THE FAMILY. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together. ~Erma Bombeck

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Easter

Decorating Easter Eggs was our Saturday night Activity. Mia and Cole did a great job (Luke was officially banned from this project).

Mia wasn't feeling well, but tried her best to ignore her fever and developing cough, so she could participate.


Here are a few photos of Easter Morning. Mia got Pixos and was so excited about that, because I've always told her we wouldn't buy them. I guess the Easter Bunny is nicer then her Mom. Cole got his first set of Legos and he was beyond excited. They loved their toys so much that they completely ignored the candy for the first hour of getting their baskets. And true to form, I'm finding small pixo pills and tiny lego pieces all over my house. Oh well, they're only little once.




Unfortunately Mia fought her fever for the rest of the day, so she didn't get a chance to show off her cute Easter dress at church. But we were lucky enough to have a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Swasey. And we enjoyed a wonderful Easter dinner with them.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Easter Egg Hunt

Our church had an easter egg hunt this morning. This was Luke's first egg hunt experience.

Mia and Cole were so excited. They held it at a neighborhood park, and started the event with my kid's favorite thing... chocolate glazed donuts.
The younger kids started the hunt first. Cole and Luke were in that group. Daddy took time off of studying to give Luke a hand while I took pictures. He couldn't quite pick up on the concept. Maybe next year. Although he did love the reward at the end.... CANDY.
Cole had a blast.


Mia was in the second group to go. "And They're Off"...




Mia and her friend Aspen. She was too busy staring at the loot to look up at the camera.

Sweet rewards.






Wednesday, April 08, 2009

St. Patricks Day

I'm finally posting my St. Patrick's Day pictures. We had a Green Breakfast, which was essentiall green pancakes in the shape of shamrocks. That was a huge hit. Then for dinner we had this... It's awesome how green peppers are just the right shape. Here's a photo of Mia in all her green attire.

For dinner we had Pesto Chicken Pasta, green jello, green veggies with ranch dip, and green grapes. For dessert we had pistacio pudding. Yum!



Tuesday, March 24, 2009

The 80s Revisited

Ok, is this not the hottest couple you have ever seen?

So our dear friends, Jared and Geneva, decided to throw an 80's party, and Drew being the worlds most eager costume wearer, couldn't contain his excitement. After much thought, he decided to dress like an AC/DC drag queen, or at least that's what it seemed like with his almost Bon Jovi wig. He didn't go the preppy route because pegging his pants wasn't cool enough (as though he didn't actually do it in the 80s).

I did my best to look deep into my past and think about what my sister Chandra used to wear. This came pretty close, although to her credit, I don't think she ever wore socks with heels (or at least I hope not). We ended up winning the prize for the "Totally Awesome 80's First Place Couple". That was awesome.


Here are the gals. We had a great time sharing stories about the babysitter's expressions to seeing us in our costumes, and the neighbors reactions, etc.





Here's our hot guys (minus Amber's and Kristen's hubbies). Is that George Michael in the photo?

Jared and Geneva did an AMAZING job. We played a jeopardy game where they played the first few measures of an 80's TV show theme song and you had to guess what show it was. It was so fun. Then we did the karaoke singing thing. That was embarrasing. I might have to submit some of those videos. It was a BLAST. Thanks guys.


Other Great Moment from Brian Head

Here are a few more pictures from our trip to Brian Head Resort. Here's the view from our room window. I loved watching the sunrise. It was so beautiful. We went for a walk to check out the resort.









We also went for a swim at the pool. It made me excited for summer.




Michele's Wedding

Drew's cousin Michele was married last week and here are some photos of her "preception" - the night before the wedding. It was a lot of fun, and it was great to meet her new hubbie. Here are some of the Swaseys.






Mia and Cole were really excited about signing the picture.

It's always fun to watch Melvin and Dixie dance.


Brian Head

Our family spent a night at the Brian Head ski lodge and here's some photos of our two hour tubing trip. It was so much fun and the kids LOVED playing in the snow.
Cole got a little tired and decided to take a rest.

Mia loved spinning all the way down the hill.




Here's a view from the bottom. It's much faster then you think and by the time we were done with our two hours, it was practically ice.



Here's a photo of Drew, Cole, and Mia on their way down the hill.



















Little Luke is missing from our photo. He was at the ski resort day care enjoying snacks and toys.



Thursday, March 05, 2009

Boxing on the Wii

Luke wants to be just like Cole. He's always trying his best to keep up.