Father's day and a birthday

Last weekend was a big weekend for Nate, his birthday fell on the same day as Father's day. And, to top it off, he had the whole weekend off. That doesn't happen too often, so we took advantage and had some fun together. In no particular order, the events for the weekend included:

-rented Invictus

-enjoyed time with Nate's parents and Grandpa

-went out to eat at Sizzler (yuck. And with kids too, so it wasn't great. But that is where his grandpa wanted to go)

-ate at Costa Vida (this time delicious and with out kids!!)

-went to Toy Story 3 (thought we would see if Claire could sit through a movie yet. Nope. She lasted 10 minutes) so...

-Claire and I went shopping

-went to the parade of homes. Found great ideas for our future home.

-spent 2 hours making the German chocolate cake that Nate loves. (oh, how I hate making that cake)

-really enjoyed consuming that German chocolate cake.

-trying out the BBQ (Father's day gift)

-watching the expression on Nate's face as he opened his new iPhone. (kind of a "what in the world is this?" to a "how much was this thing?" to a "I don't even need this thing" to a "Why would anybody spend money on this thing?" look. He is so much like my father. Needless to say, he tried it out for a day and is keeping it)

Here is the handsome man himself, using his new grill...

I sure do enjoy him in my life. I am not going to get all gushy gushy and brag about how wonderful my husband is. Because really, I married him, so of course I think he is wonderful.


In other news, Dylan passed level 3 in swim while Cassie passed level 2. They sure do love it. Cassie only almost drowned once, so that is good. They can't wait to go back.

Dylan also finished t-ball and loved it. I must say I would rather watch soccer than t-ball. The games are so slow and those kids get so distracted out on the field.

Cassie and Ethan at a game...

The future Derek Jeter...

School has only been out for a month and I may be slightly ready for it to start again. Okay not really, but my kids are already getting bored and the neighbor kids seem to think this is their 2nd home. I don't mind it sometimes, but sometimes I do. We are definately ready for a change of pace coming up next week. Yay for Canada!

Roommate reunion mostly

My roommates (from almost 10 years ago) and I got together on Tuesday for a fun girls night out. I love these girls!!! It's not too often that all 5 of us are together at once. We had a great time reminiscing about our college days and all the good times we had. And man, we sure had some good times together. I will always cherish those Utah State days with the girls from D-1. We always have a good laugh as we remember those days, whether it be about couches thrown across the room, or hairballs, or apartments being pancaked or Christmas treed, or random skits in ward talent shows, or our attempt at making bread for the neighbors at Christmas.

It is so fun to get together with them, it's like time has never passed (except there are now 13 kids between the 5 of us). But we are just as goofy and still love to have fun!

And in other news...

We went to Bear Lake for a few nights last week with Nate's family. It was fun to spend time doing pretty much nothing. It was a little cold, but the kids finally talked us into going to the beach and they lasted an hour. Other than that, we ate a lot and played games. And no pictures. Oops. It was just really nice to be with most of the family and relax. My favorite part about vacations. (if only kids new how to relax. They were running crazy most of the time with their cousins and loving every minute of it)

And in more news...

It was fun to see some of my family last night as my cousin Johnny was heading home from his mission. He did a nice little fireside/dinner here in Logan for the family nearby. I wish I would have taken a picture, he looked so grown up! It was really great to see him.

Other than that, we have been spending lots of time outside, at swimming lessons, at t-ball, and playing with friends and cousins. Fun times. Bring it on, summer!

Last day of school

Dylan's last day of kindergarten was last week and he was ready to be finished. He loves school, but he has been counting down the days until summer for about the last month or so.

Dylan and Mrs. Ashcroft. She has been a great teacher...

Can you find Dylan??...

Wow, that year flew by :)