Happy Father's Day!

Yesterday we enjoyed a wonderful Father's Day! Too bad Nick had to get up early for a scout meeting, or else we were going to make him a special breakfast, but it just didn't work out. So after he came home the kids were excited to give him his presents. (We don't have church until 1, and so we spend most of the morning and afternoon in our PJ's until we have to get dressed....so that explains why the kids are still in their pj's!).

The kids had so much fun not only wrapping up his gifts, but also making crafts out of the wrapping paper to give to dad.

Nick got some clothes and a new aluminum wallet! We also ordered a receiver for the van so we can tow things with it. I think he will like that the best! We all went to church and enjoyed some wonderful lessons about Missionary Work. After we got home we got ready for dinner! Nick requested dutch oven and potatoes for dinner, which was great with me since he would have to do the cooking! It rained and poured all morning, so we had to cook in the garage. But it worked great! The kids enjoyed riding their bikes around while the food cooked and we waited for the rest of the family to show up. Matt, Natalie, Hallie, Gma and Gpa Brower came and joined us for dinner. Hallie is so cute and loved licking the butter off of the roll...not eating the roll! It was funny!

We made chocolate dipped strawberries for dessert and I had some help cleaning the bowl when we were done!

It was a super yummy dinner!!!!!

Then it was gift time for grandpa which was the funnest part of the evening. After a few gifts from all of us it was time for a special gift from Matt & Nat.

They gave him a book, and inside was a picture of an ultra sound that said Happy Fathers day. When mom first saw it she said, "Oh, look...someone has a picture of an ultra sound 'Happy Father's Day'", and then dad took the picture out and that is when it clicked for mom that Matt & Natalie were announcing they were pregnant. She totally freaked out and started screaming. It was hilarious! We have it on video and we watched it over and over because it was hilarious!

So Hallie is going to be a Big Sister!!! Natalie is due January 11th, 2012. We are all so excited!

It was a fun time with my family and we even played a game of Knock your Neighbor before everyone left.

It was a great day and I am so lucky to not only have a great dad myself but also a wonderful husband who is a great father to our kids! I love you both SO much! Thanks for all you do!

Bells on Temple Square Concert

Friday evening Mom and Dad came down and joined me in attending the Bells on Temple Square concert. I have been on maternity leave from BoTS since last fall, so it was fun for me to get to go and listen to their concert. I get to go back and ring with them in July! I can't wait! It was a super fun evening with my parents. The director, Brother Tom Waldron, is retiring so this was his last concert. So after the concert we all went to the horseshoe, located under the tabernacle, and attended a reception held in his honor. Mom had sung with him in the Tabernacle Choir before he became the BoTS director so I know she was glad she was able to attend.

Nick stayed home with the kids, since we didn't want to get a sitter to watch all THREE kids and put them all to bed. With a baby, it just makes it a little harder! So I was appreciative that he was willing to stay home so I could go! It was so fun seeing all of my Bell friends and say good bye to Brother Waldron. He is such an amazing musician, leader, and all around good guy! He has such a strong testimony of the church and of our calling as musical missionaries. He was always sure to share his feelings and testimony with us. I will always be thankful for being able to ring with him!

Dancing Queen

Last night Kaylee had her end of year Dance Recital with Groove Dance. She was so excited to get up and dance for us! She also was excited to have me put make up on her! She is such a girl! The recital was held at Bountiful HS and we were lucky enough to have my mom join us! Here she is before the recital.

Carson and Grandma Joy did some reading and skill testing while we waited for the recital to start. And Alivia enjoyed some dinner.
Then it was time! She did a great job and did a wonderful job smiling and doing all of the moves! She is in the front on the right. They danced to the music from Dragon Tales called "Clap your Hands!"
She had a great teacher, Tara, who was super amazing with all the little girls!
Kaylee was so stinkin' cute when we gave her the flowers and teddy bear...she was so thankful for the bear especially and wouldn't put them down until we got in the van!
After the dance recital we enjoyed some dessert at Orange Leaf. We even ran into another one of her friends in her dance class there! It was a great way to spend a Monday evening. We will take the summer off from dance, but dive right back in once school starts again! We will stay busy this summer with tball, swim lessons, and lots of family get togethers!

End of May!

We ended our month of may with two fun filled days! On Monday, Memorial Day, because of the rainy weather, we decided to pass on the WX City 5K and Breakfast and ended up taking it easy that morning and then meeting up with family for a movie in Ogden. Matt's family and mom and dad went with us. We saw the movie "Hop" which was a good kids movie, but not one I would add to my personal collection. The kids had just as much after the movie running up and down the side walk and watching Hallie dance. She has the best little booty shake thing going on when she dances, it is so stinkin' cute!

We then headed home and had sloppy joes for dinner. Our computer has been on the fritz for the past 6 months or so, and we have tried several times reloading our operating system on it to improve it, but it is just getting worse. SO...we decided to finally buy a new laptop. So we spent a few hours on the computer and on the phone with a good friend who is a computer expert and we ordered a new computer from Dell. We are so excited to have a new computer, once it gets here which will take another week! The kids were so good to just play while we were figuring out the computer stuff, in fact they basically held FHE by themselves. I could hear them in the front room saying the prayer, pretending to read a scripture, and even singing some songs. It was SO cute. We did take them out to Orange Leaf for the FHE treat since we felt so bad for ignoring them for a few hours! They didn't seem to mind though. In fact, on Tuesday, they did it again, but this time they dressed up in Kaylee's clothes to do it. (See picture below). On Tuesday, Kaylee had school for a make up day, and Carson went to school and had field day. Kaylee looked so cute with her new bow that matched her outfit so I had to take a picture!

Carson had a soccer game Tuesday evening and then we had pizza for dinner afterwards. Then we enjoyed the rest of the evening outside playing. Summertime is great since the kids can play outside and just have a blast, but it means nightly baths since they get so dirty, there is no way they can go to bed without a bath!

Even Alivia got a bath that night!
Alivia loves bath time, just like the other kids did! Her hair goes crazy though after she is bathed and dried off. It is cute! It just stands up everywhere! I am hoping that her hair stays in and just gets thicker, rather than going bald before it comes back in thick! Fingers crossed! It was a great month of May, very wet and cold, but very fun! We are excited for June!