{ March 26th }

I feel like so much has happened lately and I have so many pictures to post I don't know where to start. For some reason our March and April always seem so busy. And I hate feeling like it's all flying by without posting things I want to remember.

So this post will be completely random. A compilation of all the events we've had recently.

A few weeks ago we took a little mini vacation to the "Hammer Hideaway". This cabin was built by Logan's grandfather and now belongs to his parents. The kids are always so thrilled to go there, I wish we went more often. This time it was a super short trip bit that didn't stop the kids from having a great time!

Father and son made a slide on the back porch.

{A cold baby inside Daddy's sweatshirt}

{A very sleepy Sophie. She wasn't feeling well after getting her kindergarden shots}

Ayden had it in his head that it wouldn't be a trip to the cabin without a pillow fight!

It was fun to spend time with our kids without any distractions. But we did realize again that our children have way too much energy! They can't hold still for even one minute.

Next up was St. Patricks Day! I think this is a really fun day. Mostly because I love the color green! I always do some kind of green food for breakfast but apparently my kids forgot that because they were surprised and extremely grateful (a nice change) for the fun breakfast I prepared.

{Green eggs and toast with green sprinkles. And of course . . . green milk!}

{What a goof}

{I love sleepy girl hair}

The weekend of March 18-19 was probably one of the busiest weekends we've ever had. On Friday night we had my cousin Alysha's wedding dinner. It's always fun to go out with the adults in my family without kids. It gives you more of a chance to visit.

I took every chance I could get to sit by my brother. After all, this dinner was 5 days before he entered the MTC.

It was a beautiful dinner with delicious food.

Saturday morning we started bright and early with our children's first dance competition of the season! Sophie had to be there at 7:45 and she wasn't too thrilled when I roused her from her warm bed at the butt crack of dawn to get ready. She is not my morning kid. As I was doing her hair she kept asking me to hurry so she could take a quick nap before we had to go. Silly girl.

Sophie's team is called Xcite company. There are 3 boys and 4 girls.

(1 girl was in disneyland this weekend)

{Sophie's "boyfriend" Gunnar}

They did an excellent job on their performances and took first place!

For some reason (stress probably) I didn't get any pictures of Ayden's team. They are called Petite Company. They also danced incredibly well. They even took First Place High Point over the whole Mini Catergory! Winning them this trophy . . .

I am glad we have 3 more competitions this season. I was a little stressed that day (sorry Logan) because we were trying to make it to the temple for Alysha's wedding that afternoon.

We didn't make it for the ceremony unfortunately but we did get there in time for me to head to the brides room and help her with her hair and makeup. That's my favorite part. She looked beautiful and everyone said they ceremony was perfect.

After we took pictures at the temple we grabbed some lunch and headed down to get ready for the reception. Alysha asked Sophie to be one of her flower girls. She was of course thrilled!

{Sophie, Mckinley, and Kylie}

I love my cousin Karrissa. I wish she lived closer so we could hang out more. We thought we were so funny pretending to eat the cake. (although I really did want some)

Sunday night we had a big dinner and birthday celebration with the Hammers. (that's right, there was no pause in the action) We were celebrating the special day of 3 beautiful ladies! Judy, Hadlee, and Myla. I brought the dessert . . . cup cakes for the kids, and strawberry cheesecake for the adults! Yum!

Myla is starting to get the whole present thing but mostly she likes pulling out the tissue paper! She got some nice presents from her grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins.

Thanks everyone!

{She was thrilled that she got to have more cake! By this time she dove right in!}

We only got one day of rest. Tuesday evening we headed back down to Orem to say farewell to Michael as he leaves on his mission. We started with a delicious meal at PF Changs.

{My baby bro}

Then we headed back to the house to visit until it was time for Michael to be set apart. It was a very emotional day for me. I am so thrilled that my brother is going. He is an incredible person and I know he will be an amazing missionary. But that doesn't change the fact that I am going to miss him like crazy. 2 years is a very long time. So much will happen in the next 2 years and I'm sad that Uncle Mike will miss it. But I know he is doing the right thing.

Our family in 2011 with Uncle Mike. I look forward to taking a picture in 2013 and seeing how much we've changed.

My sister is keep a blog for my brother to post his updates, letters, etc. If you'd like to check it out click here.

Well, that concludes the crazy 3rd weekend in March of 2011. phew!