Juliette's Birthday

Friday was Juliette’s fourth birthday. She was so excited! Right after school we went to Peter Piper Pizza (because Major had another birthday party later on.) Then we went home for cake and ice cream. She is so proud to be 4 years old and tells everyone! Juliette has been asking for a “little computer” for many months now. She loves the small laptops that the doctors have. The toy computers were just not the right look, so I got her an inexpensive DVD player. It looks like a “little computer” and she loves it! I figured it would come in handy this summer anyway.

Easter 2006

Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt





Coloring Easter Eggs

April 9, 2006

Major earned his first bead for Progression in Rank in cub scouts. We have an award ceremony where they have to "dig" for their bead in whip cream using only their mouth. The boys love it! We also have an award ceremony for the Bobcat where they have to eat "Bobcat poop" which is mushed up Reseese's peanut butter cups. They love that one too!

Lucy lost her first tooth this week. Today she lost her second tooth. She was so happy! She has been asking me when she would lose a tooth because everyone else in her school class has already lost one. She is so happy to finally be a part of things!

April 2, 2006

General Conference was this weekend. It was wonderful and the kids were pretty good. I stayed awake by doing some embroidery. After conference, I made "Sunday dinner" and we ate outside. The weather was so beautiful! Juliette kept asking me if we were having a party! I guess eating outside could be considered a party.
Saturday night Carol was invited to a birthday party. She hasn’t been to one in years so she was ecstatic! It was a “Samantha Mystery Party” (American Girl Doll). The girls were to dress up and act out the mystery. Carol was the maid Gertrude. I made her a cute little maid outfit to wear. She had a great time!

Spring Break 2006

Well Spring Break is now over. It was a great, but busy week! I didn’t get all my projects done, but I made a big dent and the kids had fun also. Since we weren’t going out of town and I had a lot to do, I decided to be on vacation anyway. I didn’t cook or clean, other than picking up and laundry. (Gardening isn’t work to me.) We went out to eat at night and ate cold cereal for breakfast. My house is very dirty, but I can clean it tomorrow! It was a nice break! Poor Clint was swamped at work and we hardly saw him. He is now wishing he had a vacation! Here is what we did:
The Phoenix Zoo with cousins.













Carol's Mosaic Table Top














Carol's Roses from painting class.



















Our new "Secret Garden" spot.















New planting area - only half finished. The "Secret Garden" is behind the tree.












The view out my kitchen window. It makes me so happy!





My unfinished sofa table top.

Look at the Snow!

Saturday it rained all day and night. We now have a lake in front of our house and snow on the mountains. The snow is unusual, amazing and beautiful! Yesterday some kids were paddling around in their canoe. It looked so fun, so now my kids are building a raft to take out on the "lake". I am excited for spring break! We aren't going anywhere and I hope I get to do lots of my projects!

Tea Time

Saturday we went to tea at the Ritz Carlton. It was so fun! The kids didn’t like the tea-not surprising. I quite enjoyed it this time. I got a berry/floral one and it tasted pretty good with 5 sugar cubes in it! Jeffrey the tea guy was great and brought Carol lemonade, Major and Lucy hot chocolate and Juliette water. (That is what she wanted). They loved pouring from their own tea pot. Juliette loved playing with the water and her tiny spoon and did so the whole time. I don’t think she even ate anything except a cucumber.
The first course was tiny sandwiches. They were a little too weird for the kids, but they tried most of them. Then we had scones, which were delicious. The kids loved that the jam, cream and lemon curd were served in chocolate bowls and they picked at them. Then came the best part, the chocolate dessert buffet. (That is why we came.) We were all quite stuffed and sick of chocolate. Jeffrey sang and the piano player played “Phantom of the Opera” songs for Carol. We all enjoyed it very much!