Easter

Ok so I stink at blogging! I always think I will put up pictures as soon as I take them so they won't seem so boring but I don't. I can't keep up. Don't know why but I can't. Old age? Memory loss? Dr. appointments? School? 3 church callings? Homework? Annoying neighbor kids? (No, not any of your kids!) Excuses, excuses, excuses!!! I have a goal to get caught up soon, we will see.  Believe it or not I started this post a couple of weeks ago maybe three, I don't remember.  Ugh!  Anyway this is how our Easter went.

My parent's Easter egg hunt had to be indoors due to the incessant rain. Imagine that!  Megan is "too old" to hunt for eggs anymore.  Sniff sniff.  Thus there aren't any pictures of her from that day.  I don't know why.

We also attended a Easter egg hunt put on by Make-a-Wish.  They are awesome.  It was at Discovery Park in Ogden.  The kids collected more eggs than their baskets could hold.  We walked around the park and took a few silly pictures.      We had never been to this park before so I was glad we could see it for free.  I guess I am too cheep to walk around and see beat up dinosaurs statues.  It is a pretty park though and, I am sure, there are a lot of kids who love it.  What is wrong with me?  I guess I am not into dinosaurs.  We had a lot of fun though!





Every boy needs a balloon machine gun and every girl needs a balloon sword.  No flowers and butterflies for my kids.  At least no damage can be done with a balloon.  Right?








I always forget to buy extra eggs to color for Easter plus no one around here eats hard boiled eggs much.  I hate to waste so this year I pulled out some markers and had the kids color plastic eggs instead.  I know, I am no fun at all!


Easter Sunday the kids were surprised to find new clothes to wear to church.  Logan has been wanting a suit for quite a while now so that he can look just like his dad.  So he was very ecstatic to find a suit with his candy.  We have to say thanks to a very generous Easter bunny.  Thank you!  We are thankful for the Easter season where we can celebrate and think more deeply about what our Savior Jesus Christ has done for all of us.  We know because of Him and His Atonement we can repent of the wrong we have done and do better.  We are also thankful that through the Atonement we can forgive others, those who hurt us, even those who hate or despitefully use us.  Because of Jesus Christ we can live again!  We are so blessed!

Just Some Odds and Ends

I don't know why I failed to report that Logan lost his two front teeth way back in February. I think it is one of the cutest times in a child's life. Even if they do pull corny faces for the camera!

April 1st Cassidy did her biography report on Amelia Earhart. The parents and students all walked around the gym to hear the kids tell about the person they researched. We learned a lot. Needless to say I sometimes feel like I am repeating the 3rd grade.

The other day Cassidy walked in the house with this whopper of a goose egg. As far as I could understand she got tangled up with a ball and hit the sidewalk. A couple days later it looked like this.....

Everyone at school kept asking her if someone had given her a kiss. Yep the sidewalk!

Logan! Need I say more? He is one silly boy and we love him. He chose this mustache as his prize from the dentist. He put it on long enough for me to take a picture and then he was ticked, chucked it on the floor and told me that I had better not blog this picture. Too bad! I think it is hilarious! Oh.. the dentist said that his front teeth should be in by Christmas. So I won't be able to sing "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth".

Dear Jesus:

Cassidy wrote this letter to Jesus the other day. She only asked how to spell handsome. She asked how she was going to mail it to Him and I had to explain that she couldn't physically mail it but that she could pray and tell Jesus those things. She promptly went in her room and prayed. She was quite concerned that Jesus maybe hadn't heard her prayer so she prayed two more times. I hope this letter made Jesus smile. I did.

On another note, and if you didn't notice, I got really behind on this blog. I debated on whether or not I should go back and blog about the past five months but I decided not to. Old news is, well, old news. I would,however, like to comment on how my Make-a-Wish speaking engagement worked out. In Nov. I was asked to speak at Timberline Jr. High on how Make-a-Wish helped Cassidy and our family and what led up to Cassidy being able to make her wish. The jr. high was doing a fundraiser for a 9 year old boy with cancer. I was terrified! I do not feel like I am a good speaker and do not like being in front of an audience. I accepted the offer to speak because I need to give back even if it is in this small way. Anyway, I had to speak at two assemblies and the auditorium is HUGE! But I survived I felt like my mind was clear and I was able to speak without completely stumbling over my words. For me that is a miracle! I received a card from Make-a-Wish and they told me that the jr. high raised over $7,500 dollars. This was their third year doing the funraiser and this is the most they have ever raised. It felt good to take part in such a wonderful thing.

I would also like to, once again, thank our family and friends for helping us get through the Christmas season. We are humbled by your kindness and feel most grateful to our Heavenly Father for sending angels to help us continue to get through our struggles. We won't forget!

A Little Bit of October

October came and went.

Cassidy had her birthday. She turned nine. Hard to believe that could be true. Where does the time go? The weather in October was much like the year she was born, very mild. We love our Sassy Cassy and don't know what we would do without her in our family. She keeps us all smiling and is such a great example to everyone she comes in contact with. Why is this underlined? There isn't even an underline function is there?

Grandma and Grandpa came over to wish Cassidy a happy birthday.

For months Cassidy had been begging to have her ears peirced and I would tell her "maybe for your birthday" so for her birthday I gave in. She is so used to being poked that she wasn't scared at all. It was a "piece of cake". HAHAHAHA I crack myself up. Get it...piece of cake....birthday cake. Ok it really wasn't that funny.

She looks so cute and is so excited to wear all the cute earrings she got from Santa.

I know another "boring" cake. I don't even try fancy anymore. But a birthday wish can still can still be made on a boring cake. Right?

Now on to all the Halloween stuff. My parents always do a really fun Halloween party for the kids. Part of the fun is eating a donut off a string using no hands.

Bag this I am going to use my hands and eat the donut!

We got to go Trick-or-Treating up at Make-a-Wish.

Now on to the school Halloween parade. Logan is dressed as Obi Won Kanobi from Star wars.

Cassidy is Belle of course.

Megan was a spider queen. She ditched the scary black wig and black fingernails. I tried but didn't quite get her costume right. She was sweet to try to use things we already had. She wasn't very scary more of a pretty spider queen.

Off to say "Trick-or-Treat". Logan changed his costume to a self made vampire. Drew blood on his face with a marker, safety pinned his Batman cape on, sprinkled a little bit of baby powder on his face, wore the teeth he got at his school party and there you have it..... a vampire. Much cheaper than the Obi Won costume. That is the way Halloween should be.

Other September moments

In September my grandma had her 95th birthday. She loves the kids and they love to give her hugs. She commented how she has the best family in the world. Grandma loves her family. I am pretty sure she didn't know who I was but that is ok. I hope she had a happy birthday. She told me that she thinks that it will be her last. I am glad that I took the kids up there to have their picture taken with their great grandma.

At the end of September I got to go the General Women's Meeting with my favorite beautiful ladies; my mom and 5 sisters. It has been a long time since we were all able to go together.

State Fair and Loud Concert=a Trip to the ER

A couple weeks before we went to Florida Make-a-Wish called me and offered our family tickets to the Utah State Fair which included a concert with Mitchel Musso from Disney Channel. The tickets were for the day after we were to get home from Florida. I thought this would be a great way to end our week. One more day of rides and fun. We did have fun and we rode a lot of rides

Logan got to do the bungee trampolines because he was too short for a ride he really wanted to go on. You should have heard him giggle! It was so cute!

We saw a lot of stinky animals and even some stinky people. Hehehehehe! Fairs bring out all the weirdos! The baby pigs were a favorite. Then we got snow cones and cotton candy and headed to the concert. Honestly I thought this concert would be more geared to kids but it wasn't. Mitchel Musso is a complete idiot. He really isn't anything like his Hannah Montana character and he isn't a kid. He was so conceited and looked like such a dork with his two big diamond earrings. I was not impressed. The kids thought it was cool so I guess that is all that matters.

Logan ended up with a cotton candy beard.

Cassidy waving her hand with the music.

Mitchel threw out a drumstick and Lorin Caught it. How much do you think we could get on Ebay for that?

Cassidy was all smiles and really was having a lot of fun. She loves music but it was really loud!!! I looked over at Cassidy and she had her head bent down. So I got up to see if she was ok. She had the most terrified look on her face and her eyes were looking to the side. I have seen that look before and my heart sank. I said "We are out of here!" Lorin carried her and we rushed to the car. She was starting to drool and wouldn't respond to me. I am sure she was seizing. Finally she put her hand to the side of her head and said that her ear hurt. We got in the van and sped to Primary's since we were in Salt Lake anyway. We weren't going to take any chances. We got there and it was really busy but they rushed her right back. Cassidy still wouldn't respond much. They put an IV in but didn't have to give her anything. Her temperature was up and her blood pressure was way too high. Something was definitely going on. She then fell asleep. I was so scared. I thought "Are you kidding me? We just got back from her wish and now this is going to happen? I cannot do this again!" Cassidy woke up and was happy and herself. They kept her overnight because her blood pressure wouldn't stay down but it leveled out. She vomited in the night which scared Lorin to death because she has done that before seizing. But she was ok. I feel so blessed that she was able snap out of this one on her own. Thanks to everyone for their extra prayers! It took her a couple days to get back to herself. I think I just crammed one too many things in that week and the concert was just too loud.

Cassidy enjoyed playing with the camera while we waited.

Poor Megan was so tired!

Glad this had a happy ending!