I feel like such a good mom...

On the monday before Valentine's Day on my way home from work I stopped to get a few little things to make Valentine's cards...I am so proud of myself because I feel like I have all these great ideas for the kids, but never actually DO them....so we set everything up and went at it. It was really sweet because as I was helping the boys, I look over and see Matt making a card...I assumed it was for me, so I sat down and made one for him :) It was so much fun to be creative and it kept the boys busy until bedtime!! I need to do fun things with them more often!

Mom--these are actually for you, but I am slow to send them...they are still on my counter as I type this but I promise they will be in the mail next week...I translated a letter from Hewson on the back of his...it's so sweet...enjoy!

Sad Sunday

We threw a SuperBowl party at our house....I will post only this picture and leave a short message since I am VERY late posting and I don't want to bring up those feelings again right when the sting is slowly subsiding...I just wanted to thank everyone that came and helped and brought yummy finger foods...despite the outcome of the night, I was so happy to have everyone over again and feel it together!

Mesa Arts Center

Every year Kent and Dottie purchase a table for a night called Art on the Move-which benefits the Mesa Arts Center (Kent had his hand in making sure this was built in downtown Mesa). The Arts Center is actually pretty amazing with numurous stages and plays going on, as well as classes and galleries of different artwork. So, each year they have this night to raise money and usually consists of a silent auction and dinner. THIS year there was a silent auction, a LIVE auction, dinner and live music!! We got drawn to attend with KC/Sherry, Ben/Em,Alex/Stephanie,Kent/Dottie....it was such a blast! The dinner was AMAZING, and the music was fun at the end of the night. Needless to say it was an awesome date night....

Family

This is my cousin and her family, my aunt and uncle all from my real father's side of the family. My cousin actually moved here from Boise, ID not too long ago so her husband could keep his job. It was really fun to get together with them because I have not seen any of them since I was about 9 years old!! It's awesome because Heidi is so easy to get along with, and my husband and her husband hit it off too!

Mom-I tried getting a picture of everyone up here for you...they all look good, huh?

m-i-c k-e-y m-o-u-s-e!!

Can't forget to post the picture with Mickey Mouse himself!!

I feel like this is way too many pictures then needed, but my mom is probably the only one who reads this so...these pictures are for you mom!! If you can't already tell where we have been, we went to DISNEYLAND!! Not only was it the best two days ever...it was the very first time that Hewson, Tillman and I have ever been there!! All I can say is that it truely is the happiest place on earth :) Hewson quickly caught on to how awesome roller coasters were, and went on all the really fast ones he was tall enough for! Tillman was happy with all the rides too, until we got stuck on Mr. Toad's ride...it just stopped in the middle of the ride!! The lights turned on and they came on the speaker and told us to stay put that someone would come get us, and we had to walk the rest of the way out of the ride...it freaked Hewson out a little bit too, but he got over it fast enough. It was a hard two days...all the walking and running and skipping and jumping...but it was SO fun! It was even better because we had a "family reunion" where all 59 of us showed up!! We actually became a scavenger hunt...we had our names on the back of our shirts which were numbered and as soon as a gentleman found out our story and why we were wearing those shirts, he started this whole thing and would find us throughout the park, see what our number was, and cross us off his list! Yep, he had a list....it was awesome. We had the best time, and are already planning on going down again for Hewson's birthday in October...it should be a fun surprise!!

GO CARDINALS!!!!

I just have to say KC Layton is the best party planner ever! He put this whole idea of having a Cardinals party together to help support our team and it turned out to be a blast! I had my wisdom teeth out the day before so I was a little out of it, but it was not an issue at all because KC and Matt took over and set the whole house up and BBQed for everyone...I just had to make a couple dips :) It was so fun having everyone over and getting to watch the game with everyone...these three boys were great and watched the whole game getting all excited screaming and hugging when we had a touchdown! Thanks to everyone for coming and pitching in....GO CARDINALS!!!