We had a great Easter/Conference weekend! Thatcher was hilarious looking for Easter eggs and talking about the Easter bunny for days afterward. Paul and I got a little carried away with the hunt and we hid enough eggs for 10 kids instead of one. Ooops! We are now fighting the urge to fill ourselves with chocolate between each meal!
Thatcher is talking more and more everyday. I think he thinks he is an adult. He talks to Paul and I as if he's right on our level.
For example:
Thatcher:"Mom?"
Me: "Yeah"
Thatcher: "Should we go to WalMart?"
Me: "I don't know, should we?"
Thatcher: "Yeah. It be fun, yeah, let's do it mom! Ready? Go?"
He is definitely the best part of our day! I am so grateful we can be a family forever! What an amazing blessing and knowledge we have in our lives.
Homemade Easter Goodies
Too Much Fun
Our April Fool's Day:
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
The Easter Bunny Found Us...
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
Piano Remodel
I am now the lucky owner of the family pass around piano. In fact this very weekend my dad was lamenting about Aunt Laurel's request to have the piano in her 3rd floor apartment. Uncle Stephen and my dad had to carry it up three flights of stairs. Then after Laurel was done with it, back to Burg' it went, and now here it is back in Utah. It definitely needed a serious facelift.
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Welcome To The Outdoors!
Spending time outside is always best! We love the outdoors. These are some of our latest activities.
Snowshoeing:
Thatcher fell asleep in the sled on the way up the mountain. What a way to ride huh? Near the end of our adventure, Paul and I were wishing the sled was big enough for one of us!
Sledding:
After all the Olympics watching, Paul and Thomas decided to have their own Luge competition. It was very impressive, both earned a spot on the medal podium. It had us all on the edge of our seats, cheering wildly!!
Snowmachining:
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Thatcher's Birthday
I know this is late, but for documents sake, Thatcher's birthday was last month. He turned 2 on January 18th to be exact. We spent the weekend at Gram and Bomp's house and so had family and cousins to celebrate the big day! Hooray for Thatcher! He is getting so big and talking like crazy!
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
Sun Valley
Okay, I know it's been a long time since we actually went to Sun Valley. But I am just now getting around to posting the evidence. Our computer was sent off for some much needed repairs. I decided it was okay to post this late because it goes along with the upcoming holiday, Valentine's Day. We celebrated our 5th Anniversary in Sun Valley! It was a lot of fun and the first time we've left Thatcher over night. He, too, had a great time at Bomp & Gram's house!
We hit the rink to show off our iceskating skills! Mine were not so showy! This is one consecutive move! We had a blast pretending we were professionals competing in the Olympics!
Maybe I'm better off standing still?!
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Monday, December 14, 2009
"Santa Claus is Comin' To Town..."
And we are ready and waiting!!
We made our annual neigbor gifts, tradition called for chocolate dipped strawberries. Mmmmmmm, A-mazing, love them!! Thatcher was a huge asset to the production!
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Thanksgiving Events
We spent the Thanksgiving Holiday at a cabin in Park City with my parents, the Johnsons, The Mounts, Grandma Z, The Stephen Zollingers, The David Zollingers, and The Harris'. It was a lot of fun and very delicious! My mom and I made paper bonnets and feather headbands for all guests to wear at the feast. The girls were Pilgrims and the boys were Indians. Festive right? I thought so, but I'm not sure everyone agreed. I stole this slide show from Stephen and Cari's blog of the events activities. Click here and enjoy! Great pictures by Cari!
I also had the opportunity to reflect on my many many many blessings and how thankful I am! I feel so overwhelmed at the plenty Heavenly Father has given to me. I am so grateful for my family, for the Gospel, for this country, for my testimony, for our health, for our safety, and for so many many other blessings!! I truly feel many reasons for "thanksgiving!"
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Happy Halloween...A Little Late
Nicole and Blake invited us to spend the Halloween weekend at Nicole's grandmother's cabin in Driggs. It was a lot of fun spending time with family, The Zollingers, Jack & Debbie, Johnsons, Mounts, and Bomp and Gram. We had a delicious assortment of meals and goodies and played lots of fun games. Halloween night we hit the streets of Driggs for trick-or-treating. Not many streets to hit, I'm sure we hit all of them in a matter of one hour. Impressive!
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Shaman and Heather's Wedding
These are pictures I stole from Scott & Kiana's blog. They are sooo cute! We went to San Antonio for Paul's brother's wedding last month and these pictures illustrate some of the festivity!!




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