Trip to Hearst Castle

The weather was beautiful - not a cloud!

This was the indoor pool with 22 carat

gold mosaics and a diving platform.

These are some of the elephant seals

we saw. There were about 100 of them!

The pool and views from the castle

were incredible.

This is the hostel in Cambria we stayed in.

Here's so recent pics. I love this one of Lizzie chowin' down on her cantaloupe. This picture is like a role model for me on how to approach my eating....wait, where did she learn that from? Anyhoo, it cracks me up.

Whoever says my garden isn't sooo worth all the time and effort I put into it? Check out these carrots!! I know they're tiny, but they were actually really, really sweet and delicious!

For Valentine's Day I had preschool that day and we were going to make cookies, so I wanted Caitlin and Lizzie to get their cookies before that. What better time than after breakfast?

I hid them and they went on a little cookie hunt and found their cookies (not quite as big as the ones mom made us- I figure as they get older their cookie can get bigger).

This is Lizzie's birthday outfit from Grandma and Emily. She loves pockets!! No, it's not too early for T-shirts and shorts. Note the sunshine streaming in the windows- yes, it's that beautiful time of year when you can all be jealous I live in the desert. We're talking high 60's low 70's, baby!!

Can I mention yet again how excited I am for our girls' trip?? I find myself thinking about it everyday now!

the redeeming qualities of snow...and other activities

Although I basically hate the cold and therefore, the snow,
it does have it's benefits...

A few weeks ago, I went snow shoeing on a group date.
(date not pictured in this photo).

I finally made it snowboarding. Our ward went night skiing up
at Brighton. The snow was a little icy, but it was lots of fun.

No, I'm not getting married, but we made tp dresses at a bridal
shower and I was quite impressed with my friends abilities.
Check out the puffed-sleeves.

I had a little reunion with some old roommies down in Provo.
Our waiter was really concerned about making sure that nothing
on the table was showing in this picture.

Audrey has been in heaven with her cousins living so close to us! Every day she asks me if she can see them. She is closest in age to Alyssa (on far right) and they play (sometimes fight) really well together. They are such cute girls! The boys like to play with them too, Cameron plays with Ashlynn at recess alot. Nathan and Bev bought a house in Yakima and will be moving in the middle of March. We are so happy for them, but kinda sad since it seem so far away! Bev is having a BOY in April so everyone is excited about that!

The kids and I (Troy obviously was not home) decided to play dress up with Alex. He's all dressed up with no where to go! The kids couldn't stop giggling, they thought it was so funny, and Alex loved being the star of the show.

Visiting the Lambournes

Obviously we had to go to In-N-Out...twice...for a
total of 3 burgers for me! It was wonderful.

Just hanging out with the girls after nap time

Cuteness #1

Cuteness #2

I had lots of fun with Carrie and fam! We made good food, went to a bird "sanctuary", had a picnic, ate farm fresh eggs, and of course scored some sweet deals at the Saver's President's Day sale.

We've Been Hit

...with the flu :(
Cameron first came down with it yesterday when he hurled into a bag in the car. Thank heavens I had a bag! Before bed last night I felt a little quesy as did Troy. At about 2am we heard Audrey barfing in the bathroom. Yes, it was good she made it to the bathroom even though most of it was on the floor an inch away from the toilet. So close. So after that I got sick, then Troy. It was a fun night. Devon has pink eye in both eyes, although he doesn't seem to have the flu and Alex seems okay. So EVERYONE is home today...Troy and I are feeling better and the kids haven't thrown up for awhile so hopefully we are on the mend. So that's what's going on in our house!

That's Devil's peak in the background.
It was pretty and windy up top!
The tracks were a bit icy at times. We
both had a couple good falls. Emily would scream first.

We were pretty tired after 4 hrs. of

skiing. We had fun.