Cinco De Mayo

May 5th fell on a Saturday this year. We had been planning a taco party for almost a month. (Ever since we found all these silly decorations at the dollar store.) Tacos are one of our favorite family meals and we love an excuse to party so it was a no brainer. Andrew and Paul went to see Avengers that afternoon and Emma and I spent the day shopping around American Fork. When we came home we got busy decorating and cooking carne asada tacos, rice and beans. We also made pico and guacamole plus we bought chips and salsa. It was all delish! 

Notice the drip of salsa mid-air LOL!

We used my cute new jars and straws.

Andrew piled his taco a mile high. I didn't even think he would be able to get him mouth around it. He proved me wrong. 

He ate it all! 

I'm 37

The night before my birthday Andrew started running a fever. I was sad that he was sick but honestly I was bummed thinking that my birthday was going to get ruined. I wanted to have my birthday lunch with my friends that I had been planning and dinner out with my family. He was still sick the next morning so I let him stay home from school. I went to lunch with my girlfriends anyway and left him at home to rest. (The restaurant is quite close to my house) That night he still wasn't feeling well so we left him home again and went to Chubby's. (Also very close to our house) We brought him home a burger but it just wasn't the same without him there. While we were waiting for our food we kept ourself busy by taking pictures.

Emma and daddy

My mom and I. I can't believe I didn't get one with my dad. He was there. I swear.

I wanted some pictures with Emma. If it weren't for my platform sandals she and I would be the same height. She didn't like being shorter.

She tried standing on her toes.

Then she tried jumping higher than me which made me try to jump higher. She can obviously get more air but in my defense it's hard jumping in platform flip flops. Luckily there weren't many people in the restaurant (none on this side as a matter of fact) or we wouldn't have been acting like this!

One of me and my honey.

Then the food came. I got the Cubby Cheesesteak again. Yum!

Emma's burger was bigger than her head.

Paul got the Carolina Pulled Pork sandwich. The ooze is the sign of a good sandwich.

That's a lot of candles which made a lot of smoke when I blew them out.

 For my birthday I got heavier weights and daisy lids for mason jars.

 I also got some purses from my parents and a new quilt pattern.

My cute balloons and a birthday donut. What more can a girl ask for? 

16 Years of Wedded Bliss

This year Paul and I sacrificed our normal anniversary trip for a big family vacation this summer. Even though we had known for a while that we weren't going to do anything special it was still a little sad for me as our anniversary approached. I wanted to do something. When spring break hit I asked my mom to take the kids home after Andrew's birthday so Paul and I could have an "anniversary weekend". 

Thursday night we went to the temple in American Fork. It was a really nice session. I am so glad we were able to go. We need to do it more often.

Friday night we drove to Salt Lake City and went to dinner at Blue Iguana then went and checked out the City Center mall. It is quite beautiful.

There are a lot of great stores there. Some of my favorites actually. 

After walking around the mall for a short time we went to Temple Square to look at all the gorgeous spring flowers. I love being on Temple Square.

After we were done there we headed back to the mall.

Man if I had unlimited fundage I could do some serious damage there. After we has wandered around most of the mall we headed for home. Saturday we tried to sleep in and then went to pick up the kids. Even though it wasn't a trip somewhere fun it as nice to change things up a bit.

For our actual anniversary we went to lunch at PF Changs where I didn't even take a single picture. Not even with my phone. We had called and requested a booth but no one bothered to write down our reservation or our request. A lady was in a booth and had already paid so the hostess asked if we wanted to wait. We said yes. Well after about 15 minutes the lady was obviously not going anywhere so they stuck us in a different "booth". It was a traditional booth not a round one so I couldn't slide in next to Paul, we couldn't be in a picture together if we tried. Oh well. After sixteen years we have enough pictures of us together right? NOT! I wanted a round booth dang it. Stupid lady who wouldn't leave and stupid man for not writing down our reservation.

April 19th 2012

April 19th was Emma's final track meet. I know they did well as a relay team and she improved in her individual races but I don't remember specifics. Track was a positive experience for her and she plans to do it again. I can't wait! We had a lot of fun watching her run. 

In early May they had a pizza/bowling party for the whole team. She went and had a great time.

I about died laughing when we got to the bowling place and saw one of the coaches car stuffed with pizzas. I don't think they could have fit one more box in there if they had tried!

Oh Marius...

Marius has this bad habit of finding a place in the house and declaring it his. It doesn't matter if you want him there or not, he's going to be there. It is incredibly hard to break him of going to his happy place once he has chosen it. Over the years he has claimed my bed, under my bed, the couch, my office chair and most recently Emma's bed. If it's a Saturday morning for instance, and she's still sleeping, it doesn't matter. She's in HIS spot and he's going to do everything in his power to make her uncomfortable so she'll leave. He is such a turd. 

May Collage

School is over. I can breath again. I hope to get caught up on all my blogging soon. It's a big job though.

Here is a little sample of what happened in the month of May. Paul and I tried dutch oven cooking on Memorial Day. We went out to lunch for Mother's Day. Andrew jumped out of the bus on the last day of school. Emma loves to play with our neighbor's chickens. I celebrated my 37th birthday. Emma graduated 8th grade and becomes a high school freshman. We discovered a nest of baby birds right outside of Andrew's bedroom window.