Easter morning faces

After decorating eggs I found the kids jumping on the trampoline with their shirts off. Ella was even on on it.

Happy Easter

Brent's parents and his sister and brother came for the weekend. They came to see our newest member of the family. Anetta and Than had a baby girl!!! We decorated eggs had an Easter egg hunt and yummy Easter dinner.

Chickens

We got chickens. We had them a few years ago and they were really funny to watch. I am not sure why we got rid of them. The kids are excited and the fresh eggs will be good.

GERONIMO!!!

I had put the kids in the tub and called mom on the phone. The kids had so much (too much) fun in the "tub tub". Mom had to laugh when she heard Wyatt yell, "Geronimo!" Yes he thought he needed to jump from the top of the sink into the tub. Wyatt!!!

And the winner is..........

The grand total of the jar was $263.95. Anetta was the winner for the blog guess!!! Wes was our winner at home and received his grand prize of $10.00. Way to go guys! I loved reading all of the guesses. Thanks for playing along!

What is your guess?

We have had this money jar for as long as I can remember. We decided to cash it in and use the cash for our trip we are taking to Utah this summer. We are having each kid put in a guess of how much money they think is in the jar. The winner of the family gets to win $10.00 then each one after gets a smaller amount as a prize. Give me your guess and I will post the amount this week.

Yes this truck has many a memory in it. Brent bought this truck from a friend when he was sixteen. (Yes Leanna Tim's sister) It was orange before he did the beautiful grey blue color (ugh!). And yes Brent took me on many dates in this truck. I do not know how long ago he put a whole new frame on the truck but when he did he left this truck cab in my back yard. I have hated to have to look at it! Hated to see it out my kitchen window. I have begged, pleaded and offered him cash and kisses nothing worked. Then one day I once again took a stab at it and before I knew it he was on the phone. Today is the day! It is gone!!! I think there was a bit of DEVI NE intervention seeing how the missionaries showed up just in time to help out. YEAH!

A camping we will go

Weston and the rest of his scout troop have been busy trying to earn money to go to camp Geronimo. We were asked to come up with half the money and then the scouts would have a spaghetti dinner and try to earn the rest. For the first half of the $300.00 Weston and a few friends cut and gathered mesquite wood and sold it to Uncle Kurt. Then last night we had the spaghetti dinner. The ward was wonderful. They had over a 150 people show up and they were asked to make a donation. They were very generous. Then after the dinner the youth and family made goodies to auction off. Brent was the auctioneer, one sweet sister came into the kitchen where I was and asked, "How do you live with him?" I can say he sure does make things fun! The ward was once again very generous with more donations. For example I made cinnamon rolls and put six in a pan and they sold for $35.00 I think the highest bid on a cake went for $55.00! Wow! when everything was over the boys made a lot of money. The scouts and Brent offered a little entertainment. It was a huge success. What a huge blessing! This made me think that a lot can be accomplished when everyone works together.

For Allison

When I make a roast or or have nothing much to make for dinner and have cooked chicken in the freezer this is what I usually make. Allison and I were exchanging meals and this is one I had added. She asked if I would put it on my blog. I make my basic bread recipe (thanks Tonya) roll it out flat like when I make cinnamon rolls. I do have to say that I do not use all the dough I use about 3/4 and with the dough I do not use I make a few rolls for yummy sandwiches for school the next morning or if I haven't seen a mirror in the last hour I make the left over dough into cinnamon rolls. Okay back to the roast roll. In a pan I heat up my left over meat and add what ever I feel like to spice it up. I even think some bell pepper and onion are yummy. This particular one I just added BBQ sauce. Then I place the meat on top of the rolled out dough all over. then I roll up the dough and then use dental floss to cut off into rolls. Sometimes I do not cut into rolls and just bake the whole thing rolled up and then slice after I have baked it. After I have placed the rolls on the pan I sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 350 for about 15 to 20 min. When they come out of the oven I lather with butter on the top. This is also yummy with chicken, peperoni and mozzarella and Parmesan the filling ideas are endless. I got the idea from mom she made individual rolls one time with different fillings. I love to serve this with a big chunky salad and some fresh or bottled fruit. The salad goes great because a lot of times the kids like to dip the sandwiches in the ranch salad dressing.

I love this time of year. Everything is blooming and it is time to start the garden. Brent worked hard on the garden spot this year. He even came home early from the scout camp out to get the garden planted. The kids are always so eager to help and get very excited at the growth of each plant and picking the veggies. I just wish it would stay this cool all summer. The heat makes it hard for me to drag myself out and work in the garden.

It is the cutes thing when these little guys start loosing their teeth. I love the missing spaces and the whistle when they talk. And the excitement about the tooth fairy. Trett has been working on this tooth for a long time. Then last night he woke up and came into my room to tell me he lost his tooth but could not find it. I wonder if he swallowed it. Tonight he wrote the cutest letter to the tooth fairy.

Dear tooth fairy I have lost my tooth but it is in my tummy. Can you bring me money?

Poor little Ella. This is an all too familiar scene her crashed somewhere other then her bed while I run errands. I even started putting a blanket or two in the car so she could sleep in the shopping cart while I shopped. One cashier said that is amazing I can't believe she sleeps through all this. The car seat wouldn't be so bad if she would stay in her car seat. This is Wyatt booster and I hate them for naps nowhere for their little heads to rest.

These kids look so happy, RIGHT? Well not really. Brent has been really busy and was gone for the weekend with Weston on a scout camp out. I was starting to feel a bit cooped up and missing another date night. So I thought it would be fun to take the kids for pizza and grab a few movies. We invited a few friends to go along and no one could go. The kids played a few games and then we ate pizza. No one seemed to have a good time. And I forgot it was no TV at school this month. Guess I wasn't thinking.

I remember shaving with my dad when I was little. So fun to see my kids do it.