Spring Break 2011

Okay, so the weather wasn't great during Spring Break, but man were we excited! It was so nice not to have to stick to a schedule. We could sleep in, eat breakfast late, and have sleepovers...which is just how we started our spring break! After a few days of lounging around, Bodie, Mckenzie and I met Bodie's parents in Capitol Reef National Park. We took the trailer....and found out that the truck gets WAY worse gas mileage when towing it. Gordon and Joann got there a couple hours before us and saved us a campsite. Then they found out that there are rules against that and the campground filled up. Luckily, we were able to squeeze the trailer into their campsite with them. The first night there, we had dinner and then went on a walk around the campground....until it was dark. Bodie got up bright and early friday morning and watched a guy across from us pack up his tent and leave, so Bodie jumped right on that. He parked the truck in that campsite. It was nice to have a little more room and a fire pit. Friday was such a beautiful day. We spent the day looking at the petroglyphs, hiking to Hickman's Bridge, and checking out the Fruita one room schoolhouse. McKenzie now has a new appreciation for her school! On the hike to Hickman's bridge McKenzie decided that she LOVED Capitol Reef because there were so many good places to take pictures of her. I love it!

McKenzie posing at Hickman's Bridge

Another place to take a picture!

You can't really see them, but those are petroglyphs behind her.

McKenzie and Grandma

We woke up Saturday to cold and rain...Boo! There was an Easter egg hunt at the picnic area, so Joann and I headed down there with McKenzie while the boys packed up the trailers. There were a ton of eggs and at first there were only a few kids there. By the time it started, the park was packed! McKenzie still got out with a lot of treats though. We all had a good time even though her fingers were freezing!

Waiting for the egg hunt to start

All the eggs. There were sooo many! Thanks to Grandma for going with us!

It was fun to be at Capitol Reef, but it was fun to be home on Easter as well. McKenzie got a cute Easter dress, so we had to go buy her some high heels to match. She loves those dang shoes! We had a quiet Easter at home enjoying Easter candy. We had somuch fun that we weren't even too sad that we weren't in warm, sunny St. George at my parent's new condo with them!

Dying Easter eggs.

Mckenzie in her Easter dress with her Easter basket behind her.

Bon Jovi Sistee Night!!!

Last night, Janece, Tami, Mere, Leslie and I all got to go to the Bon Jovi concert. Let me just tell you ....it was awesome. Funnest sistee night I have had in a long time and a MUCH needed girls night out! We started the night off with dinner at Applebees at the Gateway. We got there ...okay Janece got there 2 hrs before the concert started and it was already getting packed. No worries though, we didn't even know the band that was opening for Bon Jovi, so once we got seated, we took our time eating and talking, and laughing...a lot! Then we walked over to the concert. I sure do love those Bon Jovi concerts! It was awesome...we were dancing the whole night. I didn't get any pictures, but Janece got a great video of all of us on her phone! We decided that next time he tours, we will go see him in Vegas even if he comes to Salt Lake. We could all use another sistee weekend in Vegas! I love my sisters and love that we are so close! The only thing that could make the night better was if Amanda was there, but she was on her way to California to try to get back to Hawaii. Amanda...next time you will have to come for sure. Or maybe we could all come to Baltimore when he is there!

My sisters are some of my very best friends and I love them all so much! I am so blessed to have such an awesome family!

McKenzie was mad that I didn't buy a ticket for her, so I told her that I would take her to the Justin Bieber concert when he comes in town again. I hope taking her to the Justin Bieber movie will do instead of the concert, but we will just have to wait and see!

Her First Wiggly Tooth

McKenzie was a very late bloomer when it came to getting teeth. She was almost exactly 9 months old before the first ones came in. Imagine my surprise when she was the first of her friends to get a wiggly tooth. Now, I can handle a lot of things that come along with having kids... diapers, puke, potty training (though I got off real easy on that one!) and all the other messes they make. I cannot, however, handle loose teeth. I don't know why, but it has always bugged me. I have dreaded the day when she started loosing her teeth. McKy's tooth was getting looser and looser until one day, when I was at work and Bodie was in charge, I came home to this:

Bodie talked her into letting him tie a string around it and pull it out. She was really excited until it happened...and it hurt. Bodie felt bad that she was so sad that he told her that they could write a letter to the tooth fairy letting her know that it was her first tooth to come out and it hurt and when she got that letter, she would probably give McKenzie $10. Bodie is no longer allowed to be in charge of communicating with the tooth fairy!

Fabulous!

So this morning McKenzie got all dressed for school and went in my room to check herself out in the full length mirror. This was her reaction: "I look great...Mom, do you want to take my picture when I get my shoes on?" So we did!

Family Pics!

So my very talented friend Lindsay Sundloff took our family pictures a couple months ago and they are by far my favorite pictures ever! You can get to her blog from mine to check out more of her photography. She's amazing!

Merry Christmas!

We had a great Christmas and hope that everyone else did too! Here are a few highlights...

Making sure Santa knows that she wants a DS for Christmas


Christmas Eve cookies for Santa and carrots for the Reindeer
She was very excited about the presents under the tree!

The pinata at Grandma and Grandpa's Christmas Eve party...after the ice skating of course. This year, we all met at the Gallivan Center for ice skating so we could be outdoors like in the good old days before the Murray Ice Rink closed. It was great. McKenzie is a really good little ice skater...even though she only does it once a year!

Christmas morning with all her stuff from Santa. You can't really see it in the picture, but she did get her DS and some games from Santa.

McKenzie and her Baby Alive. One of her favorite presents.

We spent Christmas Day at my parents house for a delicious breakfast and time to play with the cousins. We got to see Bodie's sister Crystal and her family when they stopped by on their way to Monroe. McKenzie loves to see her Walker cousins, we wish they could see each other more. After playing for a while, we came back home and spent the rest of the day playing with our new games and toys, and watching movies. It was a really fun, very low key holiday. I think those are the best kind!

She did it!

After her cousins got their ears pierced, Mckenzie kept begging and begging to get hers done. On New Year's day while Bodie was snowboarding, we...Leslie, myself, and all the kids...headed down to the mall. We had to stop and take a good look through some clearance racks before going to Claire's and you would have thought it was an eternity to McKenzie who begged every minute or so to go to the ear piercing store. So, we finally made our way down there. We had to wait for a very nervous girl who was ahead of us in line. She looked like she was about 9 or 10 and when it came right down to it, she freaked out and started crying and didn't want to get her ears pierced. McKenzie caught sight of her and just stared. I asked Mckenzie if she REALLY wanted to do this. She said she did and guess what?

She was very brave and just sat there like it was nothing. I think I was stressing more than she was! It is hard to see in the picture but the studs are tiny blue titanium balls. They kind of look like a pin in her ear, but they are perfect for her. So, now comes the fun part....shopping for earrings!