Mother's Day 2015

 Happy Mother's Day to all the women! I feel very fortunate to be surrounded by good examples of motherhood.  We are all different in our own way whether we have children or not, whether we are a working mom or stay at home mom.  Most of us just want to feel that we are doing the right things for our family. I feel very blessed to have these two kids and I learn from them every day.  We are all here on earth to obtain the same goal to be happy, do what is right and that will eventually lead us back to where we came from in heaven with Heavenly Father.  So, glad that we can be here on this earth to enjoy life together.

Enjoying Sweet Tooth Fairy cupcakes.  

Thanks Matt for providing my favorite treat even though he couldn't eat them. (He is on a very strict no egg and oils diet)  

I have been doing lots of substituting with bananas so he can enjoy baked goods so that he doesn't get so sick after eating.  I wish we would of figured this out sooner.

A Deacon in the house

Carter has turned 12 and that means his is officially in the Young Men's program in our ward.  He has been looking forward to this for a while since most of his friends have moved up since they are a year older than him.  I have already seen the increased confidence in him.  He enjoys passing the sacrament and the extra activities they do.  After only a month he was asked to give a talk in Sacrament meeting.  He was hesitate as first, but he did like a champ.  He had his talk typed out with a personal story about charity and few scriptures.  He was calm, spoke clearly and he did great.  There were some visitors sitting in front of us that told him that they enjoyed his talk and that he did very well for his first talk.  How did they know it was his first..well..Carter started out his talk telling everyone that it was his first one ever in front of this many people.  He got a few laughs with that comment.  Love this kid!  

Carter's Basketball Party

Carter is all about basketball lately since it consumes most of his life right now. He just loves the sport and it keeps him active. We reserved the church gym for pizza, ice cream and basketball fun.  I had games planned to win prizes but all the boys just wanted to play basketball the entire 3 hours and didn't want to leave.  It was great because there was enough boys for two entire teams and a few subs.  They even organized a tournament with smaller teams.  It was a fun night for Carter to celebrate his 12th birthday with his basketball buddies.  And of course, Ashlynn brought along a friend to keep her from getting too bored.

Fun Times

 The kids always look forward to April fool's day since they were really little.  Since its Carter's birthday on April 1st, we have to play some fun tricks.  I didn't have much time to plan much and I knew that I wouldn't be home when the kids got up for school so this is what I came up with...Funny places to put shoes and googly eyes on all the food in the fridge. I even put the shoes that the kids wear to school in hard to reach places.  The kids had a fun time trying to find all the shoes in the house.  I even went so far as putting them in the fridge, freezer and microwave.  So fun!

 In May Carter's entire 6th grade did some Greek mythology presentations to the rest of the school.  Carter was Odysseus...can you tell?? Matt made his six pack chest and shield (which included his script) I put together his costume to look like a skirt (it was the cool thing to wear back in this time frame)

This was such a fun thing to watch all the kids get into their character. Love it!

Easter & Conference

Easter was a fun and relaxing time with the family.  We enjoyed watching conference in our pj's since it was conference weekend and Easter fell on Sunday this year.

Ashlynn's new do..

This cute girl wanted a spur of the moment haircut.  We walked right in and sat in the chair..it was a slow day at the salon.  It looks so fun and fresh for the Spring!

Spring Break Fun

Our family had a stay vacation and played around town.  We went to the Bird Zoo because Matt had never been.  It was a great day!