EASTER 2012

Easter was fantastic!  I've been busy getting ready for our trip to Hawaii (among a bagillion other things) so I took the easy way out and posted pictures on a Smilebox.  We spent the weekend at the cabin and the weather was gorgeous.  The previous weekend was General Conference so we spent Saturday night at Grandpa Judy's and celebrated Easter on Sunday with all of the Clarks.  Saturday night the guys went to Priesthood session at the Marriott Center while the women and children went to Chuck E Cheese, one of Grandma's traditions with the grandkids.
On Sunday Grandpa Judy held a fabulous Easter egg hunt with tons of eggs and luckily the weather cooperated enough that we could have it outside.  It was April Fool's day and she played a little trick on the kids by putting the little poo things from grass aeration in some of the eggs.  Of course Wilbur was the one to find the most of those!  That kids always seems to have unfortunate things happen to him :)  I really wish I had my camera at Grandpa Judy's but I for got it.  I took some with her camera that I  need to get.
Anyway, here are pictures from Easter at the cabin:

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PS: Happy 16th Anniversary to us! Aloha! 

Renaissance Fair

The past several weeks have been more busy than usual, thanks mostly to Millie's Renaissance Fair at school.  This puppy is a big deal!  I can't believe how much time and effort goes into this {not to mention money}.  In the weeks leading up to the big event, the 6th graders work on several projects both at home and at school.  Each project is worth a different amount of points and to get an "A" they have to total 400 points.

On top of that they make a booth, make/buy the stuff to sell from the booth, and find a costume to wear while they are selling stuff from their booth.  Holy cow.  Even with Mills doing her best to get everything completed on time, she still needed guidance, supplies, and some help.  I found myself cursing the whole thing, but then I went to the Renaissance Fair on the big day and I took it all back.  The gym was made into a very impressive medieval town with banners hanging from the ceiling and booths lined up along the walls, theme music playing, and Knights, Princes, Princesses, Jesters, Kings, Queens, and Peasants walking around.  So fun! 

Millie decided to dress-up as a Jester, she looked fantastic!  

Here she is in her booth called "The Poison Apple" and spraying "Fairy Dust" in somebody's hair:

The products they sold included:

Gnome Spit (Root Beer), Fairy Dust (Colored glitter hair spray), Dragon Scales (shiny gems), King's Treat (popcorn), Poison Apples (Caramel Apple suckers), Dragon Tongues (rolled up rainbow sour fruit rolls), Unicorn Tears (Bobas), Turkey Legs (Drumstick ice cream), Book Eating Dragon (corner bookmarks), Rainbow Wands

So creative!

Here are some pictures of her friend's booth (look at that dragon!) and some of Millie's projects: a Henin, Coat of Arms, and model of a castle made out of cake.

Brayden and MJ looking festive

MJ, Brayden, Cambria, Millie. There may or may not be some crushes going on in this picture :)

Arrrrr!

Quincy was invited to a Pirate party for her friend Tizer's birthday.  It started at 4:30 on a Friday and since I work at the Doctor's office on Fridays, I didn't make it home in time.  I put BS in charge.  I even told him where Will's old pirate costume was.
Well, when she came home from her party she looked like this.
Wearing part of Millie's old dance costume from when she was "Wednesday Addams," a Batman cape, and a skull bandana.  The bandana was legit, but minus that does she look like a pirate to you?
And do you just love her belly and thighs?  I do!

The Hunger Games

There has been a frenzy about a book and movie called The Hunger Games.  BS, Millie, and I have read the books and seen the movie (released in March).  Sambo is working on the book and wants to see the movie.

A few weeks ago BS and I had church meetings on a Sunday morning.  When we got home we found Millie and Sambo outside the back doing this.  Looks like we have our own Katniss and Peeta:

They have no idea I took these pictures from the house through the window...they would die!  

They will be mad at me for posting this but I want to remember how great they play together and capture one of Millie's last "pretend" moments because they don't happen very much anymore.  She's growing up too fast.

We heart City Creek

A few weeks ago the much anticipated City Creek shopping center opened downtown.  I personally have been waiting and looking forward to this for a long time.  I grew up going shopping downtown and some of my best memories involve going to Crossroads (the old downtown shopping center).  I loved that place and I was very sad when it closed down 7 or 8 years ago for renovation.

But.

But now it is open and it is incredible!  

On opening day I took Millie and two of her friends to check it out.  We left at 3:00 and didn't get home until 10:00!  We parked and rode Trax because I wasn't sure how the parking was and I knew it would be busy.  They couldn't have picked a more perfect day for opening because the weather was perfect!  It was on March 22nd and it was warm and sunny - so warm that the roof was off!

We hadn't been there ten minutes when we were stopped by a familiar face...Nadine Wimmer who is a news anchor for KSL.  She told the girls she wanted them to be on the news.  She said to come back and meet her at 6:00 with their purchases if they had any.  They were so stoked!  

Millie got some sassy red shoes that she wanted to show.  Her friends got some shoes too and jewelry.  They were super excited to be on TV.

Some of their favorite stores were Lush, H&M, 77kids, Vans, Forever 21, & Disney Store.  Here, they are trying on cute rompers at H&M which they bought for 9 bucks for swimsuit cover-ups.

I love this picture -  Temple in the background

New shoes!  Addie, Tatum, Millie

St Patrick's Day & March Birthdays

This year St. Patrick's Day was on a Saturday and we had already celebrated Will's birthday, so it didn't seem to be quite as exciting.  But we did manage to have a heck of a day!  We woke up to gold chocolate coins scattered all through the house!  But, no leprecauns were caught in Will's traps, they are so sneaky!  For breakfast we ate a fruit rainbow with a pot of gold (bananas).  Also Lucky Charms with green milk.  

Then, after doing some chores around the house we went to Grandma's to celebrate the holiday and the March birthdays.  Grandpa, Aunt Heidi, Bode, & Will all have birthdays in March (also Grandpa Judy).  After playing around outside we feasted on burgers and hot dogs with green jello, green pickles, and green grapes.   

 

 

 

Then we ate green lemon cake and green ice cream and opened birthday presents.  Quincy got to be included too because she is the only February birthday.

Grandpa gave the boys some wooden rubber band guns.  Um, thanks?

The week before, we went to Bode's friend party at Kangaroo Zoo in Ogden.  It was awesome!

I love this birthday boy so much!

Beginner's Luck

Last night was the big Pinewood Derby for Cub Scouts. Will just turned 8 so now we have two little Scouters, which is great...but it also means two derby cars and double the achievements to pass-off.  The boys got a good head start on their cars with Dad's help and they made their own paint designs.
You never know how well their car is going to do and it's always a little nerve racking because you don't want your son to feel let down.
Turns out - Will had the fastest pinewood derby car this year!  He won 1st place!
He was so stoked and it was so great to see him so happy!
BS was super surprised at his own car building skills :)

Before the Derby started Will was initiated into the Wolf Pack with the traditional pinning (upside-down) and face painting:

At one point in the derby both Will and Sambo were racing against each other and I was a bit torn and worried about one of them losing to the other.  Sambo's car did well but nearly as fast as his little brother's.  I could tell he was a little disappointed and jealous but he took it like a man.

 Our little Wolf and our little Webelo:

 

 What a fun night!!!

...Until Will accidentally dropped his trophy and car in the church parking lot and they broke.  He was trying to carry too much stuff including a bag of popcorn and a cupcake.   He had a total meltdown!  So sad!  Good thing for hot glue...we got them patched up and good as new.  He has them proudly showcased on his dresser in his room.  Good job great man!