Weekend

I hate just sitting around on Saturdays so we are always looking for things to go do with the kids. This weekend we decided to take them to the Living Planet Aquarium. It was pretty fun. There were tons of people so it was hard to see the fish and you had to wait for a spot to open up in front of the tank to get a good look at them. Braxton loved it and Cadence just kept running around saying "fish, fish" it was funny. They had an area that you could pet stingrays but both of the kids were too scared to put their hands in the water. I was going to show Braxton that it was okay to touch them and tried to work my way up to pet them but no one would move and when I finally reached the front some redneck jerk got in front of me and then scared the stingray away so I just gave up and decided that I just wasn't supposed to pet one that day. All in all it was a pretty fun experience. I think if we go back it would be on a day that wasn't so busy. I forgot my camera so we have no pictures, sorry.

SPRING!

I love that it is finally getting warm and so do the kids. On Saturday we took them to the park for the first time of the year. They loved it. We have already gone again. They would go everyday if we would let them. Hopefully we can go alot more once it gets a little bit warmer in the evenings. Here are a few pictures.

VEGAS!

We went to Las Vegas over the weekend and it was tons of fun. It is a tradition in my family. They go to the Nascar race every year. (I go shopping =D) Everyone but me, Joe and Cadence went down on Wednesday night. I couldn't go because I had a test for math. Braxton wanted to ride down with my mom so I let him. Wednesday morning they had a parade of all the semi-trucks that haul the cars to the different tracks. Braxton loved it. We left Thursday and had a nice trip down and stopped in St. George for In 'N Out. I love their burgers they are so good. We finally got to Vegas and into our hotel. We were staying at the Stratosphere so we decided it would be fun to go to the top to the observation deck. It was gorgeous. Then we decided to go on the rides. They were awesome and scary at the same time. They next day we went to the pool it was really awesome. It was on the roof. It was kinda chilly because the wind was blowing but we had fun playing and I tried to teach Braxton to swim. He didn't really catch on but he had fun. As we were leaving the hotel we were trying to catch an elevator but it was pretty much impossible so when we finally got one all 19 of us decided to squeeze on. It was really funny to see peoples faces when they saw how many of us were on it. I was in the corner so I decided to take a picture of everyone. We wanted to take the kids to see the fountains at the Bellagio but they didn't start til 3:00 and we were there at 12 so we just decided to go to lunch at In 'N Out again. After lunch we went to the race track and walked around and looked at all the different trailers with the drivers merchandise. It's also a great time to check out all the really redneck people. You can find a lot of them when you are around Nascar. We had to drive to Mesquite because that's where we were staying the other 2 nights. We went to a Mexican restourant in Mesquite, it's really good. We were pretty tired by the time we got to our hotel so we just went to bed after. Saturday morning the guys woke up and went to the first race. We didn't want to fight the crowds or traffic in Vegas so we decided to go to St. George and go shopping and then take the kids to the sand dunes in Snow Canyon. I got some great deals on clothes for the kids for summer and bought some toys for us to play in the sand with. The sand dunes were lots of fun. Cadence had fallen asleep and was really cranky when we first got there and didn't want to touch the sand but she came around and she really loved it. We buried each of the kids in the sand (except Cadence) and dug a really deep hole. We all got really dirty but really enjoyed it. We drove back to Mesquite and had dinner as the Casa Blanca. The kids wanted to go bowling so my mom and my aunt took the kids and we decided to do some gambling. I don't gamble much because I hate to lose money. My brother was the only one to win any money but we all still had fun. On Sunday the guys woke up and went the 2nd race and we again went to St. George for more shopping. We got home at about 9 that night exhausted but happy from a great trip with the family.

Fun Weekend

This weekend Joe's Mom and cousin Julie were in town. It was nice to see them. It was my first time meeting Julie and she is really awesome. The kids went with their dad so we had lots of time to do some "grownup" things. Friday night we went to dinner for Joe's dads birthday at Trio. That is one of our favorite restaurants. It was a really nice dinner and afterwards we just hung out around the house. We played a little Mariokart, I'm not very good at it but its really fun. On Saturday we went shopping for most of the day which I enjoyed alot. I love to shop. We went to dinner at The Dodo, it's a nice healthy restaurant at the Gateway and then went to the Jazz game. We had great seats on the 24th row. They paid tribut to Larry H. Miller which was really nice. They played a video for him and spotlighted his seat. His wife was there and they gave her some flowers and Deron Williams gave her the game ball after the game ended. It was great. The game was really good too. We had a great view and could see all the action. I just hope that they can keep up the good work do some great things this year in honor of Larry Miller.
On Sunday we went snowboarding at the Canyons. It was so much fun. I hadn't been in almost a year so I had to get used to it all over again. Joe and Julie had never been so I had to do all the teaching. They did really well though and we only had to do a few runs on the bunny hill. It was so gorgeous up there. I love the mountains and get up there every chance I get.

Braxtons Birthday

It was Braxtons Birthday on Sunday. I can't believe that he is 4. It's crazy. On Saturday we had party and went to Jumping Jacks with a few of his cousins and one of his friends. It was a blast but so hard to keep track of 6 kids. It was so busy, there were tons of kids there. After we played for a few hours we went to Dairy Queen and had some ice cream. On Sunday everyone in my family came over for dinner and Braxtons party. We had chicken because that's his favorite. Once again he was spoiled by everyone. My mom makes my kids cakes every year. She wants to make it a tradition they will remember with her. This year she asked Braxton what kind he wanted and he just said he wanted a red cake. (He is obsessed with the color red) We tried to show him some cute cakes like a monkey one and he didn't want them. So my mom went and bought a bunch of red candy and sprinkles to put on it. It turned out really cute. (I'll add pictures later. I have't put them on my computer yet.)

New Year New Beginnings

So I just started school this month. It's easier then I anticipated but I wish I could go to school and not work. Going to school full time, working full time and have 2 kids is hard work, but it's all worth it in the end. I'm really lucky my work is so flexible with my schedule they allow me to work whatever hours I need to go to school and still keep my full time status. It's been really great. I hope that all my jobs in the future will be as great as this one.

Christmas and New Years

I know this is really late but I just haven't had time to post anything.
We spent Christmas with my family. It was tons of fun. I had Christmas Eve off of work so Joe and I spent the whole morning wrapping Christmas presents. I found out I got my kids way too much. LOL. After we wrapped all day. We got ready to go to Joes church for their Christmas Eve meeting. It was really nice. I'd never been to another church besides the LDS church. It was nice to see what other people do and that they really aren't that much different then us. After that we went to my Granma Reynolds' house to open up the PJs we get every year. The kids were spending Christmas Eve with their dad's family so we dropped them off then we headed to my families Christmas Eve party. This year it was at my Uncle Gordans house. We ate alot of food and played tons of fun games. I was sad that I didn't get to put the kids to bed and wake up with them on Christmas but I had them last year so I guess it was only fair. Joe stayed the night so he got up with me and my family to open our presents. The kids got home before we finished opening all of the presents and they got to open their stuff from my parents and me.

We got a call from Travis at 9. It was so nice to hear from him. He sounded so good and so happy. We got some pictures later in the day from the mission president at the MTC in Madrid.
I already miss him tons and we are counting down the days til he gets home. After everyone had the chance to talk to Travis we said our goodbyes and cried a little. (We don't get another call til Mothers Day.) We went to both of my grandparents houses to open up presents. My kids got tons of stuff. They are so spoiled. I got a really cute necklace from my aunt. It is a metal circle with 2 stick figures of my kids and their names on it. I love it and wear it almost everyday. At my grandma Reynolds' house we ate our traditional Christmas breakfast: blintzes and tons of bacon and sausage. It was a really great day spent with family. I was sad it was over so fast.

On New Years we went to my grandmas house and had a party. It was tons of fun. We played games all night waiting for midnight. Braxton made it but Cadence was passed out at 10. All the grandkids slept over which means I got to sleep in and had some time to finish cleaning up the Christmas mess. On New Years Day everyone goes to my Grandmas house again and all the girls go shopping. It's tons of fun and nice to get out of the house and leave all the kids home with the guys.