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!

Anniversary Goodness!

Since the week of our anniversary was so crazy, we decided to party over spring break! And what a party it was! Woot! We started off the week by enjoying our wedding cake! Yes, it was a year ago and YESSSS it was still delicious! My parents did an awesome job at packaging the cake - first they saran wrapped it, then came the foil, then they wrapped it in a bag and sealed it in a box! It tasted like it had been made yesterday. Mmmmmmmm - tasty!

With the rest of our time off, we decided to take a little vacation to good ol' Salt Lake City! On thursday, we stayed the night at Castle Creek Inn in Sandy. It's such a cool place! We stayed here on our honeymoon. The rooms are all themed around castles. They even have lion-shaped door-knockers.......and since Cortney was wearing a lion shirt, I decided it was only appropriate to snap a picture of the pair.......

On Friday, we headed to the slopes at Snowbird! The snow was a bit crusty, but the company was great!



Afterwards, we headed to La Quinta Inn in Salt Lake and got ready for a night out on the town! We went and ate some Chinese foods at Charlie Chow's. Mmm Mmm good!

And because neither of us had ever ventured to IKEA before, we decided to check it out! What an awesome store! We found all kinds of awesome things we liked! If only we had a shopping spree to that store! And as a bonus, we found a dark shade for our window so I can sleep better during the day. Afterwards, we enjoyed time watching some episodes of the Office - what a funny show! I'd never seen it before and we're starting to get into it - ha!
On Saturday, we enjoyed a delicious continental breakfast and then spent the day at the Gateway window shopping. We also saw the new movie, Alice in Wonderland (in 3D). It was a pretty good show - very creative!
After that, we got to go to the Jazz game! Woot! I always love going to the Jazz games. They're so much fun! This time, food was included in our tickets! Bonus!

We also made a very important decision this last week-we got a new camera! It's a Nikon digital SLR. Holy cow, that camera's got power! I love it! We're both hoping to get into photography a little more and learn about the photography world. Here are some shots from the night we took with the new camera.......






I'm excited to be able to capture more.....here are some of the first pics we took. We love it!




It was such a great weekend! It was nice to be able to spend so much time together and to have some fun! Too bad school starts right back up tomorrow :(

Happy 1st Anniversary!

Yes folks, it's been a whole year since we were wed! How time flies! And what an awesome year it has been! I am so happy for the decision we made to be married for time and all eternity! We have been so blessed this past year. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to spend FORVER with my best friend! I am grateful for the gospel in our lives and for the help that it gives us daily, and for our Savior Jesus Christ who made it possible for the happiness we experience. I have learned so much this past year and am soooo grateful to have such a wonderful, understanding, handsome, helpful husband to be by my side in everything I do. I love him so much and look forward to the years and the wonderful journey ahead of us! Isn't marriage the best?!?



I just love this guy!