Easter 2010

It was really exciting that Bailey was here visiting us for the week of Easter and since Jade's 1st Birthday was a couple of days before he was here for that too. We had a lot of fun. Bailey and Asher dyed Easter eggs one, we had a birthday party for Jade, we even made a quick trip to Kingman, AZ Easter morning to visit with my mom, Rocky, my sister, Tate and Cailin. Here are some fun pictures of Easter time.

Happy Birthday Jade!!!

A great big happy 1st birthday to Jade. We had such a great time having her birthday party here at our house. Here are some fun pictures from the party, she did a great job diving into the cake. And speaking of the cake, here are some pictures also of the cake I made for her party.

Spring Adventures

In Utah, the weather, throughout March and April, has a tendency to go from Spring to Winter and then back to Spring in the same week. Here in Cedar City its been especially crazy, one day we'll have snow and then two days later we'll have a high of 60 and sun! Anyway, about a week ago we were able to get outside and go to the park. Asher loves the park, you can't even say the word around him unless you plan on going that minute. The slide is his favorite. So on this particular day we decided to go around lunch time, stop and grab something for lunch and head to the park. We got in the car and about halfway to the park Asher fell asleep in his car seat so James and I grabbed lunch and headed back home so Asher could get a full nap. The good thing about that was when Asher finally woke up Jadeth and Jade we able to go to the park with us. It was Jade's first trip to the park and I think she had a really fun time. Here are some fun pictures from that day.

A new hobby

Well, on Friday, April 2nd Jade will be 1. I can't believe she is going to be 1 already. Anyway, I have two boys, so I've never been able to make a girly birthday cake. So, I begged Jadeth to let me make her birthday cake, I didn't have to beg long, it was more like "can I make it?" and Jadeth said "umm, yeah".

I recently heard about marshmallow fondant, I've worked with regular fondant once in my life and I hated the taste of it and had no desire to ever put it on a cake again. So I thought I'd try this out. Well I had to make a practice cake this weekend to make sure it would work out right for next weekend. Here is my practice cake!

Spring Break

Spring Break has begun! And it couldn't have come at a better time. I was getting a little overwhelmed that last week. But other than being stressed at times, school is going very well. I'm really loving it but I do wish I could finish a little quicker and actually get started doing the teaching rather than the learning.

We don't have any really plans for Spring Break, we were going to go to California and try and get on the game show "Lets Make A Deal" but we don't really have the funds for that. So instead today we are headed down to St George to enjoy the beautiful weather they will be having, I think its suppose to be about 75. We'll probably go to In-N-Out and the park. James also needs to get his truck's radiator fixed so we are taking that with us to St George. He is really excited to get his truck back up and running, he has been working on it pretty much nonstop for the past week. The only thing that stopped him from working on it over the weekend was the 9" of snow we got!

Bailey is coming to visit us the end of the month when he is on Spring Break. It would've been a lot better if his Spring Break was the same week as mine but oh well. He'll be here for Jade's first birthday and for Easter so I'm not complaining too much. I am really excited for his visit, I can't believe he is almost 12 already, soon he'll be a teenager! YIKES!!!!

Speaking of growing up fast, Asher is almost 2! He is crazy. There are times when I think a monster has invaded his body and has come just to torment me with his behavior, but most of the time he is just too cute. He says the most adorable things. For example we have this diaper rash stuff that the doctor prescribed and its called Pink Wisell and Asher walks around saying that and its really cute. He loves chasing the cat around the house and he is having the time of his life with Jade around. Sometimes he gets a little rambunctious with her but overall he is really good. He loves to give her hugs and kisses. Oh, that's another thing he is saying now, "I love you" SO CUTE!!!! His favorite thing to watch on TV is either Elmo or the Wiggles, so every night I go to sleep with the songs from those shows in my head. He also still loves to sing Old MacDonald Had a Farm and now he likes Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes too.

Well I guess I need to go shower (that's what James just told me) so we can head down to St George, have a fabulous day blogland!

Olympics, potty and new residents...

Tonight was the first night, other than Opening Ceremonies, that I sat down to watch the Olympics. I was so impressed with my countries' athletes. We did amazing tonight....Gold and Bronze in Men's Halfpipe, Gold and Silver in Women's Downhill...so others that I'm not quite sure what the sport was called. Way to go USA!!!!

Asher is learning to go potty in the "big boy toilet". James has been wanting to teach him for a few months now but I kept arguing with him that Asher was too young. Apparently I was wrong. He has gone several times in the last few days and he is getting so much better at it. He comes up to me or James and tells us "potty" and we take him in, sometimes he has already pottied in his diaper but a few times he does it in the toilet! He is such a smart little boy!!!

We have new residents living with us here at our house in Cedar City. Jadeth, Whitnee and Jade are staying with us for a little while. Jadeth's job up in Lehi, UT didn't work out after the new year and so they have decided to move back to Cedar where Whitnee and Jadeth both have previous jobs that they were able to come back to. Unfortunately, Jadeth didn't get his last 3 paychecks from the place up north so they didn't have the money to move into their own place, which is why they are staying with us. We love having them around, its so great to get to see Jade (and Jadeth and Whitnee too) everyday. She is growing so fast. She is walking!

Anyway, I have to go help James with one of his tests...just wanted to give everyone a quick update! Night all...and again...WAY TO GO USA!!!!!!

Still here!

Well I thought I'd have some time to sit and update the blog, but just as I opened up this window Asher woke up...better luck next time!