Scrapbook USA

It's that time of year~ Girl's Weekend in Utah at Scrapbook USA!

Though the trip was short (flew in Thursday night and out Sunday afternoon) and sweet (saw some family), it was extremely rejuvenating and fun!

Here's the quick run-down of my weekend: saw Anne, shopped and scrapbooked with Tammy & Steph, yummy Cafe Rio, ran into random people from my past, completed 14 pages, yummy Tempanyaki, shopped for friends in TN, dessert and games with Brian and Family, breakfast with Jessica, Kaci & boyfriend, and church with Tammy. Lots to cram into a weekend, but well worth the time.

Waiting in line for Scrapbook USA to start!

Still waiting...

Tammy working hard (she finished 15 pages)

Steph's super intense... because she had to beat everyone with 16 pages done

Me and Best Friends

Can I just say that I have the best hubby in the world!?! He's the one that made the trip happen and stayed home with the cute crazies all weekend. Thank you honey!

Storytime at the Library

So I've started to feel like we are in a rut. Doing the same things everyday and not really having fun or enjoying it. So when one of our friends invited us to story time at the library, we decided to see what it was all about.

When we got there, I remembered why I didn't go to story time.... my children have such short attention spans and Nolan doesn't really like large groups. It ended up that we sat outside the reading room playing with the wooden train (which made Nolan and Ian very happy) while Dylan sat with the group.

Judging by the hats on the kids when they came out of the room, they read a book about firemen and their dogs. What was great about this was that there was a real firetruck outside for the kids to explore.

Nolan LOVED it!! He wanted to drive the truck so much that he kept cutting in line and I'd have to pull him back. We even waited until the very end after everyone else had left so that both Nolan and Dylan could drive the truck again!

Doesn't he make a cute little fireman?

RainForest Cafe & Glow Golf

One of our favorite places to take the kids is the Rain Forest Cafe. If you've never been, you need to go, just to experience it at least once. We are lucky enough to live so close to one here in Nashville that we've become frequent guests when we are trying to find somewhere to go that's fun and yummy.

Sorry the pictures are that great.... it's super dark there and the flash kept throwing everyone for a loop.

The other surprise for the day was to take the kids miniature golfing at Glow Golf. It is exactly what it sounds like~ golfing in the dark. Brennan and Dylan thought they were in heaven while Nolan just liked climbing and throwing the ball.

Rub a Dub Dub

4 boys in a tub!!!

Who'd have thought they'd all fit in together? Though Ian had to stand the entire time and didn't really like the bubbles, the boys had fun playing pirates and turtles (go figure) in the tub.

Acting Silly

Sorry. I couldn't help but post these pictures. Though there's no real story behind them other than they are just cute playing as little boys do.

Even with snot running down his face, isn't he just the cutest chunk you've ever seen?!

Got the Nerf gun and glasses... where did Dad go?

One of my favorite pictures of Nolan ever

And what are the big boys doing while the little ones are crazy? Playing with their DS's, of course!

Silly Brothers!

During nap time, the house is supposed to be quiet, right? Try telling that to these silly boys~

About halfway through nap time, I could hear giggling down the hall. When I went to investigate, I found that Nolan had climbed into Ian's bed and they were both jumping like little monkeys, just laughing and playing like they'd finally figured out what the bed was for.

Such Silly (and Cute) Brothers!

Valentine's Day 2010

I've decided that you may notice a trend in our blog: We tend to celebrate every holiday with something~ parties, presents, games~ something fun for the kids to get in to. It's kind of our tradition. Since Valentine's Day is about love (all types, not just romantic), we always celebrate with gifts of love to the kids (big and little).

Toys and suckers were the theme this year. Legos and video games for Don and Brennan, balls and cars for Ian and Nolan, and sparkly jewelry for me. As always, packaging is half the fun, along with wanting whatever your brother got.

Nolan got through his present extremely quickly

Yet Nolan only wanted to play with Ian's toy

Ian wanted to eat the tissue paper and bag and just forget about the toy

While daddy wasn't looking, Ian tried to steal some chocolate fortune cookies and popcorn.

Along with our family celebration, Don and I celebrated in our special way: dinner at The Melting Pot and a Broadway Play of "The Drowsy Chaperone", planned out by the hubby. I love you Don!