Spring Break '09 3/13 - 3/21/09

Our Spring Break started out with a fun visit from our old neighbors, the Proctors. They came over Friday night & played & ate dinner with us. The kids were so excited! So they bought bubbles for all of them to play with & they played & played - in the sink, in the dress ups, in the play yard, in Rigby's room, & took lots of pictures of themselves! Sister Doris Carper came over to visit for a little bit also. We then had a barbeque. We also got to meet their newest family member, Brooklyn, who was born after they moved. We love & miss the Proctors!







Saturday morning we headed down to Vegas. We spent most of the day at Circus Circus. Lainee got to go on stage during the clown show & spin a ball on her finger. She loved the rollercoaster & thought the boat ride with the drop was boring! Olivia enjoyed the froghopper & carousel while the only ride we could get Rigby to go on was the airplanes! After Circus Circus we went to Trent's sister house. Judy & Shawn were very good to us & watched the kids while Trent & I went out on our anniversary dinner to the Cheesecake Factory. While at the Forums in Cesaers Palace we ran into Trevor Moss who was down for the Utah game. We stayed the night at Judy's & went to church with them on Sunday. After church we went to see the aquarium at the Silverton. The mermaid came out while we were there & the girls loved that! We also walked through the Bass Pro Shop. That was cool! All the fish & sharks & of course all of the animals! We had a great time!






We then got to go to the Wilson cabin for a couple of days on the following Thursday. Trent & the kids held for the first time, a horny toad! Or as Rigby likes to call it a tormato toad! (mix between tomato & tornado! And his face is so cute as he tries to remember what to call it! He squirms his face from side to side!) The kids were so scared to hold it but we coaxed them into it! It was a perfect weather not hot & not cold! Just right! We took a drive around the canyon on the 4 wheelers looking for elk sheds but didn't find any but it was fun anyway. For not having the week off of work we still had a lot of fun! We headed home Friday night so Trent could work at the rental shop on Saturday & even managed to get in a round of golf that evening for Trent! All in all, a fun week!

Lainee's 1st grade program 3/12/09

The first grade did a patriotic program this year and did a great job. Especially Lainee! She got to be one of the bell ringers, 1 of 3 in her class. They even had red, white, & blue plates that they waved with one of the songs. It was very cute and my Lainee looked very cute! When Lainee got done, Rigby & Olivia went running to her with big hugs! I love it when my kids get along! Nice job Lanes!

Day hike to the White Sand Dunes 2/28/09

We took the family & a picnic & headed out to the White Sand Dunes for the day. The kids were fun & enjoyed all of it. We hiked up & down the dune hill, mostly running & jumping on the way down, found little creatures in the ponds which they all dared to hold after a lot of coaxing, & even hiked clear to the top of the mountain. Fun day!

Valentines Day '09

Lainee decided that we were going to have a Valentines Day family party. She was so cute and got it all set up. She had hearts with our names on them and balloons and placed them where we were to sit. She had games to play like the word game that you try to see how many words you can make from the words Happy Valentines Day. She had us write letters to each other. We drew hearts and filled them with Valentine words. And of course, we all had to bring a Valentine for each other and place them in the holders that she made for each of us. She was so excited to have that party and she did a great job! Thanks for the party Lainee!

That night Trent & I went to a murder mystery dinner party. It was for Trent Staheli's birthday. The theme was set in the 20's and we dressed the part! I found my dress complete with fringe, at Target in the clearance section! Why Target had a dress like that I will never know but it won me the best dressed award! The prize was some watermelon flavored Nipple Nibblers from Passion Parties (Where every day is Valentine's Day!)!! It has yet to be used! TMI!! It was a fun night.

Rigby's 3rd Birthday 1/26/09

Since I am doing this whole blog thing as my journal, I thought that I should include what has

happened in the last few months. Most importantly, my baby's (as he still likes to be referred

because he still wants to wear diapers!) 3rd birthday.

We decided that we would give him a big boy birthday and try to start the potty training. We did the dump truck cake, gave him a big Tonka dump truck, a pack of candy canes - he LOVES candy canes!, and of course his new underwear! Grandpa & Grandma Wilson and Great Grandma Nelson came over and gave him a fun farm set with a tractor. He was so excited for everything! Dad decided that it was time to don the new underwear! He took Rigby to the bathroom and he went peepee! He came out in his underwear and said "I did it!". We all cheered for him and that made him even more excited so he said "I want to do it

again!". He did that three times and peed each time! Can you imagine how happy we were?!

So we let him hang out in his underwear for the rest of the night. He loved all of the attention and even got to play MarioKart with Grandpa Wilson. After the excitement of the day, he wanted his diaper back on! We tried for a couple of weeks following his birthday to keep him going potty but it didn't work. We are now waiting for him to decide that he is a big boy and that he should go potty on the toilet. Oh the joys!

See how cute he looks in underwear! Rigby just came in to see what I was doing and I showed him the pictures. The conversation went like this...

Me: Look how awesome you look in underwear!

Rigby: Yeah I do!

Me: We should put your underwear on today!

Rigby: OK!!

Me: You have to go potty when you wear underwear.

Rigby: (pausing to think) Maybe next time! (and quickly runs out of the room!)

So the other night I had a dream that Trent cheated on me, SO real, SO mean, SO wrong!!! Anyways, I think that it may of had something to do with what my 3 year old said this morning and I quote, "Mom, Dad's cheating you!". I just had to laugh! It was so out of the blue! Then later this morning my 7 year old noticed that Dad didn't wear his wedding ring today and said, "What if some girl sees Dad and wants to marry him? He could say he is already married. OORRR he could just say that he has a home and car and everything and wants to go home and then tomorrow he can go back wearing his wedding ring and they will all be like oh, you're married! That would be so funny!" And she proceeded to laugh! She thought that it was so funny! I assured her that when Dad comes home for lunch that I will make sure that he puts on his ring! I love you Trent!

I would like to thank Amie for finding my blog! Although I have no idea how you did! I don't know anything about blogging yet. So if anyone would like to clue me in on how to do this that would be great! I really want to change the backdrop but I don't know how to find the cute ones! Help!!