Zoo Trip

A few weeks ago the kids were off track and were very bored so I called up Uncle Jared to see if he and Thor would like to come to the Zoo with us. He did want to come so we met them up there. It was a lot of fun. Paige and Johnny loved it. Coen just sat there and observed. I was glad that we got out of the house and was able to see the animals before the next round of rain storms hit.

I looked into the bedroom and what did I see..

Coen sitting with a book on his knee.

Today I was clearing up a problem with John's Father's Day gift and heard Coen upstairs just talking away. After I finished my business I went upstairs to see what he was doing and this is what I found.

(Not the best picture of what I actually saw, since I had to go downstairs to get the camera but you get the picture)

He had gotten into Johnny's bed and pulled one of Johnny's Blue's Clue's books off the shelf and was reading to himself. What a silly guy.

Coen Attempts to Sing the Alphabet

I know it sounds nothing like the alphabet but he seems to think it does and it's pretty cute. Notice the shoe? Coen has a major shoe fetish like Paige did (Remember Dana- Paige and Audrey's shoes?).He likes to put on, carry around and eat shoes.

Easter Festivities

Our Easter festivities started out on Saturday morning when we colored eggs. Paige and Johnny loved it. We only did a dozen eggs since that was pretty much all I had. They each got to write their names on the eggs and they loved this. We didn't do anything fancy with the eggs, just color them with normal colors (I know I am a boring mom). They loved it anyway.

(Paige and Johnny looking at the final product)

(Johnny looking at his egg with his name on it)

(Paige showing the camera the egg with her name on it)

After we colored eggs we headed over to my sister's house and had an Easter egg hunt. My kids look forward to this every year. Not only do they get candy but they get money too. I guess I should say that Paige looks forward to it more because she is really motivated by money. Coen could care less about the eggs. He just wanted to play in their little play house and shovel rocks.

Then came Sunday. We went to church and then came home and got ready for family to come and eat at our house. We had 14 adults and 4 kids. It was a lot of fun. Before the family came I attempted to get pictures of the kids. None of them turned out of course but I will still share them because they are pretty funny. Coen did not want to cooperate at all as you can tell.

Easter was great this year. It is so fun to see your kids get excited for holidays. Last night we we had FHE and Paige read an Easter story and then we did an activity that our primary handed out with eggs. Paige was the only one participating but it was so great that Paige could read the story and tell us why we celebrate Easter. It's moments like these that make you realize the important responsibility we have as parents to teach our children about Christ. I am so grateful for the Gospel in my life and the knowledge that I have about the Resurrection and the Atonement.

18 Months

Coen is 18 months today. I can hardly believe it. Most of you know what that means....NURSERY. Outside of Mormon culture I am sure that 18 months is not a big milestone but in the Mormon culture a mother and father long await this milestone. You no longer need to cart your restless child with you during all of your church meetings. Now I might be able to listen to a Sunday school lesson!! Coen is growing so fast. He now is talking more and his personality is getting more prominent. He is such a sweet kid and is such a ham. He loves to play catch with anyone. He loves Johnny's Woody doll and will carry it through the house and put Woody's hat on his head and when it falls off he will just laugh and laugh, it is pretty hilarious. He also loves to compete with his brother on who can scream the loudest in the car (Not my favorite). He also loves when we are driving and when we are going down a hill he will scream "Whee" all the way down the hill. He is also the only child of mine that has a favorite stuffed animal that we call "bear, bear" that he has to have with him when he sleeps. When we go in and check on him at night he is usually cuddling up to his "bear, bear". It is so cute. He is quite an adventurer and we love this about him. We are so glad he is part of our family. Happy 18 month Birthday COEY!

Caught Red Handed

Coen is by far my most busy child. He gets into everything. From the trash, my makeup, my feminine products, Paige's jewelry. It is amazing the things this kids gets into. For the past few weeks John has been coming home and getting upset because someone had pushed his books in on his bookshelf. Any of you that know John know he is pretty obsessive about his books. So I had a pretty good idea who was getting into his books but I didn't know for sure because I hadn't caught him in that act. Well, today I did.

(Making the Climb)

(Making it to the peak)

(Preventive measures in place)

(Sitting and contemplating his next move)

What a Turkey!:)

Do I look like a push over?

As many of you know I have been known to get somethings done that other may not have thought possible. The big green box is one of those. From time to time I have the annoying bill that should not have been billed or a bill that is not correct. I usually call up and explain the situation and all is well. A month or so ago we bought a new car. It's not a "brand" new car but it's new to us so it's a new car. Many people were surprised to find out the deal that we got on this car. And they were even more surprised when they found out I had done it myself. Well the car is great and we have had no problems with it and everything seems to be going smooth. As many of you know especially my family I plan ahead. My mom is a planner my sister is a planner so of course I am a planner. So these past few weeks I have had in the back of my mind the fact that the temporary registration is going to expire on April 1st. I called a few weeks ago inquiring about this to only get an answer something like this " you have two weeks before it expires, there is nothing to worry about." At this point I felt kind of silly even worry about it. Our past cars we had gotten the plates long before the temporary expired so I wanted to make sure all was well. So I just put it back in my mind and didn't worry about it. Well, today I called up since I only have three days before the big day and the women tells me that the DMV sometimes takes a long time with these things. So my response was "so it's the DMV that is slow?" Here response was very quick (I am sure she knew exactly what I was getting at). She said actually we haven't turned in the paperwork yet but it will be here by Wednesday or Thursday. I then told here my registration runs out on Weds. And she said oh that is no big deal police officers won't pull you over for a day or two on a expired registration (she obviously doesn't live where I live). Then she explains if I do get a ticket they would pay the fine. (Oh how generous of them). I say whatever and then hang up the phone. At this point I am not too happy. So I decide to call the DMV and ask them if they have the same policy on "it's no big deal if your tags are expired a few days." As you can guess they do care and even though it may not affect your insurance because it is a none moving violation it still goes on my license. I have never had a ticket in my life and I will not be getting one because someone else can't do their job. So needless to say I called them back and explained to them that this was unacceptable and they told me that the manager would be calling me back. That was at 1 pm it is now almost 6. If they think I will go down quietly they have another thing coming. Just ask Utah Power.