Ella'a Baptism Part 1

Beep Beep, Jam please!

We have muffins for breakfast most Sunday mornings. Lily insists that everyone says "beep beep" if they want the jam passed to them, and Ella always leaves behind a tally sheet where she keeps track of how many muffins she's eaten.

Cherry Picking

It's been a fun week. We had Lily's dance recital, Ella's birthday party, a baptism photo shoot in a wind storm, and Ella's favorite; Cherry picking in Orem! Ella painted her own cherry shirt to go pick cherries in.

Birthday Party

 

To say that Ella is obsessed with horses would be an understatement. She really wanted a horse birthday party this year.  Since we saved a lot of money by not having Ella in any extra-curricular activities this year, we splurged. We decided to hold her party at the Lucky Star Horse Stables in Draper. Ella invited her cousins and friends. The girls all got a turn to ride a horse. Ella was so thrilled to have all her friends with her riding horses! I think all the girls had a great time.

911

We were almost asleep last night around midnight when a drunk driver plowed into our front yard. Luckily he hit a big power box which stopped him from possibly hitting Lily's window.
I don't think he was driving very fast, and It doesn't sound very scary, but it was. By the time we finally figured out what was going on (about 20-30 minutes later) The car was still running, headlights were shining brightly into Lily's room, the car radio was blaring loud, wheels were spinning, and Tyler was pounding on the window of the car trying to make sure the driver was alright. I was worried that the driver was going to wake up and beat Tyler up. Or that the driver was going to turn the wheel and run over him. Luckily the police came and were able to open the car door.
Unluckily for us, it took until 7AM to clean up the mess... and it was LOUD! Tyler and I are used to being sleep deprived, but without power (so that we could get some work done) or the ability to leave in our car (I wanted to go grocery shopping to pass the time), we were bored all night, just waiting for it all to get cleaned up so we could go to bed.
By the time it was all cleaned up, Ella had already left for school.

At least it was somewhat exciting. Our first (and hopefully last) 911 call, 4 police cars, 2 ambulances,  1 fire truck, 1 news truck, 1 drunk guy, 1 arrested guy transported on a stretcher, utah power, the Haz Mat team, & more!

We are lucky that no one was hurt. I'm sure the chances of something like this happening again is rare, but as soon as I get some rest, I'm moving Lily's bed away from her front window.

I don't know why... that after about 40 hours of being wide awake, Tyler and I are still up... but I'm thinking of going to bed.

What day is it anyhow?

Disneyland

Circus Circus

We took a trip to Disneyland last week. We stopped in Las Vegas on the way. I can't believe I'm going to recommend Circus Circus as a place to stay. First of all, it's a clown themed hotel. But we were surprised with what we got for the cheap price. It helped that our room was recently renovated. Our stay was only $40 and it included a free ride & game at the fun dome for the kids. The girls won a free stuffed dolphin while we were there & we all had a great time staying here. Plus they have a Krispy Kreme in the hotel. We also visited Brent & Cherese while we were in Vegas. (Which was our kids favorite part).

 

 

Next, we headed to Newport beach. Our hotel was across the street from the beach, which was nice. The weather was cold and rainy, which was not so nice. But Lily finally got to see the ocean. We only stayed a few minutes because it was so cold (can you tell by the look on Lily's face?)

 Finally, we spent 2 days at Disneyland. It was cold and rainy as well, but we didn't have to wait in very many lines. We walked right on to most of the rides without waiting.

Insta-love

My cousin Courtney met Jared through the iphone app Instagram. You can read their story here: http://www.ceebeeandj.com/p/our-story.html. Their wedding was beautiful & fun. They had all their guests post pictures of the wedding & reception to Instagram with the hashtag #ceebeeandjwedding. You can check out more pretty pictures there. Congratulations Courtney & Jared!

Wedding Shower

I love going to pretty parties. Happy wedding shower Courtney.

Alcohol

Lily: Mom, all the boys at preschool keep bringing Alcohol to school, and they try to get me to drink it, but I won't.

What? kind of party?

Lily: I know what kind of birthday party I want.
Me: What kind.
Lily: A dead/sick party. And you can paint our faces. Like purple around our eyes.
Me: lol. What kind of games would we play at it?
Lily: We wouldn't play games. We would just sit on the couch looking like this.

Happy Birthday to my mom

My mom moved out of her house almost 2 years ago. She, Trisha, & Ryan moved into an apartment for a month, then Trisha bought her house. They moved into Trisha's house while Tyler was building my moms. Trisha's house was too small to fit all their stuff in, so they lived in a crowded mess for almost 2 years. My mom moved into her house in Nov. She didn't finish unpacking because Ryan was still painting everything. He finally finished painting it just before my grandpa passed away last month. My mom still didn't unpack though because she was busy helping Trisha moved all her stuff in this month. Anyhow, she was excited to finally finish unpacking this week, (since she had Spring break off). After 2 years of living in messes & chaos, she was excited to finally get things organized & invite people over to see her cute new house.
Today she woke up to 4 inches of water throughout her basement. Tyler thinks that some areas had up to 10+ inches. Needless to say, her house is a mess again. I feel so bad for her. It got all her furniture & a bunch of boxes that hadn't been unpacked yet. She had just unpacked her favorite books that had been boxed up for 2 years, and it got all those too. Her floors are ruined. :( I wish I could say her day got better, but it got worse. MUCH worse :(
I hope things turn around for her soon. Sorry mom! I don't know why bad things always happen to you on your birthday & mother's day.

Did I mention that when I asked her what she wanted for her birthday... she said she just wanted some help getting her house put together.

Easter Party

Sunday we went to the Jones house for an Easter egg hunt & dinner. Wednesday, the girls got out of school early, so we wen't to my sister-in-law's house to decorate eggs (our first time) & Easter cookies. The girls had fun playing in the tree house that their cousins made.