Hey, sorry for no pictures this week. Its been a busy one that flew by super fast. On Tuesday Zoe and I got to go on another field trip. This time we went to Abravanel Hall and got to see the symphony perform. It was neat! Kinda boring after awhile, but neat. Most of the rest of the week was just a normal week, work, school, kids stuff, etc. Thursday was moms and muffins for Garrett so Scarlett and I went to read books with him and played at preschool for a little bit before I had to go to work. Friday like all Fridays when the kids go away was total chaos. We got the girls packed and ready to go, then I got packed because Brad and I were going away for the weekend, I didn't know where, just away. Got everyone to school and back, then dropped girls off to Brandon, dropped the little ones off with Kevin and came home in time for Brad to pick me up. He suprised me with a trip to Wendover for the weekend. I had never been there before and had never gambled either. We got there later in the evening and they said they only had suites left, so I was ready to walk out, when he said we would take a jacuzzi suite! I was shocked! The room was awesome. Anyway, we had a great time and I came home with more money than I left with, so it was a fun new experience for me. And talk about getting spoiled rotten, what a sweetheart!!! We came home the next day and just watched movies and chilled at home. Great ending for a great weekend. Better sign off, need to get kids to bed and start a new week. I will try and update at least twice this week! Wish me luck!

Saturday with the kids. My Favorite day of the week.

Today the kids wanted to go to the park a couple of blocks from the house. They all (except Lexi, she was at Grandma Mary's) loaded up on their bikes and scooters and rode to the park. Brad and I gave them about half an hour before we headed to Little Ceasars for some lunch for a picnic. They are so cute playing on all the toys. I tried to get at least on picture of each of them. Then they started posing for me. Funny kids! Big G was having the most fun helping some little kid with a tiny 4-wheeler. Just like his dad!

Day at the Zoo!

We had so much fun on Wednesday. It was free day at the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City. I ditched work for the day( not hard, the family was on vacation) and took the kids out of school for a day of fun with the family. We got there about 10am and it was total chaos!!! After the initial mess of people and kids everywhere we headed for the far end and worked our way back to the start. We had so much fun. Zoe loved the turtles and would have stayed by them all day if we could have had nose plugs. IThe smell was so bad! Alexis begged to pull the wagon all day and was happy when she finally got a turn. Garrett was my buddy all day, we had such a fun time laughing and playing together. Scarlett met a new friend from the group we were with and had a good time in the wagon with her. She also used the bread from lunch as her pillow! Talk about squished. We stayed a little longer than most of the group with my brother, his wonderful wife Jessie and their boys. It was a great day all around. Crystina went as the best helper in the world. She is awesome to have around!

Valentines Day

I think this has been the best Valentine's day I have every had. Earlier in the week, Brad and I celebrated our year anniversary. He sent me red roses! They were for our anniversary and Valentines. I LOVED them! Saturday was the best day ever though. I had gotten all the kids a valentine. The girls got stuffed puppies except for Zoe, she got a grow your own turtle. The boys got some put together race cars. Brad spent an hour putting together cars. Then we had a school project for Zoe that needed to be worked on. She had already written the report on the state of Alaska and she still needed to make a salt dough model of the state. Brad once again stepped up to the plate and helped her finish it while I sat back in amazement. He is so patient! It would have had me so stressed out in minutes. Then when we were finished with Alaska he told us he had gotten some heart shaped pizzas for dinner. We went to his house and had dinner. Crystina was with us and we had an awesome coming of age chat that night with her. ( she will probably hurt me for mentioning this part) Anyway, the chat got emotional and Brad pulled her up out of her chair and just held her while she cried. I tried to distract the other kids until he pulled me into the hug too. So long story short... My Valentine's day was the best because he showed me how much he loves me by the way he is with the kids and with Crystina, the ones who mean the most in my life. He is such a great guy!
Happy Valentines to all of you! Hope yours was as great as mine.

My kids are the BEST!

I am just starting out on this blogging thing, so here goes... Zoe is 10 years old now. Alexis is 9 going on 21, Garrett is 5, and Scarlett is 3. We have kind of a crazy hectic life, but these days, who doesn't.