Bo's Big Boy Bed

Well, we decided it was time to graduate Bo from his crib to his bed. Big Step. On Saturday, we went and bought him a bed. He picked out a Transformers comforter (against my will, but he loves it so that's okay). He's excited to show everyone his "Transformers Bed". I was worried and thought it might be a hard adjustment. So far, so good. He's slept in it for 4 nights with no problems. Good Boy.

The Things I've Missed

Trav says I'm horrible at blogging. I personally think I'm not great, but definitely not horrible. Here are a few things that have happened recently. Most of them were just this week, so I wasn't too bad.

Bo's Birthday (April 27th). My baby turned 2. He is so fun, I love having a cute little boy. He got a new bike, lots of cars, trucks, toys, clothes, and everything that a little boy could ever want.




On Bo's birthday, Claire thought she was in trouble for taking his toys away so she ran up stairs very upset. This is how she came out of her room (after her bath and her hair had been taken out) after we convinced her she wasn't in trouble.

Mommy and Me Luau (April 28). Our ward did a primary part called the Mommy and Me Luau. The girls loved it and had a ton of fun. They looked so cute.

Claire's Preschool Program (May 12). She was adorable and so excited. She did awesome. She was a part of most of the songs and dances, but she also had a solo when she was Sharpay from High School Musical and sang Bop To The Top and when she was Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz and sang Somewhere Over The Rainbow. What a doll she is.

Getting ready to go:

Cute Anna (Friend & Neighbor) and Claire:

Claire when playing Dorothy:

Next Came the girls' Dance Concert (May 14 & 15). Claire danced to The Love Train. She looked adorable in her Engineer costume. She does have a darling hat but they hadn't given it to her at this point. She had a lot of fun dancing and really knew it well. Ivie danced to When She Loved Me from Toy Story. She looked beautiful. She is very graceful and pretty when she dances.


I was so proud of them this week. It was a busy week and they both did great.

Sweet Grandma

This has been a long and very hard week for me. My sweet Grandma, Virginia, passed away on Monday. What a wonderful woman she was. I am so grateful for her. Words can't describe the way I feel today, as I just got home from burying a woman I love so much.

She was always happy and smiling with a beautiful sparkle in her eyes, such a giving woman. You could not go to her house without her offering you cookies, drinks, candy, or even to order a pizza for you. I have wonderful memories of growing up with her enjoying slumber parties, shopping, Marie Calendars (her favorite restaurant), buttermilk pancakes (the best in the world), camping, and lots of laughing. Her favorite color was purple, which many of us dressed in to honor her today.

She has been sick for quite some time now and her passing is a blessing to our family. Even when it's a blessing, it's still hard on those left behind. As this week has been so hard, it has also been full of many wonderful experiences that I am glad and thankful to have been a part of. It has left a wonderful spirit in my heart. I hope that I can live worthy to be with my Grandma again and that I can be the kind of person that she was. I am a better person because of her.

I am grateful for my Aunt Ann and her family for taking such good care of my Grandma. I wish that I lived closer and had more time to help out. I am also grateful for a beautiful funeral service held today and the fabulous spring weather. She would have thought it was a beautiful day today with the flowers blooming and birds singing, and that would have made her smile. I'm thankful to my Aunt Ann who gave a wonderful tribute to her today. And to my Dad who gave a beautiful talk which provided both comfort and happiness to those of us in the congregation.

Thank you, sweet grandma. I will forever love you!

Updates

Well, I'm not very good at the blog thing. I don't update it enough. I was talking to my cute friend Joni last night and she was telling me that I really need to update my blog more. So, I'm going to try and better. I'm going to give a few updates of things that have been going on in my life.

About a month ago, Ivie and I cut our hair. Ivie wanted to take a picture and put it up on here. I kept forgetting, so here it is. I think she looks adorable, but now she looks a lot older :(.
















Last week, the girls and I went to see the new Hannah Montana movie. We had a blast. I love spending time with my sweet little chickies. The movie was darling.

Next came Easter. We had a party on Saturday night at our house with Trav's family. We had an Easter Egg hunt, ate dinner, and dyed eggs.

















On Easter, the kids had a blast. They got a TON of candy. The Easter bunny way over did it. They got some little toys like Kites, bubbles, water guns, and coloring books. Ivie got Roller Blades (which she has wanted for a while), Claire got Skates, and Bo got a T-Ball set. They looked so cute in their Sunday Easter Outfits. I tried to get good pictures but they wouldn't cooperate. So, here's what I did get. After Church they came home and played outside until it was time to go to Aunt Holly's for another Easter Egg hunt and dinner (thanks Holly)!










































On Sunday, my Dad is going to be released as the Stake President. I think it's bitter-sweet for my parents. My dad has served the Lord for many, many years now. I am so proud of him, he is such a great example to me. I am equally proud of my mom, who has supported him for so long. Being a Bishop's wife, I now know what she went through and I appreciate both of them even more. I love you both!

Being Spontaneous

So, my mom has been asking me over the last month and half if I could pull off another girls trip to Disneyland. I told her probably not. Then, I started thinking about it and really wanted too. Well, on Feb 28th, my mom and I took my sister, Jen, to lunch for her birthday. I asked her if she could before our Annual Passports expired on March 27th. She said there was no way she could. Then on Monday, when I got to work I had an e-mail from her asking me how much I thought we could do it for. For those of you who know my sister Jen, she is not this way at all. So, we all got excited, planned a trip and decided to go on Friday. We planned it Monday and left early Friday morning and got home late Saturday night. It was so fun. I love being with them so much. I hope we can do it a lot. I think it's important to spend time with your family as much as possible. I think we all needed it and had a BLAST! Of course, we didn't take pictures. We are never spontaneous like this, I think it was so worth it.

Also, I am going private. It's something I've been meaning to do for a few months but putting it off. If you want to continue to read my blog, please give me your e-mail address.