Move Reviews...

We rented 2 movies last weekend, both of which we heard from numerous people were really good. We rarely go see movies at the theaters, so most of you probably have already seen them.

We watched enchanted with the whole family and really liked it! Even Peter said it was pretty good (which I am sure he is happy that I let everybody know that) . The kids were super excited when the Easter Bunny brought them their very own DVD that we could actually keep!

Peter and I watched Dan in Real Life and thought it was just OK. The movie was just so slow moving for us that we had a hard time getting into it. I think my expectations were way too high for this movie, it happens to me a lot!

the petting zoo.

Thursday we decided to go the zoo, and so did pretty much everybody else around here cause it was super crowded (it must be a popular place during spring break)! We've had a zoo pass for about 4 months and have never gone to inside the petting zoo to pet the goats. Owen hasn't been ready to go inside it yet, but on our way to the zoo I told him that today was the day to pet the goats and he said OK. So we did and all the kids loved it!

Easter Egg Hunt

A couple of weeks ago our neighborhood had an Easter Egg Hunt. It's the first time we've been to one that wasn't put on by family. The girls had lots of fun but the boys cried!

Jacob doesn't like being in big crowds. Owen was in an little bit older age group so he had to go by himself. Which he didn't want to do, but was going to try anyway and as soon as they they said go he went running out and then saw all the kids charging after the eggs that he froze and started crying. All the eggs were empty(there were a few marked ones for a prize), you just had to turn them in for a goody bag. So we calmed him down enough to go grab one egg then got out of there to go get his goody bag. It worked out real nice cause he was the first in what turned out to be a long line!

Easter Eggs

Today we colored Easter eggs. The kids always have fun coloring the eggs, and I am always trying to hurry them up so I can clean up the mess!

My mother-in-law was here and told us about some "old school" tactics. You put a few drops of oil in the dye and swirl it around then when you put the egg in the die doesn't get on where the oil is on the eggs. Also we would lift up the egg just enough to put a drop of food coloring on it then drop it right back in and it was fun to see what kind of designs would show up on the egg. Of course it ends up turning the dye a different color than it originally was, but it was so much fun to mix it up a little bit. My sister-in-law bought a kit with glitter so of course almost all the eggs had to be glittery!

Abbey's Surgery

Yesterday morning Abbey had to go to an oral surgeon to extract supernumeray teeth # 8 and 9 (tooth like mass in between her top front teeth) It had to be removed because it was in the way of her roots and the roots would never be able to fully develop. They gave her IV sedation so she was out the whole time. She was really super brave and did not cry at all when they were trying to put the IV in (which was not easy for them, she has really small veins that are hard to get to just like me). They had to lift up the gums on both sides and cut through the main nerve of the front of her mouth to get to it out. She wouldn't let me take a picture of her hooked up to the machines or with the IV in. After when she was in the recovery area and they brought a wheelchair to wheel her out to the car, she was a little excited about riding in a wheelchair so she let me take a picture.This looks like a tooth but it is round and majorly deformed. They gave her the tooth to take home so she could save it for the tooth fairy. They told her that it should be worth like 20 bucks! I was like thanks for that...
She is doing really well with her recovery. They told me that she would be super tired and rest but as soon as she had pain medicine she was pretty much bouncing off the walls! Kids really do bounce back fast with stuff like this. Today she had to start doing salt water rinses which she is not a big fan of (she is my ultra-sensitive gag reflex girl) but she is doing wonderfully with them. I am so impressed with how strong she has been with this whole thing, this poor thing has never had a cavity!

good news!

Jacob just peed in the toilet! I'm so excited! I am thinking that after spring break I will take the time and potty train him. I can't believe how close I am to this HUGE milestone...NO MORE DIAPERS!! Can't wait!!

Riding bikes...

It has been so nice lately so we have spent more time outside. The boys are loving their new bikes they got for christmas. I finally went out and bought them helmets and they look so cute!

mmm....

another weakness of mine...

thin mints

trefoils

gotta love this time of year for the treats...easter candy and girl scout cookies. the girl scout were selling their cookies outside of walmart on saturday...talk about my lucky day!!

computer geek...

I just upgraded the memory on our old dinosaur computer! ME, ALL BY MYSELF!! It wasn't hard but I never thought that I could do something on the insides of a computer before.

After I opened it up this is what I found...piles and piles of dust! This computer is 4 years old and it is amazing that it was running at all with all that dust!
I'm so proud of my computer geekiness!

Book of Mormon Challenge

Ok, so I was going through my email and deleting a bunch of old ones and came to an email that I must of skipped from one of my sister in laws. It was a link to a website that has organized of Book of Mormon challenge that started on Feb 5th in honor of President Hinckley. The goal is to finish in 97 days (to represent the 97 years of his life). So I signed up and it told me how many pages I need to read a day to finish by May 10th. It also has a little chart to add to your blog to show your progress. I figured with the chart on my blog it will make me meet the challenge...so wish me luck!!

here is the link http://www.hinckleychallenge.com/ right now there are 30,281 that have taken on this challenge.

Cute Valentine's Tag

I was tagged by my cousin Stacey! So here it goes...

How long have you been together? We will be celebrating our 10th anniversary in June.

How long did you date? We dated for 2 months and engaged for 7. When we started dating I was turning in my mission papers, but by the time the call actually came I knew I wasn't going to go.

How old is he? 32

Who eats more? I want to say Peter, but when there are treats around it is me! I am so weak!!

Who said "I love you" first? Peter did.

Who is taller? Peter is.

Who sings better? I think we are about the same...not good, not bad.

Who is smarter? Peter, without a doubt. When I read my mind wanders and I then realize I have no idea what I just read!

Who does the laundry? Me

Who does the dishes? I do most the time.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? looking at the bed I sleep on the right.

Who pays the bills? He makes the money and I physically pay them.

Who mows the lawn? Peter

Who cooks dinner? Me, Peter is the weekend breakfast maker.

Who is more stubborn? Must be him, I don't think I am stubborn at all :)

Who kissed who first? He kissed me first, but it took like four dates. I found out later that he wanted to earlier, but apparently I would run to the door, so he didn't think I wanted a kiss.

Who asked who out? We were set up on a date by his brother. But he asked me out after that date.

Who proposed? Peter did. He said, "Will you be my wife?"

Who is more sensitive? Me hands down!

Who has more friends? I want to say me, but it's most likely him. He claims to be anti-social, but I think he is better at making friends than me. We have done more dinners and BBQ's with people from his work. I'm just terrible and inviting people over.

Who has more siblings? Me, I have 4 brothers and 3 sisters. Peter has 3 brothers.

Who wears the pants in the relationship? He does of course, I just tell him how to put them on! No really I'm just kidding...we are pretty good and making decisions together.

Who are you tagging? Shauna, Tina, Liz, Allison, and Jennie.

defiant children!

Last Friday night the kids were up a little later than normal playing and came in and asked if they could have a sleepover (all sleep in the same room). Thinking that they wouldn't actually go to sleep if we let them, we told them no. A little while later, we realized that the house was really, really quiet and our kids are usually pretty loud. So we checked on them and found them all asleep in Quincy's bed. Aren't they little defiant sweetharts!!

i'm obsessed....again!

OK, I'm completely obsessed again, this time with the TV show Grey's Anatomy! I watched the first season on my ipod (which was pretty good) and then monday I checked out season 2 from the library. I finished the second season in 4 days!! That's 27 episodes!! I am completely hooked! The problem is that all copies of season 3 are checked out from all the libraries in the county and I am number 19 on the waiting list!! So I am going to have to wait a couple of weeks...I just can't wait to get all caught up! It's such a good show! Oh and I am not obsessed with McDreamy...he will always be the nerd on Can't Buy Me Love in my eyes!

potty training time?

In the last couple of weeks, Jake has said that he wants to pee in the toilet. So I have helped him take off his diaper and stand by the toilet and the pee has never come out. Well, just a few minutes ago, Quincy came up to me laughing and said that Jake has pulled down his pants, took his diaper off and is standing by the toilet trying to pee, but the really, really funny part (to her anyway) was that his diaper has lots of poop in it! I went to check on him and sure enough there he was standing in front of the toilet with poop in his diaper and of course stuck to his butt! SOOOOOO GROSS!!! (no picture of course, but I am sure you all could imagine what it would look like) I wasn't planning on potty training him till this summer, but if he is going to pull stunts like this then just maybe he is ready. I just don't think I am ready to deal with potty training again....

SUPER BOWL XLII

Every year Peter gets us in a super bowl grid, which actually makes the game exciting for me! It is really fun to cheer...usually for teams to get the right amount of points, never for an particular team to win. Well this year, I got some really good numbers Giants-7 and Patriots-0...numbers that actually had a chance of winning, right?........wrong!!!! The Giants really blew the whole game for me in like the first 5 minutes. Oh well, the 4th quarter was still exciting to watch and I am really happy that the Giants won!

(nothing exciting is going on at our house right now, can you tell?)