We had such a fun road trip with the girls up north. We started off with a sleepover at my Parents in Leamington. Then the next morning we stopped at the Young Living Farm the girls paddled on the paddle boats, where Olympia lost her socks and had to go fishing for them. Had a great time exploring IKEA and then went to Joe’s Crab shack for lunch. We ended the day at the mall where the girls did a little window shopping. FUN, FUN
This year in Tyler's reading class they had to do a book report. They could either make a cake or make a board game that went along with their book. Tyler chose to make a cake. He did such and awesome job making the Swiss Family Robinson tree.
When Kaitlin was three months old we decided that it was time for her to go to sleep on her own. So we put her in her crib, she fussed a little and then that was it. I went in to check on her and she had found her thumb. From then on she slept through the night like and angel. I took this picture of her one day when she had fallen asleep standing and sucking her thumb.
I always loved when Kaitlin wore this slip. This was at Brett & Andrea’s wedding reception and she was tired of her dress so we took it off and she danced around on the dance floor in her slip. It’s a good thing she was only two.
Than goodness my kids liked posing for all of my pictures. So Cute!!!!
We had our last Hoorah for Roberts yesterday at a luncheon at the Pizza Factory. I can't believe that Roberts is gone here in Cedar City. I sure enjoyed working there and learned lots. Working at Roberts was the first job that I had worked since going to college. I would go shopping there and always think that being a designer at Roberts would be a dream job. Once the kids were all in school I went and applied. I started out over department 2, the floral area which entailed putting out product and straightening shelves. Janet would let me do a little here with the floor displays. Then I got to start painting some of the wood items and also got to decorate some of the Christmas trees. Debbie who was the class/events coordinator decided to quit so I was asked to take over her spot, with a little reluctance I decided to do it. I was incharge of all the classes and teachers, making announcements, (which I absolutely hated) , doing demos, preparing make-n-takes, and putting on all the EVENTS, ie., "Ladies night out", 50's week, Fright Night, Christmas openhouse, etc, etc, etc,. I was able to work side by side with Waylene, the store designer. Waylene trained me as we worked together with all the in's and out of decorating story boards and making the page of the month. Waylene then decided to retire and after some sweet talking to Janet I was able to become the store designer. I had a blast!
While we were waiting for the TRAX to arrive I was putting on my lipstick and the boys wanted me to kiss them on the cheek and take a picture so that they could see what it looked like. I'm glad my boys still like kisses from their mom.
We all got free t-shirts and then they had a BBQ dinner for us. The kids all brought baseballs and a sharpie so that they could get some of the players autographs.
We got to enjoy an awesome firework show after the game also. At the game they have these RC Willey recliners that a couple get to sit in during the game. By the time the fireworks had started the people had left so Derick hopped in one and Tyler and I in the other one. What a way to watch the fireworks.
Tyler talked Grandpa into venturing out at night to go see a few of the night time sites.. So off we went with the “GARMEN” in hopes that we would find our way back to Treasure Island. We saw a volcano erupt on our way to the Bellagio. Tyler humored me and walked through the Bellagio to see the conservatory "Gardens". We then went outside and watched a few water shows. Those are so much fun to see and the evening was just perfect. Then we found our way to the OLD Vegas strip. I remember when I was young and visited Vegas that it was so amazing to drive down the strip, it seemed to go on forever. I talked it up to Tyler telling him how amazing it was and that we couldn’t go without seeing the spectacle. Well it lasted a whole minute to drive down. Tyler said “Was that all?” I guess it doesn’t compare to the new part of Vegas. Maybe when he’s older and takes his kids to Vegas there will be a “Newer” part of Vegas. And his kids will think that the “Old New”to him is not very exciting too. We went and we saw and made it back to Treasure island and only got a little turned around in our directions.
We had such a great time on our little get-a-way with Grandma and Grandpa Evers. I'm so glad that Tyler invited me to be his friend and to be able to enjoy this with him and my parents. Thanks Mom & Dad.
We went to the Shark Reef Museum later this day and were able to see all sorts of animals. It was neat to walk through the tunnels with all the sharks swimming around us. There was a spot where you could walk on the glass directly over a shark, Tyler was pretty nervous about it thinking that it would break. I walked over it to show that he would be perfectly fine. They had these radios that you could carry with you and then you would just type in the number that was on the window you were looking at and it would tell you about the animals/fish.
That evening we went to the Luxor buffet to eat. WOW! You can easily get lost in there. There dessert bar was amazing. Our favorite dessert was called panna cotta. Tyler and I decided that we would eat it at the same time not knowing what it was going to taste like. It was absolutely delicious!!! I think we ate about 7 of them together. I definitely will have to try to make it again.
We stayed at Treasure Island on the 24th floor. We ate at their buffet on the first night and they had a great dessert bar with a fountain of mini raised donuts and even served cotton candy, it was so much fun.
That night after dinner we had tickets to go see Mystere. WOW, was that amazing, I can't believe what those people can do and how strong they must be. By the end of the show I had chewed my cheek sore because I was so nervous for them being up so high. Very entertaining!
The next morning we got up and went to the Las Vegas Temple to do baptisms for the dead. What a neat and special experience. Tyler was able to be baptized for 33 of our relatives and I was able to do 1 family name and 10 0ther names. Dad was able to do the baptizing and confirming both. I'm so proud of Tyler for being able to do this great blessing. He even said that is was even more amazing than Mystere.
The kids had a blast learning how to play these bongo drums. After a few pointers it sounded really neat to listen to them.
For family night tonight, we had the pleasure of going to our friends Sanjay, Carol, & Olympia’s house for dinner. Sanjay is from India so he made us an authentic Indian dinner. It was absolutely delightful. We had curry chicken with rice, yogurt salad, curry shrimp, & Sanjay's Salad. They taught us how to eat with our hands, the kids had a blast. Kaitlin’s place mat was a disaster by the time she finished, but she had fun. I forgot to take a picture of the drink that they served. It was a lime drink with cilantro & some other spices. It was delicious. Then we had a rice type pudding for dessert with cloves, cardimum, apricots and fresh coconut. Soooooo yummy! They were wonderful hosts and we look forward to doing it again.
I'm so ready for spring. Don't get me wrong I'm very greatful for the snow, but I love Spring. I love hearing the birds and seeing all the beautiful flowers. I thought that I would add this adorable picture of Kaitlin when she was four posing for pictures by the flowers.
I’m So proud of Tyler for being worthy to receive the Aronic Priesthood. I know that this was a big day for him and that he feels the responsibility of this blessing.
For Tyler’s birthday this year we changed things up a bit. Instead of going out to eat for dinner Tyler decided to go out for breakfast. We went to Denny’s at 6 am. Grandpa and Grandma Marchant met us there.
The kids had a blast playing this Jellie Bellie game at Tyler’s party. I was a game of luck. Would the black one you picked be licorice or skunk. Would the brown one be chocolate pudding or dog food.
