After many,many requests...pics of the girls' room

Alright, the pictures don't really do the room justice, and the camera made the bedspreads look lavender. They are pink, I promise. So, after much anticipation (ok, maybe not) here is Haylee and Kendal's new room...



The plan for this wall is to get 2 white dressers, one to put under each name.
We have a ballet bar to go in front of these mirrors. It's in our garage, Bryce just hasn't had a chance to install it yet.

My friend Eloise made these adorable frames. She just put the vinyl lettering right onto the glass.

I have to give all of the credit to Carrie for making these pillows. She did such an awesome job, they are the cutest accents in the room.

Jessica's farewell

We went to San Diego for Jessica's farewell last Sunday. We are going to miss her so much. She is an amazing girl with such an incredible testimony. She got her wish, and is going to Spain. The people there are very lucky to have her. We were also glad to be there, because Darren was called to be Bishop. It was a surprise to us, but great timing that we could be there. The kids had a great time with their cousins. Haylee and Emily became glued to eachother at the beach, and were together right up until we had to leave to come home. It was such a fun weekend with most of the family together.

Disneyland & San Diego

Last week we went to Disneyland before going to San Diego for Jessica's farewell. Haylee was our little dare devil. She went on every fast, scary ride. She loved Space Mountain, and said it was her favorite. Cade wasn't quite so daring this time. He went on most of the "scary rides" but did not enjoy Space Mountain or the Matterhorn.. at all. It was interesting to have Evan and Kendal this time. It was 2 straight days of putting two kids in the stroller, head over to a ride, take both of them out. Bryce carried one, I carried the other. We went on the ride, and put them back in their strollers, just to head to another ride and do it all over again. We did have a great time, and the kids can't wait to go back again. One bonus for this trip is that Bryce has to have knee surgery next week, so he got to rent one of the scooters. We got to head to the handicap entrance on all of the rides, so we didn't have to wait in the lines. Great timing on tearing apart your knee babe!






After the 2 days at Disneyland, we went to San Diego, and straight to La Jolla beach. It was freezing! It was close to 70 degrees, but the wind made it so cold! We must be used to our desert weather here, because not too many people at the beach that day seemed to think it was as cold as we did. Cade didn't seem to mind to much, and the boys had a blast playing football.

Memorial Day

This year we went to Matt and Faith's house. The Wadley's came with us and there were a ton of people there. The kids had a blast playing with all of the other kids, but their favorite part was the pool. The weather has been so unpredictable here, so the pool was pretty cold, but that didn't stop (or even slow down) the kids. Cade's favorite part was jumping off the waterfall and going down the slide. Haylee went under water and thought she was such a big girl! Thanks Matt & Faith - you guys are awesome!





Bryce hangin' out with Matt at the grill.

My prediction...

After reading Ambers blog, and her prediction of David Archuleta, I had to post mine since I am a huge American Idol fan. I think both David's are good, but I really like the rocker style more. I also think he appeals to more people with his style, but David Archuleta sure does have a lot of Mormons voting for him:) I agree that David Cook is no Chris Daughtry (with his music or his looks - Chris is a total hottie, maybe it's the bald head:), but I do think he will take it this year. One week to go until we find out. I hate when American Idol ends, it's one of the only shows I really get hooked on.

Just some random pics of what we have been up to

Cade wrote and illustrated a story for the PBS Young Writers and Illustrators contest. He got a certificate of achievement that he was pretty proud of!



The first game of the season he was the goalie. He stopped a couple of balls from getting by him.


Haylee's preschool class on one of their field trips. They went to Plant World, but her favorite part was the cat that lives there. Evan was pretty into the cat too, he kept following it wherever it would go.

Just another typical day with Evan. He loves to wear hats, always has, and princess crowns are no exception. This was during dinner time last week. He actually managed to eat with it on, upside down, like it was no big deal. His little personality just cracks us up!

I can't believe how fast our little Kendal is growing up. She is 6 months old now, and is all over the place. She isn't crawling, but she can roll and move her little body to whatever it is she wants.

A perfect salad for summer

Thank you Jori! I finally got around to making this salad (I have bought the ingredients several times, but they all were eaten before I actually made the salad). It is so yummy. Check out the recipe here