Eggs, Eggs & Bunnies too

Annual Egg Hunt at Grandma & Grandpa Morgan's House - we love our fun, family traditions...

Counting our stashes...it gets a little competitive when the adults are included and there is cash at stake!

Busted feeding blue M&Ms to Baby Alec

Candy Heaven

We love you Grandma!! Thanks for the fun, fun Easter party!

What cute bunnies...

Look what the Easter Bunny brought us! While Christian hunted for his basket, Mason followed chanting "bunny bunny!"

Only green eggs for our Christian of course.

Mason insisted on dying the eggs himself, which led to him throwing the eggs in the color with a big SPLASH and then throwing them onto the table where they'd CRACK! He was squealing with joy the whole time.

More Easter Poses

I had to share the rest of our fun Easter pics...I thought they turned out so cute! And no bunnies were harmed in the process (although Mason would have loved to sqeeze and poke the lil' guy).

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to all from my

little Easter Bunnies...

(yes, that's a real bunny in the pail, poor bunny barely survived Mason's grip)

Disneyland??

Okay, it was only Disney on Ice but when I asked Christian where we were, he shouted with joy: "DISNEYLAND!!" Easily entertained. We took cousins Kiley and Ireland out for a date. The kids were mesmerized by skating, singing characters while mom tried to distract them from the $20 snow cones in the "souvenir cup" - now that's more like Disneyland, right?

Peter Pan and the Princesses

Christian's fave Lightning McQueen or "Speed" as says.

Look What Patrick Brought

After a knock, knock, knock on the door...a very special visitor "Patrick the Leprechaun" as Christian says, left some green surprises.

Day of Green

Seeing it's still Christian's FAVE color and all, he really got into a day all about GREEN. Grandma & Grandpa Morgan had their annual Green Dinner - green chicken, green pasta, green rolls, green jello - the works. All of which Christian would not eat - a little unappealing. Mason had no objections, but he never does when it comes to food! However Christian loved his St. Patty's party at preschool, running around with his shamrock mask (anything resembling a superhero scores points at our house). And we can't forget the green shoes...

S is for Superheroes!

We hit the Safe Kids Fair (along with everyone else in SLC) because we heard some very special visitors would be there. To no disappointment, Christian got to see the Star Wars clan up close and personal (well, not too close) and meet Batman (with a handshake and all). He was in Superhero Heaven!

He wore his new Star Wars shirt and brought his light saver but when he saw the real Luke and clone troopers, it was a little "too real," so we just watched from afar and checked out their awesome weapons.

To top it off, our day for playgroup was on "S" so naturally...S is for SUPERHEROES!!

Day of Chaos

Just need to vent about this particular (yet typical) day in my wild child's life (more like the life of his mother who has lost all patience):
- He already has a huge shiner from an outdoor fall over the weekend (which also included cactus pricks in the bum).
- I hear him yelling and banging downstairs to find he has locked himself in his room (why do we have a lock on our kid's room?? Maybe we should reverse it so we can lock them in). Pick the lock to find him hiding in his closet squealing for joy ripping the clothes off the hangers.
Side note: 5 neighbor boys chasing through the house in super hero costumes at the same time. Yep, my turn for playgroup.
- Few minutes later find him dumping out my purse and opening every piece of gum in the pack, biting off pieces and spitting them out.
- After several attempts at a nap with no success, we take to driving around...no luck. Bottle is propelled across the car at my head (nothing new here). Attempt to take him in a store where he rips all the jewelry off the shelf. We leave.

- Head to my parent's house (in hope of a break), where he slams his fingers in the piano lid and climbs out of the portable crib (a first)...insane as I am, attempt another errand (when will I learn??). He's happily eating Tic Tacs when I turn away for a few minutes and he's swapped them out for a bottle of Advil (which he somehow opened and is munching away on). Call Poison Control...didn't eat enough to worry them. Phew.
- After yelling "MINE MINE MINE" at everyone around him (all day long) and hitting us all (love hits of course)...I finally got my break. Escaped to a great, "feel-good" movie. The Blind Side. Loved it. The flick and much-needed ESCAPE. Then sweet dreams for crazy man so he can regain energy for round 2 tomorrow.

Now you see the big, black eye is very fitting for him. This boy needs a permanent football helmet, mouth guard and leash. And I need a nanny, make that 3!

First Talk in Church

Our Christian is so grown up! He recently became a Sunbeam in Primary at church and just gave his first talk last Sunday. It was about Jesus. When I asked him what he was going to say about Jesus, he quickly replied: "Jesus is the greatest, greatest, greatest, greatest, best guy in the whole universe." Good answer! And he said exactly that during his talk...adding in a few "awesomes" and "specials" in place of "greatest." He was so excited to talk in the microphone (more like eat the microphone). It was so cute hearing his sweet, high-pitched voice talk (or repeat what I say) and he just LOVED all the attention from the other kids. Not shy one bit. I really wish I could have recorded it. Our big boy really is SO BIG!

I'm so grateful for my 2 healthy, beautiful, smart boys who constantly make me laugh and keep me on my toes. They give me such purpose in life. For all the sleepless nights, moments of insanity and losing all patience ~ I truly love and adore them!

Sunshine and Clear Skies

We headed south in search of warmer weather and that we found...always so nice to escape this dreary cold and yucky air. Let's hope Spring is coming soon.

Good Times: Hiking Red Rocks, Indoor Swimming, Pirate Play, Putting Green, Riding Scooters, Lizard Hunting, No Coats, Wearing Flip Flops, Just Hanging Out with Family

Don't let this sweet smiling face fool you, he's really not that innocent! God made him beautiful so mommy and daddy woudn't hurt him...nah, we adore our naughty hot-tempered boy, even if he does take after his DADDY.

Pirate Island

Not So Good Times: Sick, Whining, Screaming Baby + Bad Toothache for Troy = Sleepless Nights for All

Just Plain Weird Times: Surprise visit from Troy's high school sweetheart (+husband+4 kids) whose grandpa married my grandma. Totally random and a little awkward.

Thanks Gram & Claude for letting us crash at your beautiful Road Runner Ranch and for being the hostests with mostest. So grateful for you.
Love you lots! XOXO

Love is in the Air

and treats, lots of treats! Christian was in candy heaven after his preschool Valentine's party. He even gave himself a Valentine, hey why not?

I sure love my Sweethearts, all 3 of 'em!

Almost Toothless

We had a traumatic day at our house last Sunday. Mr. Mason knocked out his front tooth - root and all. It took a few minutes to realize there was a gaping hole in his mouth after cleaning up the blood. Then I really lost it - screaming, hitting the wall, the works! I ran back to the site to find a single tooth, 1 inch long with the root, laying on the bedroom floor. Troy yelled to put it in milk, who knew? I did this then frantically called every dentist we know. One said there was nothing we could do, another said it was possible to shove the tooth back in, while others warned there's a very slim chance the body will re-accept the tooth after an trauma and time is of essence. It had only been 10 minutes since the incident so I quickly rinsed the tooth off and Troy and I pinned our poor screaming child on my lap while I played dentist and rammed the tooth back in. It definitely freaked me out but the adrenaline was going strong. And now, 1 week later, my son still has a tooth. Pretty amazing. We are so grateful our 18-month old is NOT TOOTHLESS, not yet. Count our blessings. Who knew you could shove a tooth back in?? Well, now we all know.

The Incident: We heard screaming from the boys' bedroom and found Mason laying on the floor by the bunkbed ladder with blood pouring from his mouth. We later questioned Christian to find out that he was "helping Mason get off the ladder" (in his full Spiderman costume mask and all so I'm sure he couldn't see a thing). "I was carrying him but he was too heavy so I dropped him," he casually tells us. Ummm, okay. It was an accident, no need for scolding but he wasn't even upset about it.

Moral of the Story: It's only a baby tooth, which he could live without just fine but it was really traumatic in the heat of the moment. With 2 wild boys, I'm sure we're bound to have many broken bones and stitches in our future (let's hope not that many) so this incident was just preparing us for those to come.

Cabo Paradise

We had a grand time soaking in the sun, feasting on fabulous food and just doing a whole lot of nothing in beautiful Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The best part of all - NO KIDS for a week!! Some of our MANY FEASTSThanks to my step-dad and wife Carla for the great Christmas present and fun memories with the fam. My brother John and sister Paige, as well as her boyfriend Bryan, kept us laughing. Troy spent his days socializing with the beach vendors and bringing them drinks and food (talk about taking full advantage of the all inclusive plan). Food was so good - sushi, mexican, pizza, the works and it was all FREE!

We hit the hotel beach party our last night and discovered our family has many hidden talents...some of which I won't even mention here. What happens in Mexico, stays in Mexico, right? We were very entertained and had a great time together! Other trip highlights: jet skiing, bad marlin fishing trip, hitting the clubs, water aerobics, SUN, FOOD, SHOPPING.

It's so hard coming back to reality and this frigid weather but we really can't complain after such a wonderful escape to the beach!
More Pics in Slideshow Post below.

Cabo Slideshow

Say What?

Mason is saying several new words a day lately. Then he smiles so proudly of his achievement, like "finally, they understand me." Hopefully this will lead to less yelling and tantrums from misinterpretation of his many demands.

Latest Fave New Words: Happy, Stinky, Christian, Basketball, Cold, Open, Help, Amen, Mine Mine Mine! (always yelled 3 times when he wants something badly or before ripping a toy away from big brother - I guess it's inevitable the younger brother learns "mine" at such an early age).

Christian suits up in his black ninja costume (with rather large padded muscles) and announces he's going to put on a play. He jumps up and shouts: "Ladies and Gentlemen, it's time for the Muscle Man!" Apparently Nana's theater gene has rubbed off on him.

He asks me today: "why do we have bones?" I explain that God gave us bones so we could move, run, jump, etc. He ponders then asks: "why did Heavenly Father just throw me where I live and throw you where you live?" Hmmm, okay. That led to another explanation of how we became families.

Christian and Jace were playing Buzz and Woody last night, Jace made the Woody doll dance and Christian says, "hey Woody, I think you need to go potty."

When we tell Christian about plans we have "later" or "tomorrow," he'll ask "today to-later?" or "today tomorrow" wanting everything to be today, right now.

I have to laugh at all the smart, logical comments and the many "WHY" questions that roll in all day but my quickly made-up answers aren't going to fly for long. I guess we really do get educated by our kids. They are too dang smart!