Catch up!

How come I am always playing catch-up! Ugh I am such a procrastinator when it comes to blogs. So here are some pictures and things I wanted to remember.

My kids finally got some pillow pets ( after they found them hidden at the top of the closet!)

They then of course made them weapons!

Presley got potty trained a month ago and I am soooo happy about it.

It took her about a day to master it. She had about 1 pee accident- but never any poop one so Yea!

For the first 2 days every time she went she would make me read her this potty book & then she would read it.

Ward Easter Egg Hunt

since I was gone on Easter I was so glad I was able to go to this Easter egg hunt.

The kids loved it and didn't even mind having to give back the eggs, probably since they got to keep the candy inside!

I missed getting pics of Jackson since Presley started saying she didn't feel good, then layed down in the grass and then threw up. :( so sad

Hudson is usually my best dresser. He always picks out matching outfits and will also accessorize. But for some reason he thought this outfit would cut it at church.

My SIL Heather made this- how cute, she actually grew grass and then made the basket out of fabric. Man sometimes I feel sooo uncrafty! Luckily I have so many people in my life who are so good at it.

The only picture Stephen took on Easter-

I am just happy they actually got their basket, wore their Easter clothes and made it to church!

Sadly Stephen did forget to hide the eggs before the kids woke up- so Jackson didn't understand why the bunny didn't do it. uh-oh

Mother's Day

My favorite part of Mother's Day by far is the homemade gifts that my kids make at school. I love the questionares's they fill out, so honest and crazy.

This year was not exception.

I was obviously gone on a trip when Hudson filled this out

Jackson's class made cookbooks- I think J's was the best one. You could actually follow the directions and come out with a dang good sandwich! I guess his ambition to be a Chef might pan out after all.

btw- He loves pepperonis on anything

Our Spring Break in Thatcher

Stephen's job has him traveling a lot during this season. Since Jackson is in school we never have the opportunity to go with him. When I found out he was going to be in Thatcher during part of Spring Break I immediately decided we too would be going. Plus it is basically a free trip since he was going for business anyway. The kids were Super excited about staying in a hotel and couldn't wait to go swimming. So I set out to find a hotel with a heated pool. I found one but once we got there we realized the hot tub was out of commission and that heated just means "not freezing" but the kids didn't care they swam anyway!

If you know me you already know my deep love of the Gila Valley Area/Thatcher/EAC! While I couldn't wait to visit the sites and go walk my old campus, I was most excited to see my good friends MaryAnn Palmer Layton who I met while attending school. She now lives there again with her husband and 4 kids who are so awesome!

Our drive up

I thought a ding-dong would be nice

but apparently not a great car snack

this was way worse than it looks-we had to stop and shake him down

The Hotel-

By far my kids favorite part of the trip, apparently we could go anywhere and stay in our hotel the whole time and they would be ecstatic.

Jumping from bed to bed

I just love her faces in these

Jackson wasn't feeling it at this time, instead he was getting mad that everyone was jumping on top of him

Hudson wanted to have his picture taken by himself

One morning we took a drive up Mt. Graham and found a place to hang out for awhile.

The kids had a blast climbing rocks

getting in the stream

( Pres insisted on getting completely undressed- which lasted about 5 min.)

finding Rocks

But the favorite was the splash game.

Throwing rocks into the stream to see how much you could splash everyone.

Pres chillaxing with her apple

Don't judge my parenting

if you look closely you can see the beautiful butterfly that kept circling Presley's head

Another great hotel pro was the key card doors

The boy were constantly racing there to open the door with the card!

While Steve was working we spent our time with the Layton family. They were so much fun, they fed us, entertained us & transported us.

Here we are at the Palmer farm

my kids love petting the animals and feeding the horses

The golf cart ride

Wii dance was the favorite

I have never seen my kids play it and had so much fun watching them

Jackson insisted I "Verse" him ( too cute)

I did and man that game is tiring

Pres with the girls playing

My dear friend MaryAnn

We had such a great time and I hope we can come back again!

On the way home I found a hole in my purse

Can you believe all the stuff that was in there. No wonder it was so heavy.

I was so excited I am notorious for loosing chapstick and when I saw that they have all dissapeared in my purse I was ecstatic.