A little of what we have been up to!!

Last weekend was Madison's dance review. She had so much fun! She wishes she could do that everyday. She even got a "Big Girl Costume" She kept looking at her self and then she said Mom I feel like a teenager!!!! WOW! She is a funny girl. I also have 4 other Nieces that performed in the reviews. Madison and Kaci Preformed Thursday, one at 5:00 and the other at 7:30. Emily, Reagan, and Brityn performed on Friday. Lisa Blackett and her daughter Marci Rach are the teachers. Lisa also taught me when I was little. Madi loves dancing. She did such a great job!! ( Her smile was also perfect. She kept asking me if her smile was a good one for the dance review:)She also got flowers from her Dad. He started this a couple of years ago, and of course she started to remind him about what kinds of flowers were her favorite. She got exactly what she wanted.
Reagan,Brityn,Emily, Madison

Her Flowers with note from Dad.

Madi and her flowers

Andrew slept through the whole thing. Poor kid was not impressed with the review:)

Reagan, Emily, Madi on the night of her review.

Her favorite pose:)

Madi and her teacher Lisa

Madi and Kaci

We can't forget about Andrew. He is such a good kid.(most of the time) He keeps me busy. This is what happens if I take my eyes off of him for more than 2 seconds. I had a good laugh and then took a picture. I love this kid so much I can't believe he is almost 3!!

Happy Mothers Day!

I hope everyone had a great Mothers Day. I sure did. I am so grateful for all of My mothers in my life. I have My Mom, Grandma's, My Mother-in-law, Aunts, Sisters,& Sister-in-laws. They are all such great examples to me and my kids. I LOVE being a Mom. I am not the best Mom in the world but I sure do try. I LOVE my kids so much. I am so grateful I get to be there MOM! I LOVE YOU!

Before I was a Mom, I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby. I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous. I never thought about Immunizations.
Before I was a Mom, I had never been puked on, pooped on, chewed on, peed on. I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts. I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom, I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests. Or give shots. I never looked into teary eyes and cried. I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. I never sat up late hours of the night watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom, I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.
Before I was a Mom, I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much. I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom.
Before I was a mom, I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body. I didn't know something so small could make me feel so important and Happy.
Before I was a Mom, I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every ten minutes to make sure all was okay. I had never known the warmth, the Joy, the Love, the Heartache, the Wonderment or the Satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, Before I was a MOM.

Our Easter

We had a very fun and eventful Easter. I am going to start with Sunday since I uploaded the pictures in the wrong order. So Sunday afternoon we went to Spanish Fork for Brett Grandma's Party. We have never been to this Party before and it was fun to get in on the tradition of this party. Every year even when we haven't been able to go Brett's grandparents have not forgotten us. They give Every girl in the family a softball, and every boy a baseball. As you can imagine we have a few softballs and baseballs. Every year we look forward to this awesome tradition. We were so happy we able to spend our night there With Brett's Family.
Earlier that day we had the Jones Family Easter Party. We usually go out west of Nephi and roast Hot Dogs. The snow didn't make that sound like to much fun so Alisha and Jeremy kindly offered there garage to our family so we could stay warm and not Muddy. Alisha and Jeremy have a fire pit in there back yard so we roasted our Hot dogs there. This party wasn't quite the same without Grandpa Jones there with us. He is still in the Hospital. We still had a great time catching up with everyone. I am so glad we were able to be there. We also went back to Grandma Patty's for our Easter egg hunt. That is fun as always.
Last but not least. We went out to Levan Canyon With the Mangelson side of the Family. It has also been a long time since I have been to this party. It was such a nice day and my kids had a ball playing outside. Someone dug a hole and that is where Andrew spent most of his day with his friend Kohlyer. They threw Easter eggs down the hill. Madison even learned how to ride a 4 wheeler.
We are usually out camping in the west Desert with Brett's family over Easter weekend. Because of that we don't always get to attend all of our family party's. Since spring break wasn't until a week later we were able to go to everything. I love being with family. I was so grateful we were able to spend our Easter with our families. I am also grateful we were able to listen to conference. What a great Easter weekend.
Us and Brett's Grandma

My Grandma & Grandpa Jones would give us choc. covered marshmallow eggs with money taped to the top every year for Easter. My Mom and Dad have carried on this tradition. I love it!

Madison and Andrew After the Hunt

Andrew

Madison

Madison at Jones party

Jones party

Andrew, Brityn, and Cameron bucking out a Horse

Madison And Andrew Easter Morning

Easter Bunny Treats

Kids With Grandma Mangelson. She was watching the Ball game in Mel's Trailer

Madison learning how to ride the 4 wheeler

My Mom, Sister Monica, Me, and My sister Alisha

My Cousins cute baby Girl

Brityn, Andrew, and Cameron eating a cupcake

Emily and Madison

Andrew and Kohlyer

Congratulations Madison!

Madison won 3rd place in the creative Arts Contest a couple of weeks ago. She was so excited. She wrote some Piano music. This was really fun for her and also helped out a lot with her Piano. She also wrote words to the music. This is how it went. I like to give. I like to give. I like to give thanks. I like to give hugs. No matter how big or small I like to give. I was really proud of her. She did this all on her own with only a teeny bit of help from me. She sat at the piano and played notes while I wrote the notes that she wanted down for her. Congratulations Madi. We are very proud of you.

Happy Birthday Madison

I can't even believe That she is 7. Brett tells me to believe it because it is true:) Madison is such a good girl. She love to dance and sing. Her new favorite thing is playing the Piano. She loves to be with friends and family. She is so syimpathic and super loving. Brett would call her super emotional:) She can be at times!! She loves her little brother most of the time. She wants a sister because a sister would understand her:) I guess Andrew just doesn't get her:) She has such a sweet testimony that she shares with us all of the time. Her Birthday was on a Sunday and she said, Mom I get to do something today that most kids don't get to do. I asked her what that was and she said I get to learn about Jesus on my Birthday. I know I am totally bragging. We are so lucky to have her in our family. She is such a blessing. Madison we Love you so much. Hope you enjoy some of her pictures.







This picture is the reason why My brother Casey Nick named her Joe Dirt. He still calls her Dirt for short:)





Madison had a party with her Friends in her class and Primary class. It was kind of nuts in our basement for a couple of hours. They had so much fun. First of all Madison had planned her own Surprise party. She told me every detail I should follow. First we invite the friends. Second Her dad should take her some where for a while so all of her friends could make it. Third they should hide and yell surprise when she walks in. I told her that it is not a surprise if you plan it yourself:) She cracks me up! So we made invitations and took them to her friends. Next I sent her with Brett to pick up the pizza. In the mean time all of her friends arrived. We turned down the lights and they all hid. Next she came home and asked if her friends were there yet. I said no but Andrew is down stairs getting into the party things, you might want to go tell him to come up stairs with dad! Next comes the best part. She runs in and they all jump out yelling surprise. It totally surprised her. It just about scared her to death. It actually brought her to tears because she was so surprised. I loved it. It was exactly what she wanted. She said it was the best!! I just followed instructions and it worked:) We ate Pizza painted finger nails and watched The Hannah Montana Movie.
They all jumped up to do the Hoedown! So funny

Eating Pizza

All of her friends Laughing

Totally surprised

SURPRISE

Taking a break from Disney!!

We Have had a lot of things going on in the Past month. I thought I would take a break from our vacation. Brett's Grandma takes everyone in her family that can make it out for Pizza. This has been a February tradition for as long as Brett can remember. She takes everyone out for her Birthday. What an awesome Grandma:) This year there was a balloon man. He made Grandma her special hat and then was kept busy for the rest of the hour. Next we move on to Zeaks Birthday party. They invited us down to the indoor arena to celebrate. We ate taco salad and watched Zeak ride. He had quite the crowd there to wish him a Happy Birthday. Grandma Nelson Celebrated her 80th Birthday this year so her kids threw her a birthday party. They invited close friends and Family to attend. All of her kids gave her a cruise to Alaska. I think the best part for her is that they were all joining her. I think that she had a great night. She is a special Grandma and we all love her so much and grateful to have celebrated this day with her.
Andrew and Grandma Nelson

Us and Grandma

Zeak I wasn't fast enough to get a picture of you looking:(

Grandma and her special Hat

Madsion and her butterfly