Saint George Here We Come!!

It was finally time for our family to go south and enjoy the warm weather. We got to St. George on Wednesday at about 5 pm. We had pizza for dinner and then took off over to this newly built park by the river. The kids had a great time because this park is a little different than most. The weather was about 67 degrees which was great for hanging out especially after driving for 4 hours.

On Thursday we went to Zions National Park to have a picnic and go on a hike. Zions was beautiful in the spring and the temperature was not bad...about 60 degrees. The kids loved being in the out doors and had a great time seeing the river, the water falls and a few baby deer.

Most of our trip to St. George we spent at the park, shopping at the outlets, watching the Mountian West Conference Tournament, and the Wac Tournment with Kent and Dad. After the third night of Basketball my Mom and I took off to see Twilight...yes I finally got to see the show before it came out on DVD. I thought it was pretty good but my mom kept saying how strange it was and weird. I kept telling her to hush. It was nice to get away while my kids were sleeping.

Celebrating Drew's Birthday at the Mayan!!

On Firday night after we went the Draper Temple Open House we met Kent and Jon at the Mayan. We have never been. This is a mexican restaurant and the atmosphere is what you are going to see. They have a live show with divers doing all kinds of dives and other entertainment. We have been told it is a fun experience for the kids to see, although the food isn't that great. The kids could have cared less about eating, for all they cared about was watching the divers dive and swim. We had a good time and Drew kept telling me how fun it was to go the Mayan!!

Happy 7th Birthday Drew...We Love You!!

On March 6th Drew turned 7 years old. I can't believe she is one year from being baptized. She is growing up so fast. Drew had a fun day and Friday was a good day to have a Birthday. Drew was very excited because it was pajama day at school and her class earned a party for meeting their goals. She was glad to wear her new P.J.'s that she got for Christmas from Grandma and Grandpa Baker.

Later that day Drew's cousins Courtney, Ashley, and her Aunt Melanie came to Riverton to play. Melanie and I took the kids to the Draper Temple Open House later that afternoon. Our kids were so excited to go to the Temple and to actually go inside. They kept saying how beautiful it was and talked a lot about the baptismal font...Dane said he wanted to go for a swim! Drew thought the Sealing room was very pretty, and the Chandlers in Celestial room were awesome. I am so glad we took them so they could get a glimpse of what Heaven is like and how peaceful it is in the Temple. They kept telling us how they can't wait til they can be married in the Temple. They are definetly cute and innocent. Melanie and I and our husbands have our work cut out for us....for this to come to pass especially in these trying times ahead.

Baker Blues...Yuckie!!

Time flies. We have been so busy that I have not taken the time to update you on our family activities. Feburary was pretty much a downer month. We are calling it the Baker Blues since more than half the month we had the icky yucky sickies in our home.

Luke started it with a viral infection and had a fever for seriously 9 days. He had cold sores and cankers through out his mouth. The docotor said the viral infection has to run its course and will usually last 7-10 days. Once Luke got over it then Dane got the same darn thing. He was just as sick and I felt so bad for them both. Luke and Dane pretty much did not eat for 5 or so days due to the cold/fever sores in their mouths.

Drew was lucky enough to not get this nasty infection but she did manage to get a cold. At least it wasn't bad enough that she had to miss school for it. I felt bad because Luke was healthy for one week and then he came down with her cold. He had a few rough nights sleep because of his stuffed up nose that did not allow him to breathe well...it also doesn't help when you love your binkey. On top of all this sickness it doesn't help having the winter blues. We can hardly wait for spring. We are looking forward to March and going to St. George for some nice weather and to see grandma and grandpa Hill.

After 2 Years We Finally Finished Our Train Table!!

I am so excited about our Train Table! Dane and Luke are going to get some fun use out of this table for years. Kent built this table about 2 years ago for Dane for Christmas. Kudos to my great husband for doing a fab. job. Once we brought it home from the shop in Mendon we got busy and never finished staining it. Then I had to look high and low to find a train table rug for it. I finally found the rug at IKEA and cut it to fit and then zig zagged the edges. One day I plan to buy baskets for the cubbys but I figure why bother with Luke being 18 month...he is really good at making messes. But he sure is worth it.

Dane and "Bud Bud" Playing with Hot Wheels!

Dane and Luke are becoming best buds. Luke loves to play with Dane and all of Dane's toys. Dane has recently given Luke the nick name of Bud Bud. I think his nick name for Luke is so cute. I can see right now that Dane and Luke are going to be good friends and best of brothers.

For the most part they play pretty good. Often though Dane gets a little rough with Luke and Mom has to step in. Luke has been pretty good about getting his way if a car or super hero figure has been taken from him. He just screams until he gets it back. Luke is also jealous if Daddy holds Dane. He starts to scream and tries to push Dane out his way. Bud Bud loves his Daddy and wants his full attention.

We Celebrated National Popcorn Day In "Retro Style"!

January 16, was "National Popcorn Day"! In honor of this crazy day we decided to break out our new Retro Style popcorn popper. It was given to us from Grandma & Grandpa Hill for Christmas. Drew missed school on Friday because she was sick...so we decided to watch the movie "Matilda" and I decided to suprise the kids by trying out our new popcorn popper. They were so excited to finally use it! After popping the popcorn we felt like we were at the movies. We had so much fun popping the corn and eating it...as you will see in the video!!