Our new ride...

We have been talking about getting a bigger family car for awhile.  We LOVE our Mazda 3, but it is slightly too compact for having car seats.  I had to pull my seat almost all the way forward to get Mason's car seat into the back seat. 

We thought a lot about different 7/8 seater SUV's.  Most of all we love the Chevy Traverse.  We finally went to test drive one.  It was a way nice car.  Very basic, but had the look and feel that we liked.  Then, we found out it would be more than $30k!!  We changed our minds...

We started searching on KSL for different used, but still fairly new cars. (less work to keep them running) I decided to widen the search to include something other than just SUV's... MINIVANS!!  And, yup, we found our match!

We drove up to Ogden to test drive it, and instantly fell in love!  It has all the kit and kaboodles that you would ever need in a car: built in navigaion, 6 disc CD/DVD changer, hookups for video/sound input (for ipods, videogames, etc), entertainment screen with wireless headphones for the rear passengers (or just run the sound through the whole car), remote start, store n' go seating/storage areas, remote opener for the sliding and back doors, leather seats, heated seats, gas/mileage info, etc., etc.  The best part is that it was WELL within our budget.  We actually have a car payment that is $6 more than our Mazda 3 payment, and we even swallowed up the rest of that loan into this new loan.  We LOVE our new car minivan!  It is something I never thought I would have, but I am SO glad we got it!!!

We love our new car!!!

Mason's new love...

We borrowed this from Jed and Ashley and I think it is inevitable that we need to buy one for ourselves, because Mason LOVES it!!



Weekend away...

Ever since receiving my new call in the Young Women's, I haven't wanted to leave the girls... but this last weekend we went down to my in-laws' for the weekend.  It was wonderful to just get away for a couple of days... not to mention all of the things we were able to do.

We headed down Friday night.  It was both our ward's and Adam's parents' ward's "Father and son campout".  So we went down for them to have a 3-generation father and son campout.  I took Adam and Brody over to the campground, and Mason and I headed to the Dowland's house.  While the boys were having a good time camping, we had a ladies + Mason night.  We watched American Idol results and Bones... and then we played Ticket to Ride.  It was a lot of fun.

Went to bed, planning on going running in the morning before the boys got home.  Mason slept great, so I slept in until about 8:30.  When I finally did wake up, I opened the door, and Adam was back already.  So, he let me go do my run without the kiddos and then we cleaned up after I got back.

Nicole was so good to us this last weekend!!  She watched the boys for us so we could go to lunch and then to the temple.  It was SOOO good to be back at the temple!  It had been since I was pregnant... so it was VERY NEEDED!  We got back and a mere hour later left again for a "romantic dinner" that the Youth in their ward put on as a fundraiser.  We had our own little private table, rose as a centerpiece (that I got to take home afterward), and yummy food!  It was a nice little "date".  Honestly, the best part was that Adam suggested we walk back to their house after (a mere 1 1/2 mile walk).  It was so nice to just hold hands and get to talk about everything and nothing at the same time.  I love my husband.  He is so good for me.  He is so good to me!  He knows how to make my heart pitter-patter like a little girl again.

We got back to their house and decided to do a bonfire in their back yard.  They have some trees that were ruined by the weight of the snow this winter... so they have been trimming them all back and we had a good pile of branches to burn up.

Janet had received a bag of HUGE marshmallows from Nichelle for Mother's day and it gave us an opportunity to have some pretty intense s'mores.

We got up and went to church with them and just had a relaxing sabbath day.  It was a great weekend!

We did a first while down there... bathed the boys together!!

Little heartbreak...

We have been growing Brody's hair out a bit, and combing it "missionary style".  Well, a few days ago, we decided his hair was too long.  I asked Adam if I should just trim it and keep it "missionary style" or cut it short like we used to.  He opted for short and spikey... so I cut his hair yesterday and I almost shed some tears, because it changes his appearance so much.  Here he is from a week ago with his longer hair...

And here he is from last night...

I couldn't only post pics of Brody, so here are a few of Mason too...These first are from a few days ago....

These are from last night...

I love my cute boys!!!



Work in the yard...

Adam called me a couple of months ago and asked if I wanted him to pick up a trampoline with some of the tax returns that we received... I agreed full heartedly.  Then when he got home, we realized that we wanted to put it down in the ground, because out here in Eagle Mountain, if you don't put it in the ground, it will blow away... LITERALLY.  So we waited patiently to put it up.
We started researching backhoes for hire, and they all seemed way too expensive.  So we called up a rental place to see how much we could get a miniexcavator for and dig the hole ourselves.  It ended up only being $37.50/hr.  Much, much better deal... and I have to tell you, my HUSBAND was like a little boy on Christmas!

Brody is LOVING the tramp!!!  It has been raining all this week so I haven't gotten any pictures or videos of him jumping, but I will get some when it is dry again. :)

Easter...

Easter was so nice!!!  Friday night we pulled out the eggs, boiled them and colored them.  It was our first experience as parents, and it was so fun!

We headed over to a park here in Eagle Mountain on Saturday morning for a fun little Easter egg hunt.  Adam worked with Brody all morning getting him to race to pick up balls and put them in his Easter basket.  He did really well.

We got to the park and we continued to prep him for the hunt.  Here are some pics and a video clip of it...

So, in the End he didn't even get one single egg.  We were slightly frustrated... but there's always next year. 

Easter morning, Brody woke up and came downstairs to find what the Easter bunny had left him.  We have video of his whole morning, but it was too long to upload.  He found all of his eggs (with some help).  It was a fun morning.

We went to church and then came home and had Adam's parents and sister over for Easter dinner.  It was a good afternoon.

All in all, Easter was good this year.

4 Months Already!!

Well, I have officially slacked for awhile now, and haven't heard the end of it from my father-in-law... so as to gain some peace and quiet... here I am updating my blog. ;) Just teasing, Randy.

Mason is FOUR MONTHS OLD already!!!  We had Mason's 4 month appointment on the 28th of April.  He was a trooper.  His head is looking better where he had a really bad flat spot.  We will contine to work on helping his head round out so that he doesn't have to wear one of those sad little baby helmets.

Here are his stats (from what I remember... I misplaced the papers):
Height: 23in, 7%
Weight: 11lb 4oz, 12%

So, he is still just so little... but we love him so much!!

These are the latest pics that I snapped of my cute boys...