Conference Weekend!

I LOVE conference weekend.

A few days before conference Darin's cousin, Amy, did a cute dinner with a "special guest."

She did a different member of the 1st presidency each night.

I stole her idea, but we only had one guest, President Monson.

We had him over for dinner, and enjoyed learning a little more about the Prophet.

We found out he loves tomato soup from Little America.

So, we had grilled cheese, and tomato soup.

(Although, I will admit, I REALLY would have rather been at Little America).

His favorite food is ice-cream.  

And since we're trying to be more healthy, we all shared one scoop of ice-cream in honor of President Monson.

During conference, the kids loved doing their packets from Grandma.

And between sessions, we did a final harvest of our garden.

And we picked, juiced, and bottled all of our grapes.

Can't wait for the next conference is 6 months!!

Gardner Village

Today we went out to Gardner Village with mom, Heather (aka the birthday girl), and Kristy.

We missed you Heather H!

We did a scavenger hunt to find the witches and the kids got cookies at the end.

And the weather was PERFECT!!

Braves vs. Wildcats

This has been a bad year for my almamaters.

I hated watching the Y lose to the U.

Then we had to watch the Braves lose to the Wildcats.

Part of me wanted to get all decked out in red with warrior stripes.

But, there is a good chance that Matt will go to Woods Cross (GASP!!!)

(Our ward is split--half go to Bountiful and half go to WX).

I just HATE the idea of Matt going to my rival school.

I know I should just grow up and get over it....but I still have 10+ years to do that.

Thanks mama for coming with me!

And for bringing blankets to share on that COLD day!

Apple Picking and Apple Pie

Yesterday Matt, Lindsay, and I made my favorite apple pie.

We started out by picking the apples from our own back yard.

I love these kids, and decided to make a little movie to go with it.

The words in the song describe a lot of how I feel.

"It's not perfect, but it's everything I've dreamed of."

"It's pure bliss....It doesn't get better than this!"

Rise and Shout or Cry and Pout?

Andrew has been sick, so we couldn't watch the BYU/Utah game with anyone and had to stay home.

Darin thought it would be fun to get Slurpees to help brighten the weekend.
While he was gone, I changed the kids' clothes and painted their faces.

When Matt found out that Darin was on "the other team" he cried a little and decided to switch loyalties.  Good move for him.

We fell asleep near half time, and found out the sad (happy for Darin) news about 2 am.

Better luck next time cougars!

The lone Ute.

France is Married!!

My super amazing and beautiful friend, France, got married today!
We felt so honored to be at her sealing.
She and Taylor make a beautiful couple!

We are so excited for you France!  Lots of love to you!!

And check out her DARLING daughter Shay.  She LOVES to pose, if you can’t tell.

5 Months

Our sweet little Andrew is 5 months.

Have I ever mentioned how much I love this little guy?  

Because I do!!

In all of his updates I always mention how he is a MOVER.

Rolling from front to back at 3 weeks.

Rolling from back to front at 3 months.

Now he is already starting to CRAWL!!!

Someone PLEASE tell this boy to SLOW DOWN!!

Unfortunately, my cute little boy has croup.

It breaks my heart to see him sick.

Poor baby.

But, as you can see from the picture, even when he's sick, he's still happy!

Happy 5 months little buddy!

Andrew's First Haircut

Yesterday Andrew got his first haircut.

He doesn't have a lot of hair, but he has some LONG ones.

Matthew's first haircut was a little more dramatic.

Saying goodbye to the long wispy hairs.

I can't believe what a little trim does.

He looks so much older to me!

Love this guy!