Fun Weekend

Last weekend a bunch of the kids were here. KaLisi and Ally were here for the entire weekend because Chele and Zach were out of town and Kristy and the kids spent some time with us too. Carson, Becca, Ally and KaLisi helped me vacuum out my car, it looked pretty good. KaLisi, Ally, and I went to the mall and played at the playground. (By the way this is where all of the good looking men hang out on Friday night, except that they are married with children, but they are still nice to look at) On Saturday Mom, KaLisi, Ally, and I went to the Hannah Montana movie and I was actually it was pretty cute movie.

At the Mall Playground

Saturday night the girls wanted their hair braided so that it would be curly for church the next day. Here they are with their braids.

Easter Weekend

Here are some fun pics from our Easter hunt today. The first one is of Kimi trying to swing from the tree in the back.... I love it.

Kevin, Kimi, Ryan & Kristy and Family, Chele & Zach and Family , and Mom and Dad were all here for the weekend. We had lots of fun.

AVA- new arrival

So last night about 8:18 pm my sister, Shauna had her baby. A little girl they named Ava. Today we went and saw her and the happy family. Here are a few pics of the family and the new arrival.

The Young Family

Mya, Weston, Ava and Colton!

Me holding Ava!

They didn't know what they were having until Ava came out, but to be honest my bet was a girl and what can I say. She was 8 lbs 10 0z and 21 1/2 inches. Shauna and Ava are both doing great and hoping to go home tonight. I tried to get them to call her Jennifer or Ava Jennifer because we all know I am going to be her favorite, but for some reason they said no. I can't see why not, I like the name. :) Any way I hope you enjoy the pics. I will keep you updated on my new adorable niece. Now I have 11 nieces and 5 nephews.... girls rule I guess.

Trip to Virginia

Kimi, Mom, and I went to Virginia about a week and a half ago to visit Derek, April and Family for Ember's Baptism. She got baptized on Saturday Feb. 21st . It was so great to be there with her along with her family and April's parents from California. I also got to meet my two nieces that were born last April: Gracie and Violet. They are pretty adorable I must say as are the other kids: Ember, Abigal and Andrew. It was fun to be there and visit. Our trip wasn't exactly how we planned because lots of people got sick including myself and so there was no being a tourist for me, but Kimi and Mom saw the Lincoln Memorial (cute pic of them at the memorial) and a few other things so that was fun. I also got to see my old roomie and friend Char from college and spend some time with her, so that was great. Overall besides the sickness it was a fun trip and great to see the family.

Ember before her baptism.

Kimi with Violet

Derek and Mom in front of their house.

Ember and I after her baptism.

Andrew, Ember, Abigail, Violet, and Grace after the baptism. The cookies were really good as you can see all of the kids have one.

As you can see it was a lot of fun and it was great to see the family again and some for the first time.

Pretty cute!!!

Becca came to me looking so sad and then she showed me her new talent..... I have to admit she is pretty cute, but then again she is related to me!!! (If you haven't seen Madagascar 2 you won't get it, but it is still cute.)

J-Team Traveling

So last weekend the J-Team went to Paris, isn't it beautiful... the Eiffel Tower in the background, the romance in the air, the French food, the French men... oh, wait I most of have been dreaming I was in Paris, but alas we were only in Las Vegas, but we were wishing it was really Paris... someday!. Anyway Jeannna, Janae, Jen, and I went to Las Vegas to spend some time and go to a show. The show we went to was Ka (picture below) it was fabulous. They had amazing talent and great effects I would recommend it to anyone. The acrobatics were outstanding and really grabbed your attention. The glitter was great too....

We also went to the M&M store and met a real-life Peanut M&M. He was more than happy to have his picture taken with us and it was four-floors of yumminess for those who love M&Ms, and of course who doesn't love them.

Like I said in the beginning we saw some hot French men ok actually we didn't and the closest we got to hot men was this picture of Australlia's Hottest Export (According to Las Vegas standards I guess). Yes folks it is a picture and no we did not go to the show, but they are nice to look at it and laugh at in the picture.

We stayed at the Luxor Hotel (the pyramid one) and had lots of fun going to the show, shopping ( I got a great pair of shoes), watching movies, eating, and just chatting to our hearts content. We then spent the night in SLC on Saturday went hot tubbing and watched movies again. It was very relaxing and lots of fun. Sunday we went to Church with Lacy and met lots of fun people. I have to say it was just what all of us needed and it was fun to get away and be together. I am excited for my next big adventure this weekend when Mom, Kimi, and I head to Virginia for Ember's baptism, it will be fabtabulous!!!!

So I bid you farewell for today and hopefully someday soon I can put a picture of the real Eiffel Tower with the J-Team in front of it!!!

I must comment on the shoes....

So if any of you are on Facebook you will see that there has been some discuss on my wall about shoes. So, I decided to write a little bit on my blog especially since I added my quotes about shoes. Some people may call it an obsession, but personally I call it a hobby. As you all know I love to buy shoes and I love to get a great deal on a pair of shoes. Shoes to me is one way that I express my emotions that day. I have shoes that I wear when I am feeling cute, ugly, PHAT (pretty hot and tempting), the other fat, laid back, lazy, professional, athletic (probably my least worn pair), wishing it was summer, and on a mission shoes (not like a real mission). Some girls have clothes that they wear for these different feelings, but I am not a clothes shopper most of the time and so I can't do this. Yes I counted my shoes the other day and yes I may have one too many pairs, but what pair would I give away. If you didn't see how many I had it is 43 pairs, that is kinda of embarassing to write when there are starving people in the world, this I know. However, I know this sounds wierd but shoe shopping is something I can control in my life when there are so many other things I can't... yes poor excuse I know, but none the less that is all I have. I also have to admit that one reason I love all my shoes is because my nieces like to play dress-up in my shoes and I love that. I love to think that someone thinks I am cool enough to want to be like and as we all know flattery is the greatest compliment. So.... yes world I will continue with my shoe hobby until I have reached my goal of owning 100 pairs at one time.... however, I probably won't want to stop then so I will probably increase my goal... because some hobbies are meant for a lifetime not a fleeting moment.....