Spring Break

What a week we had!

We headed to my parents house last weekend for a family wedding, Bentley's and Emerson's B-day party (cousins), and a mission farewell.  

Along the way we made a few detours (Ross--a must have for Sam) and to check out a new camera from Craigslist.  We ended up getting it (Nikon DSLR) and I can't wait to figure out how to use it!

Then on Sunday we took off for Seattle, just my mom, me, and the kids.  They did awesome on the drive up--I think that's mostly the DVD player--but we were so happy to get there!

Luke decided to play shy when we arrived but I got him coaxed into the house and it was full steam ahead after that!

 Katy was so happy to see Kathryn and Sarah.

 Then it was dancing time.

Seth didn't want to dance, only laugh at everyone else.

After dinner we took a walk to get some energy out of the kids, plus it was a very nice day for Seattle,

and play outside.  Ryan sure can throw a ball.  Seth and Luke have never been into balls that much but this boy is amazing, he will play for hours with you if it involves a ball.

 Luke loves to be tickled and here Grandma is helping him out!

Dr. Seuss

This guy got to have a Dr. Seuss day at school.

He came home looking like this and quite excited.

We had to read "Green Eggs and Ham" at least 10 times in the past week and eat green food.  Anytime I am making something with eggs he wants them green.  Silly boy, but it sure does make him happy!!

Not so appetizing but he loved them (by the way all those eggs are not for him--just in case you were wondering :)!

Favorite Things Party

I got picked to host a Philadelphia "House Party".

Their cream cheese is the one of the few things I buy that are the real stuff, so since it's one of my favorite things I thought I would base the rest of the party around it.

Above is the dessert table and below is all the fun stuff they sent for me to hand out.

I made some of my favorite things with cream cheese: Thin Mint and Samoa Truffles and Berrymisu Tifle--yummy!

I made dinner for everyone (and in the process of being a good host I forgot to take a picture of the main dish).  I made Creamy Chicken Florentine with Foccacia Bread and some fun mocktails.

Afterwards we played a game.  Everyone came with 3 of their favorite thing and by the end of the game everyone had 3 different favorite things to go home with plus all the stuff above.  

Emily gave the best reaction out of everyone.  She was so excited to get this pendant--I'm serious, I so wish I had my video camera rolling!

And here is the rest of the party goers.  We had lots of fun and if you ever want to host a "house party" go here.  You can do everything from sewing to make-up to food.

Earring Holder

I was digging through my earring drawer the other day and thought that it would be a lot easier to find what earrings I wanted if they were hanging up.

So after rummaging around the garage I made this and I love it.

It looks almost like a piece of art!

Roller Skating

For FHE this week we decided to take the kids skating.

Man is that a time warp.  This roller skating rink is exactly like the one we would go to when we were kids and everyone there is our generation.  Kids these days don't know how to skate and don't go and hang out there like we use to when we were kids.

Anyway, we had a grand time with the kids.  Luke even got into it and was very sad to leave.