Ruby's hair cut

Ruby's groomer raised her prices to $40.00. So I decided to cut Ruby's hair myself. Not bad for my first time. Ruby was so patient. I was impressed. Now to learn to cut her nails...

Full Family Fun Easter Weekend and Hyrum's Birthday Too

Larry and I decided to head over to Misty, 

Rachel and Joshua's families to spend Easter weekend this year and to celebrate with Hyrum for his 1st birthday. We left Friday morning and this is what greeted us when we got there.

More snow.

We stayed with Joshua, Shannon, Jessica and Ethan. Friday night Mae, Owen, Aria and Clara also spent the night with us. Saturday morning Misty, Shannon, Rachel and I went to a Zumba class. I have Zumba DVDs so some of the steps were familiar which I'm glad about. It was fun to get together and attend the class with my girls. 

Joshua was helping dad replace the truck air filter with one the will improve the gas mileage. Their was also some cleaning and painting being done. The truck looks really good and it DID excellent on the gas mileage. Any buck saved is a good thing. Shannon got some good pictures so as soon as they send me to them I'll add them to this post.

Later in the day we took a walk to the park that is only 2 blocks from Joshua and Shannon's house.

Papa J and Ethan walking hand and hand. Adorable. Shannon and Jessica are ahead.

Ethan is loving the slide.

Jessica swinging tricks.

Papa J keeping a eye on things.

Gabe part monkey?

Swish! Jessica stuffed her dad.

I wonder who Ethan is guarding?

Easter Sunday was a beautiful day. We woke up and went to church to worship, partake of the sacrament and listen to talks about our Savior and the Resurrection.

The outfit that Hyrum has on was Michael's when he was a baby 22 years ago. It's still in great condition to hand down to Michael when he and Emma have a baby boy. David, Hyrum's daddy is on the bench right in front of us.

Joshua and Ethan.

We headed over to Misty's after church and Rachel had Egg Gravy all ready for us to eat. SO yummy!

The dads hid the eggs full of candy for the kids to find.

David had the kids plant skittles to see if they would grow.

Gabe, Clara, Mae and Nathan.

Ethan taking his turn to plant.

The grand kids patiently waiting for the Easter egg hunt to begin.

Jessica, Nathan, Aria, Owen, Mae, Hyrum, Clara, Ethan and Gabe. We sure missed Jovie and Ainsley. 

Let the hunt begin!

Clara

Hyrum

Nathan and Aria

Owen and Ruby. Owen was a good doggy sitter.

The skittles grew into lollipops! Owen didn't hesitate to pick a hand full.

Sean, Mae and Ethan having fun on the trampoline.

Hyrum thinks this is a new horsey just for him. Little does he know that this was my very first ebay purchase 9 to 10 years ago for his big brother. Hyrum loves bouncing on it.

Birthday Boy!

Hyrum is turning 1. Lots of cousins to help celebrate.

He wasn't too interested in destroying his cake...

So his siblings did it for him.

Except Clara said NO WAY!

Yummy cake pops for all!!! Misty is a talented cake pop maker.

I'm so happy that Hyrum liked the balls we got him for birthday.

All in all Larry and I had a ball the whole weekend!

Spring Snow

March 21st the 2nd day of Spring.

April 4th, 2012

Spring and Winter coexisting side by side.



Family Room is in Progress! YES!

Yes. You read that right. Larry had begun (again) making the garage into a family room. It's exciting.

This tarp has been our door for the last few years.

And now a real door. It's progress.

The cats Zebra and Husky have been living in the garage for so long that until we can fix a new place for them to sleep and eat we are leaving the side door open for them to get in and out.