spontaneous trip

Those of you who know me know I am not by any means a spontaneous person. I am a huge planner, big to do list kind of person. So when we finally decided we were going to spend our weekend in Las Vegas and St. George I only had 3 hours to pack and plan. For some that might be plenty of time but let me just tell you I was running around like crazy!
No regrets at all I would do it again in a heartbeat. We had such a great time. It was so so good to see Nic and his family again. Las Vegas was fun too.

We left friday night around 9 and got to Las Vegas at 1:30 am. Spent all day in Vegas. Nic and his family came down for a couple hours. Than on Sunday we drove up to St. George where Nic was staying and spent Sunday and part of Monday with them. We went to Zion's and toured a bit. Monday we went to snow Canyon and let the kids play in the sand for a tiny bit (it was extremely hot).

One of the funniest parts of the trip was on our second day when we had to brake down and buy us a new GPS because ours broke on the way down . So we got it all set up and strarted driving. We set it so the directions would be in a girl voice. From the back seat Maddy shouts out "ok Grandma you are right." She thought the our GPS was grandma talking to us.
We almost died laughing when Maddy was telling us one her famous made-up stories and Grandma(the GPS) kept interupting her. She got so mad and started Yelling at her "Grandma wait I'm talking" she would scream. It was so funny to hear her talk to Grandma the whole trip.

I had such a blast! you never know I might try to be a more spontaneous person (probably not he he)




Snow Canyon

Maddy and liah have a special bond. They were attached to each other the moment we arrived. So cute!!

Zions

In the MGM

Flamingo's at the Flamingo Casino .. Mingo's as Maddy would say it
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Eating her meal at the Hard Rock Cafe
Casey at the Hard Rock Cafe.
Maddy was so scared of the cute Coca Cola bear.



Casey getting a water massage.

craziness

A couple Saturdays ago I woke up in a happy mood loving life. That same day we decided that we needed to go to the store. We hopped in the Explorer and started to back out when we heard a loud BANG! My happy mood quickly turned into a not happy mood. Casey got out of the car and I heard him mummer under his breath " you got to be kidding me, a BMW." Yep that is right we backed into a brand new sports BMW car. That same day after we got back from the store I decided I needed to take a nap and thought maybe I could wake up happy again. So we all took a nap. When I woke my happiness was again turned into complete terror when I realized I could not open my right eye. I have had some kind of rash on it for a couple weeks but never this bad. It had swollen up and hurt so bad. Later that day after things started to settle down I was relaxing on the couch when my sweet little girl came up to me, grabbed both cheeks and said 'Mommy I love you with all my heart'! Kids are so amazing. She and Casey are what make me happy and somewhere in the middle of that day I was too involved in my boo hoo's that I bypassed my wonderful life.

Everything turned out fine. Like it always does. Casey said we should be use to stuff like this. The owner of the car got it fixed and luckily our insurance paid for everything. I had an infection of my eyelash, weird hu? That was the cause of the eye problem but got on an antibiotic so that should clear it up. Life is crazy and I love mine.

We had the chance to go see the Phoenix temple last week it is beautiful. We also went to the zoo and had a fun time. Here are some pictures of our trips.
Maddy is not a fan of our music in the car.

Maddy making a mess, once again.

Always kissing her dad!

Temple

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone, I hope you all had a great Easter. Ours was perfect, nice and relaxing. We watched some conference, went for a stroll in the park and had a yummy Easter dinner. What more could you want.
I love doing crafts with Maddy, it keeps her entertained and she enjoys but lately I've been having a hard time finding crafts or activities that she can actually do and it not end up as a Mommy craft instead of a Maddy craft. I did for Easter find a couple things that were huge success. The first one was birds nest... so easy just chocolate, coconut and jelly beans. Maddy loved getting messy and than also putting the eggs in the nest. The other craft was a lamb also nice and easy. Just glue and cotton balls.
While my Camera was somewhat working the other day I also had a chance to go out and take some good pictures of Maddy in her Easter outfit. And thought I would share.
Once again hope you all had a great Easter!

Our Easter birds nest, the finish product.

Cotton the Lamb.

Grandmas package, She loved it! Thank you Grandma!



sneak'n kisses

Little Easter Egg hunting.

Maddy's Easter pictures.

My favorite picture!

So far so good.

Life in Arizona so far is great. It is so good to be back with Casey. We missed him so much. The first 2 weeks were hard. I am so lucky to have a husband who works so hard to provide for us. We never saw him. He would go to school from 2 pm to 8pm than work form 10pm to 6am and than once a month he would have guard duty on Saturday and Sunday so he wouldn't even get to sleep. I knew he had been doing this for the past 6 months but to see it first hand was so hard. As of last week he has now pulled back on work and has gone to part time. He so needed a break and I so glad he was able to do that. I am trying to get a job so he can stop work completely and just concentrate on School.
As far as Arizona goes, I love it. The weather right now is great, I was so ready to get out of the cold and it is the perfect time of year here, mid to high 70's. It is also great to have family by us again. Jody and Lena have been wonderful and having Micheal and Lalya close has helped Maddy adjust a little easier. She still misses her family back in UT like crazy and talks about them all the time.
Our Apartment is great. It is a HUGE complex. It has a security gate around the entire complex which makes me feel a little safer especially when Casey is working nights. The apartment itself is small but homey, I like it. It is in a perfect location for all our little wants and needs.

In other news I have started the Potty training madness and boy am I in for it. Maddy has been so so good with everything else I just thought this was going to be a walk in the park, boy was I wrong. We have been trying for 3 weeks now and are 2 for 29 not good. Some fun stories have came out of it though.. The first week I tried to train her cold turkey and it was not working someone suggested to get a some type of surprise or goody and put it in the bathroom and when she goes potty she gets a treat. A little bribery never hurt hu?.. So as usual every time I go to the bathroom I take her with me and see if she has to go, well like always she didn't. I finished up, flushed my toilet and washed my hands and headed out the the bathroom, she with all her might said "TOP mommy! Don't fordet your tweet for going potty, you a good girl mommy, I proud"... She is constantly praising Casey and I now for going potty. All I can do is laugh.
Another Maddy story that at the time was not as funny but now quit entertaining happened when she was suppose to be sleeping. The night before she had a bad rash so I had but some cream on her and my bad, forgot to take it out of her room, well she of course found it and had to put it all over her body. Not only her body but also all over her entire stuffed animal collection. When we went to see what she was up too it was too late, all she said was "I feel better now" It took almost a week to get here hair back to normal but on a plus she was so so soft and all rashes are gone.
HAPPY EASTER TO ALL this weekend.
Maddy and her cream incident.our Apartment.The view from our patio