Lexi's first GUM BUBBLE

Lexi wanted to learn how to make bubbles with her gum the other day. So we practiced for a few minutes and she finally got one! She was very excited, but now she wants to do it often, like in not so appropriate places: like Sacrament mtg. hehe

I wont be teaching her how to pop/snap her gum like me though. It's real annoying, now I see why my dad was bothered when I would do it in the car :)

Proud New Owners of a MINI-VAN

After squishing in our car for 6 months, we've upgraded to a mini-van. We are super excited about having more space. We got a good deal and were able to pay cash. This was an amazing feeling :)

We are very happy with our purchase, it even has a DVD player for the kids :) This will be a wonderful plus to have.

Green wouldn't be my first color choice - but what can you do? It's a darker green, Lexi thought it was black, so it's not too bad.

We are excited about traveling more comfortably this summer - YAY!!!

Lexi lost her FIRST TOOTH

AFTER

BEFORE

Lexi has had a loose tooth for almost 2months now. A week ago we noticed that the new tooth was already coming in behind the old one. All I could think is get that sucker out...she's only 5, and we'll have to do braces!!

So Tuesday she must have forgotten about her tooth or something, b/c she bit into an apple and the tooth was hanging. She wouldn't let me pull it. She was crying like crazy, I just HAD to take a picture. The next day...she comes running up to me to show me that her tooth was out. She was sooo excited. I'm glad I took a picture right then...b/c only hours later the tooth would actually go missing:

I wiped down the table to set it for dinner. Lexi comes over and asks where her tooth is. I find out that she'd placed it on the table....well I cleared the table, meaning it's most likely in the trash :( Then to top it off, we had rice for dinner. So real no chance of finding an itty bitty tooth.

That night Lexi wrote a letter to the tooth fairy:

I lost my tooth today on the table. I want a dollar.

Mike and I kept asking her how much she thought she'd get, that's where the dollar amount came in :) I was thinking 50cents, Mike thought $2...so we settled with $1. It was a fun day for Lexi, she was real excited. She already has another loose tooth and has plans to keep the tooth in a little box on a necklace this time.

*Spring Break*

Heather's and my girls - no boys yet :(

Mckoy and Shelbs playing with Plastic eggs

Blowing out the egg yolks

Koy, Kam, and Shelbs eating a whole bag of Doritos!!

Dying Easter Eggs!

Singing American Idol!

Mckoy - Lexi - Kamree - Shelby: Easter egg hunt! Once Shelby dropped an egg and it cracked open, she discovered candy inside. After that she just wanted to open them instead of find more :)

Look at this snow out our condo back door!

Jadyn alseep on the table - Trey asleep on the floor - Cole asleep on the couch.

I think they were pretty worn out!

Brevin and Liv

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We had a week long vacation b/c Lexi was out of school. It was a blast :)
The girls and I took off on Sunday after church. I thought this was a fabulous idea, since the girls would most likely zonk out....luckily this worked!! so the drive was not too bad.
We stopped in Aberdeen and my friend Heather's House and stayed the night. Heather is my old college roommate and is the one who introduced Mike and I. I love this girl and wish we could see eachother more often. Our 5 girls had a blast together and stayed up soo late. Heather and I stayed up til 2am!! We had a wonderful time and I wish we could do it more often. Thanks for letting us stay with you Heather and Travis!!
Then the next day we were off for Preston. We stayed there until Thursday. The girls had fun playing with their cousins, dying eggs, hunting for eggs, eating Doritos (the entire bag), and shopping (ok, they didn't really LOVE the shopping part). We played guitar hero and American Idol...which I LOVE by the way!! I think it's because I love to sing and really stink at it, so AI let's me really belt it out and have fun. [luckily there was no video of this:)] We sang 'Livin on a Prayer' soo many times :)
Amber even got us in to a pool at 10:30 at night with some of her friends. Lexi and I had a good time...Lexi thought it was awesome "girl time".
Wednesday we got hit with a snow storm...I got a bit worried about our 'warm' spring break and called Mike to check in. He said they decided against bringing the Sailboat to BearLake. So Thursday Mike and Kirk's family came and met us in BearLake. Mike's other brother Brian and his family came as well.
The ground was covered with snow the whole time, but we still had a fun time. The outdoor pool was heated and there was a big hot tub, so we enjoyed ourselves!!
We had yummy food... including these AMAZING stawberry shortcake cookies that Chalyce brought. We played games, did crafts, swam, talked, and watched conference. As you can tell in one of the photos, the kids managed to NAP as well. haha
We had a real fun and long vacation...but it was nice to be home after a week of being gone. It was hard to get back into the swing of things, but the weather is warming up and soccer is starting so we're are getting excited for upcoming events :)