Royal Wedding

I have always been a royal watcher.  I was in love with the idea that Lady Diana Spencer found the princeof her dreams and became a princess.  I remember being quite upset that we were on a family trip to Yellowstone and I was unable to watch the royal wedding.  I was crushed....maybe not crushed, but bruised when Princess Diana and Prince Charles ended their fairytale. (Apparently it wasn't quite a fairytale after all...more like a nightmare!)

Anyhow now many years later I had the opportunity to "attend" another royal wedding.

The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton took place on Friday, April 29, 2011 at Westminster Abbey and I had a front row seat.  I printed out the official program (only a few pages it was really long I didn't want to waste ink.) donned a beautiful gown (nightgown that is) and started to watch the festivities.  Although I felt a bit amiss because I was not wearing a hat.  So I found my wicker hat I purchased in Hawaii and decorated it with a wreath I had made at Kim's and felt very much part of the whole glorious day!

Kurt woke up for work about 4:45 and came out, looked at me and busted up laughing.  I may have looked a little funny sitting their watching it all, but I was very happy!  He went and got the camera so I decided to post them.  I don't know how many people did not go to bed that night and watched everything, but I do know I was not the only one!  I had several members of my family call me and tell me they thought of me as they saw clips on the news.  I don't think many were surprised I stayed up all night so I wouldn't miss anything!  When talking with my friend Linnea she said if she would have lived near here she would have totally dressed up and come over and watched it with me!  I know she would have too!  To bad she lives in Virginia!

I wish The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge much happiness! 

Kindermusik Idol

AJ has been attending Kindermusik this past year with Miss Susan and he has loved it!  Not always while he was there, but when he wasn't there he would talk about it and ask when he could go back!  When asked if he wanted to recite anything for Kindermusik Idol he said, ya sure!  He PERFECTLY sang the nursery rhyme " Hey diddle diddle!"  I wish we had it on video!  We will be attending next year too, Griffin gets to join us! YEAH!

AJ also loved to say hello to the cow's each time we left Kindermusik too. He LOVES cows!

Easter at the Hislop's

Saturday we went out to Lance and Teresa's annual Easter egg hunt.  They have a hunt where you cannot put treats in your own basket... when you find something you need to also find someones basket to put it in.  AJ and Griff got a lot of treats!  Other children were very generous!  Anytime AJ found something he wanted to go find Hank so he could put it in his basket.

The kids also had fun seeing the animals and I think the biggest hit of the day was playing in the sandbox.  AJ was in HEAVEN!  He loves to dig and make things in the dirt!  Kurt and I both agree we need to get a sandbox at our house!

Sharing with Hank!

Wakely being a great cousin!

Tanah letting Griff pet a bunny for the first time.

Little Boy Heaven!

Griff and Daddy

 Sunday after we went to church and celebrated the real meaning of Easter, we went to my parent's home and the kids had another Easter egg hunt!  The grand kids had so much fun they hid the eggs again so they could repeat the process!



Griff often hunches over like this to inspect what is going on..pretty cute huh?!



Easter Morning 2011

The Easter Bunny left matching dump truck baskets, good thing the kids left their shoes out!

Are you ready for our home Easter egg hunt?

WOW, the Easter bunny hid the eggs really well!

AJ finding the eggs!

Griffin enjoying the eggs!

The boys in their Easter Garb!  We have adorable sons!

Happy Easter AJ and Griffin! 

Our New Motorhome

Kurt loves to camp and fish and ride ATV's.  I like to camp and ride ATV's, but I like to camp with some luxury items. :)  We found a motor home on KSL that was #1 in good condition and #2 one we could afford.  Only problem it was in Nevada... Road trip!  We drove down to Parump Nevada checked it out and ended up giving Albert a check!  We then drove into Las Vegas the kids and I in the car and Kurt in the motor home.  We had a few minor navigation problems and ended up getting to U-haul a bit late so we could not get the car trailer until the morning.  The U-haul manager told us we were welcome to stay in the parking lot overnight, so we did!  I thought it was hilarious that our first night camping was in the parking lot of u-haul in Las Vegas!  The next morning we hooked up the car, all jumped in the motor home and we were off.  We had a little extra time so we decided to stay overnight at a real campground in Fillmore on the way home.  The boys really seemed to have fun.  We fed horses, threw wood (Aj called in wood, not sticks) in a creek, played in the park and enjoyed being outside.  Hopefully we will have some great memories in our "new" motor home!

He did it!

AJ came running into the front room butt naked and saying, "I did it, I did it!  Come see!"  Sara (my cousin who was there visiting with me) and I followed him into the bathroom where he proudly pointed out he peed in his toilet!  YEAH AJ!  He was thrilled! Way to go little buddy!

Hammering

 

I saw this idea on a blog and thought, humm... it involves tools and hitting... AJ will love this! He sure did!  So did the preschool kids!  This turned out to be a great activity.  Materials needed: Old sturdy box, golf tees, hammer and an adventurous child!

Tangled Monster Truck Pajama Party

 

Birthdays are for kids.  AJ was VERY EXCITED that mom was having a birthday!  Kurt took the kids shopping and when they came back AJ ran in the house and said, "Mom, mom, I got you a car for your birthday!"  He couldn't wait to give me the little white matchbox car he had picked out for me.  He was also very excited about the card and balloon.  I decdied I would like to stay home and watch a movie as a family, we borrowed Tangled from my sister and becasue it was getting a little late we decided to all get in our PJ's.  AJ played with his monster truck during the show.  He kept calling it our monster truck pajama party.  Good times!

2 year old and Vaseline...quite the combination!

First off let me say I would not normally leave a brand new, full jar of Vaseline in my son's bedroom.  BUT he has been licking his skin around his mouth and it was getting all red so every time I changed his diaper I would put a bit of Vaseline around his mouth.  That said...

AJ was suppose to be taking a nap, I had been downstairs working on some preschool stuff.  When I came upstairs I heard noises coming from his room.  When I went in to investigate the first thing I noticed was I stepped into something slimy.  Then I looked over at AJ he had a grin from ear to ear and was obviously

This shows just how thick it was all over!

 covered in something.  I soon saw the EMPTY jar of Vaseline, when I looked inside I could see his little finger marks where he scraped it to make sure he had every last greasy morsel.  It was EVERYWHERE and I do mean EVERYWHERE!  I think he walked around the room and thought...oops missed a spot!  It was in plugs, on shudders, on toys, the dressers, all over his bed, sheets, closet, walls, carpet and not to mention HIM!

Have you ever tried to clean-up Vaseline?  Not easy!  I googled how to do it, but nothing worked very well.  I gave him a peanut butter bath, but that didn't seem to work.  I washed his hair with dish soap, but it still took 3 days until I could get it all out.  The only thing it came out of great was his clothes, hot water and Charlie's Soap worked wonders! We had his carpet cleaned, but you can still see spots.  I wiped everything down with a citrus solution, but it we could still feel the grease.  It took about 3 times wiping it off and washing it down before everything seemed to come out.. I use everything very loosely because we are still finding little greasy spots around his room.  Oh, the adventures we are looking forward to!