Blah, Blah, Blah Blogpost

I thought about apologizing for the lack of blogness but I decided against it. I think I'll just let everyone think that I went on a month long vacation or that my computer broke or that I was simply having too much fun to blog (close but alas, no.) Truth is, I simply get overwhelmed with holidays. Not the actual holiday but the "reporting" of it via Blog. And then I got behind. So here is the quick update of all things March and then I'm back in the mix....

Easter - egg hunt, Lunch at Grandma Pat's, Easter Bunny, matching shirts and the traditional yummy dinner.

It takes 2.3 seconds to go from the above smile to the complete and total meltdown pictures below. At least we caught in on film, right? A day in the life of a 2 1/2 year old.



My 3 Sons (isn't that an old tv show???) looked so handsome in their matching striped shirts. I won't have this much control for long so I'm taking full advantage! I guess it is just one of the perks to having kids close together. (It might be the only perk...just kidding...sort of.)

My Sister and Her Fam Came to Visit! - Lots of swimming, Easter Pageant, Scrapbook Class, Enrichment Night, Shopping and best of all, talking it up with my sis.

Those Roman Soldiers may look cool but we don't want to get on their bad side.

Ethan loved the pageant and pretty much asked me questions about what was happening throughout the entire thing. I'm so glad he was there to see it. P.S. Doesn't the temple look beautiful? My Sister Val, John and their kids - they are such good girls. I hope they come back again soon. Drew was ready to go back with them.

Everyone loved the POOL!

Lauren floating around and soaking up some sun.


The POOL is D-U-N - Done!

There is a fence now and lots of the landscaping is done but you get the gist of it. We've been swimming nearly every day - seriously lucky :)

OTHER GOOD MARCH THINGS -

We're missing pictures but John and Kelley came to visit from So. Cal and we had a great weekend!

Our niece Carley was born to Dave and Brandy in Iowa! The first girl on that side - poor girl has 3 older boy cousins and 2 brothers!

Joel has been out 1 year now as of March 14th - only 11 months to go now :) We sure miss that guy!

Other Randomness - it's been a good month.

The Dixie Chicks Were Right!

I actually haven't really thought about the Dixie Chicks for quite some time - maybe not since college when Carie Clark and I went to Country Night at Club Omni and I perfected my line dancing skills. But this weekend I had the privilege of attending the Lehi Days Rodeo held in Mesa, AZ and that whole ballad about...

I said I wanna touch the earth
I wanna break it in my hands
I wanna grow something wild and unruly
Cowboy take me away

I know you just started singing.

...let's just say there is something in me that wants to be "country." (Not the Brittney Spears version though.)

There is something very appealing about a manly cowboy wearing wranglers, boots and hats and swinging rope around. So I guess it makes sense now that I married a man whose family owns a bull ranch in Iowa...so what if he traded his boots for flip flops and his stallion for a Jeep. He did "take me away" ... to Arizona. And I think our house is built on old farm land.

Every time we visit Iowa I swear I could live there. But I don't think the Arizona boy would come with me and it wouldn't be much fun without him. Lucky for me I have three sons who will hopefully spend some time working at the ranch and learning the ropes of cowboy life. For now, I have Drew who loves to wear his cowboy boots - a special gift from "Tractor Grandpa." A little old man told Drew, "Why wear pants when you can show off those boots with shorts?" Gotta love this cowboy.

Press Pause

Why in the world does time go by so quickly??? Could it really have been two weeks since I last blogged? I'd love to press pause on my life for just a few hours - no weeks - and here is what I'd do...

Pedicure
Hold Ty all day long
Try lots and lots of recipes from Picky Palate (see her link under PLACES I LOVE)
Organize my ENTIRE HOUSE
Facial
Scrapbook
Read
Lay out in the SUN
Finish my FHE Packets (that I started before Ethan was born)
Sew myself a new, super cute apron (wierd but I really want one)
Play LEGO Memory with Ethan
Shave my legs
Write my husband a LOVE LETTER
Hike the Wind Caves
Make Play-do for Drew and then dabble all day with it
Take a tennis lesson
Shop without looking at what time it was
Read a giant stack of magazines while eating an entire bag of strawberry twizzlers

What would you do?

Simply D-LIGHTFUL!

How happy am I that I can now find these


and these

at several stores within one mile of my house...I LOVE EASTER CANDY more than any other candy of the year. Not addicted yet? Too bad for you.

Coming Right Along!

We're happy to report that the pool is coming along nicely and should be totally completed before the end of the month. YIPPEEE! Last week, the waterfall and concrete for the pool decking was added. This week the wonderful crews have tiled, cleaned up and today they finished the pool decking. All that we have left now is the interior finish and the gate - oh yea and about a years worth of landscaping. This is great news for those of you who have already reserved your spot at the Hotel de Daniels - we are so looking forward to seeing you (and putting you to work)!

Ty's Toys

We have all of this.....







He'd rather play with this.





We just LOVE this baby!

Because I NEED this after a day like today...