The Wizard of Oz

Last night the kids and I drove down to Kaysville with my parents to see my cute little niece in her school's play. She was the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz and she did an awesome job!

Fuzell Shoes

Shayden's invention for first grade. This was our first really big project this year. It was kind of a headache thinking of what to invent but we both came up with this idea together.

One of the mom's that was there said that he got up to show the class when it was his turn and he said "Presenting, Fuzell shoes, by Shayden...!" so loudly and with conviction. That didn't surprise me at all as Shayden does everything with a lot of passion. He is a very clever little boy and he does surprise me with his wit and smarts all the time. I am so proud to be his mom.

One Fun Day

My wonderful friend Leah (that lives in Idaho) came for a quick one day visit on Tuesday!In the morning I met her at the Red Lion Hotel where they stayed the night before and Leah and I just did our hair and talked and primped while the kids watched the Disney channel. It was so fun. We were supposed to go swimming but turns out the pool was an outdoor pool. Too cold for that. Bummer. Then we went to the Main Library downtown and played there for a good while. We read books and the kids played on the computers while we talked. After that we went home to get ready for Josh's (Leah's husband) birthday celebration, we basically just sang to him over donuts and danish. But they went out to eat at an Indian restaurant and I stayed and watched all the kids who just played happily. You should have seen the boys, the minute Shayden came home from school he was off and the boys played for 4 hours strait. The girls weren't as enthusiastic about playing together but they are definately improving. I say they will be good friends down the road.
When they got back they had to go and the day ended all too quickly!

But it was fun while it lasted.

Jen's Wedding!

One of my favorite people got married yesterday. She was so graceful and beautiful she looked like she could be a bride for a living. The day went so perfectly, in the morning we all feared rain or even snow but it held off for all the picture taking at the temple and everything! It was overcast, so a bit chilly, but I bet her pictures are going to turn out beautifully, not only because of that, but because she happens to be the most photogenic person I know!
The temple ceremony was so touching, when I saw her face for the first time she was so lit up! I couldn't believe the sealer talked about ancestors, and how there were there in that very room with us, at that point there were a lot of tears because Jen had just lost her grandmother one month prior, and they were so close. The don't think the sealer knew that.
The luncheon was gorgeous and we got to catch up with a lot of good friends I hadn't seen for so long, it was awesome.
Our friend Susan make the wedding cake! She is not a professional cake maker but after this she better make her business cards.

It was all so beautiful and I am so happy for my cute little Jenny. Her and Brandon will be so happy together, and they will live so close to us, we will be able to see each other often I hope.

Successful Mothering Convention

I forgot to post about the wonderful mother's conference I went to on March 1st. This is my 3rd year going and it was a bit different this year as the managment of it changed hands, but I still got so much valuable information. There is something about being at a conference where everyone has some commonality, that lifts your spirits and gives you motivation to be better. Plus this year, I got to go with my lovely sister Li, and we bonded all day! It was such a fun sister's day and I am reminded of how lucky I am that we live so close to each other. We are nine years apart and we are opposites on so many things it is funny, but we are still such good friends.
We got 2 different kinds of massages, got to try all sorts of new products, entered lot's of cool contests and of course went to some pretty amazing classes. I think my favorite one was the one about marriage, the speaker was very captivating.
When we got there in the morning it was a bit windy but when we left to go home it was a blizzard! I feared for my life the whole way home.
I took my camara so that I could get a pictures of us together outside the building but this is all I got~the two of us silly and freezing in her car! And it is the best one I could get, I tried a bunch of times. It was so funny.

phew!

I had to post that about a week ago I finished the rest of the Twilight series, I can't wait for the movie and the 4th book to come out!

Because We Sing!

My friend Jen has been raving about this men's choir led by Marrilee Webb, so last Christmas I gave Jonas the news that I had joined him since I knew he would never do it out of his own accord. He says he can't really sing, but I know otherwise.

And even though he wasn't able to go to a lot of the practices, it ended up being a really powerful experience and at the performance in the assembly hall a couple of weeks ago, they sounded pretty amazing!

Here he is lookin' pretty sharp with Jen's fiance Brandon:

They did an oompa loompa dance that was a hit (especially with Shayden)!

~and check out the CD cover that Jen designed herself~she is awesome!