Scrapping Weekend

I am so excited that I get to go on a girls weekend this weekend to go scrap booking with my mom and sister. We will be gone for the entire weekend and Matt is watching the kids. It will be the first time he has been with all the kids by himself for the long. I sure hope it goes alright. I am sure the house will be a wreck when I get home, but that will be okay, as long as he survives. This is something that I look forward to and enjoy doing so much. It is like a little break from being a referee, chauffer, cook, maid, and mom for a few days. It also makes Matt appreciate me a little more that he usually does. I have been preparing for the last month to go, getting all my supplies together and putting together ideas for pictures and layouts, hoping that I will be able to get a lot done. I have over 300 pictues that I need to scrapbook into something and I would love to get a big chunk of that done. I am not sure I will ever be caught up, but I sure enjoy trying. The kids always love to spend time with their dad and to have him spoil them even more than usual. They also love it when I return home and they get to see the new pages I have done of them and they get to add them to their books. My scrap books are my most prized possesions, besides my kids. They hold so many wonderful, and pricelss memories. I am so glad that I have the time and ablility to make these books for my family. Wish me luck and great success, I will let you know how much I get done!!

I am packed and ready to go. I have about 9 totes with all my scrabook supplies and I wil have one small suitcase. Matt rolls his eye when he sees all that I take with me. I have to be prepared. You should see the sububan when it is full to the brim with all the supplies of three or four of us. It is packed so full, we usually have to take out the back seats to have enough room!!

Matt's 30th

Matt turned the big 3-0 on the 17th!! Can you believe it?? I can't! That makes me sad because I know I am only a few months behind him then we will both be out of our 20's. It is a sad time!! But we sure don't feel old! I remember being small, like 8 or 10, and thinking that the ladies that were in the Primary as leaders were old. Well now I am one of them and I sure don't feel old. For Matt's birthday per his request, my dad smoked us his "Damn fine burgers" and we had all the toppingd to go along, lettuce, tomato, cheese, bacon, avacado, ketchup, mustard, and chipotle mayo. We also had potato salad and chips. It was even nice enough outside that we had our first outdoor BBQ! It was wonderful. For his gifts he got golf balls, tees, 2 pair of jeans, an itunes gift card and a new ladder from my parents. He was extremely excited about the ladder and can't wait to use it. Of course he like the golf stuff from the kids, we call that "the usual" the gifts that he always gets when you don't know exactly what to get him. Matt's usuals include: itunes gift card, anything golf, socks, gift cards to the movies, 5 Guys Burgers & Fries, Famous Footwear, Cal-Ranch, & El Vaquero. At least we know he will use that stuff. We had planned on going bowling as a family to celebrate, but both bowling alleys were packed full of people so we weren't able to go. The kids were very sad about that and are still bugging us to go. We had Rupe's ice cream for dessert on the way home. It was great!! Happy birthday to the best husband ever. I am sure glad we get to spend forever together! Love ya!

Easy Bake Oven

Paige got this Easy Bake Oven for Christmas and we have tried it out a few times. It is a little time consuming for such a small amount of product, but she loves it. The other day while Parker was at school and Paxten was napping we decided to make chocolate chip cookies. Paige mixed the dough and then formed them into balls. She them put them on the cooking tray and pressed them flat. After letting the oven warm for 20 minutes, we baked the cookies for 9 minutes, cooled for 10 and then she was able to enjoy her treat. I think she shared 1 with Paxten and gave me one to try, and she ate the rest. The cookies were so small that I think all 12 were equal to the size of 1 chocolate chip cookie I normally bake. It was a fun time that we were able to spend together one on one. She loves to bake just like me and love to help me in the kitchen whenever she can.
 

La La Loopsey Paige

Paige loves the dolls known as Lalaloopsey's. She has received several of them for gifts. For her birthday my mom got her this costume and Paige was so excited to dress up like a Lalaloopsey. The only thing she doesn't like is she says it is "itchy" so this will be a dress up outfit that is worn for s short amount of time. But she does look darn cute!

Birthday Girl Jammies

I found these "Birthday Girls" jammies about the same time I found the ones for Paxten on his birthday. I couldn't resist getting them for her. I think she thought it was fun that she got special jammies just for her birthday. She is quite the poser and loves to have her picture taken. She is so happy that she is finally 4!! She has been counting down to her birthday since Parker turned 6, so a very long time!!! She could hardly wait until it was her day and loved every minute of the day when it finally arrived!

Paige's 4th Birthday

Paige turned 4 on the 12th and I just barely getting around to writing about it. At least it is still the same month! Our sweet little princess was just that on her birthday. She put in the order that she wanted a "Tangled" cake. She loves that new movie and wants to be just like Rapunzel. I did not know how I would make a castle cake, but I happened to come across an edible image that you put on top of a cake and I bought it. It was perfect and one of the easiest cakes I have done. Paige loved it!! She took chocolate cupcakes with pink frosting to preschool for her birthday treat. The evening of her birthday we had grandparents over for pizza and salad (suprise suprise, all our kids pick pizza for their birthday dinner) Grandpa & Grandma C were there along with Grandpa & Grandma Yancey. Paige of course was spoiled and got a lot of fun things. She got a few new outfits, several jammies, tennis shoes (which she calls her new Sketchers, although they are not Sketcher brand!), nail polish, a barbie, squinkies, money for our Disneyland trip, a jewelry box, lots of bracelets and necklaces to put in the jewelry box, a barbie hand held game, a LaLaLoopsey outfit to dress up in, a little lalaloopsey, and a cute gardening set with miniature tools. She got quite a variety of things and very happy with most things she got. She had told me, along with everyone that she wanted a jewelry box. I looked all over and could only find a red or silver on. I bought the silver one for her thinking she would like it because it was kind of sparkly. As soon as she opened it and realized what it was she exclaimed "but I wanted a pink one!" So she was a little disappointed at first about the color, but since has realized that she does indeed like it. She is quite the spit fire and sure says what is one her mind!



Some of miss Paige's favorite things right now are:
Pepperoni pizza,
frozen go-gurts,
Cheddar cheese slices,
strawberries
the color pink
anything chocolate, especially Hershey Kisses
green (lime) sherbet
she loves to play barbies
cooking with mom
watching cartoons, especially Max & Ruby, Peppa Pig, and Olivia
She loves to have her nails polished, then she picks the polish off after it dries
She is such a fun little girl to have in our family and we all love her so very much. She often makes the funniest comments and usually is the comic relief in our family. We hope you had a fabulous birthday Paige!!
 

New Calling

I have been in relief society for about 1 1/2 years and have really been enjoying it. I have been serving as the relief society committee member (over enrichment nights) and I have loved it. About 3 weeks ago, the Bishop came over and when at first I thought he was going to call me to be the Primary Chorister, because they haven't had one for over 6 months!!! I was ready to say yes to that calling. But when he asked me to serve as the Primary PRESIDENT, my mouth fell open and I was in shock. I felt inadequate and I still felt too young to be serving as the PRESIDENT... after getting my emotions in check I realized that I am old enough, I have been married for 8 years, I will be 30 (ouch) this year, and I have 3 kids. So I guess I am old enough. I have been in the primary presidency prior to being in relief society this last time and I served for 5 years, so I guess I do know how to be the president, after having a good example to follow. So this last Sunday they sustained and set me apart. I am excited, and nervous at the same time. It will be fun to be in there with my kids and to be with the kids of the ward again. I know there will be hard and stressful times, but I know the Lord with help me and strengthen my weaknesses. Wish me luck!