Egan's Tron Birthday!

Our Little Egan boy turned 6!
Its hard to imagine that its been that long since he was a swaddled teeny thing in my arms. Hes such a good boy and lets me still snuggle with him and carry him around. :) I'm so blessed to be his mommy in this life and on into the eternities. Egan is the light and the fire in our family and we wouldn't be whole without him.

Here is Egan, and everyone singing Happy Birthday! (mute blog music before playing)

This year was one of the years where we through a huge fiends birthday party for the kids with a theme etc. Egan chose TRON! (If you haven't seen it.. do!) Its one of his favorite shows, so we went with it.

He picked everything. He wanted cheese, meat and crackers, fruit and Cheetos. We had blue cool aid, fudge cupcakes and mint chip ice cream. I decorated the cupcakes with chocolate covered oreos lined with blue icing to look like discs with some printed out paper figures stuck in and blue sprinkles.

Aaron did a great job decorating the whole house with blue, orange and black streamers and balloons. I made party favors for the kids to play with, black Frisbee discs with glow in the dark paint on them (thanks to my awesome sister Harmony for her help!) I cut up swimming tubes and put black electrical tape on them to make a light cycle stick for each of the kids. They also went home with a goodie bag with glow in the dark bracelets, toys and candy from the light cycle piniata! I took apart a yellow winco motorcycle piniata recovered it in black streamers and painted it. Lots of fun. Egan was thrilled, we only got a picture of him hitting it! I also make a pin the guy on the light cycle poster game, but it ended up being decoration because the kids were having so much fun with other things. :)

Whack! So much fun!

Egan got exactly what he asked for! Thanks to everyone who brought such wonderful gifts! He got a Sam Flynn action figure, a real Tron light up disc, a light cycle stick that shoots out a toy cycle, a star wars gun, action hero figures, cars, balloons, candy and more! The grand finale of gifts that Aaron and I gave him was the Scooter! The neighbor kids all have a scooter and he'd been asking for one for a long time. He's already a pro on it... of course!

He's outside helping daddy put up streamers on the porch before the party.

Here is the most wonderful little boy a mommy could ask for. Darling, wild, spirited, talented, affectionate, passionate, smart, compact, adorable bundle of boy!

Fathers Day!

I think Aaron had a good fathers day. The kids and I spent some time on a few projects to show him how much we love him.

The kids and I went to the store and picked out a bunch of candy bars and then taped them onto this poster that says: " Daddy ("harward" written by Egan)

You are the best dady in the whole Milky Way

Mommy thinks your a Big Hunk

To us your like a super Starburst

Nerds aren't as smart as you

Your worth 100 times more than 100Grand

Thanks for being so Mr GoodBar to us

We Love You!

From your Twix Kids

Egan and Evelyn"

The kids did all the art and taping, I just told them where abouts to put them. I think it turned out cute :)

I designed two t-shirts that I thought would be fun. One of my Dad's businesses does sublimation so we were able to print them ourselves!
The picture below Aaron is wearing his property of shirt. Love it.

The kids were so excited to give him his final gift. Egan actually came up with the idea one day and we went with it. With a little cardboard, paint, paper and foil the kids made a Trophy!

This trophy is awarded to the "Best Daddy Ever!"

Aaron is truley the best daddy a kid could ask for. He is an example to me of a wonderful parent. I am always in awe at how much patience and love he shows our kids.

Thank you Sweetheart for all you do!

Happy Birthday! Evelyn's 5!

 Our sweet little girl turned 5 This weekend! Every other year we do a big party for the kids with friends and family. We had her birthday on saturday, with her cousins Anica and Linnea, aunt Olivia, Uncle Machi, and her friends from School Molina and Marcus.  Plus grown ups like Aunts, Uncles, and Grandmas :)

I made a castle cake for her. Picture really didn't capture her excitement. Lots of things happened that day.

 Little wrapped hot dogs, her favorite chips and juice. Neapolitan Ice Cream, cake, Streamers balloons.

 Hats and Friends.

 Pin the tale on the pony. Evelyn and I colored this a few nights before the party, we hung it up and when ever she passes it, she pets the pony softly with her hand and says "pretty pony" sweet silly girl!

She'd been asking for a barbie on a bike for what felt like forever, and on a date a few weeks before her birthday Aaron and I spotted one on clearance at Target! Love a good buy. And she loves her barbie bike too! She got a lot of ponies and fun toys from her friends and family. That head band she's wearing that she proudly put on her head herself, was made for her by her Aunt Lacey :)

Our Evelyn is such a silly fun girl. Her beautiful smile brightens the room. Her sweetness and kindness melts our hearts. I can't believe she's already 5! We are so blessed to have this wonderful girl apart of our forever family! Happy Birthday sweet Evelyn!

Evelyn's Birthday Cake

I took on a huge challenge. Evelyn has been asking for a Castle Birthday Cake for a few years now and I decided that I'd use a coupon I had for the wilton castle cake set and do my best to make up her castle cake.
I did my research and asked a lot of questions but it was about a week long process from start to finish.

I started by setting up the pieces and labeling them were I wanted them. I made fondant with a recipe I found online with marshmallows and powdered sugar, let it cool and harden in the fridge over night. The following night I shapped flowers and vines for the turretts. Fondant is like an editable play dough.I let the flowers and vines sit and harden more over night. The next day I added pedal dust to all the fondant so it would sparkle. I melted candy to attach the dowels to the turrets so they would stay upright on the cake. Made the "sprinkle" cake itself from a mix (wasn't going to do more work than necessary :) Once they cooled I made butter cream frosting and put the cakes together with a crumb coat. The cake was then put in the the refrigerator over night to solidify the crumb coat. The morning of the party I put on another coat of frosting, added vines, and put on all the turrets and extra flowers. Evelyn was very pleased. Within a few hours I was pulling it apart and slicing it up. So much build up.. but it was worth it to see Evelyn's happy pleased face. And it tasted good too!

Mother's Day 2011

Mother's Day 2011 Was Stressful and Wonderful all at once.

Aaron and I were asked just a few days before Sunday if we could give talks in Sacrament meeting for Mother's day. The chapel was full of people, I heard the clerk in the hall say it was 385! I had prepared about a 20 minute talk not knowing what to expect.. and only having about 5 minutes of time, I went over... way over. oops. Aaron was left with negative 5 minutes... poor guy. His talk was amazing. I am so lucky to be married to such a great man. but we'll get back to that.

My talk was centered around a poem that my Grandma Rose wrote. Titled:

Crown of Motherhood

What kind of Mother will I be?

Will I be the kind that Mother’s been to me?

Will I teach and Mold each precious one

As Heavenly Father wishes it done?

Will I love and cherish each as I should

As I wear my Crown of Motherhood?

Precious gems this crown must bear-

Loyalty, Trust and Patience so rare.

Understanding and tolerance shimmer with light

Radiant jewels of Laughter sparkle bright.                  

Pearls of Wisdom , Lord I request,

But let gems of Love outshine the rest.

This weighty diadem – thou bestowest upon me

Untarnished, polished by love and empathy

Not my burden alone, for thou art near

To hear my pleas and calm my fear

I’ll cherish this trust, most precious and good,

This honored crown of Motherhood.

I was also able to quote my Wonderful Mommy, my Gramamom, and My Grandma Hill along with quotes from Jeffrey R Holland's Talk "Because she is a Mother. I am so honored to be a mother and so happy that I've had such wonderful examples of motherhood in my life.

Aaron Couldn't find tape.. except the electrical kind... Here is my mother's day present and card :)

Good Job Bob. Love You!

 I got a really soft sleeping mask with ear plugs... Which is so perfect! Here I am on Mother's day taking my 2 hour nap.. sneaky man took my picture! Woop! I also got a gift card to get myself some Shoes! Oh yeah!

Egan's pillow pet is so soft! LOL...

Random Greatness

Egan Playing with the Camera.. nice...

 My big sister Harmony was sealed to her husband and baby on May 3rd. It was a beautiful day. Baby Luminous was so happy to see everyone in the sealing room. She smiled at all and said "Hi" to everyone! Wonderful Day! So after the ceremony everyone went into the Portland Temple Solarium to take pictures. My camera died after taking one picture! This is what I got. Lulu on the lap of her Grandmother. Beautiful Girl.

Chuckie Cheese Birthday Fun

Egan and Evelyn were both invited to their Cousin's Jeremiah's Birthday party at Chuckie Cheese's. Boy did they have fun. Now they both want their birthday party's there.. oh boy!

 Evelyn Loved all the rides!

  Egan was actually really good at this one.. Got a ton of tickets!

 Basketball....

 Pretty Pink Princess....

Haven't planned their party's yet this year... guess I should get on that :)