Kimberlen's Birthday ~ Easter

It has been brought to my attention a few times that I never posted pictures of Kimberlen's room finished. I thought it would be a good time now for her birthday to do so. Here is her room.

Behind that door is her walk in closet.


Out to the hallway.

Easter~
We didn't decorate eggs until the night before Easter. Eric was just waiting for either the eggs to break or the color to get tipped over. We only had a few cracked eggs.


FaVOriTEs!!



Easter baskets from the Easter Bunny.

Seeing what prizes were in the baskets.

She found and dropped this one all by herself.

Modeling their new swimsuits.


Birthday~
Later decorating our store bought homemade cake. I started to make an ice cream cake and after one tub of ice cream only filled the pan 1/4 inch I decided to buy one and re-decorate it.

Kimberlen getting spankings from Hudson with the shovel thanks to Papa showing him how its was done. She kept asking for more, so I could tell she hated it.

Ayson just loves her so much. He only wanted to be around her the whole time.

Opening the great gifts from everyone.
She asked for clothes this year and a bike a she will not need any clothes for the rest of the year.
They have such cute things these days.



We got her a softball mitt and a new bike.

At first we told her the new lock and tire slime was for her old bike and the kids were going to laugh at her when she shows up to school with ripped up seat and bent wheel. Then she went to give Eric a hug and he was holding her bike up behind the couch. She sure was surprised. And of course I don't have any pictures of it.

Then we had an Easter egg hunt. I think it was the best part of the party!



No time to stop for pictures, she sees another egg.

Uncle Cory helping out in the Weeds/Garden.




Checking out the goods. The eggs were filled with candy and money. Brylee was trying to eat all of it too.

What a cheesy face. Happy 9th Birthday Kimberlen. We love you!

Mesquite

Last weekend I was able to head down to Mesquite with my Mother-in-law, her Sister-in-law and Her Daughter. We left Friday mid morning and got there about 4 and visited with Eric's Grandparents for awhile. We went and saw the comedy show at the Casa Blanca and laughed our butts off.
Then had drinks and watched the band play, but they were terrible.

Here we are: Kelly, Michelle, Me, Ann.

We then went to the Virgin River to listen to their band for a while too. But again not so great so we went to bed.

On Saturday after brunch we laid by the pool for quite a while. Just long enough for me to get sunburned. I was taking up every bit of sun and warmth as it was raining at home.
This is the Pool at the Casa Blanca and this was my view. It is very nice and even has a little water slide in the far back corner.

That night we headed over the local Theater to watch Eric's Grandmother dance. This is the whole reason we went down. She is on a Senior Tap Team called the Mesquite Toes. It was super cute to watch old ladies dance.

They had very cute costumes and did really well. Most of the ladies are right around 70.

That was a fun 2 hours. This is Grandma Shirley's last year dancing and I am glad I was able to see her perform.

After the performance we all went to the Eureka's new lounge. This time the band was a little better.

We had some great entertainment by the other patrons.

It was another fun night.

When we finally went back to our rooms Ann's room key did not work and she had to be escorted to her room. We all followed her and teased a little, okay, maybe a lot.

She had to verify it was actually her stuff in the room by matching her name on her drivers license to her name on her medication. It was pretty hilarious for us to watch.

I had a great time getting away for the weekend and I am so glad to have such a fun family. Thanks girls for the fun trip!!

New addition

This is my new bench. Ever since I purchased my new table and chairs I knew that I wanted the bench to go with it. Now that my brother-in-law works at RC Willey he said he would get it for Eric and my birthday! I was excited and love how it looks in my kitchen. Thanks a bunch Cory!!

Science Fair

Kimberlen wanted to participate in the Science Fair this year at school. I personally think third grade is a little young for science fairs. I told her that she would have to do it ALL by herself. I know, mean mom. I just feel these types of projects require the help of parents and then they often times take over. I did help a bit.

Here she is putting it all together.

And at school in front of her display. She really wanted to get a ribbon and she did get a participation award ribbon. It was really nice til her little sister got a hold of it and ripped it a bit.

She did have fun doing this. I just hope she doesn't want to do it next year too!

A moment of sadness

Eric's Grandmother passed away last week. His mother was her primary care taker and provided everything for her. It has been hard the last few years as her health has deteriorated and she is now in peace. We were able to have her with us for Christmas and below is a picture of her, the girls and Eric's mother on Christmas morning.

These type of circumstances bring all the family together. Here are a few from that day.

Eric and his two cousins, Jason and Kristi.

Some of the boys. Eric's Dad, two cousins, Wesley & Jason and his Uncle Red.

The great grandchildren.

My two silly girls.

And again eating popsicles on Dan and Papa's lap.

Girls playing with their new favorite cousin from California, Chantelle.

Eric and I.

We then brought a few of the cousins back to our home. The ones from California have never seen our house or Brylee for that matter.

The girls with Chantelle.

Here come the serious game of keep-away.

Maycee really liked Trevor (her new boyfriend) he he.

Just some fun pictures.

And Silly ones.

We had a wonderful time with everyone and it was really great to see the love of a family come together.