A few fun things

    We love a visit from the Atkinson's. And the girls loved getting to hold our neighbors 10 puppies.

Two-week old puppies are a fun time!

    We had a great Sunday dinner with all the kids and grand-kids.

Pork sandwiches for the win!

So many people and so little seating. 

    And I've been making some pretty self-indulgent purchases lately, I don't know why, but sometimes it's the little things that bring me joy and this periwinkle Stanley is giving me more joy then I care to admit, so much so that I had to have it engraved with my 'nickname'. 

How can you not love this color!?

    Now on to our Easter celebrations and Spring Break for the younger kids.

Sad and happy

    Last weekend poor baby Elliot had a mishap with a side-table and needed several micro-stitches on the corner or her eye. This was an all night ordeal and I happily spent a few hours sleeping with the other grand-girls while Tanner and Kayli took care of Elliot. 

So sad!

All stitched up and still a little dazed and confused.

    Brock got to spend the better part of last Saturday with his girlfriend's family riding horses and making friends with random cats.

Fun stuff.

New best friend.

    And check out these magical leprechaun cupcakes our neighbors brought over for burn barrel. Beau was a big fan!

 

    So there's a few highlights from the past week. Lets hope I capture a photo or two this weekend & week so we can remember the next few fun filled days with our favorite Australians.

    Oh, and I have to thank mother-nature, spring arrived with the best weather!

Grand babies

     I got another visit with cute baby Reese. She’s just the sweetest! And Charlie was happy to join me.

She was talking and smiling right before Charlie took these photos.

 

 

    And these Wendel girls sure have their Papa wrapped around their fingers. 

Just another Sunday night out by the burn barrel.

 

      A fun week and now on to the first week of Spring in just a few short days! I hope Mother Nature has a reminder in her calendar.

Cuteness overload

    Baby Reese is officially 3 months old, as of March 2nd, and she's getting cuter by the minute.

 

    Georgia loves sitting by Greg and making claim.

 Who does she think she is?!

    Brock is officially a licensed driver and we pray he'll soon be an employee somewhere so he can afford to enjoy that privilege.

 

    These cute girls stopped by and 'held us hostage' for a bit. 

Watching Robots with Papa.

    And look who grew up in a matter of a minute with this adorable haircut. 

Beau rocking the fringe/bangs with the best of them.

Cute girls! Beau clapped for Harley every time she won the game she was playing.

    And no photo proof, but Greg and I just returned from seeing one of my favorite comedians, Gary Gulman and my cheeks and jaw hurt from smiling and laughing so hard. So fun!
    And now prepare yourselves for that big time change! Springing forward is where it's at!

St. George adventures 2024!

       What a great week of sunshine and free-time! I love our 'every-other-year' trips to St. George! This week was no exception and I don't have a single negative, the weather was fantastic, we ate at great restaurants that we've never been to before and Greg had far more free time then in years past so we got to do a lot of our adventures together. Here's a few photos of some of the highlights. I really didn't take near enough photos for histories sake, but hopefully enough to remind us of all the fun. 

    Oh, and I broke records on my morning walks, walking probably the fastest miles of my life. There's nothing better then walking on flat trails in the sunshine.

First night just soaking up the freedom.

Hit a jewelry store and couldn't resist purchasing these little beauties. It's a miracle I didn't walk out with more!

Greg signed up for the skeet shooting activity for the fourth time and had a great time. The stranger in the bottom photo was our neighbors doppleganger so I had to sneak a photo for proof. (Sadly, he wasn't very good at shooting.)

We soaked up some sun by the pool.

I had a great book to read.

This is Greg's idea of pool-side photos.

Proof of my record-breaking walking-pace. 

We stopped by the most amazing donut shop. 

Talk about hard-decisions!

    I'm sorry I don't have more photos of the great places we ate and our fun visit with our friends, Greg & April but we did eat at some great places, like Morty's Cafe & Angelica's Mexican Grill and we really did have a great visit with Greg & April and their cute puppy, "Chunk". 

    It was a great week and we need to get away like this a little more often!

    Oh, and the kids all got along fine, back at the house, on their own, with a little help from friends.