Jack;s 4th Birthday

Jack turned 4 this month and after celebrating Parker's birthday he was so excited for it to be his turn. We had a birthday party for him on his birthday at our house. We just played a few games and had cake. Of course the morning of his birthday Dad had to give him his birthday spankings as well. Jack woke up at 6:00 on his birthday and was ready for us to get out of bed so he could open his presents. Dave said "since when is a birthday like Christmas where you have to get up super early?" It was worth it to see the smile on his face. Jack is so excited to be old enough to do some of the things the big kids do. He gets to play t-ball this spring and soccer in the fall. Jack is our little athlete. He loves sports and he gets the same little face as Dave does when he is playing sports which is darling. We love our little Jack.

Freezer meals

A few months ago I realizes how much food we were wasting because we never would finish what I had made for dinner and both Dave and I don't really love leftovers. So I decided that from now on I was going to make the same dinners but split it into 2 pans and cook one and freeze one. This has been such a great option for our family. We save so much money on food and I always have 3-4 meals in the freezer, which is great for those days that are crazy, or if you aren't feeling well but you still need to be a mom. It obviously doesn't work with every meal but I have found it works great with any casserole, lasagna, enchiladas, chicken cordon blue, BBQ beef for sandwiches that you make in the crock pot, cafe rio pork, etc. If you have a bigger family you could double the recipe. It has worked so well I thought I would pass the idea on.

Parker turns 6

On April 3rd Parker turned 6. We had so much fun celebrating his birthday this year. We had a Scooter Birthday Party for him at Classic skating and he had a blast. He got to go in the money Machine and catch money to get tickets and also spin a wheel to win a prize. We had donuts instead of cake because Parker doesn't like cake. (I know crazy huh!) Classic always plays such fun games and all of the kids had a blast. On Friday we took him to build a bear workshop for 1 of his birthday presents. Parker loves stuffed animals. All of his stuffed animals have a name and he carries them with him all over the house. He was so excited to be able to build his own bear. He chose the Karate outfit for him and named him Drey (which is the name of the new Karate Kid). He loves Karate and was able to take a class at the rec center this winter. On Sunday he was given a Ginny pig with all the supplies. He was in Heaven. He never wants to go anywhere because he always wants to be home with it. He pick our the name Jimmer for him. Jimmer is even having pets named after him now too. I cant believe my little boy is 6. The day I found out I was Pregnant with him was truly one of the happiest days of my life. I am so lucky to have been able to spend the last 6 years with him.

Our little baby Shane

Shane has truly been an absolute joy. People ask me how it is having 3 kids now and I have to tell them that 2 kids was harder for me then 3 has been. Shane is so easy going and happy all the time. He only fusses when he is tired or hungry. He has been such a blessing in our home.

St Patricks Day

We have a tradition in our family of having Green Eggs and Ham for breakfast on St. Patricks day. You can see that Jack was less then thrilled to try it.

Work Out

This is my new favorite workout video. I love Jillian on the biggest loser so when I saw this workout on sale the 1st of January I bought it. It is a great overall body toning workout but especially great for the abs, which mine have needed some TLC after having Shane. I highly recommend this video if you like to workout at home.

Holy Snow

A few weekends ago my family rented a cabin up at Sundance for the weekend. It was such a great time with lots of eating, talking and playing. My mom of course made matching PJ's for all the kids. Parker went skiing again for the 2ND time but he didn't love it so much since it was snowing and the wind was blowing. On Saturday night the adults played a game of battle of the sexes. Surprisingly the guys won, but only because the girls picked the card to go back to the start twice. It turned out to be quite the experience. On Saturday night we went to bed and then at 1:00 in the morning I woke up and realized the power was out. I didn't think much of it I just made sure all the kids had a blanket on them so nobody got cold and went back to bed. Well when we woke up the next morning the power was still out and we realized it had snowed 3 feet. It was so crazy. The guys spent a lot of the day digging out our cars and trying to get the attention of the snow plow to come plow the driveway since we were suppose to leave that day. Well as the day went on the snow plow hadn't come. We called the owner of the cabin a few times and he had to finally drive up from Orem and get the snow plows attention to get us out. It was kind of a crazy feeling to know that you literally couldn't go anywhere until you were dug out. When we got home Sunday night there was literally an inch of snow at our house. I couldn't believe that only 15 mins away they got almost no snow and we were snowed in. Fun times!