It has been a little while since I have posted anything, sorry about that.
This last week was spring break so the kids were out of school for the whole week, which was fun because I think they needed a break. We went to the Zoo on Friday with Grandma Rory, there were so many people there, I don't think I have ever seen it that busy so we only stayed for a few hours and we had a picnic. We didn't mind because I bought a Zoo pass this year, So we will be going a least a few more times.
On Saturday We went to see Grandma and Grandpa Hudson, Cisco helped Grandpa work in his garden and on the mountain and we visited then went to lunch with Grandma, we love going and spending time with them I have such wonderful memories from when I was little, and I feel that it so important for my kids to make some too! :-)
On Sunday Chris and his family came into town and surprised my mom, so we went up to see him and Jana and the kids, it was wonderful to see him, we miss him a lot, but we know it is important for him to be where he is in Kansas City.
Sorry I don't have any pictures right now, but my camera is not jiving with my computer, it is probably time to get a new one....dang it...
Cisco got his first job this week (that's not working with his dad). We are proud because he only had to put in one application and he got hired, he is going to work at the Subway by his school. He is happy about it he thinks it will be a fun job for the summer.

Easter

Every year we spend the Easter weekend with James' family up to their property in Duchesne. ( I think I spelled that right :-)
Anyway this year was no exception, we went up on Thursday and stayed through Monday. This year was a little different usually by the time Easter rolls around the snow has melted, when we got there on Thursday there was 2-3 feet of snow with 5-6 foot drifts and it wasn't fun snow it was all ice and hard. Anyway we weren't sure if we were going to be able to hold the Easter egg hunt, but it warmed up a bit on Friday and Saturday and we were able to have the hunt we go up with James' sister and her family so we always divide the area up so each kid ( there are 5) has a pretty big area to hunt for their eggs, our Easter bunny just hides plastic eggs with candy in them and a few toys and fun items. This time Cisco had to find camouflage eggs and there was only 4 and they were empty as I had the prizes for them. It took a while, like most of the day, but he was successful and managed to find them all.
Gemma had a lot of fun finding her eggs, once she figured out what she was supposed to do. Their baskets were not hidden, they were just set out on the deck, Jade got "Enchanted", and Gemma got an Eeyore stuffie, she loves Eeyore. She also got a Barney DVD, she loves Barney too.











































Here Jade is coloring her Easter eggs

Disney Princess wishes on ice...

I tried to get some pictures of the show but due to it being a digital camera I had a hard time, but it was very fun and as you can see Roo fell asleep for a few minutes, but she didn't miss much before she was awake and dancing again.


This is my "sleeping beauty"


So I should start with I am a ding bat mother ... :-) I didn't realize that this would be such a fun and special thing to take Jade to, until I kept hearing that all of my friends were taking their little girls to this show, so lucky for me I was not to late to get tickets and take them to this. They actually opened up new seats the day before I got our tickets, so I took Jade and Gemma to "Disney Princess Wishes on Ice" on Saturday & we went to the 2:30pm show. The girls had a wonderful time, and so did I. I have never been to an ice show before, they come all the time but I never thought that it would be fun, I was wrong they put on a great show and we had wonderful seats ( thanks to Grandma Rory ) we were on the 3rd row so Jade and Gemma could see everything! Jade chose an Ariel cup for her prize and it came with a snow cone in it, she also got a coloring book. The only thing that would have made it funner was if Grandma Rory could have come...Next time for sure. :-)

Our busy day

Our day started with Gemma finding a marker..... probably in Jade's room, I just had to take a picture....it was so darn naughty....then while I was wiping up marker, (and after she was cleaned up and changed) thank goodness for washable ones.....
Self imprisonment? She got stuck under this chair, while I was cleaning up the marker mess, I had to laugh and she didn't appreciate that I was taking pictures instead of rescuing...
then it was time to.... Change clothes again, while I was getting a new outfit...

Caught in the act... she tears apart the couches at least 29 times a day.....

Climbing on chairs, any chair she waits until there is a vacant one.... this picture should have been up with the other chair one.. oh well you get the idea....
Dancing with Barney naked...... She loves Barney... we had to change again...
Dancing with Barney diapered.. she is getting ready to jump here. She was having so much fun jumping and dancing. Needless to say she is a very busy girl. Yes this was just one day and does not include the lunch mess, toys, Jade's room, dumping out the hair ponies 14 times, unfolding the laundry, dancing in the dirt on the floor when I am sweeping, playing in the cat food and water, etc... because if I was taking all of those pictures then I would get nothing done all day. :-)

Cisco's Birthday

Yesterday was Cisco's 16th birthday..... No he did not get a car... mean I know :-) anyway he can't get his license until the end of May and so I have a short and small reprieve :-)
Back to the birthday, on Sunday we went to James' parents house for dinner and to visit as well as celebrate the birthday's, James' birthday was Monday. This was Cisco and James' birthday cake they are giant cupcakes, I thought they were awesome.
For James birthday on Monday he didn't really want anything so I made the dinner he requested, and a brownie for dessert, and then we rented some movies.
For Cisco's birthday on Tuesday, He was allowed to stay home from school, and He needed a new T V, so in the morning we went TV shopping and he got a 19" plasma I think, it's one of the really thin, flat screen ones, I am not very up to date on them all.... Then we went to lunch with Rory and Mark to Cafe Rio and then to Costco, because as luck would have it he also needed a new i-pod so he got a new one of those as well.... yes he is spoiled :-) So although he didn't get a car he did have a pretty good birthday.

Valentines day

This has a very cute story, The other day Jade was home from school because she didn't feel well, She told me she didn't think that she would be able to go to school all week. I said that was sad because she would miss the class party on Valentines Day, she asked if it was really Valentines and I told her it was... She thought for a minute then she said " Well, I bet that Daddy will bring me a chocolate rose, because he loves me very much"..... As you can see her daddy loves her very much, he came through with a chocolate rose and her very favorite treat, Mint sandwitches.
Not to be left out he also brought Roo her own chocolate rose, since we didn't want her to feel left out, and she knows if she has been, I told James it would be really sad if he brought Jade something and not Gemma, and she would be standing there with her hand out saying " me, me ? " and that is what she does. It is very cute.

Here she is crying and starting to throw a fit, she wants me to open the " Nandy"

Silly Pictures...

This picture is a little wierd angle wise, but Roo got really sick last week with double ear infections, sore throat, cough and a high fever and that resulted in a weird rash that funnily enough was not roseolla, according to her Dr. Anyway she finally fell asleep, in my bed, and when I went in to check on her she was sound asleep holding the remote.

This is just cute she was giving loves.
She was hamming it up for the camera.
These two are because of that wild hair! It looked like she slept on her face except that the back was just as crazy.

Here is our little princess, she was playing in Jade's room with all of Jade's Jewelery, naked as could be, Jade would be horrified.( sorry about the mess and my foot in the pic, but it was still cute)