Family Fun Week!

Last week was an awesome week! Holly and the kids stopped by for the night on their way home from Spring break! It was so fun to have them here! Scott was missing because he had to work, and T was missing because he was with his Grandparents spending the night. We had PIZZA for dinner! Then the kids spent some time painting their new CTR rings. Awesome!





Holly, being the wonder-woman that she is, helped Cortney put together our new desk! It was great to have them here with us!

Aren't these dudes sooo cute?


It was fun to have them come visit!

On Friday night, we had a sleepover with Jesse, Cortney's brother, and M and S! It was a total party! We ate pizza for dinner (again! yummy!) and then watched the Princess and the Frog. The little kids went to bed and then the boys stayed up playing basketball and video games!

Good morning, kids!


Even though the little ones went to bed later, they woke up early! We made chocolate chip waffles and then played all morning! They love the swings and didn't want to leave because they love swinging so much! We had a fun time!
Good lookin' kids, eh?


To top the week off, the C fam and the E fam came over for a Spring barbecue on Sunday! It was nice to get together with everyone! It's been a busy last couple of months and has been hard to get together, but it finally worked out!

The kids all had fun with each other!





The boyz!

The girlz! Aren't they beautiful?

When you ask S to smile, he just says" smile". So to try and get him to smile, we'd tell him to show his teeth - this is the result of that........

How cute, no?

My girlies....

Rhonda and S singing Popcorn Popping.....

It was such a great week! Isn't family great?

I looked out the window and what did I see???

Isn't Spring beautiful?

Rockets!

So every year on the Saturday before Easter, the T family has a weird but awesome tradition of launching of rockets at Uncle Val's house. This year was awesome! This was only my second year participating, but it has gotten better every year so far! First, we had to indulge ourselves with the delicious burgers Val made. Then it was rocket time! It was chilly outside, but sunny and beautiful! The field behind their house is perfect for rocket launching.....
There are two types of rockets we launch - regular cardboardish/plastic/othermiscellaneousmaterial rockets, and paper and foam rockets! The kids have a lot of fun making their own rockets!





It's so fun to watch their faces when they launch the rockets!


Everyone gets into the launching off of the rockets - especially the "bigger" kids (aka, adults!).



The fun part of launching off rockets is seeing how far it can go! Some of the regular rockets went pretty high! Here's the boys coming back from retrieving a rocket.......


The best part about launching rockets is being with the fam!

General Conference April 2010!

This year, we got lucky and were able to attend the Saturday morning session of General Conference! It was great to be with family and to hear the word of God through the mouths of living prophets. I always love going to, watching, and hearing General Conference! It's such a great spiritual feast! Here are some pics from the awesome outing!

The peeps in the parking garage on the way! Yes, Riley is apparently in a gang....

This is Amber and Riley (and Jesse) - Amber and Riley are ENGAGED to be married!

Cortney being his weird and usual self........

Lenn 'n' Mary

The kids! (Can you tell that Jesse and Cortney are brothers???)

Me and the Wert! I love this guy!

It was a wonderful morning! Go conference! Go family!