We miss daddy!

We we arrived in Sacramento a week ago Saturday. It was a LONG drive but we made it safely.

Here is a precious pic of Lauren during the drive along with Grayson taking all of his many notes on his notepad. I couldn't resist posting this.

Easter was nice. We went to church and then home for a nice meal that grandma prepared followed by a long nap! That is always good times on a Sunday afternoon. Later in the day my dad came over and we threw a bunch of easter eggs around the front yard for the twins. They had a field day picking them up. Searched alllllll around for them even though they were right in front of their face. Hysterical.

The kids had a blast breaking in all the new fun things to do and see and grandma and grandpas. They have both really warmed up to everyone. Here is a pic of Lauren and her great gpa Wilder.

Of course we can't forget the tire swing that has been around since I was a kid. It is the funnest dang thing on the block. Beats a normal swing set anyday.

And then there is the garage with so many trinkets and things to get into. Here are the twins on my cousins bike and as you can see, Grayson is not familiar with the helmut process.

Monday morning was hard since Heath was off to the airport. It would be a loooooong 2 1/2 weeks until we see him again. I thought it wouldn't be as hard as it is.....but it is VERY hard. The kids constantly say "daddy bye bye". Everytime the doorbell rings they think it's him and in the middle of the night the other night, Grayson whispered...."momma?.....daddy at home?" Yea - a tear jerker. We also found out the other day that trip that Heath was suppose to take to Atlanta (promting my extra long stay here) was cancelled. Go figure!

So we have stayed very busy to say the least. We have been on the go and every night the kids are exhausted. They have just been falling asleep in the family room and I move them into the bedroom later. Here is a cute pic of Grayson when he fell asleep the other night on the couch.

Sunday night our friend Chris had a suprise 30th bday party for his wife. So John (Uncle Mejo) and I loaded up w/twins and headed for their home. The kids had a blast but were hard to contain since they live on a 1/2 acre and had a TON of toys in the backyard. Here is a cute pic of them being pulled behind the barbie quad in a bike trailer. They loved it! Later we went to Red Robin for dinner and here is a pic of Grayson and Uncle Mejo. Apparently he was feeling very loving last night.

Well there will for sure be more pics to come as we are staying busy all the time. Gma Marlene is due in Tues evening and we have several more things planned for the upcoming week. Still counting down the days till we get to see daddy a week from this Friday. ughhhhh I talked to the girls over the weekend and the first thing the twins said was "where zizzy" = sissy!

Let's get crafty!

So we have had a super busy week. Lots of church meetings, appointments here and there and of course our annual Daddy/Daughter activity Friday night. Myself along with a very wonderful Gail Glenn put this years annual activity on and it was a blast! Here is a pic with all the dads and their daughters! I absolutely love this calling and have such a great time doing all these wonderful things for the girls! And of course we had a blast this year, as usual! :)

So I had a lot of crafts I have been making this week. Mostly for my activity day girls and their "spotlight" bags. I was pretty proud of myself as I made 16 of the stinkin cutest bags. Our spotlight theme this year is ladybugs. So I got these cute denim and canvas bags, sewed either ribbon or pom pom tassels around the the top of the bag and then embellished it with lady bug iron on's or cute flowers! Man I must say they turned out quite cute! Here is a pic of the bags.

So since I was on a craft roll this week, I went ahead and decided to make aprons for all the kids. Well I bought aprons and then we decorated them. Here is a pic of the kids in all their aprons and of course we can't ignore naked Grayson in my dress shoes.

Here are some other pics of Lauren from earlier on in the week modeling her apron and new denim bag we made. Thought it might come in handy on the trip to Sacramento this weekend.

One of the more dramatic things I have done this year so far is that I recently chopped my hair off! Yes that was pretty emotional for me but I needed a change. I had my hair stylist take a good 6 inches off and now I have shoulder length hair with the style of a bob - yea I said a bob and still can't believe it myself, either can Heath. This is by far the shortest my hair has ever been with the exception of 6th grade! ha Anyway the reason I haven't posted any pics is because it's taken my hair dresser 3 weeks now to not have me look like carrot top! I asked for an all over blonde, just to spruce up what I already had.....well with the wonderful addition of some new medicine from my doctor.....my hair has decided that blonde means red! ugh huh! So after our night out with the girls and 50 pics later where I noticed that my head was reder than a firetruck, I went back and said we have to do something about this. Our next round attempted to lighten it yet again, which only made it a strawberry blonde......still not cute on these shoulders. So finally I was left with yet my only last resort - going natural. What's that!?!?! Anyway, she did an all over brown (which I really am anyway) and brought a few highlights through. I love it! Yes I am brunette again (an adjustment for my husband) but all in all it's faaaaar better than that summer "sun in" bleached out over processes french fry of a color I had before. So with all that said....I decided that with this new found hairstyle, I would start wearing cute clips....then after looking at the price per clip realized that I could make these things a heck of a lot cheaper on my own. So that is just what me and the girls did. Bought a bunch of cute scrapbooking daisy's and went to town. Here is the collection we have come up with so far.

So Grayson has noticed his dad wearing his bluetooth quite a bit lately and of course has tried to replicate that by taking a pair of earphones and looping the cord over his ears. It's hysterical! Although this pic doesn't show that here is the kids with their headphones on and nothing plugged into them.

My Little Lauren

So as you can see the twins were having a field day with the girls hats. I couldn't help but take a ton of pics of Lauren and her adorable little smile. Of course Grayson had to jump in with Darrian's pink hat and pink scripture tote. Guess he had an appointment or something. Anyway here are the pics I took. I think they are just too cute! P.S. We think Lauren is looking more and more like Darrian. At least when it comes to that cheesy smile they both have!

Girls just want to have fun!

Well it has been a better week. Lauren has finally come out of her week long illness with croup. Although a little cough is still lingering, she is much happier and sleeping better through the night. This past weekend we let all the kids pile into the big soaker tub and they had a blast! Here is a cute pic from their night in the tub!



This past Saturday was also Darrian's last basketball game! They didn't win but still managed to score a few points. Here is her basketball picture along with Braxton's from a couple of months ago. Don't they look so cute!



So this past Saturday night was our office Girls Night Out. Eliza, Aislinn, Michelle, Melanie and myself decided to treat ourselves to an evening of nothing but each other and tons of fun! We seriously crack ourselves up and could spend hours just talking! Aislinn came up with this great idea to go ROLLER SKATING! And that's exactly what we did! We had a blast. I am proud to say, that while I came close many times, I never did fall. Aislinn and Michelle on the other hand weren't so lucky. And who would have ever thought that roller skating would be such a work out! Well it is! Whew we all broke a sweat! We had a great time though and it was fun to feel 16 again! After skating we went to old town in Ft. Collins then ended the evening with a late laaaate night dinner at Old Chicago's. I haven't stayed up that late in years!! I have a great group of friends here and am so happy to have them in my life!! Here are a few pics from our hysterical evening. You will have to check out the rest of the pics (because there are a ton) on the Snapfish link . Click here to go to the Snapfish site now.