My Niece the pig, found guilty

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My cute little niece made the news.

Spring Break 2010 Slideshow

We took the week of Spring Break and traveled down to Southern California. We had earned a free day in Disneyland for doing a day of service, so we happily used it. And fortunately my Aunt and Uncle allowed us to stay with them only a few miles from Disneyland. It was very generous of them. Then we went to Legoland the next day. We'd advise going a week other than a Spring Break week. The kids had fun but the lines were far too long (an hour wait for even the tiniest ride). The Lego Mini-Land was by far the most impressive thing of the day. And each of our kids had saved up money to buy a set of legos at the end of the day...even our daughter. We traveled to stay with my cousin and her family and had a great time visiting with them. The next day we spent at the beach with my cousins and then traveled down to the San Diego area the day after that. We ended our trip with a visit to the USS Midway aircraft carrier, the Mormon Battalion Visitor Center in Old Town, the Windan Sea Beach, and the San Diego Temple. It was a wonderful trip. Here's a slideshow of it.

Easter 2010

On the Saturday before Easter, we always have a picnic and egg hunt with family usually out on West Mountain. This year, however, the rain/sleet of the morning prevented any prolonged outdoor picnic. We kept all but the egg hunt indoors at Nana and Papa's house. We still had a good time.
Dying the Easter Eggs.
A perfect indoor activity.
Ahhh. Which Color to choose? Our daughter LOVED eating the boiled eggs later through the day.
Some Rice Krispie chocolate dipped easter eggs.
The egg hunters with Nana (the race starter).
The start of the egg hunt...traditionally done with a red bandana.



Trying to warm up the day with a sunny flower.

Then on Easter Sunday, the kids woke up and found their baskets and found that it had snowed 7 inches. It looked more like Christmas than Easter. But we still had a great day enjoying LDS General Conference together indoors. (Unfortunately, our youngest ate WAY too much candy that day and got sick that night from it...lesson learned).

Martial Arts (Kyukido) Belt Graduations- Again

The Boys both graduated Martial Arts Belts in March. They had to show sparring skills and their forms.
Our oldest son is in the red sparring gear, above.
Our second son here is in the navy blue sparring head gear.


Congrats kids!

Kyukido Tournament

Our 2 boys participated in a Kyukido (Martial Arts) tournament a week ago. Our oldest didn't score as well as he had hoped, but as you can tell from his sparring opponent, he was a little shorter (therefore, the 2 point head kicks were out of range for him, but not for her). He did really well though in sparring and forms. He was within a tenth of a point of the other 2 opponents. Our youngest son had a great time...winning the sparring competition and coming in second in forms. It's a little surprising that he won the sparring seeing as how he'd close his eyes when kicking or getting kicked. Notice the shut eyes in the picture...funny.




Our boys with their friend after the competition.

Catching up on Scrapbooks

Well, I just finished digitally scrapping the years 2006 and 2007 for my family album and all the kids' albums. Only 2 more years to go and I'll be caught up. I love digitally scrapping...I reuse layouts, I just pull in the photos of specific kids for their specific albums. I save so much time. I don't know how much cheaper it is in the end, but it works well for me. I print out the finished page on 8.5x11 photo paper at a photo printing place (just bring them all in on a CD). Then I put them in page protectors and in scrapbook albums. The kids love looking at them. Here are a few examples.

13th Anniversary Trip

We were able to take a short trip down to Vegas over President's Day weekend for our 13th Anniversary. It's been a wonderful and full 13 years. So, 3 (and a half) kids, 1 dog, many many apartments, 3 homes, and many experiences later...here we are, stronger, closer, and more in love than ever. Happy Anniversary (Feb. 15, 1997)

Getting ready to go see the Cirque du Soleil show, "KA". It was really really really good.

Outside our hotel, Planet Hollywood (where we had 2 free nights, yea!)

At one of the Hotel Pools...yes the weather was warm enough...ahhhh!

At Dinner at Bahama Breeze...one of our old favorites we first ventured to in Michigan while living there. Too bad there's not one in Utah yet. Someday maybe.

The view from our hotel window.