The 2 of us together

Today Nick was gone all day to a conference. The house was already clean, dinner was already made, the cars were washed, the laundry done and I was bored. (Something that never happens-I didn't have a clue what to do) So, I decided to make a movie for Nick. It is of some memories since we have lived here in Las Vegas. I can't wait until he gets home so I can give it to him. It is pretty hard to view-the pictures are blurry, but the real one I gave him isn't. Any advice on if I am saving wrong or downloading it wrong?

Here are a few new pictures with Max's sisters Ellie and Payton. Thought we should include them too. I think the one with more green on her dress is Payton, but I could be wrong. IT's hard to tell.

Still a kid

No I didn't say steal a kid. :) (although he is pretty cute) This last weekend since we had some time off we took our little friend Max to the park to play. His mom just had identical twin sisters a few months ago, and she needed a rest, so we picked up Max to play for a while. I am always amazed when I watch Nick with kids. He is so good with them!! Max especially likes him. He copies everything Nick does. If Nick is around, it's like I don't exisit in Max's eyes. That is usually OK with me, because I love to hold the twins while Nick plays anyway. So we bought some bubbles and a rocket toy and played. The weather has been so nice!! (around 78-85 degrees) I love days like this!

Then on Saturday morning we went with some friends to Red Rock to hike. I may get in trouble with our Vegas friends for saying this, but Red Rock is nothing compared to the parks in Utah. Everyone here loves to go to Red Rock Canyon because it is "so beautiful" and it is nice-one of the nicer parts of Vegas, but nothing too exciting. (maybe it was talked up too much) It was however, a fun hike that even had a small waterfall at the end.

Utah Trip Recap

This week has been spring break for Nick and I so we headed up to Utah for my grandmas 80th birthday.

It was a blast to be with my family. Everyone was there except for Joseph's family because the twins are still too small to be in public. We had a great dinner and program of skits of our favorite memory with grandma. As promised here is a picture of the cake.

It turned out more "cheesy" then I hoped, but everyone loved it. I thought it looked like a cake for a kids party, but it was the first one I had ever tried stacked. I haven't taken a class, just watched others and checked out books from the library, so I'm sure I will improve with practice. Anyway, after the party, we went to Salt Lake and stayed with Joseph, Jessie and the twins for 2 days. It was a lot of fun to visit, relax and cuddle those babies. The twins, Noah and Ethan are doing well. Ethan has had a heart problem, but the doctors think with time, it will repair itself. They are precious. It has given me a greater appreciation for my brother and sister in law. Twins are much harder than just one. They have a great attitude though.

After leaving Salt Lake, we headed to Yardly Inn and Spa. It is a place we went the first night of our honeymoon. When we lost our baby, the Mickels, Bodily's and Askeroth's (friends from Cedar) got us a gift certificate to Yardly Inn for some relaxing time. Thanks guys!! It was just what we needed. Yesterday we drove to Cedar and started looking for a place to live when we move back in a few months. We will miss our friends here, but we are excited to be with our friends in Cedar again. Fun stuff.

Cakes

I just wanted to share some pictures of a cake I made for my friends baby shower. It turned out pretty good. My friend Natalie and I have been trying to learn about cake decorating. The real test will be this weekend when I make a cake for my grandmas 80th birthday.

American Idol

I must admit, I don't have time to watch a lot of TV and I usually don't but I seem to make time for American Idol. Thanks to Jared & Ashley Jones, they got me hooked. I first started watching it the season with Carrie Underwood. Anyway, I have already chose my favorite for this season. David Archuleta. He is amazing. Seriously all his performances have been awesome. You can click on the link below to listen to some of his songs...and then remember to vote David. Tonights performance was really good too. The judges didn't seem to like it as much, but I thought it was great. If you want to see more of his performances, go to youtube and type in his name.