Easter weekend

This year John had a booth at Wheeler Farms the Saturday before Easter. Lizzy loved all the things going on. We spend 6 hours walking around! Here are lots of pictures , of all the things we got to do and see!

This bunny was HUGE!! I had never seen one so big before.

Wagon Ride

Lizzy holding a bunny

Lizzy got to hold a snake!

Lizzy did not want to leave! She kept petting this snake for what felt like 10 minutes.

The baby goats were so cute, and small.

Lizzy loved the pony ride!

Famous Dave's Pig

Lizzy was always looking for the big bear, bunny, etc. and wanting to give them high-fives!

On Sunday we were able to relax in the morning, watch General Conference, and then between conference sessions went to John's sisters. The kids dyed eggs, did a Easter egg hunt in the basement, and we enjoyed a meal together. We listened to General conference on the radio on the way home, and finished the baked beans and deviled eggs for at dinner at Grandma's house.

Easter Morning basket

Lizzy wanted to play more than search for Easter eggs!

Lizzy & Kylie

March 2010

March was a busy month for us. We planned for Ladies Night of Indulgence (for The Specific) most of the month. It turned out great, and I wish I had taken some more pictures!! John had a Health Expo that went really well, and Lizzy and I did some Zumba - it was lots of fun!

The Specific had an eating green workshop - which had the best turn out of any workshop

(24 people).

Lizzy played with lots of cousin, from both sides of the family. Some how I didn't get any picture with cousins visiting from California. She loved to dress up and play this guitar!

Lizzy & I went to Montana to visit family. There was a birthday celebration for my cousins kids. Lizzy loved it... and wanted to blow out the candles too.

At the end of the month Lizzy & I went to Blackfoot for the day to visit two of my sisters, Sara & Emma. Lizzy loved playing the dog! It was fun to see Emma and her family, it had been about a year!

Ladies Night of Indulgence

Food Table: Fruit, vegetables, Meat & Cheese, & a chocolate fountain!

We figured about 170 people total came to the event!

Some of the flowers used during the event (this was taken the day after)

Lizzy made a bird feeder during preschool, and wanted to sit and watch the birds come. She kept calling for the birds to come. I thought it was so funny/cute, I tried to get it on video.

Lizzy rocking out on the piano!

Pictures, Updates

Lizzy loves life! It's so fun to see all the things she does and how much she is learning. She talks to her dolls, and toys. She likes to call people on the phone. The other day she told me she wanted to call Cade "He's my best friend" she said. She's been able to play more with friends this year, which has been a good thing. We still watch way too many movies at the house. Lizzy is always watching movies. Usually the first thing she says when she wakes up is "I want to watch my movie." We go down the the apartment complex office almost every day to borrow a movie! It's cute to see her laugh at the movies, show concern for others, and she wants to make sure we "watch" the funny parts too. Lizzy's vocabulary is growing and she talks very well now. I'll have to make another post of some of the funny things she has been saying, to show her personality!

For Valentines Day, on Feb 13th, John arranged for me to get a massage, it was very nice! Then we took Lizzy to her cousins, and John and I had dinner at an all you can eat Sushi Restaurant in American Fork, and saw "When in Rome". It was a very nice day!

Lizzy lining up her toys in front of the pass along cards. She plays much better by herself now.
We have had fun getting together with Dani and her kids about once a week. A few weeks ago we were to meet up at a Chocolate Factory and go on a tour, but I went to the wrong one! I didn't realize there would be more than one that would give tours for free! We meet up after & went to Temple Square. This passed week we went on the tour together. Lizzy sure loves candy! She's been telling people she went to, or is going to the "facory" - so cute how she said it.

John's parents came up in February and we went to "Winter Palooza". They had fun activities for the kids. Lizzy loved playing with her cousins. We even won 4 Season Passes to Cowabunga Bay, a water park only one mile from where we live! That night we got a sitter for the kids and saw Avatar in 3D - the graphics were amazing!

Two of Lizzy's Christmas outfits from Aunt Stephanie.

I love the cute outfits she gets from family!

UTA was free on Friday, Feb. 12th. So Lizzy and I took TRAX to SLC. We went to the Family History Library and I found lots of names!! She liked the train at first, but as more people got on and tried to talk to her, she didn't like it as much. I was hoping that we could use TRAX more, but we'll probably still drive when we go to Temple Square.

The dress she got from Aunt Eva - it's so cute! The shoes are from cousin Kylie

Lizzy was tired of taking pictures! She has such a personality!

A big accomplishment this past week - Lizzy has been much better at telling us when she has to go to the bathroom. We ventured away from the house 3 times with no diaper, and she didn't have any accidents, until we got home :) She loves her princess underwear.

Solitude

The Specific Chiropractic Group is in SLC this weekend. They went to Solitude Ski Resort on Thursday to ski/snowboard. Lizzy and I went, and hung out in the lodge and played in the snow a little. They even had a little ice rink, so I brought my skates from High School, and skated for a little while. After the day on the mountain, we went to the "Van Slooten Castle" and had dinner and socialized. Lizzy loved all the people and they loved her! She is be coming quite the social person, going to the office and meeting all the people that come in, Lizzy thinks of them as family, and wants to help them out, its cute to watch how much she cares about others.

Eric teaching others how to snow board

Mike and John on the lift

Lizzy really wanted to stay with daddy! So we went to watch for a while.

Then I pulled/pushed her down the slope to the lodge about 4 times. She loved it. The small ice rink - I went around a few times, and took Lizzy out on the ice too.

Lizzy kept asking "where is my board," so at the end of the day Eric put her on his board.

A few in the group: John, Eric, Larry, Mariza, Erik and Shane,

Christmas 2009

We went to my parents for Christmas. The weather was great for the trip, and the roads were clear! We got in late on the 23rd. It was nice to just relax and not have much to do. Lizzy was sad her cousins were not there when we arrived, but she enjoyed her time with grandma, grandpa, Eva, and "Uncle Scott" or "Chris". I thought it was interesting that she would call him one or the other, but never heard her call him "uncle Chris".

On Christmas Eve we got to spend time with David, Tiffany, Ethan, and some of Tiffany's family. Lizzy loved playing with her cousin Ethan, and they got to meet Santa! Lizzy loved her fish game she got from Santa.


It was nice to see friends we had not seen in a while, one in particular, who just past away last week :( An other family friend also past away while we were there, and we were able to go to her services, what an amazing wonderful woman who lost her cancer battle, after 5 years of remission.

We had a smaller Christmas Day with Eva, Dave, Chris, my family, and my parents. Becca's family and Sara's family arrived before new years, so on new years day we got to open presents with them as well.

Mom with Lizzy and Hali, opening gifts.

Lizzy, Colby, and Hali on New Years playing with gifts.

Colby and Hannah

Before our trip to California I had borrowed by sister-in-laws Twilight and New Moon book. I finished new Moon, so I borrowed my brothers Eclipse and Break Dawn book, and got about half way through Eclipse while I was there. One day I wrote the stationary bike for almost 1.5 hours! 30 miles, while I read! I just finished Breaking Dawn today! So now I have time to blog!

It was nice to visit with friends and family. A much needed break! It was nice to have so many people around to watch over Lizzy too, that I didn't need to be watching her every second of the day! I do love my little girl though, don't know what I'd be doing if she wasn't in our life. She loved interacting with everyone.

Decemeber 2009

In December I was able to reconnect with one of my BYU roommates Dani! We had fun going to Temple Square, the Southtown Mall to see Jon Scmidt in concert, and Gardner Village to do an Elf Scavenger Hunt. Lizzy loved playing with her boys.

Family History Center