Gotta love Mary Higgins Clark!

So I had the oppurtunity to meet one of my favorite authors the other day, Mary Higgins Clark! Her daughter Carol Higgins Clark who I love as well was there as well. Bonus! They did a little sit down interview with the two of them and then did a questions from the audience. It was fascinating to hear their stories. Loved it!

Of course there were a TON of people there so we waited in line a LONG while just to get autographs. I think we were in line a total of 4 hours! Ya.....seriously......what were we thinking. I went with my sister Brandi and two friends from my ward, Whitney and Kirsten.

Here we are waiting.

Still waiting.

We waited so long that we felt justified

asking to take a picture with them. Well...atleast I did! :)

And back to signing autographs.It was a great night even though we were all tuckered out at the end!

Antelope Island

So we took our kids out to Antelope Island the other day.

Ethan was quite amazed that there was water on both sides of the road and Cambree was happy pointing out every single "duck" she saw.....which were a combination of ducks and seagulls. But to her they were all ducks. It was such a beuatiful day.

They thought this metal buffalo was real cool.

We walked out to the beach and Ethan wondered off a bit and I turned around and he had dropped his drawers and was peeing on the rocks. He said he really had to go. I took a picture of his bare little bum but thought I'd better not post that one. :)

Ethan, Cambree and I took our shoes off and went wading in the water which they thought was awesome!

Then we brought Adalynn out to join the fun. I put here little toes in the water and she wasn't quite shure what was happening. But atleast she didn't cry.

Ethan and Cambree skipping rocks. Holding hands on the hike back.What a gentleman I am raising. Notice their wet bums. They didn't understand that when you bent down you had to also keep your bum up so they kept dippin their bums in the water.

Ethan wrote his name in the sand. He was very proud of this.

Some great shots I got from the day.

Easter 2009

We had a fun filled Easter this year!
We started out with our ward's annual easter egg hunt with a hot dog roast afterwards. My sister Brandi and nephew Kayden came along too. Getting ready to devour some hotdogs!The next day, on Saturday, we went to Annie & Chris's house with all of Todd's family to let all the cousins color eggs.

Before we could even start all the little kids with such excitement to be together created their own little fun....."plunkin down the stairs"! They all lined up at the top and said ready...set...go and down they went screaming and squeling all the way down! I think they had more fun doing that than they did coloring eggs. Look at their faces closely. Their expressions are priceless as they are squeling down the stairs! Coloring eggs.....well you get the idea at least. and YES my kids don't have shirts on. I am all about lessening my laundry load with elimianting staining possibilities! :)

Ethan had fun experimenting mixing different colors. Hula hoopin'....I don't know how this happened but they thought it was the greatest thing and it was so hilarious to watch these little hips wiggle to try to hula hoop.

Easter Morning!! Such cheesers.

Easter egg hunt at Grandma & Grandpa Barton's after church.

I took these pictures the next week so we could have pics with the baby since she was napping after church throughout the whole easter egg hunt and all! Sundays at church are rough for her since she won't sleep so by the time we get home she knocks out for awhile!

My cute kids in there easter clothes!

Ethan

Cambree

Adalynn

My three adorable kids!!

Adalynn @ 6 months

Ok..so I am quite late on this post, I know, but here is her 6 month update.Weight: 10 lbs. 7 oz.

Height: 25.5 in.

Head: 15.75 in

Ya she is tall and VERY SKINNEY! She is a little smaller weightwise than my other two but they all have been small on weight ALWAYS so we aren't worried at all. She is a real good eater and is rolling over and babbles, screeches, and squels with delight and she sleeps through the night and takes 3 anps throughout the day. She is very happy and content. She hardly ever cries and sometimes I don't even know when she wakes up because she will just wakes up and lay queitly playing with her blanket or toes and wait patiently until I come in to get her. I am always greeting by flapping arms and a grin. The loves her crib and blanket. Trying to put her to sleep anywhere else is ridiculous! She won't sleep unless she is in her crib with a blanket! Sometimes it is difficult to go places but if she skips a nap she is fine as long as she is entertained.

She is a beautiful baby and we love her very much! Now we just need her to gain some weight. :)

Here are some pictures from her 6 month photo shoot I did of her. I think she was technically 7 months when I took these but...shhhhhh....don't tell. She threw a fit the whole time, which is not like her, so I am amazed I got some really great shots.