Easter Break

Hope that you all had a wonderful Easter weekend - we sure did. On Saturday we went to see "Horton Hears a Who" - very cute movie, and the kids loved it. Then we went to Melissa's to color Easter eggs - which is a very serious process as you can see!

Sunday we had lunch at my sister's (a cookout) and then dinner with Mike's family. It was a really nice day with family, and the kids all had a great time.

I took today off work, as there was no day care at school today. We were going to go to the zoo, but decided to hit the outlet mall in Park City first (where I got Sierra a ton of new clothes for summer), and then we went to the zoo. It was completely packed, so we didn't stay. We wound up taking the kids to Taffy Town (a taffy factory), and then coming home, but it was a good day anyway! Back to work tomorrow - yay LOL!

Sierra's Birthday

Well my baby is 7! I can't believe it! The past 7 years have just flown by - I seriously can't believe it! She had a great day on Saturday. First was her birthday party for the kids at Teddy Bear Stuf'n Factory - it's just like Build A Bear, only about 50 miles closer to where we live. We figured that everyone wouldn't want to drive clear to Build A Bear, so this was the next best thing. The kids had a BLAST - they put stars in the bears instead of hearts, and they had everyone take a star, make a wish, and then put it in Sierra's bear so she has 15 stars in her bear! She thought that was the coolest thing ever.

We had 15 kids there, and they all got to make their own stuffed animal - then we did presents and had treats. It was a fun party, and I really think all of the kids enjoyed it. Sierra loved all of her gifts. She has been complaining lately because she "only" has one Webkinz, and all of her friends have more than her. Well, she must have told EVERYONE that she wanted Webkinz, because every kid in her class that she invited bought her a Webkinz! At least they all got together and talked so they didn't all buy the same ones! The funny thing was that the night before, I had taken her to the mall because she wanted to buy a Webkinz with the money from her great grandparents, and she picked out a really cute raccoon. Well, they had a buy 2 get a pink poodle for free, so I bought 3 more telling her that they were for me, but I was really going to give them to her for her birthday! So between the one she bought, the one she already had, the 3 I bought, and the 4 she got at her party, she now has 9 Webkinz! LOL. As you can see, she is completely fine with that :)

Then that night we had a family party with all of the family here at our house. She wanted a High School Musical cake, so that's what we did. She loved that party too, and fortunately, didn't get any more Webkinz! She did some High School Musical dolls, a Hannah Montana CD, a guitar, and some fun Bratz scrapbooking stuff. All in all, a great birthday for my little one!

Om

Yesterday I went to my first yoga class in 7 years - the last time I went to an actual class, I was pregnant with Sierra! Natalie has been trying to get me to go for some time, and I finally gave in. The place where she goes was having an open house (it is a day spa and there is a yoga studio as well), and their yoga classes are free for the month of March. They were having a special class yesterday morning - it was 2 hours long (yes, I'm stupid) and each of the instructors taught for about 10-15 minutes a piece. There was also a short meditation session. It was wonderful, but trust me, I was sweatin' and my heart was pounding the entire time! It was a KILLER workout, and boy, am I paying for it today! I feel like I've been hit by a semi truck!

I will be going back - we are going to try to go at least twice a week. It's really not that far from my house - about 20 minutes, and I felt wonderful for the rest of the day.

So I'm working my body AND my mind - I've been walking on the treadmill every morning for about 30 minutes, which is good, but I need to switch it up a bit, so I think the yoga is just the thing for me. I am hoping that the 1/2 hour meditation sessions before the class will help too. I really need to try to do some of that at home every day as well - I get too wrapped up in everything, and hurrying too much, that I need that quiet calm time to myself. I guess it's about time I start taking care of myself - it's long overdue!

Valentine Gift for DH

I know that it's way past Valentine's Day, but I wanted to show you the chipboard album I made for Mike. I didn't take pics of each page, but they all started with "I love you because". He really loved the album and I thought it turned out great!

Sierra's New Bedroom

For her birthday, Sierra wanted to redo her room in Hannah Montana stuff. It was formally all Disney Princesses, but she decided that she was getting too old for Princesses, so she wanted Hannah. We bought her a new quilt and pillows for her bed and some new posters and pictures to hang up. She loves it - can you tell???

New Blog

Welcome to my new blog! I'm just testing things out, so forgive me if you see a lot of changes in the next few days :)