I am trying to beat my Mom....

... in the number of posts that she does this year!

Okay, so not really. I have just felt like blogging more lately. It's not that I have more time. Because I don't. I have way less time. But I am having more fun doing it lately. It makes me feel good to be keeping some sort of a journal. :)

Anyways... just a couple of thoughts while I am sitting in my cool (i am being sarcastic. I don't know anyone who enjoys economics) economics class.

1. I really enjoyed General Conference. I am always sad when the last session comes and goes and we have to wait another 6 months to hear the great talks from the general authorities. I wasn't able to watch it all on T. V., but I was at least able to listen to it on the radio. On Saturday I turned the radio on (we were traveling) in time to hear President Eyring speak. Now, I know that we aren't supposed to have favorites... but he has been one of my favorites since he first became an apostle. I love, love, love him! I think one of the biggest reasons is because he puts a lot of emotion and sincerity in his talks and so they pull at my heart strings! What's sad is I can't even remember what he talked about, but I know it was really good and I can't wait to read it in the Ensign. Also, talks that stood out to me, were talks about getting out of debt and also being member missionaries. They are two things that I really need to work on!

I can't forgot President Monson and the wonderful prophet that he is! He is such a good person and I love the fact that he goes to Jazz games!


What did you enjoy about General Conference?

2. I have Spring Fever! The weather was so nice today. It motivated me to get my house clean... the only problem is that I had to study for a test all day! Oh well. Hopefully tomorrow the weather will be still nice. When it is dark and gloomy outside I just want to crawl in my bed and sleep. No joke! Spring should bring so many great surprises!... including Katie's baby sometime in the next 2 weeks! I am so excited to finally be an Aunt on my side of the family!

(Sigh)... We should all sign a petition to have Spring all year around! :)

24 Hours of Fun

How do you pack in a weeks worth of fun into a 24 hour period? Go with my family and I and we will have you and/or your family tired in no time.

Friday morning was really the start of all the fun. Nanette and I took the boys to the Treehouse Museum in Ogden. Of course, Ethan and Logan had an awesome time. The museum is really a hands-on educational center. Inside the museum there are various cultural and subject theme that kids can touch and learn from. Well, Nanette and I spent the majority our time playing in the musical area and the firetruck. The kids can't get enough with banging sticks on the xylophone or shaking the several rattling instruments. Then with the firetruck, we got the kids dressed up as firemen and had them take turns steering the truck (the truck does not move).

Ethan and his new favorite hobby... coloring!
Logi the WizardQueen Nano

After the museum, we headed back home to pack up and went to Provo to go to my mission reunion. I can't believe it has been almost 8 years since I left to go on mission. In many ways, I miss being out there and just doing good for others all the time; however, I would not give up being with Nanette and my boys. Luckily, the missionary program is robust enough that I don't have to worry about that.

So we made it to Provo and dropped off our stuff at the Residence Inn. We figured it would be nice to stay the night and not have to worry about driving home late. A little after that we made it to my mission reunion. It is always good to be at the reunion. There are people that I meet up with every year that I have the utmost respect for and to this day feel that no matter what I could do for them, I would never be able to repay them back.

After the reunion we went back to the hotel and went swimming. It was 10:30 at night at that point so it was just Ethan and I in the pool. We had a good time.

The next day, we made it to the Natural History Museum at Thanksgiving Point. It was actually really cool. If I would have known how cool it was, I probably would have went earlier in my life. The good thing about the this museum is that Logan actually enjoyed himself because he was very tired and fussy. They had a baby mammoth skeleton that was pretty cool and huge super-duper-saurus (actually named supersaurus) skeleton.

"Daddy... you should be saving me from the shark... not feeding me to it!"Ethan kept saying, "I want to ride a dinosaur!"... and so he got his wish... sorta. He also kept saying that the dinosaur skeletons needed water. I guess he thought that the reason why they were skeletons was because they were thirsty! It was adorable.

After we went to the museum we finished our trip to Ikea. We like going in there because there are a lot of neat things inside the store and a lot of it is relatively cheap. So we didn't buy anything but sometimes it's just fun to see what type of things you may do to remodel or update your home.

I apologize for the itinerary and promise I just hit the highlights.

My mom

Yesterday was my mom's birthday!... no April fools! (I know. That is dorky). I wanted to do this blog yesterday, but I was a slacker. So, I'm sorry Mom!

My Mom is the best!

She is such a good Nana. Ethan and Logan love her so much and prefer her over me when she is around.

My Mom is the most compassionate and caring person that I know. She has always been very concerned about how her kids are doing and what she can do to help.

She has a strong testimony of the gospel and is such a good example for me of how I should be.

She is a great friend and someone who I can always talk too!

I love you Mom! I'm glad I got to spend your birthday with you! I hope you had a great day!