We keep getting a glimpse of warmer weather and then it's gone again.  Since it has been rainy and pretty much disagreeable lately (kinda like me) I decided to try and bring a little sunshine and spring into the house since we can't go outside and get any.  I love my daffodils because they come up every year and remind me that spring is indeed on it's way.  And the come with an added bonus, the deer won't eat them like they will tulips and other spring flowers.

Pipe cleaners, googly eyes and puff balls

I bought a cute little kit at Walmart today full of pipe cleaners, googly and puff balls. My kids had a blast making all sorts of creations with it. I love their final creations.... don't you?

Lexie helping Abbie "make a monster" with "gloogly eyes" as she called them.

Ashton showing off his barnacle 

What a fun way to spend the afternoon.  I found a couple other craft kits that I snuck into the cart also, so we will be having (hopefully) more days like this soon.

Starfruit

 How can you not smile when your food is that cute!

Today I was able to get a bountiful basket again after not being able to for the last 3 weeks because of how fast the sale out.  I was really excited too because I also got a tropical pack that had pineapple, mangos, a starfruit and lots more in it.  We have never tried a starfruit and the kids were super excited to give it a try, they wanted me to cut it up as soon as we got home.  They eagerly waited for me to say they could give it a try, nearly getting their fingers in the way of the knife as I cut it up.  Finally they were able to give it a taste....

I think it was still a little on the green side, but it was very tasty I am sure we will be buying more of them at the store soon.  

Trisha's Birthday

Today would have been Trisha's 33 birthday, we celebrated by going to dinner at her favorite place to go do dinner, Sizzler.  We had lots of good food and Ashton got his favorite-shrimp!!  He ate at least as many as I did.

Then we went back to my mom's for cake. 

 Then we sent balloons to Trisha, we have done this every year and my kids really love letting balloons go "up to heaven".  

Sorry these are kinda bad pictures, I forgot to take my camera with us (after I made sure that I had it all charged and ready to go) :( so I had to use my phone and it doesn't take the best pictures but at least I have some.  

Ashton's self portraits

On Sunday while we were watching conference Ashton decided to have his own mini photo shoot.  Here are some of the results.

He is such a cute kids.  When he brought me my camera and had me look at all the pictures that he had taken we laughed and laughed, I love this kid!

15 Years Ago

15 years ago I married my best friend.  We have been through good and bad times and I wouldn't trade it for the world.  Here's to the next 15 plus years!!!

Croquet anyone?

How can you not smile when you see this croquet set?  It makes me happy.  We had a package on our front porch this afternoon and this was what was inside.  I have been eyeing this set for a while and finally found it at a decent price.  I didn't tell the kids that I had ordered it, so it was a BIG surprise to them when we opened the package.  They took it outside immediately to play. 

Abbie got to the flag first, probably because she keep picking up her ball and taking it to the next hoop.  She kept getting in the bigger kids way and frustrating them.  They tried their best to be patient.  

Too bad it was so darn windy today.  It made for a short game.  

Lexie was excited because she made a hard shot.  I'm not sure who won, I'm not even sure they finished the whole game but they had a great time.

Fruits and Veggies

I am so in LOVE with Bountiful Baskets, we always get high quality produce and you can't beat the price or freshness.  Especially since it is WAY too cold to start growing anything here.  This week we got bananas, apples, strawberries, blackberries, a pineapple, and a cantaloupe in our fruit basket.  And green beens, cauliflower, a clove of garlic, a head of lettuce and a bunch of asparagus on our veggie basket.    My kids love going to pick up our food on Saturday morning when we get a basket and it is always so much fun to see what we got.
On a slightly different note, Jake got some good topsoil and mulch for our new garden space (finally this year after having it sit empty last year because we just didn't have the time or means to do anything about it) so I am going to be planting a garden this spring.  Ya! I can't wait to have fresh veggies from my garden again.

Spring is Almost Here

How can I tell...

daffodil's coming up.

and pretty little girls in cute dresses.

Recipe for Diaster

Start with a little baking soda add a little vinegar and what do you get?  A volcanic eruption.

Ashton wanted this volcano kit when we were in Yellowstone, in fact he has asked for it every time we have been to Yellowstone, so I finally caved and bought it for him.  (In my head I was thinking what a mess this will be even as I paid the clerk for it) It turned out not to be too bad.  And the laughter and smiles that ensued when the "lava" started flowing was worth any mess I had to clean.