Our Lines Legacy

I made the above Frapp bottles for the boys' primary and nursery leaders. They took forever to make and I was so glad when they were done! A girl in our ward made these last year for Halloween and they were so cute, I tried to make some for Easter. I hope the teachers enjoyed them....Mike was so worried everyone would think I actually drink the Starbucks Frappucino! But don't worry, they were cheap with sales and coupons and I dumped them and washed them out.

Saturday night during the Priesthood session Jessica and I went to John and Claudia's to eat pizza, hang out, and color easter eggs! Once we got going, we to took the boys' clothes off so they wouldn't stain. It might seem like it, but I don't always let me kids stay naked! :-) The boys had so much fun watching the eggs change colors and then putting stickers on them when they were done.

I gave Jake an egg to play with, which he didn't like at all.....he's more of an observer!

Jessica and Christian-I always just want to squeeze this kid he's so stinking cute!

I love fair week. I don't love the prices, but I think it's worth the sacrifice for the kids and for the fact that you just feel like a kid when you're there! We went on our own this year with the boys and had a blast. It was the perfect family night out! We first let Connor go down the big slide. This is his favorite and is where most of our tickets went! We then ate Kamman sausages, went to the petting zoo (my favorite part, I was laughing my head off in there!), rode the ferris wheel, got some kettle corn, went down the big slide a couple more times, and let Connor ride the "train", which was actually a rocket (but don't tell him that!). Connor was so excited he got to be the caboose on the train! It scared him at first how fast it went, but loved it after the first couple seconds. I didn't find out until a couple days later that there was a whole kiddie section we missed! Oh well, we still had a blast!

The boys had a blast at the petting zoo!
I loved the huge llamas that were as tall as us adults and they'd just walk up and stare at you a couple inches from your face!

Connor especially loved all the baby animals and kept saying, "come here little baby" and cooing over them.

Jake kept wiping his hands on his shirt after he'd finish petting an animal

Mike and I took him down the big slide 2 times each, and he begged to go again after each time!

For the last year Connor has been asking where the fair went after we drive by the fairgrounds. Now I hope he understands he has to wait a whole year till we see it again!

Last Saturday we went to Sea World for the day since we had2 day tickets from last year that the 2nd unused day was about to expire. Can I just say, it was a real treat! I love how we can just wake up, load up the boys and be in San Diego in 3 hours. The weather was gorgeous, it was green, and flowers were everywhere. It was a perfect day to spend time together as a family and for Mike and I to be able to just focus on the boys for a whole day. The boys loved every second of everything. I accidently loaded my pictures backwards, so this is at the end of the afternoon when we're getting ready to leave. Jake passed out in the stroller and Mike was making Connor laugh. Too cute.

Poor Jakie boy.....

Too precious-Jakie loves his Daddy!

This was Connor's face expression all day

Jake loved touching the ice wall and then licking his fingers! EWW!

Connor was amazed at all the finger holes in the ice

Is this Bert or Ernie? I can never get them straight. Anyways, as Mike and I were walking along he came up, grabbed the stroller and walked off! It was pretty funny, I would have been freaked out if it was anyone not in a costume!

This is the underwater tunnel. Isn't that so cool?!?

This was the Bayside Skyride. Connor loved it.

Jake HATED it. Every time Mike would try to stand him up so he could see he would grab on to Mike for dear life and start to panic.

Connor was so confused why these were barking like dogs. I died laughing at his face expression the first time, I wish I got it on camera.

Watching the Shamu show, I think the longest Jake sat still was just long enough for me to snap this picture. Connor came home with a Shamu plate from his lunch and every time he eats from it now, he always asks when can we go to Sea World. Some day Connor, some day....

Sorry for the lack of posts lately, we just moved into a temporary rental house. Well, since Yuma is absolutely gorgeous this time of year, I decided to start my own garden at the end of Feb. But I found out its a little too late to start from seed or even starter plants. so we bought a litle bigger plants for like $2 at Target. It's only a couple weeks and they're getting huge! I couldn't find any big enough spots of dirt in the backyard that wasn't full of roots, so they're all in containers. I love gardening and the boys love having all these plants-the first couple days they were constantly giving me leaves picked off, thinking they were helping me. Connor and I even planted seeds from our apple and cucumber we ate a couple days ago-we'll see if it actually sprouts! I'm not a green thumb AT ALL, so we'll see if these actually survive. I had a gorgeous garden I built from seed last summer, but after weeks and weeks of giving it lots of love, within a couple days it all went black and died (right before harvest time!). I found out from a friend what I did wrong. I fed my poor plants Miracle Grow every day. I thought it was ok because the plants got HUGE! But turns out I was only killing them! So, now its only once ever 2 weeks for Miracle Grow! :-) Anyways, here's what we've got growning:

Zuchinni

cherry tomatoes

Bell peppers

Rosemary (I LOVE baked rosemary potatoes!)

2 strawberry plants-and they're covered in blooms and here's our biggest strawberry so far!

Mint-we LOVE Mojito drinks-Virgin of course! :-)

Sweet peas-can you see the first Pea? It seriously grew in like a day!

I forgot to take a picture of the cilantro plant, I love love love cilantro. Love the smell and love the taste! However, its not getting any bigger-the leaves are all just dying. Anyone know how to grow cilantro here?

I'm terrible at keeping a journal (as in I haven't written in one since high school) and always forget to write down the things Connor says that make us laugh. I've seen how some people have quotes on the side of their blogs, so if you know how to add that, let me know! Anyway, tonight my mom was talking about how Jakie was sleeping and asked, "Is Connor a tired boy?" and he replied, "No, Connor is a watch-a-movie-boy!"

Jake has figured out how to take his pants and diaper off, and is beginning to do this quite often now. I found him downstairs playing the piano wearing his birthday suit. What am I gonna do with these boys??