HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I have such a wonderful husband!!! For my birthday he gave me a baby grand piano! I came home from school and he took me into the front room and there it was. Katie, my mom with Hillary on the phone, and my dad were hiding waiting to see my reaction and I was in such shock I didn't know what to say. Come to find out, that sneaky husband of mine has been saving money for the last 2 years to buy me a piano. I love it! The girls love to play it. He also got me a picture of the girls etched into class and a picture of us etched into glass, but I couldn't get a picture of ours to turn out. No that is not a crack in the girls, it is the cord behind it.

Easter

We had an Easter party with my family and one with Cory's family. The girls and their cousins had fun searching for Easter eggs! Cory even let me take him for a 4-wheeler ride! The girls had a fun Easter morning. They got the big pink and blue baskets from a suprise Easter bunny!

I've been tagged!

Well Jo tagged me so I need to start thinking about me. I need to come up with 5 things about me that most people probably don't know.

1. I am a silent control freak. I like to have control of most situations but I try not to be pushy about getting my way. I need to be in charge of the finances, and Cory gladly released those responsibilites to me after a few times of paying bills. The hard thing is, Cory is a non silent control freak so we clash sometimes!

2. I don't watch a lot of TV but there are three shows that I do watch weekly. The first is Gillmore Girls. Cory gets sooo annoyed with that show because of all the talking but I love it! The other two are King of Queens and Scrubs, but I can catch those every night at 9 & 10 so I don't worry about watching those every day!

3. While I love to have a clean house, with 2 kids and a husband that works in the dirt, I don't always have that. I also hate to clean so I have to play mind games with myself and force myself to clean so I can do other things that I love. Out of me and Cory, Cory is the one who picks up the house nightly.

4. When I am doing homework or school work, I am addicted to Diet Pepsi and Salty snacks, like popcorn (light of course!) and pretzels. There is always a big cup of DP sitting next to me at the computer and an empty bowl! I associate food with computer work! Right now I have a drink with me!

5. I hate being the center of attention with adults but don't mind it with children. Maybe that is why I am a teacher. But when I have adults in the classroom observing me, I become a mess. If we are late for church, I would rather go home than walk in late to sacrament meeting!

OK Jo, I hope you learned a little bit more about me! Katie and Leah, you've been tagged! I know, you can thank me later!

Play House

Kaylee has been earning money for the last year and a half to build tree house. Since we don't have trees big enough for a tree house, she is going to have to settle for a playhouse in the trees. She earned 256 dollars so we took her to buy wood to build start building the house. Cory got the idea to put a tunnel under it, so we hauled in sand, placed the tunnel and started building! The kids are having fun with the tunnel so far.

Private Post

I took the smart advice of Jo and made my blog private. There are a lot of weirdo's out there and the whole reason I made this site is to keep in touch with friends and family that I don't see very often. I hope you are all doing well.

Two years old

Ashley turned 2 on March 9th. She got a Dora car so she can follow her sister outside! I am not a creative "cake maker" like my sister Katie, so Ashley got a "rella, rella" cake! She had a great birthday.

We went to the sand dunes and had a blast. Kaylee rode the little 4 wheeler for the first time at the dunes and she loved it. Ashley wanted to go for rides and Cory had fun taking her. We can't wait to go again!