Update and fun times in Logan

So I haven't blogged in a while. So I thought I would give you some pics. While we were down in Utah for Wicked we stayed with Shauna a few days. Here are some pics from a soccer game we went to while we were there.

Here is the birthday cake, Sha made for me.
Cute Ava in her chair.

Weston had a soccer game so we got to go to that. He my the two goals for his team, Go Weston. On May 1st (the most fabulous day of the year, but I am not bias at all) Kimi graduated from college! Go Kimi! Here she is after graduation!! Check out the air on that. It was a fun day. We then came home and had cake and ice cream with the family. It was lots of fun. My friends came over too and we had lots of laughs... snap snap J-Crew.. don't worry you don't have to get that. Any way the next day a bunch of us went out to dinner and a movie for me and it was lots of fun. I was bummed I didn't get any pictures there, but Jeanna put some on facebook so it's all good.


The next day we went back to Logan for Ava's blessing. It was lots of fun to be with almost all of the fam and spend some time together. We also gave Mom her mother's day present with us all there... we fixed her cuckoo clock, she was so surprised. It was lots of fun. Here are some pictures from that day. Isn't she adorable!!
Brad and Shauna Family

Mom opening her fixed cuckoo clock!!!

Last week was a pretty crazy week. Ryan and Kristy's kids had a TaVaci concert, Derek turned a year older and Melly turned eight. I will post some pictures of these things on my next blog.

WICKED

So Wednesday night a bunch of us went to WICKED at the Capital Theater in Salt Lake. It was so fabtabulous.

Kimi and her roomies, Jen and Holly, to the far right, came with us as well as two of her other friends. Lisa and her sister-in-law Christy, Jeanna and her Mom, Sister Clayson, Willie, his sister, and his parents all came with us. It was so much fun. There is a picture of the stage before it opened up. In the middle is the Emerald City. Below is the Capital Theater

Here is us by the sign outside the theater.

We bought the tickets last December when Kimi, Jenn Lee, and I stood in line on the streets of Salt Lake for like 9 hours to get them. It was quite the adventure and now I can say that I have slept on the streets at night. Here is a picture of that night. Kimi is the one under the white blanket and Jenn Lee is the other one. I think they were warm that night, personally I froze that night, but then again I never dress for the weather. Jenn Lee and a bunch of friends went a few weeks ago and we went this night.

Here is a picture of Chele, Me, and Sha before the show.

Chele, me, Kimi, and Sha after the show. We are flipping our hair toss, toss. We just want to be Popular I guess. Also, I got to hear my favorite line again.... which is , "It's only a pair of shoes." I loved the play and it was even better because I got to share it with my sisters. It was a fun girls night out.

Cookie Dough Ice Cream

So do you ever have the moments in life when you learn a lot more about something than you ever thought you would at that stage in life. For example you learn all about cookie dough ice cream and how different it tastes to different people and how sometimes it drips on your hand. Like for example, some have never tried it and so they think, I don't know if I will like it, I mean it has chunks of dough in it and that might sound icky to somebody. Or maybe you don't like things that cold getting too close to you because it causes a brain freeze. Or maybe you haven't had the opportunity to try it and so you don't know what you are missing. Or maybe you have tried more than one kind of cookie dough ice cream and you just haven't found the one that tastes the best to you. I mean there are a lot of different brands out there even of cookie dough ice cream and how do you know which brand you will like and which one will taste nasty. What if it turns out you don't even like cookie dough ice cream at all does that mean there is something wrong with you or you just haven't found the right brand that you like?
Ok so some of you might be reading this and be thinking ok Jenn you have too much time on your hands; this may be true but I have been thinking about this a lot lately and for those of you that had cookie dough ice cream with me last night this makes perfect sense. I was thinking about this today and I found this picture on the Internet and I thought it fit perfectly, don't you think.
Perhaps I just need to keep looking for the cookie dough ice cream that tastes the best to me. To those of you that have discovered your favorite cookie dough ice cream I congratulate you and hope it is everything you thought it would be. For those of you that have tried different brands and are still looking for the right brand I know it is out there just keep tasting away. And for those that have never tried cookie dough ice cream, there is always Hawaii, I hear they have great cookie dough ice cream. I personally am looking forward to trying it there. If I don't try it there I guess I will have to try it somewhere else..... anyone have any suggestions........

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.