Sunday fun and KG's new toy!

I finally unpacked my sewing machine today! Yes, I know, it took forever. But it was now necessary because I sold some custom orders in my shop that I forgot were still listed and therefore I have to get them made and sent off.
It was well worth. I love it! While KG and Flower were napping I was trying out all the settings and just playing around.
I can now monogram things if I so choose.And just for more practice I made a new pillow for our sofa. Check out how closely that turquoise matches our walls! So cool. It adds fun color to our neutral sofa.
At 6:00 we went to my parents for dinner. The reason for the invite was so that KG could fix their computer. He was successful. We had breakfast for dinner which is always a favorite! It was de-lish!
After that we went for a ride in our new ride. :)
When we got back we played Uno. It was such a fun game to help Flower learn numbers and colors. She was on a team with Grandma and they won the first hand.
After five hands Flower was done and went outside to run around in the backyard with Suzee. She also pushed a gorilla in the swing. :)

At one point she was trying to get the gorilla up the ladder to take it down the slide. It was so cute to watch. We all stopped playing and just watched out the window as she tried to figure this out. First she got behind the ladder to look up at the platform to see if she could set it up there and then climb. Too high to reach. Then she started to climb with one arm around the gorilla's waste but was afraid to fall so she set the gorilla on the ground and started climbing but then realized she wouldn't be able to reach it from the top and climbed back down to pick it up again, only this time by the arm. She started to climb again. Once she got towards the top things got tricky as she needed both hands more free to navigate the last step. She tucked it under her chin but it almost fell so then she stuck the hand in her mouth. That worked! It was so cute to watch her be so determined and then finally succeed. She went down the slide with the gorilla and had the biggest smile on her face! So did we. :)
While she was outside we played Redneck Life.It was so fun playing with them because they'd never played before so it made it that much funnier. We laughed the whole game! Mom totally kicked butt!
Flower eventually came in and watched Cinderella with this giant bear. She cuddled right up to it!
Thanks for such a fun night ma and pa!
So did you catch what I said a few paragraphs up? "We went for a ride in our new ride"
Yep we bought a new car.



We're excited and KG's logic sold me. We are going to sell our truck, which is only used in the summer when he's running a paintball event. When we all drove that we were crammed in the front or I drove the car and met him there and that is a big waste of gas! Now we will get a trailer for the paintball equipment and tow it with this.
We are also going to sell our car. The thing is falling apart. We've had it for 7 years and it's 11 years old. It's got almost 200,000 miles on it. We just spent $2000 putting in a new radiator and fixing the idle and I think something else. It needs more work plus it needs body work. It needs about $5000 worth of work and it's not even worth that! What's the point? The new car also gets better gas mileage then the old car and truck. Soooo, we'll now have two cars instead of three, thereby saving on insurance. We'll save on gas and all be able to ride together for paintball events. We're a little nervous because of other events that are coming up but we feel like it's a smart move. And hey, we're just ready for something new! It drives so nice and it's super comfy! Oh and it's got a kick ass stereo system which is really all I care about. :0)

Happy Easter!

Easter was lovely! Unfortunately KG worked last night so he went to bed exhausted instead of setting up the eggs and basket. Flower also woke up at some point and crawled in bed with me at 7. We really didn't want to wake her up right then to do the Easter stuff just so KG could be a part of it. We'd rather let her sleep. I took advantage of the fact that she would probably sleep longer and got up and enjoyed an hour bath! I read/slept through the whole thing! Flower was just waking up when I got out. The thought of doing all the Easter stuff without KG just didn't even seem fun so I decided to postpone. I made us both breakfast and then got us both ready for church. I was so excited to give her the new dress knowing she would be thrilled. She did not disappoint! She loves it! It's the most flow-y dress she's ever had. She danced and spun in circles all day, including in the isles at church during the songs.




Church was interesting. I was dealing with some pain and I was really feeling the spirit at some points and that usually makes things really uncomfortable for me when others are around and I'll leave it at that. flower and I left early and came home to have lunch and take naps.
We had to wake up before we were ready to get to my brother's by 5:00 pm. We had a great time there having a delicious meal, talking and playing!


Zach was soooo proud to be holding Lorelai!

Torta went to Hawaii recently with her mom and dad and sister. She took some time to talk about the trip with Great Grandma Madison since she has been there before. It was very sweet to watch them!

All my nieces and nephews! From top to bottom(oldest to youngest): Lauren, Torta, Spencer, Roro, Kas, Zach, Flower and Lorelai.

Then came the fun of the Easter egg hunt! I love watching the kids having fun.
Flower was the first one in line to be let outside to hunt the eggs!
First they scoured the back yard!




The adults stood around as usual as I raced after the kids trying to get all the photos I wanted!
Then they tackled the front yard!



She was gifted this pretty little bracelet from Aunt Amanda. She made each of the girls one and they were all so cute!

Flower scored herself 28 candy filled eggs! She also got one large one with a one dollar bill inside from her grandma.

We then had a little photo shoot in the living room.




We then did a sweet little photo shoot with my Grandma Madison.



We finally gathered our things, and two extra girls, and headed home. Lauren and Torta spent the night for their Spring Break. As we arrived home Ryan, Amanda and Lorelai decided to come by and see the new place. It was so fun having them all here! We sat around and watched videos on U-tube, listened to music, laughed and just had fun! We kept attempting to start a movie but we couldn't shut up long enough to know what was going on. Since KG had to go to work we read scriptures and had prayers while everyone was still here.

Look at this bunch of goobers. They kept switching back and forth(if one went forward the other went back and vise versa) so that I could only see one at a time and it was making me laugh. I finally got this cute photo! :)
What a fun night! I love my family!