April - June 2010 RECAP

 Well here's a quick recap for what happened April -June. Mind you not everything is in chronological order.
I was too lazy to get it all straightened out.  I was more concerned with actually getting this down on "paper". 

Boys being boys or is it bunnies??

April 10, we celebrated Ethan's 3rd birthday.

                                    And we decided to take the kids swimming at the REC center.

Ethan's 3rd Birthday. With his Little Einstein's home made birthday cake.

This summer right after school was out we headed to California for a week to visit with family. In that time 

we made a day trip to see the ocean and let the kids play on the beach.  It was a really fun time.

On the way home to Utah we stopped in Mesquite Nevada to visit with some friends.

Ethan learning how to put on his jacket.  Well, almost.

Egg dying fun around our kitchen table.

Kids continuing to learn to work together

 

This was EASTER SUNDAY where we lived. Luckily the Easter Bunny 

was smart enough to hide the eggs in the livingroom.

 

 

Got in on some way awesome deals !! 

BEFORE my haircut that my awesome friend Brenda gave to me. 

And here I am AFTER ....

The day that will forever change my life... well in a different way than 

what getting married, or having children changed my life. This here is my 

new camera!!  (April 24th 2010)

We had a BBQ in our back yard to celebrate my birthday.

Kaylee waiting anxiously for her birthday celebration to take place.

Almost all the cousins on my husbands side of the family. 

Getting to meet my nephew Seph for the first time.  He was born Jan 2010 and they live in Arizona

so we had to wait a little while until we could meet him. This was for the baby blessing that they came up to do in Utah.  In March I do believe.

Spring time at "Grandma's" house, taking a photo of my cute, adorable niece.

A fun shot I took while attending the Hope Of America Program that 

our 5th grade daughter was a part of.  I was playing with my new camera!! This 

was one of my favorite shots.

My Mother's Day Pampering gift.  This was a service project put on 

by some of the young women in our ward to help raise money for 

girls camp to take place later that year. 

We had fun watching Thomas develop more as a baseball player. 

His skills are really improving.

Katherine's 10th Birthday party with her friends!! (May 2010)

Having family fun in our front yard with cousins!!  (May 2010)

Okay so this about sums up the months of April - June with  July - September coming up in a few days.

Quick Recap .... Part 1

So I can't believe this year is almost over.... I remember when it started and thinking it would be weird to write 2010 and here I am still not used to writing it (SERIOUSLY I STILL WRITE other random years) and the year is quickly coming to an end.

It's almost sad like, really.  If you think about it.  So much going on, time keeps on keeping on, and we, well we just keep getting on, and on in age.   I look back and realize I'm really grateful for a few things right now.  The fact that I have a little "gadget" (maybe a bit bigger then size little) but it takes pictures of things I want to remember.  Mind you it doesn't do this all by itself... however, that would be nice sometimes.   I have these photos to help me remember times past.  Because really if you are looking at a picture it's already in the past. Right?

Well, just so I don't forget, and you either, I want to do a quick recap of our January - March 2010. And I'm linking up with Emmy Mom with the 2010 REVIEW EXTRAVANGAZA!!
 There is a chance to win something so recap your first three months and join in the fun!!
I'll try and do this in just pictures, with a little explanation as needed.

We managed to take a trip to California for my mom's birthday.  

But more importantly my Grandma's birthday.  She turned 70!!

 While we were there visiting we also made a little afternoon trip 

to go see Great Falls near Trona, California.  I always heard about it, 

 but had never gone there myself. (Or not that I can remember).  

It sure beat sitting around Grandma and Grandpa Hill's house 

and not doing much of anything.

On our way home from this trip we stopped by the "FISH ROCKS" in the canyon near my parents

home.  These have been there forever. I remember being a kid and seeing them, and knew that when 

we passed them as we were heading home, we were almost there. 

 We came back home with a few days to spare before Thomas had his 5th birthday!  

 A few days later we met up with all of Chris's side of the family for a surprise party at Sizzler's for his Mom's 70th birthday.  My kids ended up getting so bored waiting that they decided to start laying all over the floor back in the corner.  Good thing we had our own little room.  (And here we are about to celebrate another birthday for her) 

For Thomas' birthday he got a remote control boat. Mind you his birthday was January 8th -- so it's cold, and snowy outside.  But on one of the "better" days we headed down to Spring Lake to test out his boat.  

And it works great!! We also were able to feed ducks too.

Here the kids are playing/working with the snow one day after school.

And who can forget my awesome time of going to Good Day Utah all headed up by my 

awesome friend Alexes.  Thanks again, it was great seeing you and visiting with you.

Katherine was in "Utah: This is the Place" program that the 4th grade puts on every year. 

And this was her turn.  We love going to support our kids in their activities. (She's the one 

on the far right of the picture as you are looking at it. )

We also had our first venture to Boondocks up in Layton, I think that's where it is. 

We were invited up for my niece's birthday, and my kids all got to go bowling and they had a blast. 

We were sad, however, because Ethan was sick, and couldn't come with us. So Chris stayed home 

with him and I took the kids to the party.  That's the one thing I'd have changed if I could. I always 

like it, when we are all together.

So there is a quick recap of our 

January - March 2010