Memorial Day Continued

Memorial Day

Jed and I both really needed a break from everything and so we decided that for Memorial Day we would take the girls and drive to Corpus Christi. We made the trip, there and back, in one day and spent about 4 hours at the beach, and it was wonderful! Olivia did not want to get out of the water because it was so warm and clear and Lexi was content playing in the sand (well she really just ate the sand). We packed a lunch and drove right onto the beach and camped out of the back of the car - it was great. We are all burned (except the baby) because it was the first time our bodies had seen sun for awhile, but we've also learned that you need to re-apply sunscreen every 1/2 hour instead of every couple of hours:(

Chef Jed

So if you didn't know, Jed is an amazing cook. I hate to admit it, but he is better than me. On Sunday night he was really wanting Sunday chicken from Cracker Barrel, and since we don't go out to eat on Sundays and it's the only time they serve it (plus we are trying to save money right now and not eat out), he decided to make his own Southern meal. We had home made fried chicken, corn bread, green beans, mac and cheese, and some kind of cinnamon apples (he downloaded all of the recipes from Cracker Barrel's website). It was incredible!! We just can't eat it very often.

I'm Losing My Mind

I love my new calling as Young Women's President, but it sometimes makes me feel like I am losing my mind. I constantly have about a million thoughts running through my head, and even more things to get done on my "to do list." The other day I almost burned our house down because I put Lexi's binkys on the stove to boil for a couple of minutes and then started another project and completely forgot about them. As you can see they were a complete loss. I've tried to not do so much multi-tasking since:)

I Love You Mom!

Olivia has been leaving me a lot of signs lately that say "I Love You Mom." She has been having a hard time lately, and is really missing her family and friends in Oakley. She has really relied on me a lot more, which I love, but it also makes me really sad for her. It's a good thing she loves her sister so much. Only 7 days of school left and we're counting down the days! We can't wait for summer vacation so we can spend more time together! I love you too Olivia - all the way to the moon and back!

Gotta love the heat!!

When people told us that it was hot down here, I don't think that we could really understand what they meant - you just have to experience it yourself. So we try and spend as much time in water as we possibly can. Don't you just love our teeny pool! This is why it is also great to have friends who have real pools!

We finally have some family by us!!

I know that I always do this - I don't post for awhile and then I post a ton. So please forgive all of the pictures - I know there's a lot! But since I last posted I have had my cousin Meridith and her cute family move down here to San Antonio too! She just had her third child and they are adorable children. Olivia loves to have her cousins over to play:)

Lexi, Olivia, Phoenix, Romney and Paige

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPA!!!

Today is my dad's Birthday and I thought it would be fun to start a new tradition of posting some fun pictures of him! Here are the top 5 reasons why we love our dad and papa so much!! 1. He is so fun to play with (thanks for the input Livvy) 2. He's a great listener, full of great advice 3. He is very caring and Christ-like 4. He is extremely intelligent 5. He's so young at heart. We could go on forever, but these were our favorite! Happy Birthday dad!!

I love Bath Time!!

I don't know about any of you other moms, but I love bath time. Maybe it's my OCD about cleanliness, or maybe it's just that I love the smell of clean baby!! Really....is there anything cuter?

Swine Flu Update

So here we are still at home this week. Is anyone else ready for this swine fly to be over? Church was canceled on Sunday and school was canceled until May 11!! Needless to say we are really going crazy this week. We have been trying to find as many fun things to do at home as we can, but we're starting to run out of ideas. I never thought that I would be excited for Olivia to go back to school - but she's definitely ready too:) At least we have been somewhat successful in keeping them busy enough so that they're tired enough for bedtime (or maybe just Lexi)!

AWESOME VOICE!!!!

OK, if you want to hear something amazing scroll down on my blog to my friends list and click on Kyle and Julie and listen to her you tube video. Julie is one of my friends from high school (in San Diego) and we used to sing together a lot - but as you can see on her blog she surpassed my singing voice a long time ago! I could listen to her all day! Watch for her CD because I'm sure she'll make it big sometime soon:)