Kenny's birthday

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For kenny's birthday we went out for dinner at Maccarroni Grill, YUM. And Trevor , Cynthia, Lora, and Jon all surprised Kenny there. It was so fun going out with all of our friends. I can't remember the last time we did that! Plus we all used two coupons and saved a ton of money on dinner. We came back and had cake at our place. Trevor took some pictures, and all of them are of Kaylie! I hope you had a good birthday Kenny!
We followed up maccaroni grill with Tucanos a few days ago, and it was Goo oood. They bring meat on the stick to you table and cut off the spit right there. My favorite were the hot wings. Least favorite: chicken hearts. eeew. It was a very cool restaurant. It felt like we were on a cruise or somethng because it was all youo can eat and it was so nice. Good times

These are the days

(sorry about the double) So one day the girls were playing in the curtains and I grabbed a few shots of them. Doesn't Maggie look so cute and grown up? She is a big girl! Don't be tricked though, she isn't as sweet as she looks in this picture. Like this morning as soon as I parked the car at the gym, she had horrible meltdown and I had to come home bc she wouldn't be consoled. But, most the time she is a sweetheart!

Where o where has my little girl gone??

At the end of the day and Kenny s actually here when I go to bed I give him a run down of all the crazy things the girls did that day. Believe me, there is always a lot! He said I should put them on the blog, so I thought I would mention some. So, today we finally got out the door to go to church and Olivia wriggled out of my arms and ran over to a ball on the lawn, and Maggie took off running down the street. I mean running as fast as she could in the opposite direction. Then olivia climbed on the neighbors tricycle which was covered with water. Needless to say she got all wet and we had to go back inside.
Speaking of Maggie running away.... We went to Bed Bath and Beyond yesterday, and Maggie did pretty good- until the end. I was in te chekc out line and she found a patio set, which was okay becuase it was right behind out line. So i kept an eye on her while I was waiting in line. She loves to sit on chairs in the store. ( and she LOVES to get in the beds. She did this at IKEA. She takes off her shoes and climbs into the big fluffy cumfy beds and pretends she is asleep) So at the the checkout when it was finally my turn, I turned my head for less than a minute and I looked back and she was gone!! How does she disappear so quickly??? So the entire staff was using their walkie talkies and searching for her. After I did a lap around te store some lady had her in her arms!! WTH?? Luckily people are so nice and helpful!! I need to always use the leash. Yes I have a leash for my dauhter, after all, she does BEHAVE like an animal sometimes!!
She runs away all the time, but usually not at the park. I was looking forward to the ward BBQ at the park. I thought it would be great, the kids would play and I could talk to some friends. Yea right!! I couldn't turn my attention away, or sit down, because they were both running away, like really far away. I sat down for a sec, and I couldn't find olivia. I finally saw her across the field at the other pavilion stealing some mexican guys basketball. She was making her way to the tables when i got to her. Olivia covered herself in water and mud while I got food. She spilled water all over her shirt, she ran around shirtless for the rest of the time.
But the clincher is this. Maggie was sitting next to me at the table. She got off and ten seconds later I couldn't see her. So ran to the park, I found olivia, but where o where has my little girl gone?? Ahh, there she is- she ran in to the tennis courts and chased the guy with the tennis racket around on the court. The site of it made me laugh so hard I peeed my pants. Some ladies showed up asked if she was mine. They found her in the PARKING LOT!!
This is why my favorite time of day is bedtime!!!!!

Girls first easter egg hunt!!

It has taken me a long time to post our easter pics, sorry. I'm sure that you were anticipating them. Well, it was fun doing our first easter egg hunt. I had so much fun doing this as a kid, (thank you mom for taking us easter hunting) Mom used to drive us to a couple of the grocery stores and we would load up on candy. You got to love Utah!! We went to Smiths, which is my fav grocery store! They just dumped a shopping cart full of candy in the aisle and let the kids go. At first the girls just stood there and watched, then they both picked up a sucker and started eating it. They finally figured out what was going on!! They got sooo much candy too. There was hardly even a crowd!!
We jettted over to the Orem rec center right after smiths(and I regretted it). It was freezing cold that morning, and they only got two eggs! We saw Cynthia and Kaylee for a sec that was cool. The funniest thing about that hunt, was as I sat in traffic lined up to get into the parking lot all these kids were jumping out of cars and running towards the field with their easter baskets. The anticipation is almost more fun than the actual hunt!
Sunday morning the girls woke up to their easter stash and tons of candy ( I bought way too much candy) They didn;t really get the hunt. I should of set up the picture hunt that I planned on doing. Kenny ssaid it would be too confusing, but I would have worked. They got tutu's and books and chalk and a beach towel, and The princess and the frog(which I got for a good deal with coupons) They had a fun morning!
The best part was conference, and then of course the yummy ham and potatotoes we had for lunch and dinner!

My Little Maggie

How did I end up with such a girlie girl? She loves dresses! especially twirly ones, and she changes outfits at least three times a day. We were at our friends place, John and Lora, and she did a photo shoot with her nice camera. Maggie was hamming it up for sure. Lora let maggie wear this poofy skirt which we had to tie up so it would stay on. She is starting to talk now. My baby is growing up !!

Olivia's hair

Olivia rarely lets me do her hair these days. However, she was distracted so I got a ponytail on! Normally her hair hangs over her eyes and she tilts her head up to see. It is disheveled to say the lease. She is a little rascal for sure, she gets into everything, especially things she isn't supposed to! Pictured here, she found my toiletries and enjoyed pulling everything out and dispesing it all over the house!

Tubing at soldier hollow

We went to our ward activity last week at soldier hollow outside of heber, and it was a blast. It is a tube park where they tow you up the hill in a tube. It's now work, and all fun. And luckily I had a friend watch olivia for me while I took Maggie. She was so brave, because they wouldn't let me hold her in my lap on the tow up the hill, so she had to sit alone in her tube. She was confused at first and just looked around. She cried a little , but I think that was due to the fact that she was cold, of course she wouldn't put on a coat or snowpants. Her bum was wet from the first minute we got there. But she was a trooper, the first run was more scary for me than for her I think, it was really fast, I dragged me feet the whole time and I thought Maggie was going to fly out of her tube. She did good, even though we were stuck backwards! (which makes it more scary) But after we finished she wanted more! Poor Olivia, I ditched her with strangers! Daddy had to work :( He misses a lot of fun stuff. We are so thankful for daddy and all he does so we can do fun stuff like this!

Our trip to discovery museum

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Last Wednesday for St Patrick's day we went to the discovery museum in Salt Lake. I thought since it was free we should go, and I had been wanting to go since we moved here. And since it was free there were tons of people. You wouldn't believe all the strollers that were parked y the entrance. There was hardly any walking room. And te worst thing was that olivia kept running off. I turned my head and she was gone. It was really scary the second or third time because I couldn't find her. I asked someone who worked there to help, and she said I had to come to the front desk and so she could write down all my information. I told her, she can go do that while I look for my child! How outrageous, lets go sit down and have a therapy session while your child is plummeting to her death or getting trampled on. Some procedures contribute to the problem instead of helping.
Anyway, my friend Alisa found Olivia. And yes, I have a friend. I have been wanting a friend, people to hang out with for myself and for Maggie and Olivia. It looks like we finally did it! Alisa and her daughter Amelia came with us. She is really nice and is a runner and a mtn biker, so i think we will be friends, (or i will make her). Is that overbearing? I wonder what people think of me sometimes. But that doesn't stop me!
Back to the Museum. Maggie was loving it, I am sorry i don't have more pictures, I was trying to keep my hands on olvia because she kept taking off in to the sea of people. There were so many cool things! The first was a big exhibit with balls and that is what the pictures are of. Maggie would fill up a plastic crate of balls, then carry them to the top of the stairs and put them in all the holes, then the balls would go through all the chutes, up and down and everywhere. She could of spent the entire day there! There was a lot more we didn't get to because of the crowds. I think I will go again because i have a two for one pass. And we will enjoy it more next time because it won't be so crowded. All in all it was a fun adventure, a little stressful for me, but fun for the girls. And as you can see the girls enjoyed it because they conked out on the way home!

lovely ladies!!

These days are full of crazy kids going crazy all over the place. Hows that for a descriptive sentence? I know for sure that in the last two years of taking care of kids I have definately lost brain cells, because I constantly forget words when I am having adult conversations. But I have gained a lot too. I am so lucky to be a mom, and have a family with such wonderful girls and a great hubby. I ran into sister favaro and sister hulbert with their husbands at cafe rio the other night. It was so cool. It's strange that I have two kids, because I still feel like that girl sitting in sis. favaro's laurel class. She was such a great, upbeat, inspiring leader. I am so blessed to have known and know now MANY great women (and men) in the church. Along with my family, the wards I live in provide a second family where I have awesome examples of the person I want to be. To the women in my life- thank you!!

So as we were walking to church today I noticed that there weren't many cars in the parking lot. Then I remembered..stake conference! All dressed up and nowhere to go, for reals. So we played outside for a little bit, and took some good pictures of our cute girls. I can't wait for summer to come so we can play outside every day.