Daddy's Girl

While doing the egg scavenger hunt in Kent Station, we walked past Claire's on the way to a store and Troy stopped and said he was going to pierce Peyton's ears. I kinda laughed and kept walking with Ryan to the next scavenger hunt spot. After walking back past, Troy was still in Claire's and Peyton was up in the ear piercing chair. I guess he was really going to do it! Unfortunately the pictures are from my phone so they're not very good. J and Shannon did video it on their camera for us so I'll post it when I have a chance. Needless to say, Peyton was not happy about this. As soon as the girl started putting on the gloves and wiping down her ears, she was screaming and twisting about. I had to hold her head to get it done. We're not very nice parents!! But she's so CUTE!!

Easter

We started out Easter by taking the girls down to Kent Station for their annual Easter Egg Hunt. The weather was cold and windy, but the girls were excited to hunt for eggs and see the Easter Bunny. After waiting in a long line, they had their chance to gather eggs. Each kid was allowed five and that was over in no time. Kent Station also had an Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt so we took the girls on that as well. Like the good Mom I am, I forgot my camera!Easter morning brought excitement as Ryan woke wondering if the Easter Bunny had arrived during the night. Much to her delight, he had come and brought her the Hannah Montana Movie CD. Ryan and Peyton had so much fun searching the house for their candy filled eggs and spent the morning eating jelly beans and M&M's. We quickly got ready for church and enjoyed a wonderful service reminding us of the Ressurection.After church, our friends J and Shannon came over to have dinner with us. Everything was yummy, but unfortunately my strawberry shortcake left a lot to be desired, so I trashed it!!! That evening we went to Scott and Cristie's so Ryan could help Scott hide eggs for the girls egg hunt. Ryan had so much fun and loves hanging out with the "big" girls. Peyton was willing to be friends with anyone who would give her candy.After two full days of candy, I've had to cut Peyton off and she's been mad at me ever since!!!

SB, Part 3

The funny thing about my sister and her kids coming to visit is that Slade and Peyton are only 7 weeks apart. Wow, what it would be like to have twins. They were so cute and fun together, but also TROUBLE! I never realized what an instigator Peyton is, but man, I don't look forward to her being a teenager! One day they were eating cereal and this is the next thing we saw!We would find them on top of the counters and hiding behind the glider slathering each other in Aquafor. Seriously, they were LOVING spending time together!!!We headed downtown again to get some fish and chips. Lexi loves Salmon and Ryan loves fish (at least deep fried). We were rained on most of the day, but we had fun wandering around. We went to Sephora and had fun doing crazy makeup. The girls went for ANYTHING sparkly, gee I wonder where they got that from!!
Time flew by quickly, but we had a blast spending it together! We love you all, come back again soon!!!! (How's next Saturday?)

Spring Break, Part 2

Tuesday was St. Patrick's Day and since we love blogging, my sister found tons of cute ideas about crazy leprechauns coming to visit and we were fortunate enough that they came to our house this year. At first Slade wasn't too sure about everything.
Unfortunately, when the crazy leprechauns leave chocolate and candy all over, babies like to get into them when they're not supposed to!!!We all got dressed in our green and after dance class, we headed up to Snoqualmie Falls. It was BEAUTIFUL. I can't believe this place is 25 minutes away and we've never been there!!! Fortunately someone else was braving the weather so we were able to get a picture of all of us together.

Unfortunately at this point, it was time for Grandma to go home. We had so much fun together with all us girls (and Slade).
Thanks for coming Mom!

Spring Break

Apparently we are starting a FABULOUS tradition of my niece, Lexi, coming to visit us during Spring Break. My Mom brought her up a couple of weeks ago and spent a week with us and my Aunt Julie came over from Texas as well. My sister and nephew, Slade, came a few days later to stay for a week also.
Julie turned the big 50 the day after arriving, so we did our best at celebrating. We had a yummy breakfast of German pancakes (Thanks Sarah!). We then headed off to Bellevue so Julie could go to Impress, a stamp store a friend of hers had told her about (she's way into stamping/scrapbooking). We then headed over to Whole Foods where we got a cute raspberry/lemon cake. We came home and made veggie and chicken enchiladas because Julie said she wanted anything Mexican! It wasn't too exciting, but we did our best!
The next day we headed downtown and wandered Pike's Market and Nordstrom. Ryan was even brave enough to stand next to the octopus at one of the fish stalls! When we got home that afternoon, the girls wanted to paint their nails and Peyton wanted hers done too, so she hopped up on my Mom's lap and grandma painted them for her!!Unfortunately Julie had to go home on Monday, but only after she taught me how to use my new Cricut machine. She had brought along about 18 cartridges that my sister and I stayed up all night learning to use. We have almost finished 16 way cute banners. When they're done I'll show you!!

Happy Birthday Jake, 80's Style!

Our good friend Jake turned 30 last week and since his fabulous wife was due to have a baby at the same time, she put together a surprise party for him a couple of weeks early. Since Jake was born in '79, Sarah decided to do an 80s theme. Her brothers own a bounce place and the party was held there. Lots of people came dressed for the occasion, Troy and I included. It was a fun night and Jake was completely surprised!

"Purse"onal Enrichment

I put together my first Enrichment night on March 5th. The theme was "Celebrate Your 'Purse'onality"! I found this idea online and thought it was very ME, along with being a lot of fun!. I first made all these little purse invitations that ended up super cute and fairly easy.
Boni helped me by making SUPER cute little purses for my poster. They were so cute that I had Ryan begging for them for days!
I got cute polka dot fabric for the centers of the tables and a bunch of sisters graciously made WONDERFUL cakes to be our centerpieces.
When everyone arrived, we had them weigh in their purses and right down the weight. We had a very yummy dinner of Sweet Pork, Cilantro Lime Rice, Black Beans, and freshly cooked tortillas (thanks a TON ton Shannon for her help in cooking).
After dinner, everyone filled out their BINGO "Purse" cards and I shared a talk from President Faust using words from the talk to play bingo. After that, we played the What's in your Purse game and I walked around with about 35 word strips of random things you might find in your purse. As strange as some things might be, there was only one thing no one had, a pair of socks (Morgan had, until she put them on to come with her mom to Enrichment)! After the game, our Relief Society President, Lily, gave a wonderful little talk about how our different "Purse"onalities make up our Relief Society.
After Lily's talk, we pulled all the cakes from the individual tables and cut them up so people could have a variety. There were so many great ones to choose from!
This was a fun night full of great food and lots of laughter. I wanted it to be focused on spending time together as sisters and enjoying the different personalities we each have. I think it was a success!