4 Easter Egg Hunts

The girls are participating in 4 egg hunts this year! First one with our neighborhood, second with our ward, 3rd with us and 4th with grandma and grandpa Nielsen(my mom and stepdad). On Friday was the neighborhood egg hunt at our park which is 5 seconds from our house. Each mom contributed about 10 eggs for each of their kids who were going to participate. It ended up being over 200 eggs! It turned out really good, everyone had so much fun! In the picture above, Kayla and Samantha are right in the middle.

Kayla and Samantha seeing what they got with their friends.

Mesa Cannery

Today I went to the Mesa Cannery for the first time and had a lot of fun! It felt really good to be canning your own food that will help feed your family. There were probably about 20 of us there and we canned about 200 or more cans in less than a hour! I don't know if thats normal since it was my first time but I thought we'd be there longer. I even saw Jake's uncle Gary there working by the silos. It was funny because when I went up to him, he couldn't remember who I was. As soon as I told him, I think he felt a little embarrassed but that's ok, I probably looked really different with my hair pulled back and sunglasses on. LOL It was a really neat experience and I'm looking forward to the next time I can go!

Bounce U

This is Spring Break week and yesterday(St. Patrick's Day) the girls and I spent time at Bounce U. Its a place where kids (and parents) play on those bounce structures and slides, the slides were the girls favorite. My neighbor Tracey invited us and got us a discount, it was a lot of fun! I think Tracey and I were the only parents jumping and sliding, which is sad in my opinion. Its boring just sitting around for 2 hours while your kids play, why not enjoy this time with them. Anyways, I'm totally sold on going again and again, especially during the summer when its blazin hot outside.

Samantha made a new friend.

Me being a dork but having fun.

Discovery Park

Last week we went to Discovery Park for family home evening. Jake flew his radio control plane which he built and the girls rode their bike and scooter up and down the grassy hills. We also had a lot of fun at the playground, its not that big of a playground but the kids still like it. They like to climb the rock formation, which really isn't that hard to climb but it makes them feel good like they've climbed Mt. Everest!

This park is actually just across the street from where our new Temple will be built! We will only be like 2 minutes away from the Temple, we are so excited!

Here's the plane Jake flew, he built it himself out of foam. Its not completed in this picture but I just wanted to show a up close picture of it. I'm so impressed that he built a plane out of foam with a little motor attached to it! And it flys fast!

Jake flying his plane.

Help!

I need help finding a tray or trays to organize this messy drawer thats in my kitchen. I've looked at Walmart, Target, the dollar store but all they have are expensive ones. I need something cheap! I've looked online at different sites but I don't want to use a credit card. I don't understand why its so hard to find something so simple! Help!

Samantha's Preschool

This week it was my turn to teach preschool. We have preschool on Mondays and Wednesdays for 3 hours each, it seems like a long time but when you plan lots of activities it goes by fast. They learned about the letter "P" and my theme was about painting and pigs. I decided it would be fun to have the girls put on a play for their mothers of The 3 Little Pigs. So I incorporated painting and pigs by having the girls paint the houses on cardboard boxes. They also made their own snouts, ears and tails. They did other types of painting like finger painting and water coloring.

These girls are the most dramatic and emotional 4 yr olds I've ever dealt with! One minute they love each other then the next minute their fighting like they hate each other! Its so frustrating! When we were practicing the play outside, one by one they started arguing and crying saying they didn't want to do the play anymore. Ahhh! But after we all calmed down, we tried again but this time inside the house and everything was fine. It was a really warm day so maybe that was the problem, I don't know. When the mothers came, we did the play and it turned out really cute!
I have a video of the play, but its too long to post because the camera was set up recording after the play was over. Is there anyone who knows how to make videos shorter?

New addition to our home/Valentines Day

I know its been awhile since I blogged but life just keeps me so busy that its so hard for me to find the time. Or there were times where I just didn't feel in the mood. I'm probably just making excuses. I want to blog more, really I do, so its my goal to find time everyday or almost everyday to blog about my kids, husband or anything else that happens in our lives.

Just this past Saturday we made a big purchase, which is something we hardly ever do! But we just couldn't pass up this great deal. We've been wanting to get a big screen tv for the longest time but never could afford over a thousand dollars to buy one. Jake found out last week from a friend at work that Costco had a 42" tv on sale for 700 dollars! So we went to check it out, when we got there we said we have to get this or we will never get one. When we talked to the sales clerk we found out that there was a coupon for 100 dollars off on this tv! So we ended up paying just a little over 600 dollars for a Vizio 42" tv! We just love it! Although it sticks out on the sides a little but thats ok, maybe next year we can buy a new entertainment center to fit it in.

Before...

After!

These are the roses Jake got me for Valentines Day, aren't they beautiful! We got a babysitter from our ward to watch the girls and then we went to a Valentines party that was hosted by someone in our ward. There was lots of good food, cute decorations and lots of fun people to visit with. After about a hour we left and went to see a movie. We had no plan as to what movie we were going to watch, we just hoped there was a good one available starting soon. We agreed to seeing "Push" with Dakota Fanning, it wasn't too bad. Then we headed back home. It was really nice to go out with my honey which we don't get to do very often.