David Archuletta comes to St. George and we were there. . .

David ROCKS the house!!! Braden and Noelle were just happy to be there . . .

Breanna and Ashton think he's HOT. . .

Just me and my handsome boy.

The whole rowdy gang.

Can't get enough of Brinley. . .

Ok, so maybe those of you who follow this blog do get enough of Brinley, but we just think she's hilarious and so full of personality. Here she is creating another one of her

kitchen masterpieces.

Unfortunately, she doesn't clean up after herself. That part is NOT so hilarious.

Cheap entertainment. . .

After our time in the pool and jacuzzi, we were entertained by Nick, Sherilyn, Janell and Jerry:
These are my cousins, Nick and Sherilyn, and Janell and Mike. Nick and Sher just got engaged three days before this photo. Congrats you two!!!

He can sing. . . he can play the banjo. . . he can sculpt. . . but can he dance??? You decide. . .

Janell teaches Sher some of her SEXY salsa moves!! You go girls!

Nick as "Richard Simmons". A dead on impersonation. Have we ever seen Jerry laugh so hard in his life? Good luck with that one, Sher!

A captive audience. We are so easy to please. Thanks for a wonderful and fun BBQ, pool party and talent (?) show, Fawn and Jerry. We love you.

POOL PARTY!!!!

How many of you can say you had a pool party the last weekend of March?!?? We Can!! We love Saint George!

Grandma Connie was with us this weekend and got to enjoy the Jacuzzi with the kids.

This is the Jacuzzi and pool and our Aunt Fawn and Uncle Jerry's house in Silver Reef.
They are some of our favorite people to hang out with as they are so much fun to be around. Check out Braden's muscles!

This is the view we all took in while sitting in the Jacuzzi of Zion Canyon. It was the perfect ending to a nearly perfect spring day.

Grandpa Rusty gets creative with his gift. . .

Grandpa Rusty's gift to Bryson was very orignial and creative. It started with a huge box, with about eight smaller boxes wrapped inside each other. Bryson (and all the others!) had a ball unwrapping box after box. However, by the last box, Gramdpa had him too scared to even open the box with the actual gift inside!! He put all sorts of warnings on each new box of what would happen if he continued to open them. If you have ever read the children's book, "The Monster At The End Of The Book", you can get the idea of what he was doing.

Before he could open the last box, Grandpa had rigged it with some firecrackers that made a loud "pop" when pulled apart, then Bryson had to push a button that set off a very loud and scary unseen horn. It turned out to be a lot of fun for everyone, and the "monster" ended up to be a very loveable and harmless "Tigger". Thanks Grandpa for bringing the highlight of the party!

Happy Birthday dear Bryson!!!!!

Bryson turned 5 on March 19. We had a big party for him at the park. Here we all are stuffing our faces with cake and ice cream. Bryson gathering strength to blow out FIVE candles. He had lots of support from family and friends who helped him out in the end.

This is us watching exploding mini rockets taking off.

Braden and Bryson building their volcano. The kids loved the "mad scientist" experiements that we did. They each built a small "volcano" and watched it erupt.


The birthday boy, his sister and our good friend, Emily.

JB gets beat up. . .

JB plays basketball 3 days a week. One morning he got elbowed in the eye! He liked to tell people that I hit him, but I told them that when I hit him, I know how to not leave a mark!

We're kidding, of course, but it's fun to see the look on people's faces when we tell them that!

Grandpa Rusty and Bryson. . .

Grandpa taught Bryson to make not just a paper airplane, but a JET airplane. It was so good, it flew from the couch down the stairs and into the basement!!!! We were all a little shocked!!

Me and my girls. . .

We had such a fun weekend together. I am so grateful to be the mother of these two gorgeous and sweet girls. I love them so very much and feel so lucky they are my daughters!

Brinley is so full of love and isn't afraid to show it. . .

Wow! No need for words here...the picture speaks for itself.

I'm so proud of these two. Breanna is a wonderful big sister and Brinley keeps us all on our toes!

TeriLyn, Breanna, Brinley.

More play time with cousins and grandparents. . .

Sliding down the Uncle Jared's stairs like possessed children. . .

Hitting the bottom and loving every minute of it. . .

On their way down. Nothing but bliss and not a care in the world. Remember those days???

Jared and Nathan working on Nathan's novel. They spent hours here. Nathan never gets tired of dictating his stories; Grandma Connie soon took over and transcribed even more of his masterpiece. Look for it in bookstores soon.

My parents, Russ and Connie. We are so grateful to be blessed with such amazing parents in our lives. They both do so much for each of us and our children. We only wish we all lived closer and could spend more time together. We seem to always try to cram so much into our short time together. Thanks for all you do Mom and Dad. We are so lucky you are our parents. Look how happy you both look here!!!!

It started out so innocently. . .

Grandma Connie was putting the girls hair in curlers. . .

Bella broke out the make-up kit. . .

Next thing we knew, the girls had played "beauty shop" and did their own make-up!!!

They thought they were soooooooo beautiful and were sooooooooo very proud of themselves. . .

We actually think they're kinda cute ourselves!!

Breakfast with Jared and Nanette's. . .

After Grandma LaRue's party, we stayed the night at Jared's house in Cedar Hills. He spoiled us with a yummy breakfast of cinnamon french toast, eggs, and bacon. Wow! That's a lot of mouths to feed!! Thanks JS and Nanz!

Daniel loves his Grandma Connie!!

Bryson and Eliza get cozy over french toast.

These two are too hungry to even set the knife and fork down for a photo! That's Nathan and Breanna for ya!

Our compliments to the cook! Sorry I couldn't have turned you right side up!