Easter Pics & More

Happy Easter Everyone! Easter Sunday was a little crazy to say the least. Doug got sick and I had to sing in the choir 3 times and direct the primary in Sacrament Meeting. So I found my friend Jess to sit by and when I turned around my girls were gone. I ran around the whole inside of the church for about 5 minutes. I was just about to start going around the outside when someone brought them in from the parking lot! YIKES! I was sick to my stomache! Little liv loves to escape and thinks it's such a fun game....UG! A colored all over the walls during the meeting with crayon (it came off though). Just a super busy overwhelming day for me. Most days are NOT like this though. I don't me to sound like a grounchy mean mom. But I was done with them when we got home.
We then went to My sweet Sis-in-Laws for a super yummy Easter Feast with a Honey baked ham. This is her front yard. I took pics last year here too in their Easter dresses...I will have to go dig those out.
I just Love My Audree's face....she is such a sweetie.




Livvy wasn't quite in the mood that day. A few quick stories about her. She has decided she wants to potty train. She will tell us to Go out! When she is on the pot. And I went to the bathroom earlier ( with her in the room of course...how could she leave my side) and she said, "Mom that's my job!"






Easter Egg hunt in our backyard....check out the adorable baskets my mom made. I had one just like it when I was little.


O was scared to go outside b/c she thought that the easter bunny was out there hiding the eggs...silly one.


Here's Dougie's new work truck and uniforms...I think he looks so cute! This week was slow and he is recoving from an ear infection so he is a litlle discouraged about the business so far, but I know it will pick up.




The girls got, Watercolors, Sidewalk Chalk, and Fingerpaints, from the Easter Bunny. Audree LOVED it! She is such a tactile girl. She loves water and sand and smooshing her dinner food.


I told them to smile big.....this is what I get....don't you just love it!


One last story...and some of you have heard this....
Liv has been climbing out of her crib recently. It hasn't been a big deal until this week. On Tues. she woke up at 6 am and woke up everyone else. Then for naps I layed her down at 1pm and she came out of her room and 1:50. I took her back in there and told her to go back to bed. 3 tries later, I locked her in. She undid the lock and went and opened to the door to where Audree was sleeping. Grr...I was so ticked! I wasn't feeling well that day and really wanted a nap when they were napping. So I went down to Babies R Us that day and spent an outrageous amount of money on a crib tent.

It zips her shut in there and she can't climb out. The first day she liked it...the second day she screamed...."I'M STUCK!!" But she has been sleeping all through the night 12 hours and one 3 hour nap everyday since...so it's been a great investment....
That's all...:)

Vacation in Mexico.....

LONG POST WITH LOTS OF PICTURES!
We are back to reality. We just spent a week with our good friends the Allen's. They have a time share down in Rocky Point about 20 minutes outside of town. It was not at all what I was expecting....this place was fancy!

We spent our days swimming in the huge indoor/outdoor pools. Walking and building sand castles on our own private beach and playing games at night (while the kiddos slept.)
It really was paradise and went by too quick. I got a pedicure with my friend Jess while we were ther and we went into town a few times. Also we went to Church on Sunday and I got to play the piano in Spanish.(Wink, wink) Those days of Sight reading the notes came in handy b/c I couldn't read what the song was.

I forgot my memory card and my sweet Sis-in-Law Allison took in to our friends brother who came down on Sunday. Thanks so much Alli! And I still didn't take enough pictures. I wish I had a pic of our friends that we went with...and the girls by the pool. I never took my camera down there...bummer.
Oh And Liv gave us many scares...she would run out of the room when we weren't looking and run down to the pool..yikes! The joys of 2 year olds!

We got sick on the way home and have been trying to recover all weekend. Doug is officially in business too. YEA! Call us if you need a tune up:)


This is the view from our room


Walking in from the ocean..


Monday in the evening


The kiddos loved burying their feet in the sand....I would then ask "Where's O's feet?" They loved pulling them out and showing you! The little guy on the right is our friend Kirkland. He is the same age as the girls...such a cute kid!


Whee!




Trying something new....I like it.




Outside the box for me....playing with full sun...


Me and My sweetie on the beach. We had so much fun being there with our litlle family.



The Dirt Mall....well it's paved now...but we went there in the middle of the week for fun. There is so much breakable stuff it's not even funny....but we had a good time though. Ate a churro and then on the road to a taco stand for lunch. YUMMO!


We let Liv choose the turtle that she watned it. She went back like 5 times to switch. When we crossed the street she saw some more bobble head turtles and wanted to switch hers....this is the reaction when we told her no!


With Their souveniers(Sp)....they made quick the ruckus walking up and down the street.



Isn't she pretty...I love the colors here...I wish I had more willing models...


Liv petting the ceramic dog...there were so many things to break here.


Audree LOVED laying in the sand. She loves putting food in her hair and fingerpainting too....


We brought some kites and someone gave us one...too bad I cut the kite off when I was taking the picture....grrr.



Little Livvy Loo likes to snuggle...she wants to hold you all day long...



Relaxing


The best picture out of a few hundred....My sweet friend Jess took this...Thanks Jess!


The girls love spinning...


Sweet Hugs at the end of the photoshoot

Pics from this week....

Taken with a self timer before church...hence the crooked upward shot! Sorry lis...look at those roots! I need a new doo!
Funny story about the dress I am wearing...I bought this dress at Target last week. A little retro...but cute. I was telling Doug about how I was going to dress up for Primary this week as "Granny Goodnote" (I dress up in special charchters every few months to spice up primary...) I came home with this dress and Doug asked..."Is that your Grandma dress?" ACK! I debated whether or not to take it back...I kept it because I felt cute in it. Dougie and I have been doing weight watchers for the past 2.5 months and I have lost 14 lbs and Doug 21 lbs. Something to celebrate and buy a new dress right? I still have way more to go and will probably gain some back while we are in Mexico this next week. But our lifestyle has changed. I now crave running or bike riding and I get sick when I go out to eat or eat too much.
Sorry for that little tangent friends....back to the pics...




Daddy's girls....


Manda crocheted this hat and I took it from my mom's house. These are just some snaps after a nap one day. I just love little Audree in these...Liv was not having pictures or the hat....And these are with the new camera. All I did to these was resize for the web...pretty sweet huh? It's crazy how obsessed with Photography I have become. The other night our friends dad came over and he has taught photography for 30+ years. You should have heard us....f-stops, histograms, burning, ISO...Doug just sat there and smiled. It's neat to have something I love....besides my sweet little family.



I just love this little one. She can be so easy going and go with the flow. But she is a little aggressive. She always has to stand her ground. Today while I watched my neighbor she shoved him 5 times and threw a car at O's head. But she does not whine/cry/or throw tantrums like Liv so she is easier in that respect. And she is such a little lover....snuggly and sweet. And she is always says Hooray when it's time to eat. And she also always says...Cool...Awesome as she gives you a thumbs up...what a ham!





Here's the best of Liv....that's some play-doh..they're favorie. P.S. Sorry about all the crud in the background...

Today she said to Audree after a hug..."Sissy I love you Too MUCH!" Cute....they were fighting 2 seconds later lest you think they are always like this. She also asked Doug the other day..."Can Santa come tommarow and bring presents?" Oh and we were reading scrips the other night and she said..."Look That's Lehi and the brass plates!!" WoW! Talk about a sponge...

Sorry for the ultra long post everyone....And in other news...Doug's last day is tommarow and we are going to Rocky Point with some good friends on Friday....Vaca...here we come!!

Famous.....;)

A quote from us at kids club on Thursday. Down at the bottom.
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Sorry I couldn't figure out how to make a link....you have to copy and paste it. Thanks Ashley for letting me know!

Weekend in Thatcher...with my Sweet Grandma

This past weekend, my sister Amanda and I had a chance to take a trip to our hometown to visit my Grandma who was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. She was in good spirits, but it was hard to see her that way. I begged and begged for a picture of her with my grandpa and she said yes. It was terribly cold and they were both shivering so I only got a few...but here is my favorite. This is in front of their house. She didn't want any side shots to show her hair loss from the chemo and radiation, but I filled it in while Photoshop.


The girls were so excited to see grandma and grandpa and O kept talking about them, the whole way down. They were quite the criers while we were there and Sacrament meeting was a nightmare. I had both on each hip screaming their heads off and running out of the chapel. People in Thatcher are sweet though...they just smiled.

Both Manda and I forgot Jammies so my sister's and I went down to good ol Walmart and bought some new ones. We needed some summer ones anyway. Here are all the grandkiddos right before bed with G&G Udall.

My parents slept out in the front room and gave us there room while we were there....Thanks mom and dad!

And for journaling purposes....In a 2 hour time span O
*Took Doug's sharpie out of his pocket and colored all over herself and her kachi(sp) pants
*Took the grill scrapper outside and scrubbed her body....greasy!
*Found her in the toilet eating the toilet scrubber! Gross! If I wasn't so mad I would have taken a picture.
*Found another pen and was drawing on herself.
Sigh....I promise I'm not a neglegent mother!! She is just sooooo busy!

And We were at Manda's today and A said..."I need to go potty." Ok took her diaper off and put her on the big girl toilet...and what do you know?? She went poop! We made such a big deal out of it....looks like I might have to potty train soon!!