Brookie Takes a Tumble...

Brooke wanted to go on an Easter adventure. We were the only ones who agreed to go with her. We drove to the middle of nowhere so she could practice her mountain boarding...


Here is a video of the first run... A must see!


And there's her board down in the "ravine".


Even though she hurt herself, she stopped to pick up some garbage. That's our Brooke!

What hurt more - her hand or her pride??

After the initial pain of her hand subsided, she realized she was scraped up in a few more places...

Her second ride was much smoother! After that, she was ready to go home.

Thanks Brooke, I haven't laughed like that in a very long time!

Easter

Marthe got to color Easter Eggs for the first time!



And Franchesca is old enough to understand just how fun coloring eggs can be. I don't know who had more fun... Her coloring the eggs or us watching her hands pop in and out of the dye!



Take a look at that bib... Too funny! It's one we had growing up... Glad the bib styles have changed!


My eggs didn't turn out as awesome as previous years. I think I'm past the point of spending hours coloring eggs. My favorite is the brownish/green/orange one... not! Oh well, it was still a lot of fun.


Especially with a little kid around!


This years request was for the "Easter Bunny" to go easy on hiding the eggs. (We only had 6 dozen to find!)


A few of the last ones were a struggle. Only 3 were unable to be found this year...


And of course we had to have the Robin Egg lipstick! We used to do it when we were kids. Haven't done it in years... It's an awesome family picture! Blue is not our color...

Dad's New Car!

Yep, Dad finally got his dream car!



We were surprised with the purchase when we got home from Boise. I can't wait to ride in it more than just around the block...



Hope Dad had a good Birthday! We got him washing gear for the new toy. Here is the Birthday card I made him. I really like how it turned out. I usually struggle with masculine cards.

Boise Trip

After lots of working and not much playing, Ian and I took a day off work to give us a long weekend in Boise with our friends. It was so nice to get away and have some fun!

We spent the first day at the Zoo. It was alot of fun going with a little kid!

Ian got to feed a giraffe for the hefty price of $3.00... Oh well, we were on vacation and it was pretty awesome. :)
Giraffes are pretty much my favorite animal!
Purses in the stroller was a genius idea!
Franchesca was so cute in her little poncho!
Francisco got the condor all rialed up. That was awesome. It was making the weirdest noise. It's throat sounded like a helicopter. It was fun to see!
There is a small hint of giraffe in this picture. It didn't want to cooperate with our picture taking...
I don't know why I'm laughing so hard... but the lions were cool too.
The snow leopard isn't visible here... I just thought Ian looked cute :)

This trip we did alot of napping and eating. I really enjoyed my nap each day! We ate at so many good places and completely pigged out!

McGrath's Fish House
PF Chang's
Tucanos
Cheescake Factory
Cafe Ole

All were delicious. My favorite was Tucanos! That was quite the experience. I can't wait to go back.

We wen't to shopping at the Outlet Mall's and the regular Mall the second day. We expected better "outlet" prices, but the kitchen store was my favorite. I got some fun new kitchen gadgets.

The last day we went and walked around the Boise Temple and down along the river before we came home.

We had lots of fun playing and relaxing. It felt great to get away and miss a day of work!

January, February, & March

Wow, apparently it's been a while since I've posted anything. Well... not much has happened in the last few months.

I attempted my first real sewing project.


A lady from work helped me make this purse. It only took me 4 hours! Too bad I gave it away... Haha.

(Yes, that's a picture of the finished product in my car... right before I mailed it off.)

Brooke and Marthe both turned 18 in the same week. I made them super cute cupcake cards. I forgot to take pictures of them... It was fun using my new cupcake stamp set though!

Their cake turned out super cute!

Mom had a birthday too. She would probably prefer if I didn't announce her age... :)

Oh, and finally a year after we bought my new car, we sold my little red accord. It was sad to see it go... Glad my brother is the proud new owner!

Well, that pretty much wraps up the rest of January, February, and March. Nothing but excitement!