My friend, Lyndee, has recently found out that the only way they can have more children is through in-vetro fertilization. To help with the cost she is making these way cute hats and is selling them for a donation. I am serious when I say the are really cute and she does a really good job making them. Check out her blog and see for yourself. www.wilkersonivffund.blogspot.com/ There is also a button for her blog in my side bar.
She also makes children sizes.
Okay, okay, I know it is winter outside right now, but on March 20th, the first day of spring, it was beautiful! So the kids and I went into town and met Brad at the park and had a BBQ and played.
Brad and Ethan rolling down the hill together.
I love those blue eyes and those smiles!
Jacob enjoying a Hot Tamale popsicle. Yum!
I had to laugh to myself this week as I was doing laundry, washing shorts and capri's, and then I look out the window and the snow is coming down! Were these pictures really from last week? Oh well, it at least gives us something to look forward to!
This past weekend we decided to take the kids and stay in a hotel in Provo. I know, you're thinking " why Provo?". Well, we can swim as much as we want and it was free! While we were there we went to the Walter Wick exhibition at BYU's Museum of Art. Walter Wick is the guy who makes the I Spy books. The kids really liked seeing how he made all the models he photographed. There was also an exhibition from an artist named Dan Steinhilber. He is one of those artists who make art out of random things and garbage. The kids really liked that!
This is us in front of a sculpture made out of balloons.
When we got back on Saturday, my mom, Sami and I went out for a "Girls Night". We went to Desert Star Theatre to watch Home School Musical. It was Sami's first time going there and she loved it! Brad and I may have a hard time going there without her now. It is always fun sharing new things with my daughter, I can see our relationship changing and I love it. We are starting to have more things in common and I really enjoy spending time with her.
Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer came in concert on Friday and my awesome Sister-in-Law, Tosha, won me and Brad tickets. It was such a blast from the past!
Here is Vanilla Ice doing his thing.
It was fun being there and seeing everyone dress up like the 80's. The funny thing I noticed is that probably 3/4 of the people who were there either weren't alive or were still in diapers when these artists were famous the first time! Good Times! Also after seeing the styles they were sporting I have to say some of those styles really need to stay dead and buried!
This is the best picture I have of Hammer. He is the one on the left side wearing a red long sleeve shirt, black vest, black pants and black hat. In this picture he had invited up a bunch of people from the crowd to party with him.
He was pretty entertaining too. You could tell he loved being on the stage again and hearing the crowd yell "Go Hammer, Go Hammer, Go!". It was cute because he had his 13 year old son up on stage as one of his dancers, the mom in me wanted to cry cause it was so cute seeing father and son work together!
This was the first time Brad has been down on the floor in a concert so it was quite the experience for him. He loved it! Me, I kind of got tired of the pushing and I was still so sore from working out that the craziness kind of became a little much for me. But it was fun seeing Brad enjoy it.
Okay, I know my birthday was in September, but Brad's parents gave me money for my present and I finally found something that I couldn't live without.
I love this dress! Now I just need warm weather so I can wear it!
Last Night we took the kids to the Draper Temple Open House. It was amazing! The kids were so good and they asked a lot of questions. It felt so good to be there with my kids and I had flashes of the future when I will be able to take them back there to receive their own blessings. As we sat in the sealing room Sami and I talked about how someday she would be there with the man she loved. It was a sweet experience. Halfway through Ethan complained that he was getting tired so he sat on my mom's lap and not long after he was out, he was so cute!
Over the holidays I got in a funk and didn't feel like blogging, but really we did do some fun things as a family. So hold on and enjoy the ride down memory lane.
Here are some of our December activities:
We visited my dad and decorated his room with Christmas cheer. I enjoy taking my children to visit my dad, they don't always enjoy it, but I am starting to see a change in them as they are starting to realize how much he likes to see them.
I love that my dad always has a smile on his face!
We also took a trip downtown to Temple Square. We haven't been there for a couple of years so it was fun to take the kids and see all the lights.
We got to party with family.....
On Christmas Eve Brad made us an amazing dinner. It was also his birthday and so he usually gets some new toy to cook with. It has kind of become a tradition to have him cook his own birthday dinner because he enjoys cooking so much and he can go all out on that day.
I don't mind it at all when Brad cooks!
Jacob really enjoyed the Jello, in fact his face was stained red the rest of the night!
Of course then there was Christmas.
We all got new Jammies on Christmas Eve. Ethan was a little disappointed that jammies were all he got so he wouldn't cooperate for the picture.
The kids were all happy with their presents. It was a nice Christmas filled with lounging around in our jammies, being with family, playing games and Brad not having to work! I think it was one of the best Christmases yet.
January not much happened, but Brad did take Sami and Braden ice fishing with his dad and brother.
February has been a busy month. To start the month off we had a ward Valentines Dance. Brads dad is in a band called the Moonlighters and we had them come play for us. It was so much fun!
It was fun to go and dance the night away with my husband and get a few dances in with my boys. Who could ask for a better night!
Next we had my moms birthday. Sami and my nephew Andrew designed my moms cake and Sami helped me make it.
I let go of the control freak in me and let Sami do all the dots and stripes on the cake, she was so proud of herself and she had a lot of fun doing it.
The birthday girl and her crew!
I have been thinking a lot lately about my kids and what can I do to help them be more charitable and loving. I got the idea to make valentines for all the residents at the care center where my dad lives and then have the kids deliver them. I really want my kids to feel more comfortable going there and I thought this would be a good way to help that. I invited some of my family and friends to join in with us and it was a lot of fun.
The kids all did an awesome job and made close to 100 cards. When we went to go deliver them they were a little shy at first but quickly learned how fun it was to hand them out. They also enjoyed seeing how happy it made those who received them. This will definitely be a do again next year!
On Valentines day we went to Great Grandpa Hintze's 90th birthday party. We are so happy to have him in our lives.
They had a huge party and tons of people came to celebrate with him.
To serve as refreshments all the grandchildren were asked to make a cake that represented a memory of grandpa.
This is the cake Brad and I made. Our memory was from after we got married we went camping with the family to Snow Canyon in St. George. In the morning Brad and I laid in our tent and listened to Grandpa outside singing. He sings the best songs! The Jelly beans on the cake are supposed to be Easter eggs because they always went camping at Easter time and would have an egg hunt.
So that is what we have been up to. It has been fun!
