...Slacker...

Sometimes, I feel as though I need a major event to take place in order to blog. Then on top of that, I find myself being envious of all these other cute blogs that just post about whatever... nothing too important to everyone else but just to them, personally. I need to do better with that. Ya know, with not being so concerned with what everyone else wants to hear about! I do wish though that I was a little "wittier", a bit more funny with my ramblings and what-not! Like my friend Chanel, for example. She is HilArIoUs!! (I'd link her but she's private!) I love to read what she has to say and hear about her cute, sweet family and LAUGH!! But seriously, I need to stop with the comparison game and just be better at posting because I mainly do this for my mother. ;-)

Here's what we've been up to:
(in no particular order! :) )

Happy Birthday Hiley!

Wow, where to begin with this little girl?
Just looking at these pictures makes me exhausted! ;-)
And her too!
Can you see all the ones where she has fallen asleep?
She is one busy little bee!
I can't believe she turns three today!
Where does the time go?

Some things that we LoVe about {Miss Thang}...

*She loves her big brother.
The two of them crack me up! They are the best of friends.

*She can hang with the boys!
We are surrounded by about 7 little boys and she has no trouble keeping up!

*She loves to EAT!
She sorta reminds me of Brad Pitt in Ocean's 11...
Eating in every scene??

*She loves music and loves to sing!
In fact, we got her a CD player for her birthday.
I know a little silly considering she's only 3 but she won't leave mine alone!!!

*She is a girly-girl when she wants to be!
Loves to have her hair done and nails painted but isn't afraid to get a little dirty either!

*She's a great helper!
She loves to help load and unload the dishwasher and put away her big girl pants!

*She LOVES all of the neighboring moms...
ie. Suzanne, Leslie and Cari! She always wants to show them a new outfit
or some freshly painted toes! ;-)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Hiley!
...
It's amazing how many different emotions you can make me feel in one day!
You are so beautiful and I'm so glad you are mine!
Thanks for coming into my world three years ago!
We love you turkey!

Day Two: Catalina Island

Catalina Island was gorgeous!
It is such a quaint little town!
We had a great time looking in all the little shops, eating fish and chips on the pier
and putting our toes in the sand and water!
That night we went to the country show and the comedian that they had.
Both were so awesome!

Lets Cruise...

Don't worry that I've been home for almost a month and
am just now getting around to posting pictures from my cruise!

Just be warned there are a ton of them!
Here it goes:
My mom, Lindsey and Lauren headed down to St. George on Saturday, March 13th so that we could head south to Long Beach on the 15th. Lets just say we had a lot of fun on our drive down!
We had so much stuff between the four of us
that I didn't think we were going to get the trunk closed!!
We stayed over in Vegas on Sunday and then headed the rest of the way on Monday morning!
We were so excited to finally be here and going on this long awaited cruise!
We've had this planned since last August so it was TIME!
Monday afternoon we checked out our ship, had dinner in the dining room
and then went to the show they had that night!
The highlight of the day:
the emergency meeting they made everyone go to!
That was fun! ;-)
Oh and becoming instant friends with the guy at the 24 hour pizza parlor!

Happy Birthday Babe!

Happy Birthday to the sweetest man I know!

I am so glad you came into the world 32 years ago.

No one can make me laugh like you can.

You make my life complete, better!

Thanks for all you do...

For being a husband and a daddy. A hard worker and a peacemaker.

A priesthood holder and a friend.

For putting your family first.

For trying so hard to make us happy.

You're such a great example and I look up to you more than you know.

...I'm so lucky to have a "HaRd 10"!! ;-)...

I LoVe you!

HaPpY bIrThDay!!!

Weekend Get-a-Way

I just love weekend get-a-ways! Especially when they are spent with my main guy!

Ben and I had such a great "kid-less" weekend!
Thursday we were able to meet
my mom in Fillmore so she could take the kids up north for a few days!
A HUGE shout-out to her for all her help! Thank you mom and Auntie Lou!!
Anyway... Friday I spent pretty much ALL day shopping...
(well looking is more like it.)

It's so weird doing that without kids! Really weird.
Friday night though we went to Cafe Rio for dinner and then
to Colbie Caillat's concert and let me just say it was freakin' awesome!!

This is the third time I have seen her in concert and I seriously just love it!
There is just something about her music that I love!
So after the concert, we were walking
towards our car and noticed her tour buses...
long story, short we waited outside them for about half an hour until she came out!!

I got her autograph and a picture.
I know, I am SUCH a dork! It was so fun though!
Saturday after work ,we headed down to Vegas
where we met up with Ben's brother and SIL.

We had a delicious dinner at Maggiono's and then caught Avatar in 3D.

Thanks Spencer and Heidi for letting us spend the night! :)

Sunday we did some shopping, ate out some more and saw Valentine's Day.

Sunday night we stayed out at Green Valley Ranch.

Monday however, we had to head back to the real world!
I had to work and Ben picked up the kids!

I was actually so ready to get them back!
I really missed their little faces!
Well, until our next mini-vacation...

I love you Babe! Thanks so much for that much needed down time! :) xoxo

Here are a few pictures so you know that I'm not making anything up!! ;)

Smiley Face

(Sorry about that awful glare!)

The other morning Benson spilled some of his cheerios on the table and got a little creative.

He called me over and said

"Look mom, its happy! It's a smiley face!"

So minor but it made my whole day! :)