A little taste of what we have been up to the past few weeks. . .

I haven't blogged in quite some time. . . . life has kept me quite busy. Here is a little bit of what we have done. We celebrated Easter at home with a little easter egg hunt and getting dressed up to go to church. We had a little family get together later that day. We spent Spring Break in St. George. My parents were up in Washington at the time, but we still had a nice time and hit several parks. Windsor and Cali both had birthdays this month, and we had a little "tea party" celebration. The girls loved it.

Well, those are the high lights. .. . I will try to be better at keeping things updated. Luke as started baseball, David has been coaching track, and I have been organizing the house and working in the yard, and running errands for our business.

A little bit of color!

I was at Wal-Mart today with the girls, and noticed that they had their flowers and gardening supplies out. I thought it was time to put a little color on my back patio. I will definitely be back to get some more as the spring goes on, but for now, the colors make me happy!

good-bye glasses!

I made the plunge last week, and went in to have lasik done on my eyes. It has been a little bit of an adventure, but should be well worth it in the end. I had both eyes done last wednesday, April 1. David took the day off to drive with me. He was able to watch the whole procedure on a bit screen tv, which he thought was pretty amazing. They even made a dvd for me to watch later, which I did with Kennedy. Here I am leaving the doctor's office, with my best friend, my sunglasses! My eye sight was pretty blurry for the first 24 hrs while my eyes recovered from the procedure. I was supposed to wear these goggles to bed at night, so I didn't accidently rub my eyes in my sleep. They weren't very comfortable, but I did wear them for a few nights!

When I went in for my first follow-up the next day, my right eye was doing great and already pretty clear, but my left wasn't. It turns out I had a wrinkle on my flap on that eye, so had to go back in to have it "re-floated". I had to have that done twice on my left eye. . . what a pain. But it is now wrinkle free, and on the road to recovery. My right eye is now 20/20, and my left is almost there as well. Over all, it has been a good experience for me. I can't wait for my new life glasses and contact free! It is crazy to wake up in the morning and be able to see the clock without squinting or reaching for my glasses.

So that has been my week since last wednesday. .. lots of drives up to Sandy to the eye doctor to have my eyes checked and "re-floated" twice. I thank all my friends and family for babysitting and helping me drive when I couldn't. . . I couldn't have done it with out you.

Garage door

Today we had a new garage door installed. I am quite happy with it. It is always fun getting something new done to the house.

here is a before picture (or at least kind of one) i forgot to take a picture before it was taken down.. . and i just have this picture from a few weeks ago and the whole tp escapade:

After:

the windows bring some nice light into the garage, and the new belt opener is so quiet!

mia

I really haven't felt the inspiriation lately to blog. Not that life isn't happening around here, I just don't feel like the voice is there to say anything. But I did take these pictures of Mia this morning while we were doing our yoga. I love when she comes down during my "meditation" part (I am laying on the floor with my eyes closed). She comes and lays down by me and holds my hand. Very sweet.

Our Florida Getaway

David and I, (with our friends, Cory and Cassie), were able to take a little trip to Florida for a few days. Here are a few pictures. . . . Our condo was so nice. It had three bedrooms, a nice living area, and kitchen. The complex was a new, gated community with a really nice pool, hot tub, exercise room, game room, etc.

We were able to see a rocket launch while we were there. It was an incredible experience. It was from Cape Canaveral, and we were able to see it from the beach. It only lasts about a minute, but it was a once in a life time opportunity for us to see.

We spent all day Saturday at Universal Studios. There were still plenty of people there, but luckily not too long of lines. I don't enjoy lines at all. Later that night, The Barenaked Ladies performed in concert. This was included in our admission ticket, and was the highlight of the day (at least for David and I). They were so entertaining, and we really like their music.

Sunday, David and Cory were able to catch a spring training ball game, while Cassie and I lounged in the sun at the pool. I would have enjoyed the game, but wanted to enjoy the sun even more! Later in the day, we stopped by the Orlando Temple, and then stopped for a bite to eat.

Monday, we went out to Coco beach. We had a blast playing in the waves, and laying the the sun, getting sand on our feet. We came home with a sunburn, even though we had lotion on!

We traveled back on Tuesday. .. back to the real world and the cold in Utah. I owe a huge shout out to my mom and dad for being willing to come up and stay with the kids. The kids had a great time having grandma and grandpa here to keep them entertained. They keep asking when you are coming back. .. . thanks so much!

Why not sooner??

So, David and I just returned last night from our getaway to Florida. We had a great time. I have been trying to figure out why it took us 14 years of marriage to finally take a trip with out the kids. Here are the reasons I came up with:

• MONEY. . . . or should I say lack of it. enough said
• Babies. . . . I was paranoid to leave little babies, or kids who aren't potty trained.
• Baby sitter. . . we have not had any one close by who doesn't have to work who could be available to help with the kids.
• Initiative. . . just the time it takes to plan everything. Not just the trip, but everything at home as well.

I really think those are the main reasons. But luckily, we had some money saved up, no more babies (and all the kids are potty trained too), my parents now live just 3 1/2 hours away (so close enough to come up), and we took the time to plan. And I can't believe it took 14 YEARS for us to do this!!

Thanks so much Mom and Dad for helping us out, so we could have this much needed time away together. Hopefully it won't be 14 more years before we get away again (Mia would be 17 then)!

I will post more pictures later. No time right now.