Fall Break In St. George

Thursday when Das got off work, we headed to St. George for the weekend.  We invited the Mansourri's and the Joehannesen's.  Unfortunately, Kelly and Joe couldn't make it down cuz their kids became sick.  So Leesa and Kevin came down Friday evening. 

Friday before they got down, Das and I took the kids to the pool for a couple of hours.  The kids were so excited for Grace and Ellie to come.  They played well all weekend. 

Leesa and I got to spend some quality time together.  I have really enjoyed getting to know her better.  Saturday after breakfast we took all of the kids swimming.  We then came home, and got ready.  Well, I took a long nap with Logan......I expect to be taking a lot of long naps the next few months.  Leesa hung out with the kids, and Das and Kevin went golfing.  When they got back, we took off to dinner.  We wanted to take the kids to Pirate Island, but they have closed.:( 

We went to a burger joint instead.  When we got home, we were going to watch a movie and stay up late.  Yeah....that didn't happen.  But Kevin had a great time drawing on the kids faces. 

And on Das's as well.  I thought I would save Das the humiliation and not post it. lol

Sunday we took the kids over to a fun center and let them ride go karts and bumper boats.  Kevin and Leesa took off after that.  Das and I are staying another night.  We have sure had a great weekend though and lots of fun and exciting things happened.  Hopefully we will get to come again soon.

Another Little Monster to Join Our Family

Das and I knew we wanted our children close in age like Tristan and Ashton are.  So we timed this one really well.  But I didn't thinkwe would get pregnant and the first try.  We are so excited to have another baby.  And yes I am not going to lie.....a little girl would be nice.  But I sure do love my boys and we will be thrilled regarless.

Ashton's science fair project...

I came across the shrunken apple heads on pinterest.com.(Yes, addiction!)  I thought it would be a fun project to do with the boys for halloween. 

And then I remembered Ashton had his sciece fair coming up, and decided this would be a fun one to do. 

Das and I helped them carve the apples.  We then stuck one in water, one in salt water, and two in lemon salt juice. 

Ashton documented each day which apples were shrinking the best.  The lemon salt juice worked the best. 

Tristan's Birthday Surprise...

Since we celbrated Tristan's birtday a few days early, I wanted to do something for him on his actual birthday.  I got the idea from pintrest and waited for him to fall asleep, then snuck in his room and decorated it.  He was very excited when he woke up. 

He won't let me take them down yet.  And then that evening we got him a cake and sang happy birthday to him.  Happy Birthday Big Boy!

Tristan Turns 7!!!!!!

Tomorrow is Tristan's birthday.  I can't believe I will have a seven year old.  Time sure does fly. 

He really wanted a birthday party this year instead of a big present.  And he really wanted to go to a place with bounce houses.  We called around, and decided on Classic Fun Center. 

So we sent out some invites to his friends at school, his cousins, and a few in his primary class.  Das came home early to help me out. 

Classic not only has bounce houses with lots of great slides, but they also have a jungle area, laser tag, a combat zone, and skating. 

After the kids ran around crazy for a couple of hours, we ordered pizza.  And it was actually decent. 

Then all the rambunctious kids gathered around for Tristan to open his presents.  He got lots of really great gifts and has been entertained for days.  Thank you everyone for your gifts and coming to the party.

My brother Mark, sister Christine, and Hunters father all hung out while the kids played.  Don't they look like they are having so much fun?! ;) 

Tristan is such a bright and loving child.  He amazes me everyday by how kind and caring he is to others, especially his younger brothers.  They both just adore him.  He loves to sit with Das and watch football and always makes sure he is routing for the team Das is.  He helps me tremendously with Logan and loves to make him smile.  He has been such a joy in our lives and we love him very much!  My days are bright with him around.  Happy Birthday Tristan!

U.S. Prime

Das took me up to Prime Steak House in Park City last night.  We had tried to go the weekend before, but with conference, it was hard to find a sitter. And the next couple of weekends were already filled up for us, so luckily our cute neighbor girls came and sat for us last night.Our reservations were at 6:30, and as usual, we were running  late.  We got there around 7:00 with our mouths watering.   We started out with an apetizer.  We wanted the crab bisque, but our waiter talked us out of it.  He brought us a sample instead, and then talked us into the crab cakes.   Delicious!  We then each order a salad.  Das went with the fancy house salad, and I went with a goat chesse/tomato salad.  Mine had caremalized walnuts, goat cheese smooshed in between tomatoes, with a vinagerette dressing.  I was in heaven.  For dinner I ordered the salmon and Das got the filet.  Mine was fantastic, and Das's was over the top/best steak ever!  It had real crab...not the imitation crab...covering it.  Our side was grilled asparagus.  We were way to stuffed for our dessert.  We left with our tummies poking out and some take home cheese cake.  We will definitely be going back there some day.  Thanks Das again for a wonderful night.  I am truly the luckiest woman alive!

When they ar not being MONSTERS....

They eat candy.

They climb over the couches while their dads and brothers are watching football. 

They need haircuts. 

They cuddle up with mommy. 

They lounge out anywhere and everywhere.

They store food for the winter. 

They take over mommies and daddies bed.

Most importantly....They Laugh!