Endurocross

Last Saturday Chris texted me and told me he had four tickets to Endurocross if I wanted them. We had Jerry and Diana watch Tegan and Kyson and we had a night out with Beckem and Boden. It was so fun.  Boden is in a stage right now where he LOVES motorcycles so he was SO EXCITED to go see them.  It was a fun night out for FREE : )

Baby Ella is Here

Baby Ella arrived to the world on St. Patrick's Day Night.  Just before midnight.  I am so excited to have another niece.  She is a beautiful baby!! 

The boys were so excited to go hold baby Ella.

She looks so grown up.  The boys loved playing with her the other day, I think they are missing her around here.  She is such a cute big sissy!!  

Beckem's First Trip to the Dentist

Beckem had his first trip to the dentist.  He was SO GOOD and did everything they asked him to do.  He had a few cavities and the one between his two front teeth were pretty big so we went and had those fixed first.  Dr. Larsen was awesome, he didn't even numb Beck or give him gas because of where the cavity was.  Beckem did so great and was even giggling while Dr. Larsen was drilling his teeth.  I love their dentist office, the staff is so great and I love the time Wade took to make it fun for Beckem. 

Things that make me smile

Tegan built a whole dinosaur island at Jerry and Diana's.

 When I was running the other day I looked down and laughed, Boden was just relaxing in the stroller.  Oh to be a kid again. 

Now that it is warming up the boys are finding frogs again.  Right after this picture Kyson's frog jumped out of his and went under the oven.  We had to pull out the oven and we still couldn't find him.  We looked everywhere.  Finally Kyson found him in the crack between the tile and the wall.  I don't think he liked being held.  ha ha I love that the boys find all kinds of creatures at this house.  It's so fun!!

 We are a little anxious for swim season ha ha Kyson was just playing in the tub.  He is so funny!!

Hard Work

The boys wanted to earn some money so Zac told them he would pay them a dollar if they went outside and picked up all the dog poop.  Not too long after they started Kyson yelled, "dad, can I be done, this job stinks" Zac hollered back, "you don't get paid until you finish a job"  I continued to hear Kyson groan and moan about picking up the stinky poop.  The next thing I see is him run around the house.  He came of the garage with these gloves and mask on.  I was laughing so hard.  He is so dang cute. . . he was able to finish his job, thanks to the mask : )   

 Zac and I decided we need to start to grow our own garden.  We tore up an area in our back yard and reused some stones that were once a pretend fire pit in our backyard.  I love the way it turned out. I can't wait to start gardening.  : ) 

Home Sweet Home

I LOVED my vacation, but by day eight or nine I was ready to come hold my boys and be a family again.  I missed their giggles, their tears and their screams.  I couldn't wait to see them when I got home.  We waited for Kyson to get off the bus.  He came running into the house, we both were so excited to see each other!! My parents were so great and brought the younger two down to us.  After they got home we went over to pick up Tegan.  I tried calling the school to check Tegan out but no one answered. I told Zac he would just have to go into the office and get him.  Zac pulled up to the front of the school and hopped out of the truck.  I noticed a kid in bright yellow slowly started walking towards us at the far end of the school.  I realized it was Tegan and told Zac.  As soon as Tegan realized it was Zac he started to SPRINT across the school playground.  He jumped so high into Zac's arms.  It was the cutest thing I had ever seen.  Tegan is getting to that age where he doesn't show a lot of affection so when he did that day it brought a tear to my eye.  We took all the boys to the park and enjoyed a day together as a family.  It was so nice to be back together again as a family.  

Having Fun While Mom and Dad are Gone

While we were gone Brandjie came and took the boys for a little bit to give my parents a break.  They went and met Nana for lunch and then got spoiled at Smith and Edwards. 

 They played at the park for a little while and then when Tegan got out of school they went to see Grandma Mason up at the hospital. 

 Grandma fell on Friday night and broke her hip.  She had to have an extensive surgery and because of all of that Nana and Papa called my mom and cancelled taking them on Sunday.  My parents worked out their mission stuff so my mom just stayed home on Sunday with the boys and at about 9:30 my Grandpa called my mom and had to go to the ER because he bent down to get the paper and passed out and smacked his head on the cement.  My mom hurried and dropped the boys off to Krystal and went out to get him.  My cousin called me in Hawaii and asked if I knew where Grandpa was.  She said there was blood all over the porch and in the sink but he was no where to be found and his car was still in the garage.  I didn't know anything had happened so I started to worry about him.  I called my brother and he told me what had happened.  I was stressing because the last time he fell he had to be in the hospital for over a week and have surgery to relieve pressure in his head because of the bleeding.  This time he got stitches, broke his nose and was bruised up but pretty good, but didn't have to stay in the hospital.  My awesome mom however had dinner in the crockpot, rolls made and all the boys dressed and ready for church before all this happened.  She is WONDER WOMAN!!  Poor Krystal was about 8 1/2 months pregnant and had to take all of them to church.  My mom and sister are saints!!  I am so grateful my Grandpa was okay but we felt so bad Grandma had to go through another surgery. 

 My parents took the boys to the Aquarium in Salt Lake while we were gone.  Krystal met them there.  My parents said they loved it.  The sea turtle kept swimming by Beckem and it looked like he kept giving him high five.  So fun!!

 While I was gone Tegan got to go on a field trip to McKay Dee Hospital.  My dad was so great and went with Tegan.  I was sad I couldn't be at work the day he went there, but so fun he got to go see everything. 

We are so grateful for everyone that helped out with the boys while we were gone.  We are especially grateful for Grandma and Grandpa.  They had them sleep at their house all 10 days.  They spoiled them and took such great care of them.  I know my boys are a handful and my mom was so great to be so willing to take them.  They are such GREAT grandparents!!  

Pearl Harbor and the Temple

We flew back to Ohau to spend our last day in Hawaii.  When we got to Enterprise the lady took us out the car lot and said, "let's see. . . how about the FIAT"  I thought she was joking.  Have you seen Zac??  I don't think FIATs are made for men that are 6 foot 2 ha ha.  We just laughed and took the FIAT.  As we were pulling out of the parking lot the lady at the gate said, "WOW, you guys fit in the FIAT"  We just started to laugh.  I told her I felt like I needed to put my feet down and start running like the Flintstones.  This car made us laugh all day long.  Zac felt a little like Donkey Kong but it was a fun time!!

 We headed over to Peal Harbor.  The tickets to go out to the USS Arizona were all gone but a really nice worker lady told us to go stand in the "stand-by" line and maybe we would get on.  We waited in line for about 30 minutes and got to go out the with the first group.  The movie they show about Pearl Harbor was great to help understand what happened.  Then they took us out to the USS Arizona and we were able to see the ship that is still under the water.

 After Pearl Harbor we headed North to go to the Temple.  We did a session and it was SO NICE to relax and be together in the temple.  When we came out it was raining pretty hard so I couldn't get too many pictures of the temple, but this picture is looking out of the front doors of the temple.  It was so pretty!! 

 Zac was a good sport this whole trip with the picture taking thing (he hates getting pictures taken) but by this point he was so sick of pictures.  Ha ha

This is looking up the road towards the temple.  It was so pretty.  Such a great way to end our amazing trip.  I am so grateful for the opportunity I have had to go to the temple and be sealed to Zac and my family for Eternity!!  This gospel is absolutely amazing and where we find TRUE happiness!!  I am so blessed!!