Rock Band Weekend

On Wednesday we finally got Rock Band. Kevin decided we "needed" a Playstation 3 because of the Blue Ray DVD player, and so since we were getting Playstation then of course we needed to get Rock Band. We have had a lot of fun playing and our little 6 year old is becoming quite the drummer. On Thursday we were "rocking" and my friend came over to do a bid for our basement and he had to call us when he got to the door because we could not hear the doorbell. Sorry about that Byron.

We had friends over both Friday and Saturday night to play and had a great time. Tanner got a little crush on ours friends 11 year old daughter, she was really good at the drums and he thought that was so cool. So anyway, we had tons of fun rocking and if anyone else would like to join us for a night of Rock Band, let us know, we are always looking for people to come join the fun.

On Saturday, I tried a new recipe. Cheesecake Factory Oreo Cheesecake. Again, I found it on copykat.com. Here it is if you care. I have been wanting to try out my new mini springform pans, so I did. Since I only have 4 of the pans, I also made a 7 inch cheeesecake as well. In the recipe it says to wait 24 hours to eat it,( honestly who can save a cheesecake in their fridge without eating it for 24 hours) I did not have that long, but it still tasted good enough for me. I did eat another piece today and it was a bit better, so maybe it is good to wait the 24 hours. I am not a huge Oreo cheesecake fan, I totally prefer chocolate, strawberry, or pumpkin, but cheesecake however; anyway you slice it is a favorite of mine. So if you like Oreo cheesecake, give this a try, it was easy to make.

We're off to a good start

Today when I was at my Tae-bo class, Tanner came running into the room with his face all bloody. Apparently he had hit his head on a corner. It wasn't as bad as it first looked, but we got him some liquid stiches so it would stop bleeding. Wish I would have had the camera when it first happened, he looked like he had dyed his hair red.
I am typically so not good with blood, I get sick. (For example last fall when Tanner was playing soccer he got hit in the nose with the ball and got a nasty bloody nose, I could not help him. I had to turn and look away, lucky for Tanner, Kevin was there to help him.) Today, Kevin was not there, so I had to be a big girl and clean him up all by myself, and I did it and did not get sick. Way to go me.

I tried to get a picture, obviously after he was cleaned up, but because of the glare off of his shiney, blond hair, it is hard to see.

Schools Out for Summer

Both of the kids have finished school for the summer. This is Isaac with his teachers. They had a little singing program for the end of the year.
Many parents get excited about summer, "Yeah we get to spend more time with the kiddies." That is so not my attitude. I spend plenty of time with the kids, and as much as I love them...So now that school is done, I am looking for things to do with the kids to keep them entertained. When they are not entertained they start misbehaving, fighting, and driving mom crazy. So if anyone has an great ideas of summer entertainment, please let me know. Today I let the kids finger paint, thinking this would entertain them for at least an hour, no such luck, 20 minutes and they were done.

Now for the weekend wrap up. How exciting a 3 day weekend. Unfortunatly, we did nothing fun. We did get a lot of things done, which was good. We planted lots of flowers and vegetables, mowed the grass, cleaned up the garage a little more, took another trip to the dump, cleaned the house, finished hanging the sheet rock in the basement, etc. Very productive. I also got to make a cake for a friend whose son was having a golf party. I had never made a golf cake before. I got the idea from Family Fun, they had a rectangle cake, I did it round. I used green sprinkles instead of coconut for the rough. Here is a picture:

Not the Answer I Wanted

So, many of you know that I was hoping to move to Pennsylvania. I have been talking about it for almost a year and even went out there to look for houses. Ever since I have thought this might be a possibility I have been praying to see if this would be the right decision for my family and I never got a real strong feeling either way. So I figured this meant either way would be fine. So I have been living the last year thinking maybe (hopefully) we will get to move close to my family. I figured if we were going to move I would want to do it before school starts in September, so we would have to put our house up for sale immediatly if that were to be a possibility. So Friday morning I prayed again to know, what in the heck I am suppose to do about this. No answer. Friday night I told Kevin we need to sit and have a serious chat about this, so we did and in the middle of our discussion I got my answer. Only once in my life have I recieved an answer to a prayer more strongly then this came to me. It was not a whisper it was a shout, "You are not moving to Pennsylvania." I sat on the couch and started crying and continued to do this for many hours till I fell asleep that night. Clearly this was not the answer I had hoped for. I really thought that I would be moving out there. I am really sad, really sad. It is really hard for me to be the only kid in my family who does not live driving distance from home, my kids will never really get to know their cousins or that side of the family, which is so sad for me. (As I write this I am crying again.) So to my mom and sisters especially, I am sorry, I had really looked forward to living closer to you, but it is something that is not meant to be (for now at least).

The Host

For all you Stephanie Meyer fans out there, I just finished reading the Host and it was really good. When I originally heard the premise, I thought it was going to be dumb. (However, when I heard there were these great books about vampires, I was also not eager to start reading, but I did and loved those.) Right after The Host came out, my sister-in-law was talking about how good it was, so I decided to get it and take it on my trip with me. So glad I did, because it made the drive to Anaheim not seem like 10 hours. Some people don't get excited about long books, but the longer the better and this one and it's 600+ pages did not disappoint. Have fun reading.

Back from Disneyland

We just returned from a fun filled trip to Disneyland (St. George). We left Saturday morning and spent a few days with Kevins parents in St. George. It was nice to be there and Kevin was happy to be with his mommy on Mothers Day. Most importantly Kevin was happy to be there playing Rock Band. It was also very cute to see our little 6 year old holding his own as the Rock Band drummer. The kids had fun swimming and spending time with grandpa and grandma.

We left early Monday morning and drove the 6 hours to Disneyland, we got there and parked at the hotel and headed right to the park. We decided to purchase annual passes (you only have to go 2 times in the year and it more then pays for it) because we love Disney that much. That day was a little cool, but it was nice. For those of you who like to go to Disney when it is not crowded the second (and first from what we hear) week of May is a good time to go. We spent 4 days in the parks and for the most part the lines were super short. It seems whenever you go to Disney and no matter how "uncrowded" the park is, there will always be long lines at Dumbo, Peter Pan, Autopia and Finding Nemo. Luckily, we have a pretty good system when we go that the only real substantial lines we waited in were Nemo (45 minutes) and Autopia (30 minutes). The weather got a little warm (almost 90 the last 2 days there), which just made us more tired then usual, so we didn't stay at the park till close like we normally do. But we had plenty of time to ride all the rides we wanted to (a lot). The last day there I ran into some old friends of mine. Jeromy and Carrie Dyer. I knew Jeromy from my Ricks College days and Carrie (Wannacott) from my stake growing up. It was fun to see them and spend a little time with them. We had planned on spending a few days at the park with our friends Chris and Melia, but because of work they were unable. We did get to meet up with them for dinner (thanks for that by the way) and that was fun to see them as always. We headed back to St. George Friday morn and managed to avoid all the LA traffic. We finally made it back to Utah Sunday and now life is crazy trying to get caught up on all the things we left behind. But it was fun while it lasted.

Back from Disneyland (Pictures)