Happy Birthday Aubrey!!

I am so excited to see Aubrey turn 5!! I can't believe she's that old! And I can't wait to take her to Chili's for her Birthday, when she gets to Utah next month. We had so much fun with her in March on our Girls Day Out. It was so fun to watch her order her lunch and be such a Grown Up Girl about it. Just some fun FYI's about Aubrey.....

She LOVES Hannah Montanah!

She LOVES Make Up, (especially if it has glitter in it).

She LOVES Purses and Shoes and Doing Hair

She LOVES Music and LOVES to sing along

She LOVES having her finger and toe nails painted

She LOVES her Uncle Dahl, (but not as much as she LOVES me!)

AND.........SHE LOVES ELLIE!!

Happy Birthday Aubrey!!

All Our Love!!

Ellie, Maxx & Me =)

Happy Birthday to Brooke!!

It's Brooke's Birthday! I got her the coolest gift, and I'd tell you what it is but I haven't sent it to her yet and I can't give it away before she gets it! But I know she's going to love it! I was supposed to go up and visit her last week but because of my new job offer and the training that needed to be done before I started, well I couldn't take the time off after all. Which is why her present wasn't sent to her. Hopefully Ill get it in the mail in the morning. Here are some of my favorite Brooke Moments..........

*When I was 7 years old Brooke was watching TBS Superstations Night Tracks and she was kicking her leg back and forth and a Madonna video came on, she immediately said "I hate Madonna" and kicked her leg out and landed on her butt. I couldn't stop laughing and told her that she shouldn't say she hates people, Karma doesn't like it.

*It was Christmas Time and I was given this talking Stocking. It said "Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas". We had pushed the button so much that the battery was dying. It finally had stopped working all together. On Christmas Morning Brooke was pulling out presents from behind the tree and sat right next to the stockings. All of a sudden she comes flying out from behind the tree with this look of panic on her face. We weren't sure what was wrong and then all of a sudden we her this long drowned out "Hooooo Hooooo Hooooo Meeeerrrrrrry Christmmmmaaaaassss!". It was so low and freaky sounding and Brooke thought for sure the Exorcist was after her.

*One night I was in my room doing some homework when I started hiccuping. Normally not a big deal, but I sound like a cracked out mouse. Brooke came in and started talking to me and right in the middle of her sentence she yells in my face! I was so startled that my hiccups went away. She told me that she's always wanted to try scaring the hiccups out of someone. It worked!

*I think my favorite memory of Brooke took place before the Orem house was remodeled. We had this tiny kitchen. And it shared a wall with the stairs that went to the basement. We had a grate that was on the wall that you could hear into the kitchen with. One day I was coming up the stairs and I could hear Brooke in the kitchen. I immediately started talking through the grate telling Brooke to let me out of the fridge that it was cold. She couldn't figure out where I was or how I was talking to her but she was too smart to fall for the whole being stuck in the fridge gag.

I have to say that Brooke is one of my favorite partners in crime. If I'm up to No Good, I know that Brooke will be right there with me. I love that she supports my wacky sense of adventure and is laughing with me the whole time we're plotting our next "accident". I'll always love the green Aliens on Tara's feet and will always credit Brooke for my start in the world of Mischief!

THE PARENTS ARE HOME!!

Okay, really I don't know who was more excited to see Tara and Billy! I think it might have been me! Yes I think I might have ran to the stairs to greet them too. Only I think I grabbed their luggage where the kids grabbed their parents. I think at that point I might have thought, "If I grab their luggage then that means they have to come home with us!!!". After Tara being gone for 2 weeks, and me trying to train for my new job, I might have lost my mind somewhere. I honestly don't know how single working parents do it! I can't tell you how many times I was afraid I left the kids somewhere when I should have picked them up or I thought they were at someones house, only to find them at my own. I'm not kidding my mind is lost! (No, I haven't quite put out posters for the retrieval of my mind...yet). So to all those single working parents! GOOD LUCK!! I did it for about 3 weeks and I'm not in a hurry to EVER do it again!

Iron Man

I took the kids to see Iron Man last night. I had already seen this movie and thought it was a great and thought the kids would love to watch it. And they did. But what they loved even more than seeing Iron Man fly around with jets or Tony Starks amazing tools, were the previews before the movie. We saw a preview for the new Batman, which Zona announced loudly to the whole theatre "THAT'S BATMAN! HE CAN FLY!". And then Ireland followed that up with "That Joker scares me!". Broc just loved the whole thing. After the Batman Preview we saw the preview for The Incredible Hulk. And again Zona announced who that was, only it sounded more like "THAT'S THE HULF!". And when the bad guy came on the screen to battle The Hulk Broc jumped out of his seat and started Ohhhing. I'm not sure when this movie comes to theatres, I know its sometime this summer, but I'm sure Billy will have fun taking Broc to see it. I was worried that Zona might have a hard time sitting through some of the parts of Iron Man, but he did really well. There was only one part where he sat up and asked where the tools were and what they were doing. And he now NEEDS a new BIGGER hammer like the one on Iron Man.

Poor, Poor Tara!

So today we did our weekly trip to WalMart. Tara and I have her three little wee ones and boy are they just enjoying this shopping trip! Broc and Ireland remind me so much of Tara and Shadd. Anyway, we go through the gardening area for some new flowers to plant in the flower bed, we go through the toy section so Zona can get a new gun to break over his brothers head again and then we go to the grocery section for milk and a yummy treat. As Tara goes to grab a treat for the kids, she bends over and we hear this ripping sound. I tried so hard to NOT laugh. I really did! But the look on her face and her squeal of "Oh Man! My favorite pants!!", I couldn't keep my laugh inside my head. I laughed so hard I had tears coming out of my eyes. I couldn't answer her when she asked how bad of a rip it was. Honestly, I'm still laughing as I'm typing this! I really did feel bad for her, I just thought it was so funny! She had this look on her face of "Of course I split my pants! My kids are out of control, My sister looks and acts half dead and the last thing I really wanted was a hole in my pants!". But on the bright side, she did buy a really cute skirt!

What Happens in Vegas

I don't think I have ever laughed so hard during a movie! From the moment she was dumped by her fiance to the last credits, I laughed! My favorite part is at the end during the credits when they ring the ex-finace's door. I won't give it away, but it was hilarious! I'm glad Erin, Tara & Gina made me go see it. I did want to bail out and just go to bed. (Someone may have been up til 3 in the morning playing tennis on the Wii).

Yep! Its that special day we've all been looking forward to since last December! P.S. I Love You is now on DVD and I am now the proud new owner of my very own copy. Why yes I am very excited! And thanks to one of my OLDER sisters, Brooke, I will be able to put it on my IPod (Thanks for the IPod Dad!!). I just love family!