"Easter Dinner" at Mom and Dad's

These are the pictures I snapped at Mom and Dad's the week before Easter. Mom and Dad thought it would be better to meet a week before since Easter and Conference are the same week this year. I should have taken a picture of Mom and Dad and Rachel and Shane and also the "Easter Dinner". I'm still a novice at this!:)
This is of Eden and Ava, Dean and Alisa, Ethan and Dave and the whole group-jumping rope.

Piano Lessons

Brad (9) and Jake (7) have been taking piano lessons since January. They love it and are always trying to play songs on our little piano. Their teacher is amazing. She has been playing since she was Jake's age and started composing music when in the 5th grade. She played the boys the first piece she composed in that grade and it shocked me. So much talent-I hope the boys really soak it up!

In Answer to my Sister's Question. . .

Elena was wondering how my hair was looking when I fix it myself (not the hair stylist). I can't seem to make it straight. Well girls, this is as good as it's going to get I'm afraid. Dennis says he still likes it better than all curly and crazy so I guess I'll keep doing it.(And in my defense, I went with Brad to a fieldtrip and we walked-the wind was a-blowing)

Dave's Birthday

After bowling with Brad, I went back to mom and dad's to pick up the shrimpy girl, Ava, and Dave came in. Mom and dad were taking him to Porter's Place in Lehi for his birthday and they invited Ava and me to join them. We of course didn't refuse. The place was built in 1910 and we think the dust on the decorations has been building since then. Such a fun place to go to though. We all had a good visit and Ava only spilled one big mug of water. She had to hold grandma and grandpas' hands on the way out.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE!!!

Brad's Fieldtrip

Went bowling with Brad's class today. It was fun and there were so many kids that most of the parents just watched and cheered. There were a few moms and dads who bowled but Brad was just happy I was there. His teacher, Mrs. Jackson is a cute little thing-she is barely taller than Brad and he is one of the shortest in his class. He has a friend who is now an inch taller than her and they are only in the 3rd grade. They all love her and think she is just so much fun.

Little Bradey, Brad's friend jumped into the picture as well-so cute.

Shane's birthday

Here we are at Olive Garden for Shane's 31st birthday. We had a kids' table this time and they were so good. We were very proud of them. I snapped a picture of Dave with mom and dad before he left and one of Jesse and Ava. It was fun and the whole group enjoyed it.

Modified "New England" Dinner

Since I can't seem to post a comment on my sisters' blog, "The House of Fat" (which has fun meals and desserts they both have cooked) I decided to post a simple meal that my little family loves. We call it a "New Enland" dinner, but I have modified it to fit our tastes. I don't cook the potatoes with the carrots and roast but make mashed potatoes with garlic. And I definately leave out the turnips (which my husband assures me he's most grateful for)! I steam the cabbage. A friend in Maine convinced me to try the cabbage with prepared mustard. I thought she was crazy but it does taste amazing together. The cake is a fun new recipe that I just tried. It has marshmallows on the bottom and then you put a prepared cake mix on top of them and spoon cherry pie filling on top of that. Cook it at 350 degrees for an hour, cool it completely and top with cool whip (which I forgot, but luckily had vanilla ice cream) and there you go. Hopefully I will be able to post recipes on the other blog soon and leave this one just for our day to day activities.