Game Night

Aunt Susan and I are trying to start up Family Game Night. Really it is just a reason to get together, visit, snack and play games. We had our first one and played a bunch of Minute to Win It games along with Mafia. They were so much fun. Okay, family, if you want to come, game night is the last friday of each month. Let's Play!

This game you had to use a straw, suck, and hold an M&M and carry it across the room and place it on the four straws. It was pretty funny.

For this one, you had to have five feet of tape measure extended and roll a golf ball down the tape and into the cup. You needed to get three balls in the cup.

stacking three golf balls on top of each other, so proud that I beat my golfing husband!

bottle stack

unrolling the toilet paper within a minute, mostly just trying to beat your opponent

I especially love Brandon's handicap, baby Brooklyn

another stacking game

try to get five penne pasta on your spaghetti noodle using only your mouth!

good times playing Mafia

in a minute, take cups from the bottom and put on the top of the stack, moving the green cup to the bottom. first one to the green cup wins!

We had lots of fun. Looking forward to the next family game night.

Pampered (Happy Birthday Sheree)

My sister Sheree had a birthday (for her sake, I won't say how old). She has been through so much lately that we all agreed it was time to pamper her. I am going to say that this day was the best day I have had in a long time, so I hope she had a fun time too!

Driving to pick up Mari and Lori, but had to snap this pic. This takes me back to high school. I would be driving to school, late mind you because of Sheree, and she would be putting her makeup on in the car. We laugh at it now, but resented her for making me late all the time. I may or may not have purposely hit potholes to make her smudge her mascara all over her face.... good memories. I am glad that we can laugh at them now.

First off, we got pedicures. I LOVE LOVE LOVE pedicures. It had been since Thanksgiving since my last one and I was in need of some tlc on my feet. We had a fun laugh at sea salt (inside joke) and really enjoyed relaxing.

Maria

Me and Sheree

Lori

This is my idea of pampering!

our cute toes, with some chic nail art

Then we took Sheree to get her hair done. She wanted a cut, color and some highlights. The lady doing her hair was EXTREMELY slow, like 4 hours slow, so Lori, Maria, and I ran errands, shopped, and then played at Sephora. We had the gals there show us how to match foundation (lori), create the smokey eye look (maria), and find a new shade of lipstick (me). She also wanted to show us the rub on tanning product so I volunteered my arms. I forgot to start taking photos until half way through and missed one of Lori.

BEFORE / AFTER

Check out this smoking HOT momma!! She had such a glow to her that day. I think she felt like a princess.

Then we took her to eat at Olive Garden...

and got her this DIVINE dessert.

After lunch, we took her shopping for a new dress, or two, or three. Yes, we got her three new outfits to help her feel as beautiful as she already is. Okay, i couldn't resist and found myself a new outfit for mother's day.

Happy Birthday Sista! We LOVE you.

We love you tons and are glad we could play (seriously the whole day long) with you. We enjoyed getting pampered too.

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday was just a lovely day! We had a good day, all day long. Here is a photo pictorial of the day:

The goods that the kids get on Easter morning. I hate to say it was from the Easter Bunny (try to keep him out of Easter Sunday), so this is just their Easter goods from Mom and Dad.

Don't they look wide eyed and awake?! Ha Ha

Okay, I know I am her mother, but she had the most killer baby blues. I love her little half smile quirky face in this photo. She is showing off her first "big girl" necklace. She was over the moon for it. And seriously, could I just have a fraction of that volume in my hair when I wake up in the morning??

Trying to get a good shot of the kids in their Easter Best is pretty dang hard. Had to show you some of their poses.

This wasn't forced. Priceless.

Mom and her baby girl.

Livy loving her "princess" dress.

Nice family photo. We chose to sport coordinating shades of purple. It just kind of happened and it worked out okay.

Livy showing off her big girl necklace.

After church, we gathered at mom and dad's house for Easter Sunday dinner. We have the big kid table and then the little kid table. We are starting to get a little too big to all fit.

Classic easter grass cake. Yum.

I had been wanting to make these since I saw them last year. They are called Resurrection Rolls. It is dough wrapped around a marshmallow. When the rolls bake, the marshmallow melts and creates a hollow tomb. When you bite or cut into it, it is empty, symbolic of the tomb being empty because the Savior lives and isn't in the tomb. I loved the idea. Plus, they tasted delish too.

After dinner, we had a nice family time. We listened to Crayton re-give his talk he had given in church. Then we had a nice Easter lesson from Mom. It was all over the internet, but it was still a really lovely idea. Mom had an egg carton with plastic eggs in it. Inside of the eggs was a scripture and an item that represented parts of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. It was really nice to have a spiritual thought to tie the day all together. It is a fun tradition that I will do each year.

Then mom and dad each shared their testimonies with us. I think it was really good for the grandkids to hear their testimonies.

Then came our family egg hunt, with REAL hard boiled eggs (and some candy). Thayne, Spencer, Tommy and Weston had fun hiding the eggs. The kids had a blast and enjoyed the afternoon outside. Such nice weather, it was a perfect day.

This was pretty funny. Kenzie found eggs up in the tree and then spent some time trying to get them out.

Thayne and Tommy had a water fight. I honestly didn't think Thayne would soak tommy in his nice clothes, but I was wrong. They both had fun.

Happy Easter.

I love this holiday, it is so meaningful and hopeful.