Up With Kids

 Hayden has been in a little acting program called Up With Kids.  This year they did a spin-off Tangled.  Saturday was their final performance and Hayden did such a great job.  She took the whole process very seriously and was thrilled to be up on stage in front of an audience.

 All of the little kids were Chameleons.  Their costumes were really cute, but Hayden's hood wouldn't stay on!

 She was also a fairy. 

Her teacher gave her a trophey and we gave her flowers, she could not have been more happy or proud of herself! :)

Look at me...no training wheels!!

This girl is pretty amazing!! Yesterday we decided to take her training wheels off her bike and start teaching her how to ride w/o them...well she didn't need us to teach her.
Colin was also going to take off her pedals, but before he could get to it he started chatting with a neighbor. So Hayden just got her bike and started practicing. Within five minutes she was riding down the sidewalk by herself!! I was so amazed! The video is from today, she was showing off her skills for Grandma and Grandpa.
She also bore her testimony for the first time in church on Sunday. I was pretty nervous because Colin was out with Carson and if she panicked I would have had to gone up and helped her. Luckily she wasn't scared at all and pulled it off quite nicely. :)

Easter 2012

We had a fun Easter weekend. The kids got their Easter baskets on Saturday because we had a lot going on on Sunday. Hayden thought it was pretty cool that the Easter Bunny knew that he needed come a day early. Saturday night Colin and I got to go to my cousins wedding up at The Canyons Resort in Park City. It was a really nice wedding and a fun date night for us! Sunday we went to church with Colin's parents and then went up to Salt Lake for lunch and an Easter egg hunt with all of Colin's extended family.
He was very impressed with the Football egg.

Does it get better than this????

Is this picture inappropriate? :)
This boy is officially potty-trained and I could not be happier. I wasn't planning on do it so soon, but he had different plans. He has done so well and has had a really good attitude about the whole thing.

Preschool

I can not believe that we are almost done with our first year of preschool!! It has flown by and it has been so much fun! I was in charge of the Easter Party yesterday. We played "hot bunny", hide the bunny, did a craft and they went on an Easter egg hunt for their lunch. I think they all had fun!

A couple of months ago we went on a field trip to the fire station.

In January one of the girls in our group moved to Florida, so we took these pictures to send to her.

Happy Birthday to Colin

We celebrated Colin's birthday this past weekend. We started off Saturday with eating dinner at the Cheesecake Factory which of course was delicious!! Then we headed off to one of our favorite places...Desert Star Theater. The play showing was called CSI: Provo. It started off a little slow, but got funnier as it went. Overall it was very entertaining. Yesterday was his actually birthday and we had our neighbors come over for dinner and birthday cake. It was a fantastic weekend!!

Most of you know Colin and know what an INCREDIBLE person he is, but here is a little reminder:
*He is can get a long with anyone he meets and can find something in common with everyone
*He is kind to EVERYONE (to their face and behind their backs) :)
*He is an amazing dad who spends not only quality time with his kids, but quantity time as well *He is really funny (which is one of the reasons I married him)
*He is ambitious and is always up to some crazy scheme
*He is a hard worker and never complains (wakes up at 4:20am everyday)
*He is the best husband I could ever want and puts up with me like no else can

The list could go on and on, but I will stop there. Happy birthday Colin!!!

I was tagged by my friend, Amelia. She tagged me and ten other people and said that she thought only one of those people would do it...well I didn't want to disappoint, so here goes!!

So here are the rules:


#1 - Post these rules.
#2 - Answer the 11 questions from the person who tagged you.
#3 - Create 11 new questions for the people you tag.
#4 - Tag 11 people and link them to your post.
#5 - Let them know that you tagged them.


1. What was the last book you read? I just read "Matched" by Ally Condie. It was pretty good. Definitely a book for a younger audience, but it was an interesting plot with a cute little love story. There is a second book called Crossed, that I have it reserved at the library.
2. What was your most memorable date with your significant other? Last Valentines day we went to a play at Desert Star and ate dinner at Cheesecake Factory. After that we were just supposed to go home, but I arranged with my parents to watch the kids so we could stay the night in Salt Lake. The next day we got breakfast at "The Blue Plate" which has REALLY good food and spent the rest of the day car shopping.
3. If you could have three wishes granted, what would they be? This is a hard one!!!
1. Perfect Health for my family
2. For me and Colin to always have great relationships with our kids.
3. To have perfect patience with my children!!
4. What would you want served for your last dinner? I could do a T-Bone steak, a side salad from Ruby River, Avacado Egg rolls and Strawberry lemonade from Cheesecake Factory and Mozzarella Sticks from Ella's Pizza.
5. Where is your favorite place to shop for clothes for yourself? I like clothes from Target because of the price and they are cute. Downeast also has really cute stuff, but a little too pricey for me.
6. Where is one place you have always wanted to visit? I want to go everywhere!!! Paris, Rome, Egypt, Salem Massachusetts, Mackinac Isalnd. The list could go on and on!
7. What is your favorite holiday and why? Christmas. There is just something about the feeling of joy and togetherness that that holiday brings.
8. What was your first impression of your spouse? Apparently he didn't make an impression on me at all the first time we met because I dont even remember talking to him. But the next time we met my first impression was that he was REALLY funny. Since I had seen him before it wasn't really love at first sight, we call it love at first hang out!! :)
9. Do you consider yourself to be a good driver? Yeah, I think I am a really conscious and aware. I dont speed. I am horrible at backing out and parallel parking.
10. When you have some downtime, what do you spend it doing? Treadmill, computer, TV, reading.
11. Chrome, IE, Firefox, other? And why? I have no idea what Chrome or IE is??? But we do use Firefox.


Now I tag:
1. Saysha
2. Shelly
3. Annelise
4. Sandi
5. Haley
6. Charami
7. Bonnie
8. Jenny
9. Angela
10. Brittony
11. Angela

And here are their questions to answer:
1. Do you celebrate Valentines Day?
2. Who is your celebrity crush? Mine is Bob Harper(biggest loser) in case you were wondering!
3. When did you start blogging and why?
4. What was the last thing that you bought that you wish you didn't?
5. What was your best date with your spouse?
6. How would you have classified yourself in high school? (geek, jock, band nerd, etc)
7. If you could live next-door to anyone alive or dead, who would you want to live next to?
8. What would your dream job be, besides a stay-at-home-mom?
9. What are three words that describe you?
10. If you could go to dinner with anyone, who would it be?
11. What did you want to be when you grew up, and did you accomplish it?