We went to a Birthday Party!!

My niece, Grace turned 8 years old!!! She chose to have a friend party in her backyard, they had lots of fun games, and she gave these cute gift bags with their names embroidered on them...she and her husband have started their own business, I will do a post later about that... all the kids had a lot of fun!!!!
Alyssa loved hanging out with the older girls she thought she was just as big, and hasn't stopped talking about Grace's friends since!!!

We saw the movie 'UP'

Such a cute, cute movie!!!! I recommend all to see!!! My 2 brothers went alone they are 25 and almost 22 they saw the 3D version and loved it, my kids were glued to their seats enjoying every minute of the show!!!! We didn't see the 3D version, I thought the glasses might be too distracting for my kiddos!!!

We saw Night at the Museum 2

the kids liked it a lot!! However I think they both kind of antsy at the end of the movie, but it was a cute family show!!! And I enjoyed playing Pacman in the lobby before the show starts...I'm a pacman addict!!! I wish atari would come back!!!

We went to Cedar City...

My good friend Keri had her second baby boy (isn't he a doll), they live in Kanab but her Doctor and Hospital was in Cedar City, and I was lucky enough to be the one to take his newborn pictures right in the hospital. We decided to make a little mini vacation out of it!!

We went on a little hike in Kolob Canyon, Zions National Park and the kids loved it!! It is so beautiful, we are going to plan another trip just to go see and do all the fun hikes that are there,  and then we just relaxed and had fun at the Hotel swimming pool, nothing much but we all had so much fun, it was a much needed getaway!!

I went to the Taylor Swift Concert!!!

My little 8 year old Grace was so thrilled when for her birthday she opened up the box to find Taylor Swift Tickets for the very next day!!! My sister, Melissa, wanted to tell her so bad because she knew how badly she wanted to go, but kept it a secret, for a long time and it was worth Grace had the cutest surprised reaction!!!! The next day me (having strep, but not letting anything keep me away from the concert) Melissa, Grace and my other niece Ashley went to Iggy's for dinner (Grace's request) then to the concert, it was great!!! She is so cute, she came into the audience and took time to hug, and shake peoples hands and sign autographs and talk to the audience, she seems like a really sweet girl!!! And even through strep I managed to sing my little heart out through all the songs, we had a blast!!!

We have been Sick

not fun, but we have all had our fair share of sickness, I had strep and what felt like a constant cold, Alyssa still has the cold, poor thing!

We went to the ZOO!!!

We love to go to the zoo as a family in the spring!!! It is not miserable because you are dying of heat, and best of all the animals are so active, not just laying like lumps in a corner (poor things)...