Maggie's Drive-In

Maggie is a reading machine! At her school they have an AR (accelerated reading) program to promote reading. Each quarter they have a goal and when they reach that goal, they have an AR party. This quarter's party was a Drive-in. They were to make a car and then they could sit in it to watch a movie with the treats they earned. (Maggie's goal was 20 points and she had 77 points.) It was fun to make the car together. She even designed a trunk to put her blanket and pillow in.

My $20 Bosch

I saw a Bosch at a yard sale on Saturday. I inquired how much. "$30." I asked if it worked. "Yes, but it is a little noisy." I asked if they would take $20 for it. Sold. I got it home and it barely worked. It sounded very 'sick!' Oh, no I wasted $20. Well, I let it be for a couple days and then said to myself, "Self, let's see if we can get this thing to work." Only one setting worked out of 3 before I started. I cleaned up the insides and the circuits and washed everything. I put it back together, and VOILA! It works!! I fixed all of the settings. The funny thing is I already have a great mixer/blender combo, but I couldn't pass up a Bosch. So, now I have two!

Posing for Mommy

I didn't ever take pictures in their new Easter clothes this year, so yesterday I had them pose for me. It looks like Allie and Cooper grew a lot, but they were standing on rocks in the flower bed.

Star Wars Cake

I have decided that I really like to create cakes. I love shows like "The Ultimate Cake-off" and "The Cake Boss." I told Lucy that I would make a Star Wars cake for Tate's 4th birthday tomorrow, so I looked some up on line and voila, this is what I created. I love to do this...it did take a bit of time though.

Fun with the Rasmussens

Isaac

Emmett and Scott

Cooper, Allie, Maggie, Collin, and Wyatt

Alligators in Twin Falls

Did you know there are alligators in Twin Falls, Idaho? Who knew?!

Ecuador

Scott and Amie have a great donkey named Ecuador. He is a very old donkey. In fact someone asked Amie if they could use him to breed. Amie then said, "I think he would have a heart attack if he tried that." The kids had fun with him.

Road Trip!

We went to the lovely metropolis of Twin Falls, Idaho this last weekend to visit our great friends, Scott and Amie Rasmussen and their 4 boys, Isaac, Collin, Wyatt, and Emmett. On our family road trips, we always have our select music that we love to listen to. We were rockin out to 'Summer Lovin' from Grease. We sound sooo good after much practice.

Swimming with the Cousins

Since Elynn and her girls were in town, we took advantage of hanging out together. Kim and her 3 kids, Elynn and her 3 girls, Me and my 3 kids, and Tanah, Grace, and Miles all went swimming at the indoor Clearfield Aquatic center. We had to do something indoors since it was snowing outside. We had a great time at the pool. They have lots of fun things for kids to do--splash zone, lazy river, water slide, etc.

Happy Easter

Yesterday, we went to Lance and Teresa's annual Easter Hunt. The kids always have fun with that one because they have to find the candy and then put it someone else's basket. Lance always does a cute job in talking about the real meaning of Easter and why you should give to others.

After that Easter Hunt, we went to my parent's house for the Annual Davidson Easter gathering. My mom goes way overboard in the candy eggs. They get waaay too much at their house, but it is fun. We had dinner and then the men went to the priesthood session of conference.

We had the fun opportunity to have the Housley cousins stay with us Saturday night and then do our morning Easter hunt with us. We colored eggs Saturday night, but the Easter bunny forgot to hide them. Morgan, Maddie and Reagan didn't have Easter baskets, so we improvised with Halloween buckets. Elynn and I made a late night trip to Walmart to get more candy and 'old mother hubbard' was bare there, so we went to Albertsons and they had plenty.

Sunday morning was fun with all of the kids discovering their Easter baskets with new flip flops for all. They also got an Easter bunny filled with candy. Cooper named him Mr. Fatty, "Because he ate too much candy."

Conference was great to watch. Lots of inspirational thoughts that I have now forgotten. I'm glad it comes out in the magazine and the internet, so I can refresh my old mind. The Housley's have an "adopted" uncle that is brand new to the Tabernacle Choir. He is black so he is easy to find. It was funny because the Housley girls would jump and yell, "There's Uncle George" whenever they saw him. Morgan also said, "It's fun to have someone famous." Allie saw him and said, "We see him at Costco."

It was a great Easter.

Why is it...?

Why is it that kids will go from a perfectly good area to play in, make a mess of it, and then take their toys to our bedroom to play?

God's April Fool's Joke on Us

Spring in Arizona is beautiful. We went by the Mesa Temple and saw the beautiful grounds with flowers and a cactus garden. The weather was about 78 degrees. Today we woke up to this. What happened to spring in Utah?!