from Josh

At school Josh made me the best Mother's Day card. Not only did he make me younger, but skinnier too! And check out my shoe size!!!

My little Bug is just the best kid ever! I love him so much! This card really made my day. I hope I get something like this every year!

An old friend from home... in New Mexcio

I have two best friends from high school, Elissa and Emily.

A couple of weeks a go I got to spend a wonderful afternoon with Emily.

I moved to Lake Oswego when I was 12. This is where Emily and I met. We attended the same ward and were in the same junior high. We were friends all through high school and have keep in touch the 15 years (sigh... yes it has been 15 years) since high school. Most of my memories have her and Elissa in it.

Sadly, I NEVER get to see my friends. Last time I saw either one of them was 5 years ago at our high school reunion.

Em has been living for the last little bit in Las Cruces. I have not had the chance to get down there. Lame, I know. But it is so hard when you have the yucky work schedule that Brandon and I have. Yes, I know, I am LAME. So she comes to see ME! Yeah!

We hung out, talked and had lunch. Nothing fancy, but so wonderful. It was a great afternoon.

...except for the really bad picture of me. She looks great though!

i will miss...

...you.

i will miss you always insisting upon perfection in my work. You taught me SO much!

i will miss your humor. I loved working with you.

i will miss your WISDOM for life.

i will miss your colored pens.

i will miss your listening ears.

i will miss your practicality.

i will miss my FRIEND.

Ruth J. Ober

June 4, 1936 - May 8, 2009

Trifle

This is my Trifle. Brandon's Aunt Lorie gave us the recipe. It is as good as it looks.

It is so easy to make.

All you need to do is bake an 9x13 pan of brownies. 2 flavors of pudding (I prefer chocolate fudge and vanilla, it looks pretty), milk, and 8 oz Cool Whip. And don't for get your favorite candy bar. I always use Snickers.

Mix each box of pudding with 1 3/4cups of milk and then add 1/2 of the Cool Whip. Set aside each pudding in its own bowl.

Cut the cooled brownies into small squares.

Chop up the candy bar.

Layer like this: brownies, pudding 1, pudding 2, candy. Keep layering until everything is gone.

WARNING... this is hard to resist. Make and eat at your own risk.

Just a couple of cute pictures of the kids...

Easter

Late, I know. But that is how I do everything these days!

Easter morning was a little hectic. We were getting into the car for church when Brandon turned to go back into the house and realized that we had locked ourselves out. He had grabbed the car keys without the house key on it and we have a child with a tendency to lock all doors. Bad, I know. So we went on to church because clearly we had no where else to go. While there Brandon realized that there was one window unlocked. He took Josh and got in. Thank goodness for divine inspiration!

The rest of the day went great. Although it started out cold the day turned out really nice. We were even able to have an Easter egg hunt outside. We had an awesome Easter dinner and a wonderful lesson that I found here. It was a fun night with the entire family.

I was kind of a brat this year and insisted on lavender for Katie and the boys. I thought that they looked great!

They are always so excited for the egg hunt, even Eric! This year was Katie's first time. All of the kids had a great time finding all of the eggs. Grandma prepared 70+ eggs for them all to find! I wasn't able to get ore pictures because they were going so fast! And I was helping Katie get candy candy and more candy!

Enjoying the night

Last week we had a rare night where Brandon and I were home together and the weather was beautiful. We spend the evening at the park.

Isn't this great?

We always take Katie in the wagon, she likes it better than the stroller.

Eric took the dog, but was afraid that she would run away from him. He didn't have to much fun.

Josh is like a maniac on his bike. He loves to ride it. He only receive this bike for Christmas 2007 and he has already outgrown it. It looks like he is getting a bike for his birthday!

My cute little girl.

After the park we took a walk and then, because we didn't want to go in, we all played some basketball at our house.