and is always so complimentary, he loves the attention.

23. She is a doer. If she gets something in her mind that she wants to accomplish, she gets it done no questions asked.

24. Her decorating style, we are both obsessed with Rod Works!

25. Her bangs in 7th grade. I really need to find that picture, it's amazing.

26. She made me put the stickers on her countdown chart for Carl to get home from his mission. I kept it up in my room and when she would come home from college she would love to check on the progress.

27.Visiting her when she lived in California-I miss San Francisco!

28. How she is always so spontaneous. We make plans in about 1 minute and are off for the day!

29. Being her babysitting buddy

30. Going up to stay with her at Utah State-she made me get the love for Logan and go to school there myself!

31. Getting a car wash in her old Acura-trying to get the window rolled up in time and getting soaked, then hitting a bump on the way out and having water dump down from the sunroof. I really honestly don't think I have ever laughed that hard!

32. Just being the best big sister a girl could ask for. She does it all-gives great advice, comfort, love, everything a sister should be.

I love you Mel, I hope you have the best birthday ever!!

Old Habits Die Hard

Yesterday while getting the boys ready to get in the car, I couldn't find Preston's shoes for about the millionth time. I remembered that I had Carter's cowboy boots that would now fit Preston up in his closet. I got them out and tried to put them on but Preston was having none of it. Meanwhile, Carter sees his precious old cowboy boots and is crying wondering why he doesn't have any to wear. This goes back to two summers ago when he became OBSESSED with them. What 18 month old loves wearing cowboy boots? In the summer no less! He wore those things until he just couldn't squeeze into them anymore. I knew he wasn't going to stop bothering me about getting new ones. Where would I even find cowboys boots that little? I was actually given the old ones by my sister because she got them as a baby gift and her boys never wore them. We decided to go with the trusty Walmart first. We scoured the aisled looking and thought all hope was lost. Then suddenly out of the corner of James' eye there they were. Black cowboy boots. Just in Carter's size. I really don't think I have seen Carter that excited in a long time. He waited until we paid for them and then they were straight on his feet with the stretchy string still attached between both boots. It was funny to watch him try to hike up stairs! He woke up this morning with one thing on his mind. So he ran downstairs grabbed the cowboy boots and posed for picture. YEEHAW!!

Toilet Troubles

Remember that cute, sweet, adorable face from the post below of Preston? I think I need to keep looking at it because he is not on my good list right now! I just spent the last 5 minutes trying to fish my cell phone out of the toilet. Not only was it in the toilet, it was in the hole at the bottom and got stuck. So disgusting. The silver lining is that we are getting new phones anyway in about a week so until then, call me on my home phone if you need to get a hold of me. I hope he gets over this throwing everything in the toilet phase soon because it is getting really old really fast!!

Alone time with Preston

Could there be a cuter face? This afternoon while Carter was taking a nap I was of course checking blogs while Preston was in his room playing. I was reading my neighbor Marie's blog and thought what a good mom she is, so I decided right then to get off the computer and go play with Preston and have some one on one time. I am so glad I did! I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. While feeding him lunch he kept looking up at me and giving me this cheeser smile that he used to do all the time about six months ago, but just resurfaced again about a week ago. I love it! I had to get out the camera and take a picture of it and then he kept doing it so I kept taking pictures!! We read books, snuggled, laughed, and exchanged lots of kisses.

I love when he tilts his head back to cheese it for me!!

He thought he was so funny that after he would smile he would do this really low fake laugh. So hilarious.

Another game that he and Carter love to play is me or James pretending like we are asleep by making a snoring noise and then they come and growl to wake us up. Today Preston wanted to be the one to pretend sleep so here he is laying down on his pillow "snoring" with his eyes open. It's little moments like these that make me love being a mom so much.

Birthday Celebration

Texas Roadhouse did not disappoint! We had such a blast with my fam(some of them). If you have not been to Texas Roadhouse for your birthday, they pull out this huge saddle that the birthday boy has to ride while they sing to you. It's great! James loved being the center of attention and the lady behind him in the blue shirt thought he was pretty hot.

Kevin, Bethany, and mom
Mom and Dad

Carl, James, and Heather
Us with my brother Greg...any cute single girls interested in a date with him?
After stuffing our faces with delicious ribs, we drove back to our house for cake and icecream. I made James a BYU cake (thanks Andereggs for the idea!) since football season is coming up in a few months again, I figured I would get him ready for it. The writing icing was the same color blue as the regular frosting so you can't really tell what is says, oh well!
I think we all know his wish already came true since he got to marry me, so what else is there to wish for really? hehe I love blowing out the candles pictures because it always seems like someone in the background is trying to help out...in this case it's my neice Katrina.

Happy Birthday James

My wonderful husband turns 27 today! I am so lucky to be married to him, he is the greatest person I know. He has such a good heart and is always trying to look for the best in people and is always willing to serve and help others. I just asked Carter what he loved about his Daddy and he said that he loves when he "goes running, and when he takes him to the park which has the letter p in it." Those were the exact words. He is hilarious, and is the spitting image of James which I love.Tonight we are going to Texas Roadhouse for dinner and coming back for cake and icecream at our house afterwards. Not too exciting, but his birthday always seems to sneak up on me...he's a good sport. Happy Birthday James, we love you!!

Week in Review

It has been a good week for us here at the English household. Not anything too exciting, just being with family and the day to day routine. On Saturday I participated in the Race for the Cure, a 5k race in Salt Lake with my cousin Megan. It was awesome! Actually our friend Leah got us to sign up but she ended up being sick and couldn't come. We were team "Save the ta-ta's". All of the money raised goes to breast cancer research. It was so cool to see 18,000 people all there united in a good cause. They also had signs saying either "in celebration of" or "in memory of" that you could wear in honor of someone you know. I saw several husbands walking that had lost their wives, daughters who were walking with their mothers who were survivors, and great shirts like one that said "boobalicious" haha! I plan on going next year it was so cool, I would recommend it to any of you!

The race was a great kickoff to mother's day on Sunday. I had a great one this year. James made me breakfast in bed which was some amazingly delicious crepes. Bananas, macadamia nuts, honey, and real maple syrup, is your mouth watering yet like mine is? They were divine! I got some new gardening tools and gloves, a new waterbottle, and some speakers for my ipod. Spoiled I know! We went to my mom's house that night and all of the boys prepared a wonderful meal for us. My husband seriously is the best cook ever!! He made this yummy pork tenderloin, quiche, guacamole, shrimp, and black forest chocolate cake. He goes a little nuts with the food sometimes, but he wanted to make it special for us. For birthdays whenever we are about to blow out the candles my mom always makes us go around and say something nice about the person, so in perfect Diane Tenney fashion, my dad had all of us go around and say something nice about my mom and then the men got to say something nice about their wives. It was really great to hear some of the comments. I love hearing my dad talk about my mom. He was telling us that he had been thinking about her at work last week and just how lucky he felt to have such an awesome wife and what a perfect mother she is to us. It was really sweet. Thanks James for making my day so special. I am so grateful to be a mother to my two sweet little boys. I am also grateful for my mom who is a great example of what I want to be. Also, I am grateful for James' mum for what a great mother she was and is to James and all that she does for us. In England, Mother's day is in March so we are usually not on top of it and forget. I hope that all of you mothers out there had a great one! This picture is of my mom dancing in her bedroom with Preston this past week to Michael Buble. I think it is so cute, my boys love her!!
We have also had some friends come over to play! Benny Milne came over a few days ago so that I could give his mom a break since she just had a new baby. He was such an angel! He and Preston are 3 months apart and were so funny together. They both just sat on this bottom step and ate fruit snacks! So cute!Come back anytime Benny, it was fun.
I have also started my half marathon training again officially this week. I have been running for a few weeks now already, but the training is 12 weeks until my race. I ran 3 today on my treadmill (which makes me want to stab my eye out!!) and it felt so good to sweat and just listen to my tunes. I can already feel a difference in my strength and my legs are getting just a little less jiggly! Well, I say that and then you see this picture of what I ate last night. I really needed to run atleast another 5 miles to work off all of these calories!! I mainly just posted this picture to make my sister jealous because she loves yorkshire puddings more than anybody I know. Here you go Mel, we'll call you next time!
Finally, I have a question for all of you fellow Americans out there...What are you doing with your economic stimulus checks? Are you going to "stimulate" the economy, and if so what are you buying? Or are you going to save it/pay off bills? We are doing a little bit of both. I just ordered 3 window well covers for my backyard which I have been putting off for a year now. It was time since the swingset we bought is almost up and I want to not have to worry about the boys playing back there. I also got Carter some new shorts for summer and am thinking about a new comforter for my bed that I want. We'll see. I want to hear your responses...

Just to make your day

I am sure most of you have seen this clip, but I laugh every time I see it and I have seen it atleast 10 times! I probably think it is so funny because this would be Carter and Preston if we were living in England. Enjoy...

Kate is here!

My BFF Kate lives in Denver and I get to see her usually once a year, tops. This year thanks to her husband's brother deciding to do a destination wedding at Sundance, they made the journey to Utah. I also went to see her in January for her birthday, so we are doing great, 2 times this year and it's only May 1st! She really is the greatest! Chris (her husband) was awesome and knew that our time would be limited together so decided to leave earlier than they had planned so that we could hang out longer. They got here about lunchtime yesterday and we have just been chatting ever since. We did make one outing to Thanksgiving Point for ice cream but that's it! James made his famous barbeque for us which was fantastic for dinner. The kids played great and Carter was in heaven chasing Aspen (Chris' little girl) around all evening. I had such a blast and my face hurts from laughing so much till late last night. The best part is, Kate and I are such good friends, but our husbands get along great as well. That's a rare find. Thanks Coates family for making my year by coming to see me! I loved every second of it.

me and Kate (terrible picture I just got out of the shower- also notice I am wearing a sweatshirt today because it is SNOWING! May 1st- come on, get over winter already!!)
Carter and Aspen goofing off
Chris, Kate, Aspen, me, and James

(we probably shouldn't have taken it in front of that window but oh well)

Busy Busy Busy

Life has been so busy lately! It seems like after we got back from the cruise we have been going non-stop. I am sorry if I have not been commenting on your blogs! I feel like I can hardly keep up reading them let alone comment. The blog has been lower on my list lately, shameful I know. From bunco to family weekend trips, we have been on the move constantly. I have also been doing a lot of church stuff. I just got a new calling to be the Enrichment counselor in the Relief Society Presidency in my ward. I am quite overwhelmed and had my first activity on Friday that I was in charge of. It was a "Mom & Me" party for mothers and daughters. There was lots of pink, nail polish, makeup, hair, everything girly! It was a little chaotic, but overall I think everyone had a good time. Here are a few pictures of the other things we have been up to lately:

I forgot to post these pictures before but I figured they were too cute to leave off. Before James' parents left we had a dinner with my grandparents and Uncle Richard. Carter put on his best perfomer face and sang and showed off all of his tricks.

He even did "round and round the garden" to Grandpa Tenney and tickled him
It was Spring Break a couple weeks ago for my sister Melanie's kids so one day she wanted me to come with her and her friend Sharonda to the zoo. It was freezing! It snowed on us at the end of the day but atleast it wasn't crowded right?

Me, Mel, & Sharonda with the giraffes

Carter thinks he is as big as a gorilla (not quite)

the whole crew hiding under the elephant statue to get away from the blizzard of snow!

That weekend my brother Kevin invited us up to his timeshare Wolf Creek in Ogden Canyon. We had such a good time! The weather actually cooperated and was so nice for us. The cousins had so much fun playing together. We played tennis, watched the Jazz game, and ate yummy food.

The kids ready to go on a walk-I love Kale scaling the van:)

This was a regular occurance that we saw up there, Preston or Carter trying to run off by themselves. Beautiful scenery eh?

James was the king of the tennis court and schooled all of us! It was fun to be back on a tennis court again though. Hopefully this summer we will play more.

My brother Kevin is all about having contests, guessing things, etc. He was telling me that some of his employees were talking about how much better Fiji water was compared to other bottled water. He did a taste test with them and none of them guessed it right. He thinks that they all taste the same.Me being the water conosseur that I am, and agreeing with the employees, told him I would take him on! We bought Aquafina, Dasani, and Fiji and I had to pick out which one was the Fiji water. 20 bucks was on the line-easy money. Of course first try I picked out each water perfectly.
That night for the Jazz game, James decided to make chicken wings and different glazes for us to try. Halle and Kate were his little helpers getting him whatever he needed. They loved it and he loves to teach kids how to cook. His dream would be to start a little chefs academy.


This picture is so classic of my brothers. I tell them to smile for the picture but the Jazz game is so important they can't miss one second! So Greg is smiling while looking at the screen. Thanks Greg. Appreciate ya.
This was out my back door last week. I swear it is almost May but who would know that? It got way worse after this picture too! Gotta love springtime in Utah.
Last but not least, my tulips survived the winter and actually came up!! I am so excited! Tulips are my favorite flowers so it makes me so happy when I drive up to my house every day and see them. My best friend Kate is coming from Colorado on Wednesday with her husband. I can't wait. It seems like every time I am with her my camera is dead. I am going to have it charged and ready this time! Till next time...