Worlds Of Fun

May travels

For some reason Tucker's school gives most of their vacation time in May. I took a vacation from work at that time and we did a little traveling. Mothers Day was right at the start and I had a nice one. Jill answered some questions about me for Mother's day at her preschool.

What is your Mom good at? Sleeping (Thanks Jill)
Why do you love your Mom? Because she loves me

We spend Mother's Day in Crystal Lake and then took off on our cross country trip. The kids did ok but it was still quite a stretch. Our first stop was in Kansas City. We went and admired the new temple they built there. Then the next day Tucker met with the dentist he used to work for there. We are exploring the possibility of an associate position there.

After that we made our way to Utah. It was really nice to see everyone even though hand, foot, and mouth disease was rampant. The kids had a great time getting to know Johnny at Aunt Georgia and Uncle Johns house. They loved hanging out with Simon and baby Carmen. They also got to meet their second cousins Seren, Finley, and Anders. Seren and Jill are kindred spirits. It was very cute to watch. We stayed with them one night and this dog they were dog-sitting chewed up our tooth brushes. Jill was so upset and started crying because "now we are going to get cavities." She has really been paying attention to Tuck's lessons.
We also saw my friend Breanne and her family. They took us to this cool bounce house play place in American Fork. We also stayed with Tuck's friend Keith one night. He has two dogs which Cooper was simultaneously obsessed with and scared of.
Tucker and I loved seeing everyone. It was great to visit our old haunts and eat lots of our favorite foods. We would love it if job opportunity would magically appear there but with Utah opening 2 (yes 2) dental schools things look even bleaker for Utah's dental employment opportunities.
We appreciate everyone that let us stay with them and took the time to hang out with us. It was so fun and we wish we could have spent more time with everyone. We are here by Kirtland for one more year if anyone wants to come visit!

Easter 2012

Most of you know we are VERY behind the times and technology has all but forgotten us. So.. for Tuck's birthday we took a big leap by getting him an ipod. Turns out the camera on there takes way better pictures and videos than our cameras. Pretty sad really. Anyhow we finally figured out how to transfer them! All these pics and videos are from Easter weekend except for the one of the kids with Mark. We had them dressed up 2 weeks before at Mumsy and Gus' house too. The Easter egg hunt was at our church on Saturday.

My favorite video is the first one. It really shows the kids true personalities. Jill trying to help Cooper and Cooper trying to say "Happy Easter" is priceless.

Vegas Part 2

Here is a few more pictures of the fun things we did when we were visiting. Adriane and I took Jill and Violet to Beauty and the Beast 3D. It was the first full length 3D film Jill and I have seen! Jill was not so sure about the glasses at first but she must of changed her mind because she kept wearing them all week. You will see she even is wearing them in a picture of her at the Bellagio Gardens. They had a cool Chinese New Year display.
Jill and Violet also had a sleep over. They had so much fun! Thanks Uncle Vito for entertaining them. Also, not pictured, Ian gave Cooper a much needed hair cut. I decided I couldn't procrastinate any longer when Rosie told me that a boy at church looked just like Cooper "except without bangs."
Also included is a little picture of Presley Jo with Grandma because I thought it was really cute.

Vegas Visit!

I have gotten so behind on here... too much other stuff going on. Anyhow, when Tucker was in the Dominican Republic (i have pictures of that too, don't worry) me and the kids went to visit my family. These are just some of the pictures. I will have to break this into a few posts.
The flights were pretty stressful- I had heartburn the whole way there, but it was worth it to see everyone. Next time I hope Tucker can come with and help me out.
The kids, mostly Cooper, had kind of hard time sleeping out of their normal routine. You'll see Cooper being cuddled by Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle Brian, etc. in many of these as he was often crying ; ).






The kids loved grandpa's "ears." Jill and Grandpa developed a little routine of cuddling and watching some jill tv right before bed. Jill would often remind Grandpa that he told her they should do that everyday.







Jill noticed pretty quick that Violet had really pretty painted toes. Grandma helped to make Jill feel cool too by giving her a little pedicure.















Meanwhile, Cooper cried/cuddled Grandpa to sleep on the couch.

Cooper was so happy to find Porter who would wrestle with him!

Jill, in her self proclaimed "Mama Bear" dress (from the Bearenstain Bears) with Rosie. They had a lot of fun playing together. Apparently they were playing "boyfriends".. I tried to question her about what that is and she says they just pretended to call their boyfriends... I am not sure she even knows what a boyfriend is.

Cooper and Brian- I really like this picture.

Mom with two of the rowdy tots

Violet and Jill loved their cousin play time

BikeAThon

A couple weekends ago Mumsy and Gus came to visit. And of course, Molly came too. Cooper was so funny with Molly. He is really intrigued by her but also terrified.
We all were really looking forward to this visit and Jill was so sad when they left. She always wants us to "tell her the days till they come" which means like the day after next (which unfortunately is not the case). That weekend was also Jill's bike a thon at preschool. We went there and then to a fun park to play. I think Mumsy got much better pictures than me, but here is what I have.

Here is some video of her in action. The movie also really captures the squeakiness of her bike. I definitely have tried WD40 (I am my father's daughter) but it will not quit squeaking!