Wednesday:

Had my alarm set for 5:40 and woke up at 5:30. That's always a little frustrating because those 10 minutes are precious. Taught Turbo Kick to some awesome ladies and we were all sweating buckets by the end. My abs are sore!!

Came home, hugged the hubs as he left for work and showered all the sweat away. Got ready for the day and made some yummy wheat, oatmeal, crasin muffins. Oh YUM! So much better than cereal. The girls got up, we ate breakfast and did hair. Side note: I'm so bad at doing hair and I have two girls. I hope they will forgive me someday.

We stopped by the elementary school to pick up this lovely packet...

Not. Possible. Dropped the girls off at preschool and play date. Kidless....

Did some errands and then met Doug for an early lunch date. Bliss. We hit up Great Harvest because we got a Groupon!! Groupons to my FAVORITE places never happen so this was a total surprise when it came in my email. Been saving it for when we could really enjoy it. And enjoy we did.

Picked the girls up and Allie had cute symmetrical butterfly wings on. First, they looked adorable and second, I was floored that they were learing that in Pre-K. Her teacher rocks!

She also made a cute little caterpillar out of egg cartons. Pretty proud girl right there. She insisted that we put it on the shelf in the living room. It might just take up residence there.

Lunch time. NAP time. Although neither of them actually slept. Ugh! I did fit in an episode of Alias and played some Ticket to Ride with Dan and Lisa.

When I got them out of their rooms...Polly Pockets were first on the adgenda.

There are just so many decisions. What's a girl to do?

Then her poor head pops off! Don't worry, we did some surgery and she's in recovery now.

Our Polly Pockets are having a sleepover. Do you like their bunny masks for sleeping?

Pollys were followed by Strawberry Shortcake race car driving. This picture is the best ever. I love it.

Then dad came home! WHOOP! We played outside for a little with the neighbors and then had dinner. One of our favorites and easiest meals. BBQ chicken Southwest Salad. We all gobbled it up while we read scriptures and then Doug did the dishes. Oh I'm a lucky lady!

My evening ended with Young Women's. We planned for activities and enjoyed this lovely sunset. One of the girls took this for me. :)

I'm grateful for today. No major tantrums and mostly good feelings. 

Easter

Doug's parents were blessed to buy the home of their dreams and so last Saturday Doug and his sister Mattie drove over to help them start moving in!!
We stayed and did a little egg hunt with my good friend Mallory and her girls. The kids were in heaven! We kept it simple and small, just the way it should be. Then we enjoyed the rest of our girl's day with playing outside, dinner at Cafe Rio and some "Wreck it Ralph."
Sunday was spent discussing and teaching about the glorious Resurrection. We watched a few Mormon Messages about it which really brought this gift to life for them. And we had a wonderful dinner with Mattie's family.
I'm truly grateful for the gift of the Resurrection...the someday our bodies will be reunited with our spirits in a perfect form.

Allie's Interview

I started this tradition last year where I interview my kids on their birthdays. I love it. It's a fun and special moment for us to talk and it's great to see how their responses change each year. This is what she told me this year!!

She's FIVE

There she is! She has been counting down the days for months. Most of her friends have turned 5 already and she wanted to be 5 SO BAD. Me, I could wait a few more years until she turned 5. But she is and she celebrated with style. She had her first friend party. It was a polka dot party. They played Bingo, decorated faces, played outside, had lunch and cupcakes and opened presents. She has the cutest little girl friends and it was fun to watch them together.

She loves to pose!

Allie decorated all the "pupcakes" by herself!

The cute girls

 

Being silly

This is what she did when everyone was singing to her

We had a family party on St. Patty's day so we had green food. Both our parents came, Marc, Kelly and the boys, Mattie, Ben and their kids. We had quite the get together. It was a lot of fun!

Thank you everyone for making this sweet girl feel so special and loved. She is truly such an incredible girl. I'm so grateful for her in my life. She's smart, sweet, responsible, caring and so loving. Love her to pieces.

Ski Night

I made 3 attempts to go up with my girl friend's this winter to ski. They all failed due to different circumstances. So a last minute trip worked...and to top it off we skiied for FREE! I went up with my amazing friend, Lisa (who everyone says looks like my sister). We had ourselves a blast!