Hide or Seek

Yep. That's Oliver playing hide and seek. If you can't tell, he's the one hiding.

You know it's an intese game when socks go missing...

Hello, May.

So happy May is here. Good things tend to happen this month.

This is what I plan on doing in May...

The hubs is taking me to see this on my birthday. It's fun to see him get so excited for this.

I decided to get all nerded out and bought these to wear on the big day.

For my birthday I wanted to throw a party. I'm not okay throwing my own birthday party, but I am okay with throwing a Cinco De Mayo party.

Mothers day is right around the corner. So lucky to have 2 amazing moms in my life.

And of course get to celebrate being this kids mom...

I get to enjoy some perfect sunbathing weather in St. G. with these 2 whom I absolutely love working with.

Start training for this half Marathon.

Celebrating this guys big 30th Birthday.

And getting that much closer to summer break

Doesn't May look lovely? AND I plan on filling it up much much more.

Happy May to all of you.

All Things Pink...

Remember how I said that I have a  pretty awesome neighborhood?

Well, I do.

One of our friends is about to have her first baby, a girl! So a group of us put together a neighborhood shower for her. I just had to document all the cuteness. My friends are very talented and super crafty. I can only take credit for the donuts and some appetizers. But Melissa made this incredible butterfly cake, Jamie made these delish Oreo truffles and Camila did the rest which included the invitations, butterfly mobile, baby sign, party favors, pasta salad, home made rolls, home made mints and slush drink. She was an incredible host.

And because we live in such a fun neighborhood, we had such a good turn out. Every one was so nice to bring something for Lisa even if this was the first time meeting her.

And the fun part. Gifts gifts gifts!

And look at what a cute pregnant woman Lisa makes.

Best wishes to Lisa and her family. Can't wait to finally meet baby girl.

Weekend

This weekend was a doozy.

It all started Thursday afternoon right after dropping Trent and Larry off at the Airport. They were off to meet the rest of Team Bonk! for Ragnar in beautiful sunny Southern California. Since I opted out of running this time around, I was chosen to watch the Jensen Hoard. Everything went smoothly. In fact, I think this was the most well behaved that everyone was so it made watching them that much better. We stayed very busy playing outside in the nice weather, going swimming, playing games, watching movies, eating out and just being together. There was never a dull or un busy moment with a group that size and come 10:00 PM every night, I was ready for bed. I love that I have been able to be a part of these sweet kids life and that they are also a part of ours. I've said this time and time again, but Oliver is so blessed to have all of them to show him "the ropes". Most of the time it's good and let's face it, sometimes not so good, but experiences non-the-less that he wouldn't otherwise have if he weren't so close to those little stinkers. Bottom line, I love them and I wouldn't have changed our weekend together....except maybe for not watching them and actually running with the team, but you know what I mean. 

The only picture that I have of the Jensen group from this weekend is this one...

And then Oliver.

Like I said, it was busy busy and taking pictures was not at the top of our lis of things to do this weekend.

In other news...

Congratulations to team Bonk! on a successful race. Sounds like it was an amazing adventure.

Vagabond?

Luke was making fun of me the other night because I was dressed like this...

I don't know what he means. I thought this outfit looked very flattering on me.

But really, this is what happened.

Luke wanted to go on a walk Sunday {late} afternoon and it was cold. So, I changed from my short sweats (I know, but it was Sunday. Sweats of any kind are appropriate) to my long {man} sweats and threw on a few layers on top. When we got home from our walk, I was still so comfortable that I didn't take any layers off and therefor, I was dubbed a vagabond. At least it's a fancy way of calling me a bum.

Just say "NO"

Once upon a time there was a man and his wife. They lived in a town where they were bombarded with solicitors. Every spring they did not look forward to the very pushy, albeit, nice southern salesmen that would come a knockin' door to door trying to get you to buy their cleaner. One day there was a knock at the door. It's was a polite salesman asking the very kind wife to buy a forty dollar bottle of this all purpose, non toxic, long lasting, amazing smelling, {did I mention} forty dollar cleaner. The nice wife had a hard time turning down the equally nice salesman, but she remembered that her husband had told her time after time to just say "no" in any situation like that no matter how charming and complimentary they were because they are just lying and looking to make money off your ability to not being able to tell someone "no". So, as kindly as she could, the beautiful wife {felt that she needed to} explained that due to them being poor with kids and schooling, that she could not buy this amazing life changing miracle cleaner and she sadly said "no". That night when the wife told the husband what happened, the husband was happy and told the wife that it really wasn't all that bad to say "no", right? The wife was just relieved that she wouldn't have to deal with that for another year and was able to squeak out a "no".

Flash forward to the next year. This year. 

Beautiful loving kind wife is in the kitchen making dinner when she hears the familiar script of the amazing, must-have-liquid-gold-in-a-bottle-that-never-runs-out, safe-to-even-spray-in-your-mouth-cleaner coming from outside. She lets husband continue to deal with salesman because she knows it's easier for him to just say "no". In walks husband...with a strange man speaking in a twangy accent. "Hello Ma'am" salesman says. He turns to husband and says {no lie}, "This has gotta be your younger sisterr, raght?"

Husband realizes that saying "no" is harder than he thought.

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Husband is now the proud owner of this melt-your-heart-because-it's-so-amazing-best-forty-dollars-you-will-ever-spend-cleaner.

Wife still does not own such a product because she in fact, can just say "no".

The end.

Easter Endings

Easter morning was a very nice morning for us. Oliver came into our room and snuggled with us which is our favorite thing ever. After eating some breakfast we told Oliver that the Easter Bunny had left a special Easter Basket for him hidden somewhere in the house and that he had to find it.  When he saw the basket in his old baby room he was so excited. His favorite item was Nacho Libre which he wanted to watch right on the spot. We loved watching Oliver get excited throughout the weekend with all the Easter activities.

 

To close the Easter holiday we went to church. I was not prepared to enjoy such a wonderful message especially in Relief Society. Each member of the RS shared a special message. We watched a couple short videos of our Savior and the Resurrection, another sister sang the sweetest song and then the president (my MIL) shared a wonderful message about adversities in our lives. Note to self: Waterproof Mascara next time. Like I said, it was beautiful. Sacrament meeting was just as good with 2 perfect speakers and wonderful music preformed by our choir. Aside from watching Oliver light up with excitement, church was the highlight of Easter and a perfect way to be reminded of the love that our Savior, Jesus Christ has for each of us.