Easter Festivites, Part 1

As Easter approaches, our kids are always so excited to color their eggs. We did the traditional egg dye, and then we also had some paints.

The painting started out very controlled, fun designs, stripes, faces, etc. Then Ashley started going a little crazy. She would put the paint on, and then roll it around in her hands. They looked a little bit like marble, they were pretty cool.

Jon of course, loved to color them, and then use stickers to decorate some of his.

One of the favorite things to do is use a white crayon, and create a design, and then put it in the dye, and see how your design turned out. Nick made a unicycle, and of course a "U" on one of his. Troy even got into it, and designed a funny face for Jon, and one egg with all 3 of the kids names on it.

Then we started to notice some eggs with a subtle messages on them.

Our kids started putting things like "Mom is the best", and "Dad rules" on their eggs.
That's right...they are trying to butter us up...I wonder what they want from us...

Birthday Bike

I have wanted a beach cruiser for a while. However, someone in my house, who shall remain nameless, thinks they are dumb! Not to mention that I just got a pink road bike. I told this person, that I LOVE my road bike, and can't wait to ride it, but I can't really go for a bike ride with the kids on my road bike. Soooo....I need a beach cruiser too!

I was told about this website (thank you Shawna!) that has beach cruisers for around $100, and they are soooo cute! Now I am just trying to deside what color I want...I am thinking vanilla...

So, you know how when you were little, and you would ask your Mom & Dad for a new bike for your Birthday?

I guess I am going to have to ask MY Mom for a bike!

One Word Answers

Give one word answers with no explanation, then tag five bloggers

1. Where is you cell phone...bed
2. Where is your significant other...office
3. Your hair color... brown
4. Your mother...best
5. Your father...missed
6. Your favorite thing...technology
7. Your dream last night...forgotten
8. Your dream goal...peace
9. Room you're in...office
10. Your hobby...tennis
11. Your fear...cancer
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years...sane
13. Where were you last night...home
14. What you're not...uptight
15. One of your wish-list items...furniture
16. Where you grew up...Utah
17. The last thing you ate...Hootenanny
18. What are you wearing...jeans
19. Your tv...on
20. Your pet...no
21. Your computer...which?
22. Your mood...tired
23. Missing someone...Dad
24. Your car...VAN
25. Something you're not wearing...lipstick
26. Favorite store...Target
27. Your summer...full
28. Love someone...many
29. Your favorite color...red
30. Last time you laughed...today
31. Last time you cried...Thursday

I tag Annemarie, Christa, Emily, Erin, Jacque, Lisa, Rees, Susan, Tracy and Marci...surely one of these pepole will do it...

One Out of Three's Not Bad

One of the things that I dislike most is making Valentines Boxes. I do not like coming up with an idea, I do not like spending the money on something that will last for 6 hours (they end up ripped apart to get all the treats inside), and I do not like feeling like I have a homework project that I don't even get graded on!!

This year, I was lucky enough to only have to do 1 box. Jon & Ashley made their boxes/bags in their classes, (which is the way it should be if you ask me). When Nick told me he had to make one, I really tried to ignore that fact, until Thursday evening, when we really had to get serious.

I tried to talk Nick into buying a real mailbox, and then decorating it with vinyl (we did this several years ago with Ashley, and it was the best money spent, and we can use it over & over again!!). But, he had something in mind. He said "I want kind of a biggish box, that's red, with a U on it and Nick".
Easy enough! I have some shiny red wrapping paper, we used the box that his snowboarding boots came in (complete with carrying handle), and I have my vinyl machine!


In a matter of 10 min., we had this work of art (the U is on the back, he saw this awesome skull and crossbones and wanted that for the front)

Happy Valentines Day!

Dog Groomer

You know how after you take a dog to the groomers, and they get all shampooed and their hair cut, and if you have a girl dog, they put cute little bows in their hair???

My friend, who cuts our hair, begged Ashley to put a bow in her hair (notice that it's cammoflage). Ashley was fighting us on it, but when I when I told her that I would pay her $2 to let us do it, and wear it home for Troy to see, she finally gave in.

And doesn't she look happy? I am sure that most dogs feel the same way.

The Big Baptism Day

Nick was VERY excited about getting baptized. As soon as he turned 8, he asked Troy to practice, so he knew what to do.

This picture is taken by this cute little old man who is in charge of getting the font ready for each baptism. Doesn't Nick look thrilled!

It was a great day, with family & friends there to support Nick. He looked so dang cute in his little blue blazer & tie!

It had been a crazy week, and when I mentioned that we could go OUT to eat after his baptism, he jumped right on that idea. We (along with about 25 other family members) went to IHOP! You gotta love that boy!

Another Example

I had mentioned here that when the Dennings concentrate, their tongues stick out. Here is yet another example of that. This picture was taken by Troy's sister this summer. Their boys had built a half-pipe in their back yard, and Troy was trying it out, and obviously, it took A LOT of concentration!