Happy birthday!

    Mr. Mark is officially 24! He let us celebrate with him on Sunday with Hawaiian haystacks for dinner and chocolate cake for dessert. Sadly our gift to him is car parts, super fun, so there was no gift opening but hopefully the gift of a working truck is coming soon.

 

    And here's a throwback from 8 years ago when he got his license to drive that same truck that needs to be fixed.

How time flies!

    And cute baby Reese is officially 5 months old. 

She's just the cutest!
(Photos courtesty of her mom, Jess, who sends them to Rachel, who kindly shares them with me.)

    And sometimes the cat 'graces' me with her presence. She's such a princess.

Just chilling with "Sapphire", "Salmon" or "kitty", she doesn't answer to any of them. Ha ha

    I can't believe it's May! Only 15 more days of school! How did that happen.

Helping with projects.

    Kayli requested a little help in her front yard and her dad and two brothers kindly came to her aide. Fun stuff! 

A little tree trimming.

And a little tree removal.

    Looks good! I enjoyed playing with the girls while the guys did the dirty work. 

    It's also been a week where Carter turned 19 and he's celebrating his big day in Florida with Rachel, so no cake for us, but sunshine and beaches for him. Happy birthday #4, middle child and all around funny guy!

An oldy but a goody!

A little throw back and present day horror!

    The first photo has nothing to do with the past or horror, just two cute girls with their Papa on a Sunday afternoon.

 

    And this little gem was sent to me this week from the WAY BACK, the summer of 1988 at one of many fun-filled girl's camps in Nevada with my cousin Sara and Uncle Mike.

This was the summer before I turned 14.

    Now on to the horror! I was reminded today of when Kayli cut her own hair, not once, not twice, but THREE times! These photos are from the 3rd disaster and the subsequent haircut she had to get. Who knew just 24 years later not one, but two of Kayli's own girls would cut their own hair and also need haircuts. Such naughty girls!

Sorry about the poor photo quality, this is what you have when you can only take a photo of a photo with your phone.

Back when we called Kayli 'Butch'. 

    What a 'fun' road down memory lane. Dang kids with scissors! They only survive because they're cute even when their naughty.

Before and after Harley's haircuts. Beau did the top style and the professional did the bottom cut.

    And then, if that wasn't bad enough, Beau, who's first haircut was courtesy of Harley, had to then go and take one more whack at her own bangs and really make it obvious. There's no hiding this self haircut.

Harley's contribution.

Beau's idea of bangs getting trimmed. What a stinker!

    So there it is! All scissors are officially band from existence!

Cutest girls!

    I love these cute grand-girls! They're the cutest! I never will grow tired of photos of Reese and the Wendel girls hung out with me today and they're always a hoot.

Baby Reese on her first family vacation.

Elliot is adorable!

And who thinks I should get Harley her own 'grandma' glasses for birthday? She's so silly!

    A great week but few photos. General Conference was great and I'm excited to study all the talks in the next 6 months. What a treat and blessing!

Happy Easter & Spring Break

    Fun shared photos of baby Reese, an indoor Easter egg hunt, a garage project and my fingernail splurge. It's been a great Spring Break and Easter and I'm beyond excited for the upcoming General Conference weekend!

Baby Reese is getting so big!

    The cute Wendel girls were pretty excited to hunt for eggs, sadly the weather forced us to do it inside.

 

The eggs were so 'hard' to find!

How cute is Elliot!?

    And Greg took most the week off from work and got this corner of the garage all organized with new shelves and containers to house all his electrical and sprinkler supplies. He's so handy!

 

    And I'm on my 3rd set of gel nails and I'm beyond thrilled, this is a luxury I'm definitely hoping I don't have to give up anytime soon.

 

    Now lets see what the Lord has in store for us this General Conference.

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!