I am sick of global warming

Went up to Park City yesterday for a conference, and was assaulted by snow and ice.  It is the end of April--what is going on?!?!  Maybe my body is just in shock as it was in 90 degree weather a few days ago in Phoenix.  Is anyone else wanting to wear their flip flops even though it is FREEZING?!

Oh Sweet Sadie

I raved about this boutique a few months ago. They are at it again in Herriman and Riverton next month! If you love cute things, this is really fun. You just walk around and take in all the cuteness. I bought the best fresh homemade chicken soup and rolls ever here. Here is their website. If anyone wants to go--leave me a comment:)

http://www.ohsweetsadie.com/

Spring Break Part One

Love, love, love our annual family trip to St George. Amazing weather, tons of laughs and loads of relaxation. Here were the highlights:

~We broke tradition and stayed at the Marriott Courtyard instead of the Abbey. The bedding was yummy as well as the waterfall pool, but Sam kind of got after me for choosing a hotel with no bacon (no breakfast:). Here is cute Kaela diving off of the rocks. Shane, Ian and Keith hit the links all day Saturday, so they missed out on the fun pool.



~Keith and Ashley have a Coldstone thing going. We ate it two nights in a row at their suggestion and for some reason our little jaunts just made it seem like summer! Loved the cake batter with cinnamon. So yummy. Also loved visiting the Pasta Factory again. Sorry about the beam Rich and Joey!

~Our "hike" in Snow Canyon. It was a hike I could handle in my flip flop Crocs. We sort of interrupted a yoga class in progress from Red Mountain Spa (an Oprah fave!), but the trade off was I got some amazing pics of my siblings. Thanks Ian for letting me do a study in "Reflective Ian"






~Richard and Joey are sooo good and get us all to sacrament meeting on Sundays when we go on vacation. It was fast and testimony meeting, and a lady got up and said she was grateful for her fresh bar of soap that morning. Shane laughed about it the rest of the day, but I loved the thought. Made me think of all the wonderful things I enjoy too.

~Everyone left Sunday, but we had decided to stay an extra day. We drove to Las Vegas Sunday afternoon and hit the Paris, Planet Hollywood and New York, New York. I am so not a gambler, but I LOVE Las Vegas. Again, I am a sucker for amazing weather and I love the super stylized backdrop of Las Vegas! We drove down Las Vegas Blvd during the Bellagio water show and then went to the top of the Eiffel Tower. I then forced the boys to the Miracle Mile shops where we hit Sephora (I finally got my the shu uemura eyelash curler I have been coveting), H&M, Build a Bear and L'Occtaine. We then headed to the ESPN Zone for dinner and watched the Yankees and Red Sox game.




~The drive home was really nice too. I love long road trips with magazines, the paper, a fresh Coke, the sun streaming into the car and the radio going. We switched out everyone's iPod's to listen to favorite playlists. Mack loved his new Alvin and the Chipmunks soundtrack (don't recommend unless you are 10 and under), Shane put together a Def Lepard anthology ( I didn't think he read my blog, but I think he may have read my post about Cosmic Bowling--love ya hon!), and I tortured the boys with my girl rock (new Anna Nalick, Inara George and the Bird and the Bee).

Love you family! Am already counting down to next years trip:)

BB Fascination

Mack is totally into BB's.  Not sure why, but he loves collecting them and putting them in water bottles.  Here is Stockton and Mack showing off their BB collections.  Hmmm--boys...

Easter

Loved Easter this year.  All my family was in town for my grandpa's birthday, so we had a blast hanging out with them.  I actually hosted Easter at my house this year.  Have never hosted a major holiday before, so felt pretty grown up!  

Happy Anniversary Babe:)

For the last nine years, we have celebrated our wedding anniversary on the same day as Mack's birthday.  Mack's birthday has continued to overshadow our day as the years go by, but I am convinced that one day our day will make its return.  So, nothing completely exciting to report (I had secretly hoped to fly down to Vegas and stay at the Four Seasons for a night), but we had a great date night (thanks Joey!), and I was gifted with these amazing flowers.  

I read a great thing over the weekend in a book that made me stop and think about marriage.  The author was discussing with his brother how to make marriages really work and keep progressing.  One was the proponent of constant communication.  The other said that the only thing he thought that really kept the glue together for him was commitment.  Kind of stopped me in my tracks.  He went on to talk about no matter what obstacles come up in your way that true commitment to each other outlasts everything else.  Loved it.  Here's to commitment babe--and lots more years:)

Cosmic Bowling

Amanda and her family invited us to go cosmic bowling with them a few weeks ago.  Sam was sleeping over, and both boys reveled at the prospect of not leaving the house until 10:00 pm to go and possibly staying up all night.  We had a BLAST.  Not only was bowling in the dark with assorted lasers totally fun, I also had forgotten how awesome Def Lepard was, especially really, really loud.  Thanks Gundersons for introducing us!