lets get through March and April....

So I"m so happy to be half way through April. I feel like spring in Utah is really just 3 week increments of winter with one day of spring here and there just to tease you on what you are missing out on. I GET SO SICK OF THIS COLD!!!!!!!
But luckily we have had some good distractions to keep us buys.......
we had a fun little visit from a leprechaun who played all sorts of tricks on us. he turned all of our pictures and furniture upside down and walked all over our walls. (I Promised Ryan their footprints would wash off our walls, while secretly wondering if I would be repainting them while he was at work, luckily they came off). they also went to the bathroom and turned our toilet water green (that was the kids favorite) .

My cousin got Married so I got to go and visit family plus I got a nice day out with my mom and sisters.

April Fools day went as usual. Me trying to come up with all sorts of pranks and thinking I'm hilarious, and when execution time comes, nothing seems to work out!!!!

My first prank was I made the kids some spaghetti for breakfast, it was out of cookie dough, strawberry jam and whoppers. you'd be so depressed if you knew how long it took me to make these. I was trying to find one of those playdough makers to make the noodles but I couldn't so I had to push the dough through a pasta strainer to get the shape. it honestly took about 2 hours.
when I went to give it to my kids the next morning they all started to cry and said they wouldn't eat it. I tried to tell them it was a fun April Fools treat but they wouldn't go for it. so there went 3 hours of work into the garbage (literally)

Prank 2.... I made this sign and taped it on the back of Ryan's car it says (my family is April Fooling me. Please honk and wave like you know me. My friend Jen gave me this idea and I thought it would be so hysterical to have random people honking and waving at Ryan He would be so confused. but of coarse he decided to ride his bike that day.BOO. so I took the sign and tried to tape it to my moms car. and she decided she needed to put stuff in her trunk so she saw it. I was so mad at them both. someone needs to try this and let me know if it works. I think it is a good one.

Bailee and Ty's joke was actually the biggest hit. Bailee asked me if I would give them a black eye before school. They were able to fool everyone.

Here is the boys who found the box of wigs and had WAY too much fun dressing up like girls.

Here is Mother Nature April Fooling us. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Ryan and Mark took Bailee and Ashlyn to a Daddy Daughter Dance. it was darling!!! they got all dressed up, got a flower and got to dance the night away with their daddys. I guess Copper Hills Dance company puts on this dance every year for a fund raiser, Ryan said the dads were totally getting into the dancing. I think that is so cute. I wished I could have snuck in and seen it all. I know Bailee loved it and it meant a lot to her to get to go with her dad.

I tried to get them to find to go and find my picture hanging in the wall from my glory days at CHHS but they couldn't get past the Gym. I think they just didn't try hard enough. I could have made it happen.

Here is linds painting toes and getting ready for the dance. and below is the boys painting their toes with "boy nail polish" I made the mistake of telling Davis it was boy nail polish because it was blue. she now he thinks there is boy make up and he keeps asking for it. or he asks for "toy story make up. I think it's because Bailee has princess make up.

Here is my cute little monkey.... another funny thing Davis had been doing lately..... if I or anyone else makes him mad he'll force himself to cry, point to himself and say "I crying!!!!" as if to say "LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!!!" it's so funny and it totally makes me laugh.
  another funny thing.... He loves to be my "baby"  he always comes up to me and says "mom, I'm your baby"  and  "put me in your tummy, cuz  I"m your baby"  and he gets very jealous if her hears me call Bailee or Tyson  "my Baby"  he'll run up and say "no, I"m your baby. 
 one last thing I love.... when he wants to get my attention he'll yell "come here muder (mother).  I don't even know where he got mother from but I love it and think it's so funny. 

I decided to go dark. it's been really fun. I was getting so tired of pretending I'm still a blond. My roots are so dark and I decided I better just give in to the dark side.




















And Our Biggest Event of Spring!!! Uncle Alex left for his mission in Paraguay. WE are so proud of him and so excited for him. He will be a great Missionary and we will miss him so much!!! Below is all of Ryan's siblings and their spouses (who were in town) going through the temple with him for the first time.