GOING ONS AT THE CANNONS...

Here are some of our latest photos... Easter Sunday

Britt...growing up waay to fast

Jay declared that in his opinion he looked the best!!!

Our little princess...Ally had to give a talk in Primary

CHEEESE...they were done taking pictures

So traditional...dying Easter eggs

Something new...we made rice crispy treat eggs...they were a huge hitEaster morning...we did a scavenger hunt this year to capture all of the kids attentions...it turned out to be a lot of fun

Sweet baby Alice...Jay didn't want to leave, he was quite content just sitting there holding the baby.

Our Relief Society birthday party...it was all about purses. It was such a fun evening, they had different people talk about all the different purses we carry in our lives...they had a student talk about the backpack, a new mom about a diaper bag, an older mom talking about the "mom bag", a grandma talked about the "gramma bag" and the final one was a temple worker talked about the "temple bag"!!! It was such a fun evening, I left loving the bag I carry now! It was really a fun night!

My AMAZING Beehive dancers

SCIENCE FAIR FUN

YOUTH CONFERENCE

DANCE FESTIVAL...Super Trooper Ladies

My Beehives (they were AWESOME you can go to youtube and watch all of the dances)

The Ward Dance...Jay and Ally also got to participate and they were thrilled!

Britt's specialty number...she always amazes me

Jason Daniels fan club

Ally-bug and friends

Britt giving me a BIG CHEESE

Okay Mom--that's enough pictures

Ward dance practice

Ally...Jay is in the blue striped shirt in the back

The kids loved doing Dance Festival. Easter was a lot of fun, we spent the evening at the house of a couple in our ward. They had set up for us a walk-thru of Jesus' last week on Earth. We traveled from room to room and into the garden all while reading scriptural accounts of the different events that took place. It was really amazing, and a tradition that I will continue. The whole family loved it. Then we enjoyed dinner and games...we got home at almost 11pm!!! THANK YOU LARSON'S!!!!

Blast from the past...

Recently I had a good friend post a bunch of pictures on facebook from our elementary school days... 3rd grade (my teacher ALWAYS referred to me as ANNEMARIE'S sister) 4th grade

5th grade

These are pictures of me with my friend JaNise Gubler...we were BEST FRIENDS (she's still is a great friend) We spent so much time together from the time we were three until I moved the summer I turned 16 (we still hooked up occassionaly) sooo many memories flooded mt brain when I saw these pictures. We were master hula-hoopers and roller skaters. I LOVED going to the skating rink.

We were roommates at OAKCREST beehive camp...

this is obviously at the end of camp...I don't even remember my hair being that short!

PAY IT FORWARD...

Copied from my sister-in-laws blog...

Pay it FORWARD--
How it works:
The FIRST THREE people to leave a comment on this post will receive at some point during this year a handmade gift from me. What it will be and when it will arrive will be a total surprise--to both of us.

The CATCH is that YOU MUST PLAY TOO! Before you leave your comment here, write a pay it forward post on your blog to keep the fun going (you can cut and paste these instructions). Then come back and let me know that you are going to play, and sit back and anticipate the arrival of your gift. It's THAT easy!

Remember, only the FIRST THREE comments will qualify.

Good luck!

More February fun...

This is my crazy kids on Valentines day...I love that Britt is so wild and I love that Ally is being goofy. The night before Britt went to the store with her good friend Gina and the bought matching crazy outfits to wear to school. Jay is as "valentiney" as a boy can get with the red & white shirt.

On presidents day we went and played in the snow near a little town called Strawberry. It was actually snowing pretty hard that the pass was closed. We pulled over and found a school field and had a great time making snow angels, throwing snowballs, making a snow man and body sledding down hills. The kids had a great time. On the drive from our house we discovered a cheese factory. We stopped and bought some cheese & bread and some salami roll. It was yummy! On the way home we stopped at IHOP and got hot chocolate and some all you can eat pancakes (for everyone but me yuck!)

this is what Britt came home to after our day in the snow. Revenge sadly was taken out on her rather than me! It's all in fun and Britt thought it was pretty funny ( and is still plotting her next move) I thought it was hilarious that they taped her phone to the wall and taped her pillows together. P.S. I'm still vacuuming up shredded paper!!!

Ward primary activity. Jay is officially the oldest kid in primary and loves every minute of it. This is one of my kids favorite babies in our ward. Her name is Rebecca and she is sooo cute!

This is me enjoying a day off from gurading (per my sons request to take a day off) we got to enjoy "muffins with mom" at the kids school. Last year they just brought me a muffin and we ate it at my crossing corner but the kids really wanted to go inside this year so I took the day off!

This is Ally dressed up like Jackie O...she had a famous person report and speech. It was extra credit points if you dressed as your character and of course Ally was all over doing that.

DID YOU SEE THE MOON AND VENUS ON FRIDAY NIGHT...

My mom & dad called me up and told me to go look at the moon...at first I couldn't see anything so the kids and I came in to look online to see if something "special" was happening. We learned that Venus & the Moon would be aligning to the visible eye. We went back out at different times through out the night and got to see it from our backyard. It was pretty cool!

We have had a CRAZY BUSY February and it doesn't look to be slowing down for March! We all love it and are enjoying everything we're involved in! Life is good here in Pleasanton!

Jay's scouting adventure...

Jay earned his first-aid merit badge today. During the month of February his troop has been learning all about first-aid. Today for their merit badge pow-wow or Saturday activity, they went to a local park and had a bunch of MOCK accidents that need to be assessed! All the boys had a great time. Kind of disgusting, but quite effective!

My other children...

I was looking through my past posts and most of them were about Britt's going ons...Some might think I have only one child. I thought I'd dedicate this post to my two other amazing kids.

This year Jay is in 5th grade. He is really enjoying it (I think he's secretly wishing he were done) I can't believe it's his last year of elementary. MAN the time really has flown by. He LOVES playing the TROMBONE...I don't think he could have picked an instrument that better suits his personality. It's a perfect match and I'm thrilled he loves it. I don't even mind the practicing. He is going to be in the school play (again) and we are dying to find out what part he will get...you can bet I'll do a post about that =)

The kids had a great time going to the SNOW for President's Day. Sadly, none of them really remember the snow, so it was fun to see them excited about playing in it and making snow angels and a sad little snowman...those pics will be in FEBRUARY PART 2

Ally is in 2nd grade this year and LOVES school. She is very outgoing and VERY bright. I think she probably is my most serious student at such a young age. I think it probably has to do with her teacher Ms. Vernon who is EXCELLENT and she's had this group of kids for two years now and she has taught them AWESOME study habits. I love it. Above is what happened to the girls room while we were playing in the snow...(there will be more about that too) Ally thought it was great!!!

For Valentines Day Ally's class had secret pals...Ally's secret pal was Karin who actually ended up having Ally also. The two of them thought that was the funniest thing EVER!!!

The other night as I was walking down the hall with an armful of laundry to fold I noticed Ally had "snuck" a reading light and was finishing her chapter book that she DID NOT want to put away earlier. Who can get mad when their child WANTS to continue to read. It was such a KODAK moment. I love ALL THREE of my kids and I am trying to SLOW down and enjoy each moment with them...moments seem to be going away as they get older so I've made it a goal to TAKE as many as I can with them. I LOVE THEM TO DEATH!!! They truly are my greatest TREASURES!