Memorial Day

Memorial Day consisted of the traditional grave hopping. Don't worry it's not morbid or disrespectful. We just have relatives in so many graveyards around Grace that we drive to each one. While we're there, we usually end up b.s.ing around the graves for quite awhile. .. that is until we get rained out. Every Memorial Day you can count on crazy weather..sunny, then rainy, then sunny. What do you do? Too bad the pics I got of the extended family turned out so dark you couldn't tell what they were...so you'll have to make do with pics of just us three.

Axel eating dandelions.

Eli in the biker duds..hugging his gorgeous wife..:)

Check out that stare from Mr. Blue Eyes himself.

Migratory Bird Day

May 9, 2009 consisted of the Migratory Bird Day held at Camus Wildlife Refuge. This is a day second in importance only to Christmas, or at least according to Eli's professor Bro. Strickland it is. Eli thought he was volunteering for a mission to save the world through these birds....instead he watched them through binnoculars ALL DAY. The awesome thing is that he could identify every single bird not only by sight but also recalling their order, family, genus, and species. Don't worry that is what we spent all last semester memorizing. He made me proud and even showed up his professor by correctly identifying a bird that Bro. Strickland got wrong. I know what you're thinking, "where can I go to sign up for this?" I'm sure if you are bored enough you will find a way, if you really want to be nerds like us that is. One cool part about the experience was the hooters he got to handle. :) Owls that is...what were you thinking?

Just the girls

Last month, we had a girls weekend with just my mom, sisters and me. Just like old times, we all shared a room and one bathroom. Even more like old times we even had a bit of a cat fight. It was awesome. The craziness was all worth it. We got to shop and look around Park City and Salt Lake and best of all just be with each other. Tennille flew in from Oregon, which is why we all met in Salt Lake. It is rare indeed when we can all get together, and I sure do look forward to it. Once a year just isn't enough.

All my sisters..Sunshine, Tennille and Mariah

Waiting for our table at Olive Garden

My mama and me

Tennille and the moose at Park City...and her extremely long tongue

We all went to the Mountain Body Day Spa where I
used to work in Park City and got a hand treatment

Axel did not like the bear on the bench one bit.

It was hilarious...in a mean sort of way.

How dare I take advantage of Axel

when he was so sad,
if he didn't look so darn cute when he cried.

P.S. Note to Sunshine.... I waited to post it so when nothing was happening in Rexburg besides 30 mph winds EVERYDAY then I will still have something to blog about. Instead of blogging all these major happenings in a row and then have diddly squat for months.

A Nice Day for a White Wedding

We found ourselves in Bountiful this weekend for a wedding. My roommate from Salt Lake, Kim, got married Friday. The sealing was awesome and was a great reminder of all of the blessings we receive from being sealed in the temple. Having my family for all eternity is seriously the most I could ever ask for...yes even when my son is an onery little cuss...but who wouldn't be after a four hour car ride.

Easter is in the air

I would say Spring is in the air but it is quite the opposite, so I will say Easter. I even wore shorts to summon spring, but it still turned out to be winter weather. Nonetheless we still had the Easter egg hunt outside. It was quite the event. Axel loved hunting eggs...okay I will revise that and say he loved playing with the branches he found on the lawn better. We found all of his eggs and made him endure a couple of pictures. I've trained him well though cause whenever I hold up the camera he breaks out into a grin. But I know the real reason for the season is not egg hunting in the snow, but rather our Savior. And it is indeed all because of Him and His sacrifice that I can share these cherished moments with my family.

The Best Two Years

April 6, 2007 -April 6, 2009

Celebrating Two Years

It's pretty much a given that these past two years have been the best ever.

Maybe it's the fact that we are both goobers that makes us love the simple things

and have so much fun together. Or maybe it is the fact that we are both

best friends. All I know is not a day has gone by that we haven't shared a laugh,

a kiss, and an "I love you!" There's me being sentimental on you all.

Bottom line is we love marriage and each others guts.

Spencer W. Kimball put it perfectly into words when he said,

"Marriage can be more an exulted ecstacy than the human mind can conceive.

While marriage can be difficult and frustrations common,

a real-lasting happy marriage is possible.

Marriage isn't perfect, it's celestial."

So, we went to Texas Roadhouse for some steak and potatoes. :) They even gave us a free dessert which is always freaking awesome. What a great event to celebrate with your significant other. I can't think of anywhere else I'd rather be right now than with Eli and Axel, ridiculously poor equally ridiculously happy.

Like father like son

I thought I would show everyone simply one very apparent way Axel is just like his daddy. I'm sure there was a better way to post those two pics together but I chose the ghetto way of just taking a picture of them both. :) It cracks me up every time I see them both togther being goobers with their tongues hanging out. I just think it is so cute. This merely skims the surface of Axel's shared characteristics...he likewise has a freakishly sensitive gag reflex, always gagging and throwing up over the littlest things. I always hear Eli likewise gagging when he empties the sink drain with bits of soggy food or when he brushes his teeth sometimes. Axel also loves watching the previews and beginning of movies..he's glued to the TV after the FBI warning on every movie, just like his Dad :) Once Eli got pulled over for speeding on the way to the theater just because he didn't want to miss the previews. Just a glimpse into a few similarities. It seems like more just keep presenting themselves each day. I love both my boys!

Axel is showing off his two bottom teeth. I'm

anxious to see which teeth are coming in next

cause he has been such a beast with blowouts,

loss of appetite, snotty nose, oneriness, and the

whole bit. This was a rare occasion he actually

ate, and was smiling about it. He loves his squash

and Hubbard potatoes! Oh and jelly beans...he

got a hold of a plastic egg full of huge jelly beans

and those robin eggs. I hear Eli, "Um is he

supposed to be eating those?" I look down and

he has gotten that plastic egg open and is shoveling

those jelly beans and robin eggs into his mouth as fast

as he can. He just looks up at me as I am removing them

from his mouth with a look like, "thanks for

ruining all the fun mom!" He had dark purple all over his

tongue for a while afterwards as evidence of

his little escapade.