Restaurants Who needs them

My kids tell me all the time that we never get to eat out and all their friends get to and they never ever get to eat out (you know what im talking about). So I decided instead of getting into the same ol same ol about not going out I would play along with it. So I asked them ok where would you like to go. Makenzie said IHOP so I made IHOP come to us. At first they didn't know what to think, then I asked where would you like to go tomorrow? Then they all started naming places. This week we went to IHOP of course, Red Robin, The Outback Steak House, Sonic, you get the idea. On the second night the kids thought it was fun and now if you ask them what they want for dinner they name a place and we fix it. So our motto is who needs restaurants.




After eating at IHOP the kids thought they needed to go dancing so off we went.

Hannah posing only because I asked her.


Kaitlyn lately all she wants to do is pose when the camera is on her.


Makenzie who loves to make up different dances to different songs and then perform them for everyone.

Spencer rolly poly.


It has been a nice couple of days, hope it only gets better. We decided to take the kids to feed the ducks down by the river. The kids love to go throw the bread at them and then watch them eat it. Spencer thought it was so cool to watch the ducks swimming. We have taken them there many times and it never gets old.

SPRING BREAK AND EASTER... all in the same week.
I decided to go to my parents house for spring break since Josh had so much school gearing up for his finals. We headed out on Sunday and did not come home till the next Sunday. We had a lot of fun, played with cousins, sewed skirts for all the granddaughters and ties for the grandsons. I made some jewlery. My dad came up and picked up Josh on Friday and brought him back to be a part of conference and Easter happenings. All in all it was nice to get away for awhile. Thanks mom and dad for the fun times.
Can you say accident waiting to happen. The kids love to get their grandpa to take them for rides on his four wheeler and sometimes they dont think they can take turns so why not pile everyone on. My dad is more then willing to take them on rides. If you cant tell how many are on there, there are twelve grandkids and one grandpa.


Hannah also lost her first tooth while we were away and the tooth fairy had to make its appearance all the way at my moms house she was worried the tooth fairy would not find her since we were not at home.


We also played with my moms parachute. Tons of games to play with that thing.


While the boys were gone for priesthood session of conference my sister in law had the kids pretending they were raindrops falling from the sky and landing with a splat on the ground. We were all laughing so hard.


My kids and all their loot.


Josh helping Spencer get started.


They are on a hunt for all the eggs. When we did our egg hunt the wind was blowing outside and was too cold to hide the eggs outside.


The kids put on a play for us Snow white and the seven dwarfs.


Makenzie got her dirt and worms before she got her hamburger. This was her first course, a drink, a tomato, and desert.


On April fools day we played a trick on the kids. When I grew up this was a fun tradition for us. We set up their plates, cups and utensils in crazy things from the kitchen and made a menu up for the kids that they got to order three things at a time. Like: Greasy grimy gopher guts = Hamburger, Slimy slugs = Pickle, dirt and worms = chocolate pudding and gummy worms, snail shells = pasta salad. You get the picture they got to order three at a time so no one knew which order you would get your food. The kids thought it was so funny and they loved eating with weird things and on weird plates.


My mom and I had made some rice crispy treats in the shape of an egg and the kids dipped them in frosting and sprinkles.




Spencer loves to be outside and loves to "jump jump" as he says.


This is one of the kids favorite places to play at my parents house my mom set up this area kind of like a secret garden with the tree swings and picnic table back there. In the summer time it is covered with the grape vines and all the green around it is beautiful. The kids like to find all the sticks they can to make a fire and roast marshmallows.


They had these cute little chicks that were colored orange, blue, and I dont remember what the third color was. If you found an egg that said you could take one home with you then you could. Hannah found one egg that said she could have the orange chick if it was ok with the parents but this mom said sorry go find someone else to give it to.


Makenzie and Hannah with all their eggs.


A couple weeks ago the Sayre families got together and had an Easter egg hunt at my mother in laws coworkers house. She had a ton of eggs for the kids to find and prizes to take home, she fed everyone hot dogs, chips, drinks, and cupcakes. My kids had a lot of fun.

BEAR WORLD


This last weekend we went to Bear World with some cousins because we heard on the radio that it was free and they were going to have the 12 brand new baby cubs out for everyone to see. If you wanted to hold or even touch them then you had to pay fifteen dollars and you also walked away with a picture of it. For those of us who wanted to just LOOK you could. It turned out to be kind of disappointing. They only had two cubs out one for taking pictures and this one to look at. Someone did ask if they could pet this one and the worker said if you want to touch them then you have to get in the other line and get your picture taken. There were a lot of people there and it was crazy and none of the other area of the park was open so everyone in the gift shop = Fun Times.


This is the baby cub we saw. He was really cute. Hard to believe they start out so little and cute and grow so big and can become dangerous.


We decided to take our own shots with the bear out front. It was cute Spencer saw this bear and started to growl at it.

THIS WEEK...


Makenzie turned nine on Tuesday. Josh came home early from school and Makenzie really wanted Chinese food. So we went to The Great Hunan she loves their egg drop soup. Then we came home and had some cousins come over for some cake and ice cream.



I can not believe my little girl turned nine. Where did the time go. I love her so much she is the biggest helper, she loves to sing and dance around the house, the big teaser to her sisters and brother lately, and joy to have in our home. The things she likes to do right now are: ride her bike and scooter, play with her many many pet shops, she could play with friends every day if I would let her. We love you Makenzie and life would not be the same without you.


It was warm for a few days this week and whenever that happens Josh pulls out the bikes and we all have a little fun.
You can tell from the pictures that are kids love to go for a ride. Especially Spencer. That boy could live on a bike.






I wish that I could say it has been full of fun and play but on Friday Spencer went in to the Surgical Center and had to get his teeth fixed. On Wednesday I had to take him into the doctors office to get a well check to make sure he was cleared for Friday. Let me just say he does not like to go when the doctor was done Spencer growled at the doctor because he was not happy with him. So Friday was going to be interesting. I had Josh take him because I have taken the three girls in on different accounts and it has not been a fun experience. Josh was preparing for the worst and all he got was "don't want it" a couple times and a little crying. I think he got off easy:)




He did find somethings he liked there. He found this cupboard he liked to hide in and this Popsicle. Before they let you leave you have to wake them up and they have to eat a Popsicle or drink a cup of juice and be able to keep it down before you can be discharged.


Poor little boy doesn't he look so sad, but he has brand new nice looking teeth. Thanks Josh for taking him.

Teeth everybody has them...

This week and next week is a fun filled week with teeth pulling, cleaning, and fixing and I have not been excited about any of it. We start with Makenzie she went in a couple months ago for a cleaning and the dentist said we should take her to an orthodontist to get his opinion on pulling some teeth. We did and he said she needs four teeth pulled and hopefully that will fix the other problems if not then she could possibly have four more teeth pulled and or braces. So back to the dentist we went to get her four baby teeth pulled. She was not at all excited and kept telling me she is the boss of her body and she didnt think she needed them out yet. To which I responded yes you are the boss of your body but in this case you need to get them pulled. She was not thrilled and a little nervous once we got there but I have to say she did awesome. After she had the gas turned on she went a little loopy but he had us in and out with four teeth pulled in less than half an hour. I gave her some tylenol when we got home and she didnt complain. Well who would complain if they got to eat milkshakes for dinner.

The pink thing she is holding is the smelly part of the gas that made her loopy.

Kaitlyn and Hannah were up next and Hannah hates going to the dentist so for her to sit in the chair and get her teeth cleaned is HUGE. I have to say that by her sitting at the top of the chair to help with Kaitlyn's cleaning made it so much easier for her to get hers cleaned after that. Kaitlyn had a filling that we didnt know had fallen out so the dentist decided to fix it while we were still there. Check in my book one less thing i have to drag the kids back for. By the way she did awesome she is so brave she will sit in the chair and let them do what they need to do and not say anything about it. She loves going.

Cold and wet

Because it has been cold outside and now raining my kids are feeling the effects of being in the house all winter. I know i know you can call me a mean mom for not letting my kids play outside all the time but in the mean time they enjoy this.



And a little of this.


Fun times in the garage.

So I decided to start a blog more for my own journal purposes than for anything else. Maybe i can be creative and really get into this but we will see where it goes. In the last few weeks Josh and i went snowboarding up to Kelly Canyon and it was really fun considering i have not been in eight years and josh went two years ago. All i can say is man do i feel old and have used muscles i have not used in so long. Like your hands why do they have to get so sore. Later that same week Josh's dad had a work party up at Pebble creek and we took the girls up to give it a try. Makenzie wanted to try the snowboard and Hannah tried the skiing. Considering it was at night and never gone before they did really well. Josh taught the ones on snowboards (Makenzie and cousin Ben) and his dad taught the ones skiing (Hannah and cousin Kelsey). Needless to say by the end of the night neither one of them wanted to leave. They rode the lift four or five times and Hannah would listen to the advise and do it, Makenzie on the other hand would listen for a minute try it and then point her foot down the hill and see how fast she could go before falling. Makenzie keeps asking us when we will take her again.