Mother's Day

Mother's Day was a great day this year.  I was so spoiled.  Steve made me breakfast in bed.

 

 

I was happy to have some company while I ate. 

Steve also surprised me with tickets to Deer Valley to see the Wicked Divas.  The Wicked Divas were 2 women who have played the witches in Wicked.  It was a great show!  I will post pictures of that later.

Had dinner at Steve's parents of course.

 

 

 

The weekend after Mother's Day I went to Idaho and took our mom for her annual Mother's Day pedicure. 

Brave

Sara has taken a theater class the last 2 years through Up With Kids and has absolutely loved it.  This year they did their version of Brave.  I loved watching my little girl step out of her shy little self and become Everdeen, and Giselle.

 

It may have been a little much for some.  This is my dad and yes he is asleep, and no Sara is not on stage.

 

 

Sara had quite the crowd cheering her on.

 



Let's Go Fly a Kite

The end of April brought a little warmer weather this year.  The kids got new kites and had lot of fun flying them.

 

Our nephew Bryson left on his mission to Russia.  Jakob's goal is to be taller then Bryson when he gets home in 2 years.

Batman came to visit me a few days as well.  I sure do love him.

Antelope Island

This past week was our spring break.  We weren't able to go out of town but we did go out to Antelope Island for an afternoon of hiking.  It was a perfect day for a hike and to be on the island.  There was a cool breeze, no bugs and lots of animals.  We were able to see buffalo, antelope, deer, and horses with people on them of course.

There was a bench along the way.  It was in the perfect spot for a much needed rest. 

We found a nice rock to eat our Jimmy John's dinner.

We hiked quite a ways when we came across the buffalo.  I thought it was the perfect time to turn around and head back.

Our view on the way down.

Author

I took Sara to meet her favorite author, Brandon Mull a few weeks ago.  She LOVES his Fablehaven series. When we found out he was going to be doing a book signing at Desert Book we had to go meet him. 

Easter

We had a great Easter week, making cookies, coloring Easter eggs, having a visit from the Easter bunny and having an Easter party with the family.

Our new Easter outfits.  

Waiting for the Easter egg hunt to begin. 

Carrie, Debbie, Joanne, Julie and me.

Girls Weekend

Have I ever said how grateful I am for my friends.  We have been friends for almost 20  years and have been through so much together.  We planned a girls overnighter to celebrate me joining the 40 club.  It was a little past my birthday but that's ok.  Any time with these ladies is worth waiting for.

We went to dinner at the Dodo in Salt Lake Friday night.  Fun atmosphere and really good food.

We then went to our hotel and played games and laughed all night long.  If you ever get a chance to play Telestrations I suggest you do.  It is the funnest game.

The next morning we drove in a blizzard back up to Syracuse to have pedicures and lunch at Pizza Factory.