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M2B =) days 786 - 789.  Wednesday, April 11th - Saturday, April 14th happiness:

Wednesday, April 11th happiness:  Amy was in town for a quick trip, so, of course we had to get together.  I knew that Elise happened to be in town too, so we all planned to meet up at Elmer's for dinner.  She contacted Janice and it was like a mini high school reunion.  Awesome.  I only wish I knew how to get a hold of Charlotte.  It would have been awesome to have her there too.

Elmer's for dinner with some of your favorite people.....not a bad way to spend an evening.

Thursday, April 12th happiness:  Tonight was Cody and Ciji's wedding and reception.  I won't lie.  Today was a looong day at school.  All I wanted to do was come home and sit on the couch.  Plus, I am not a super social person, and I had just gone out the night before, so 2 nights in a row is a lot for me.

Anyway, of course we went, but I may have been in a bad mood.  Well, that quickly went away.  It turned out to be so much fun.  The wedding was beautiful, and the company was great.  Aaron and his wife Kari were there.  Yay!  I finally got to meet her.  Also, Cody and Chelsea Pace were there.  2 faces I haven't seen in a while.  So we all hung out together and it was so much fun.

Later, Darrel and Trina showed up with their kiddos.  I loved it.

When it was time to do the garter belt, Ciji was wearing striped tights and ruby red slippers under her dress, just like the wicked witch of the west.  Awesome.

The wedding singer was also super entertaining.  She was awesome.  It turned out to be such a fun night.  I am glad I went.

Friday, April 13th happiness:  3:45 on Friday afternoon.....my favorite time of the week.  

Tonight Brian downloaded some music for me.  In case you didn't know, music is my favorite.  We have tickets to see james in concert on Monday.  james has been one of my favorite bands since the 80's, and I have never got to see them in concert.  So, to prepare for the concert, we downloaded their newest album.  

Then, Brian also downloaded Strip-mine for me.  It is one of my favorite albums by james.  I have owned it several times over the years, but for whatever reason, I keep loosing it.  So, he bought it for me again.  Woo hoo!

 Music always makes me happy.  Well, good music, always makes me happy.

 Saturday, April 14th:  Today was a good productive day.  The weather was gorgeous this morning, so I spent some time outside doing yard work.  Then, I worked on my scrapbooks for most of the afternoon.  I listened to my new james cd's the whole time.  I got much done.


Also, this has nothing to do with what I did today, but it was the only photo I took today and I couldn't resist.  Love you Brian!

Happy Day!

Easter Sunday

M2B =) days 783 - 785.  Sunday, April 8th - Tuesday, April 10th happiness:

Sunday, April 8th:  Easter Sunday.  We always spend Easter Saturday with my family and Easter Sunday with Brian's.

After church we headed out to hang with the family.  I don't know why, but I never seem to take as many photos when I am there.  Perhaps because when we are with my family, there are SO many of us, that I can be a bit inconspicuous taking tons of photos.  When the gathering is smaller, like with Brian's family, people tend to notice the girl with the camera.

Anyway, I did get a couple.  Here are Joe and D playing video games.  D is laughing at Joe because he is not good.  He never plays.

Later, D showed us how to make flowers from paper.  His turned out great.  Mine, not so much.  It was still fun though.

Joe wasn't happy with his, but I thought it was awesome.

 The finished projects.  I won't tell you which one is mine.

It was a fun afternoon of hanging out, eating (of course) and just relaxing with family.

Monday, April 9th happiness:  Tonight Brian, Joe and I went with Mom and Dad to try out the new Rudy's bbq.  It was a lot of fun.  I have to say, I did NOT enjoy their pulled pork sandwich, although Joe loved it.  I did think the brisket was pretty fantastic though.  It was fun hanging out with Mom and Dad.  Good times.

Tuesday, April 10th happiness:  Tonight at mutual we made home made candy suckers to take to some of the girls who don't always make it.  The girls are so much fun.  I love it.

HAPPY DAY!

Easter Saturday

M2B =) day 782.  Saturday, April 8th happiness:

The Easter Bunny has always come to our house on Saturday.  And today he did not dissappoint.....

You are never to old for an easter basket. =)

And yes, the bunny did hide eggs for Joe and he did have to find them.  Traditions.  He didn't mind though.  Since Joe gave up sugar this year, all of the eggs were filled with money instead of candy.

Afterwards, we headed to my mom's for the Saturday Easter picnic and egg hunt for the kids.  

I LOVE this photo of Brian and Joe.  Brian will probably be mad, but he just looks so tired, it is hilarious to me.  Love you Brian.  And I love Joe making his face in the background.

The cousins all had fun hanging out together.

We had an egg hunt, of course.

I LOVE how excited Evan is in this photo.

I think Max may have found the most eggs.

Grandpa was Ruby's helper.

A $5.00 egg was hidden in the back yard for the older boys to look for.

It was hidden hard.  Joe even got up on the fence to look in the tops of the trees.

Dallin was the lucky winner.  It was actually hidden in the drain on the back porch.  The egg was soaked, as was the $5.00, but he was confident it would dry out.

 Jared Ammon joined us today.  It is always a good day when he comes by for a visit.  I wish we could see him more often.

All in all, it was a HAPPY DAY!

Good Friday - Man I am behind!

M2B =) day 781.  Friday, April 6th happiness:

As per tradition, we colored Easter Eggs on Good Friday.  I won't lie.  I was not in the mood this year.  I have been so busy, so tired and so grouchy, and was not looking forward to one more thing to do.  

And, as usual, I am glad I went.  I love hanging out with my family - especially the kiddos.  It is hard to fell stressed or tired when you are around energetic happy kids.  

We had a great time.

 Even the older kids got in on the fun, although I think Xander was more interested in eating the eggs, than actually dying them.

 Joe was in skateboard mode.  He spent most of his time on the board.

I loved how Rowan decorated his egg.  He completely covered it in stickers.  It took him a long time, but he was so happy with it when he was done. 

 I loved how purple-y Ben's egg turned out.

 Later, Joshua asked me to play Where The Wild Things Are board game with him (even though I didn't manage to get a photo of him???).  Some of the other kids joined us.  

 Guess who won?

 I looked around at one point and realized that I was the only adult in the room entertaining ALL of the kids.  When I went searching for the others, guess where they were?  

NOT INSIDE!


I always seem to end up hanging out with the kids anyway.  I guess I am more on their level. =)  Who wants to be a grown up anyway?


Happy Day!

M2B =) days 774 - 780.  Friday, March 30th - Thursday, April 5th happiness:

I am SO far behind.  The month of May just about killed me.  I had no time for anything.  Who knows if I will ever catch up.  I may just skip ahead. =)

Friday, March 30th happiness:  New fridge!  Woo hoo.  I came home from work, and there it was!  Brian likes to surprise me.  He totally did.  I had no idea this was coming.  I LOVE it.

Saturday, March 31st happiness:  Girls night out!  I was one of the few people who did NOT see Hunger Games the night it came out.  So, I went with some friends tonight to see it.  

As you may know, I have issues with vertigo, and dizziness.  I had to leave the theater at one point.  The filming was so bad and so shaky it literally made me sick.  Which is sad, because I think I would have otherwise liked the movie.  I thought it was well cast and they didn't change it up too much from the book.

After spending about 10 minutes in the hallway sitting with my eyes closed and drinking some water, I was ready to try again.  I made it through.  The second half of the movie was not as shaky as the first.

The best part of girls night out, for me anyway was dinner afterwards.  We went to Olive Garden and talked and ate and laughed and stayed waaay too long.  I thought they might kick us out.  I had such a good time hanging out with some of the funniest girls I know.  I haven't laughed so hard in a long time.

I really needed this.

Sunday, April 1st happiness:  I love General Conference.  All of the good feelings of church, without having to change out of my pajamas.  Watching conference, I felt happier than I have in a long time.  So many of the messages lifted me up and made me feel happy.

Also, today - no April fools jokes played on me.  I super dislike April Fool's Day.  Probably my least favorite day of the year.  

Monday, April 2nd happiness:  When I got back from lunch today these were on my desk, along with a card signed by all my 3rd graders.

Mrs. Johnson got them for me, just to wish me a happy spring.

She is so thoughtful.  I love the yellow!

Tuesday, April 3rd happiness:  Easter Pageant for mutual tonight.  We used to take Joe every year when he was younger, but it has been a few years since we have gone.  I really enjoyed it, and the weather was nice.  And it was fun that Joe was there too.  We watched it together.  Just like old times.

Wednesday, April 4th happiness:  Elmer's for dinner.  Enough said.

Thursday, April 5th happiness:  Cake bites!

The Sweet Tooth Fairy opened up shop in Scottsdale and mom and Sheri drove out there today.  My mom brought back cake bites and I raided her stash.  

So Yummy!

That's it for now.

Happy Day!