Go Jazz Go!

Several months ago, I found out about a website called http://www.freebies2deals.com/. You should really check it out! The girl that does it is named Melea and she posts different freebies and great "deals" that you can get. She did a Coupon Conference on saturday that I went to. It was great- I learned a lot and am going to start working on adding to my food storage by getting things for free or paying very little for them. She did drawings throughout the whole thing- the first drawing she did was one number away from my sister's number- darn. I NEVER win anything so when it came time for the last and big drawing, which was 12th row tickets to the Jazz game (that night) behind the Jazz bench, I knew I wouldn't win. So she is really mixing the tickets up and pulls out the ticket and reads, "Zero, Seven" (at this point I start to get a little excited because my number is 072) then she says, "Two" I was SOOOO excited. So this is the craziness of my day. I woke up at 7 AM which I might add is early for me. Nat picked me up at about 7:40 and we headed for Salt Lake. We did a little shopping and made it to the conference at 11. The thing got over at 1. At this point, I am frantically trying to get ahold of Sean (he had a parents conference at work and was supposed to work that night) to see if there was any chance of him getting off work- which he was able to do. Nat and I rush home and go to Newton for an 80th Birthday party of my dear neighbor Donna that lived right next door to me my whole life. We made arrangements for the gals- thanks a ton mom and dad they loved McDonald's and thanks Paula! Then back to Salt Lake Sean and I headed. As I mentioned the seats were on the 12th row right behind the Jazz bench- and Jerry Sloan's wife was sitting in the row right in front of us! It was a CRAZY day for me- but lots of fun! The Jazz even won the game- they were playing New Orleans and beat them by about 30! I was exhausted by the time we got home! Thanks for picking my number Melea and for the great conference- she is doing another one in May!

I had to get this picture for Brooklyn- she loves the Jazz Bear

For all the female fans

Disney on Ice

Last friday, me, my mom, my aunt Paula, and cousins Jan, Marlee, and Marijka took the gals to Disney on Ice. They have the cutest little Tinkerbell costumes and decided that they wanted to dress up as her since Tinkerbell and the Fairies were part of the show. We had a great time and the gals LOVED it. I wasn't sure how Gracie would do- there was about 10 minutes that she lost her attention, but luckily my cousin Jan let her unload her purse. Thanks Jan! Right before the show started there was a cute area that had some of the princess dresses on display and Cinderella and Tiana were both there. I think the gals were in heaven. Gracie loved it so much I couldn't even get a picture of her looking at me. My gals LOVE all things Mickey so they were thrilled when Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy started the show off. Gracie would get quite concerned when they would go away and then was thrilled when they came back. I think it was more fun for all us to watch them than to actually watch the show.

Just Chillin'! Gracie is at the stage right now when she CANNOT stand the sun in her eyes- she will get so mad if it get in them. Luckily, grandma had 2 pairs of sunglasses that they were able to put on so we didn't have any meltdowns.

Brooklyn was loving watching Cinderella and Tiana.

I love this picture because you can see that Brooklyn is waving crazily to Cinderella.

This is what the majority of the pictures I got look like. I would have Gracie's attention for a second and by the time the camera took the picture she had moved on. They looked so cute all dressed up.

Of course we had to get a picture of Mickey and Minnie.

I am a little slow at getting things posted from the past couple of weeks. On the 2nd of March, for Dr. Seuss' birthday, Brooklyn's school could dress up as their favorite character from a book. There is a cute little series called "Fancy Nancy" and of course that is who Brooklyn wanted to be. She picked out what she was going to wear and we got her all "fancied" up. She looked so darling. When I was trying to take her picture she kept posing- she was really feeling the character.

Brooklyn also made arrangements with uncle Derk to go on a horse ride and ride the 3-wheeler. We went out on Saturday the 6th and had a BLAST!! It was way way way muddy but we had fun- mud and all. Nat and I got dinner ready and Brooklyn sat down to eat and said her throat hurt really bad and she went and laid down. By the time we left Nat's she was running a fever and not feeling well at all. Sunday she didn't feel good and so after an awful night I took her into the doctor monday morning and sure enough she has Strep Throat. She has not been feeling well at all or sleeping very well. Poor thing! Bring on Spring!!!

All fancied up

Sean and his gals playing in the box

Gracie was having so much fun- I love this picture of her yelling "CHEESE"

I was trying to get a picture of her in her boots. My parents had found these boots on clearance and got them to have at their house. However, Gracie will not take them off. First thing in the morning she wants the boots and everywhere we go she wants the boots.

Gracie wasn't loving the horse

Brooklyn and Garrett couldn't get enough of Airplane the horse

Brooklyn was very serious about her horseriding

I think she could have rode the 3-Wheeler all day

Thanks Uncle Derk for a fun day!!!!!

Advise

We are approaching a new transition in our home. Moving Gracie from her crib to a bed. I am DREADING this!! Brooklyn did not transition from crib to bed at all and to this day she ends up in our bed every night. Gracie is such a great sleeper and I don't want to lose that. She hasn't discovered that she can get out of her crib and I am going to keep her in there until she does. But- I want to know what has worked for you. Her and Brooklyn are also going to be sharing a room. Please give me your input!

President's Day

On Monday, we headed out to Stone to spend the day with Sean's grandparents. When Sean got home from his mission, his grandparents gave him on old Chevy truck to drive. Sean has decided to fix it up and drive it again. So him and his grandpa spent some time working on it- while his grandma showed me how she makes her YUMMY bread. Which I have since made by myself and it was even good! We had such a great time out there. We played out in the snow and got pulled on sleighs behind the 4-Wheeler. I haven't done anything like that in a long time. The gals had a blast and Gracie kept yelling, "YEE HAW!" Sean's grandparents are so great! I have lost both sets of my grandparents and I always feel so blessed to have them!

Me and the gals with Sean's grandpa- I was so glad that he let me wear his Dickies overalls!

Sean and the gals with his grandpa- I am sad we didn't get any pictures with his grandma.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Photo Challenge

My cousin is having a photo challenge on her blog so I decided that I would also take part of the challenge. Since today is February 5, I looked in the 2 folder in my pictures and the 5th picture and this is what I came up with.

This picture is taken just above the Laie Temple on Oahu, Hawaii. We had been to the Polynesian Cultural Center and it was SOO hot so we hopped on a bus and came over to the temple. It is SOOO gorgeous. In 2006, Sean, Brooklyn, and I, my mom, my sister, my cousin Janalee, and our friend Karen went to Hawaii. My cousin Jessica was getting married in Maui and we decided that it would be great if we could go and support her. We spent some time on Oahu and then flew over to Maui. It was the best of both worlds because we had Brooklyn with us and we also had people there to help us with her. If you ever get the chance to go to Hawaii- DO IT!! It is so gorgeous. We had a blast on Oahu and saw the touristy places- the PPC, Pearl Harbor, we stayed in an AWESOME house on the North Shore, Waikiki, lots and lots of snorkeling, and saw the most breathtaking sunsets. Maui was more laid back and more restful for us- not as much running around. I have never in my life seen as much beauty as I did on our drive of the Road to Hana, more snorkeling, we went on a snorkeling cruise, and I went Parasailing with Nat. Geez- writing this post makes me want to be there right now.

Our little family in front of the Temple- isn't it something? I crave to go back to Hawaii it was such a fun time. (This was a fun thing to do- if you don't know what to do for your next blog post- pick a random picture.)